Simon Zweidler: Catalogue data in Autumn Semester 2016

Name Dr. Simon Zweidler
DepartmentCivil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering
RelationshipLecturer

NumberTitleECTSHoursLecturers
101-0113-00LTheory of Structures I Information 5 credits3V + 2US. Zweidler
AbstractIntroduction, statically determinate beams and frames, stresses and deformations, application of the principle of virtual work, statically indeterminate beams and frames (force method).
ObjectiveUnderstanding the response of elastic beam and frame structures
Ability to correctly apply the equilibrium conditions
Ability to determine elastic deformations
Ability to apply the force (flexibility) method for statically indeterminate structures
ContentIntroduction
Reactions, internal forces and moments
Arches and cables
Trusses
Influence lines
Stresses and deformations
Principle of virtual work
Flexure and axial force, shear, torsion
Deflections, work equation
Statically indeterminate systems
Lecture notesSimon Zweidler, "Baustatik I", 2016.
Handouts etc. available at:
http://www.kaufmann.ibk.ethz.ch/en/education/bachelor/theory-of-structures-i-ii.html
LiteraturePeter Marti, "Theory of Structures", Wiley, 2013, 679 pp.
101-0117-00LStructural Analysis III3 credits2GD. Heinzmann, S. Zweidler
AbstractEnhanced understanding of the load-deformation response of beam and frame structures. Systematic treatment of elementary and combined load carrying mechanisms of elastic beams, cables, arches and rings.
ObjectiveEnhanced understanding of the load-deformation response of beam and frame structures. Systematic treatment of elementary and combined load carrying mechanisms of elastic beams, cables, arches and rings.
ContentAxially loaded members, shear deformation of girders, torsion, beams, cables, arches and rings, shear walls and frames, combined cable and flexural action.
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