Spring 2008 Syllabus

• Academic Integrity
• Policy for Short-Term Illness Notification

Readings for Martin Luther King Day

• The King Center
• The Martin Luther King Jr. Papers Project at Stanford University
• Letter from a Birmingham Jail, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., April 16, 1963
• Acceptance Speech at the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., December 10, 1964

Assignments

• Homework 2 (due 2/1/2008): Concepts of Design and Optimization.
• Project 1 (due 2/8/2008): Design a beverage can.
• Project 2 (due 2/22/2008): Prestressed Bridge Design and Optimization.
• Homework 4 (due 2/292008): Real Work.
• Homework 5 (due 3/7/2008): Castigliano's Theorems.
• Project 3 (due 3/21/2008): Design and Optimization of Structural Topology and Component Sections.
• Project 4 (due 4/4/2008): Drinking Water Supply and Treatment..
• Project 5 (due 4/23/2008): Collapse-Sensitive Structure Subjected to Earthquake Loads.

Course Notes

• The Three Moment Equation
  
• three_moment.m Matlab code to analyze a continuous beams using the three moment equation.
• Strain Energy in Elastic Solids
• Carlo Alberto Castigliano
• Theorems of Castigliano
• Summary of the Theorems of Castigliano
• Minimum Total Potential Energy, Quadratic Programming, and Lagrange Multipliers
• Introduction to the Principle of Virtual Work
• The Principle of Virtual Work
• Temperature Effects and Virtual Work
• Summary of The Principle of Virtual Work
• Theorems of Maxwell, Betti, and Castigliano
• Plastic Analysis of Beams
• Upper-Bound, Lower-Bound and Uniqueness Theorems
• MP.m Matlab code to calculate the elastic-plastic moment-curvature and force-deflection relation of a beam
• Linear SDOF Structural Dynamics: Free and Forced Response
• Nonlinear SDOF Structural Dynamics: Matlab/Simulink Demo's Matlab code

Optimization Codes and Related Information

• Links to some Matlab tutorials
• ossrs.m and old_sqp.m - Two methods to minimize a function of several parameters subject to a vector of inequality constraints,
  minimize f(p) such that g(p) < 0.
  f is a scalar objective function, p is a vector of paramters, and g is a vector of constraints.
• optim_options.m is needed for ossrs.m and old_sqp.m
• mylognrnd.m generates samples from a log-normal distribution.
• mypoissrnd.m generates samples from a Poisson distribution.
• myexprnd.m generates samples from an exponential distribution.
• numhess.m numerically computes the Hessian of a function of several parameters.
• An Optimized Step Size Random Search (OSSRS), Sheela, B.V., Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 19 (1979): 99-106.
• A General-Purpose Global Optimizer: Implementation and Applications, Pronzato, L., and Walter, E., Mathematics and Computers in Simulation XXVI (1984): 412-422.
• Introduction to Analyses of Adaptive Stochastic Search Methods for Global Optimization, by Zelda B. Zabinsky, University of Washington
• Sequential quadratic programming, Boggs, P.T., Acta Numerica, (1995): 1-51.
• 'The Optimization Tree' Argonne National Labs

Background Reading

• CE 130L Blackboard site - E-reserves

• Solid Mechanics Review, References, and Software

  • MecMovies: Review of Solid Mechanics
  • MDSolids: Educational Software for Mechanics of Materials from the University of Alberta
  • Mechanics of Solids from the University of Sydney
  • Examples of Truss Types
  • On-line (Java) Structural Analysis Software from Dr. D.J.Rao
  • Beam-bending Java Applet from Virginia-Tech
  • On-Line Bridge-Design applet from Johns Hopkins University
  • MS-Windows Truss Analysis Software from Method Computing
  • Cross section relationships for Wide-Flange Sections

• Prestressed Concrete Beam Design

  • T.Y. Lin
    

• Water Supply and Treatment System

  • RDU Airport Rainfall statistics, WRAL weather
  • The Spatial Distribution of Torrential Rain in the U.S. Southeast Florida Climate Center, Florida State University.
  • Little River Reservoir and Lake Michie Elevations, City of Durham, NC.
  • Water Supply and Treatment, City of Durham, NC.
  • Annual Water Quality Reports, City of Durham, NC.
  • The Story of Drinking Water, City of Durham, NC.
  • Falls Lake Data, USGS
  • Falls Lake Data, US Army Corps of Engineers
  • Average Daily Water Use in North Carolina Cities, by week, North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
  • The Future of Water in North Carolina, Strategies for Sustaining Clean and Abundant Water, Conference Report, August 2007.
  • Comparison of Methods Used to Estimate Lake Evaporation for a Water Budget of Lake Sminole, Southwestern Georgia and Northwestern Florida, by Melinda S. Mosner and Brnet T. Aulenbach
  • Evaporatoin Rates, by David Cook, Argonne National Labs
  • Rain Water Solutions, Inc., Raleigh, NC

• Structural Dynamics and Vibration Response

  • Vibration Response Plotter from Dr. D.J.Rao
  • Structural Dynamic Vibrations Prof. B.J. Stone, University of Western Australia
    
  • Frequency Response Functions from Dr. C.W.deSilva
  • Acoustics and Vibrations Animations, Dr. Dan Russel, Kettering University
  • Nonlinear SDOF Structural Dynamics: Experimental Data (2008):
    16apr08.zip | 17apr08.zip | 18apr08.zip

• Miscellaneous

  • 2006 ASCE Carolina's Conferecne Balsa Bridge Competition Rules
  • Example Balsa Bridge Rules 1
  • Example Balsa Bridge Rules 2
  • Dutch-style Bascule Bridge
    
  • A Famous Dutch Bascule Bridge
    
  • American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment

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