CEE 6040: Structural Reliability Analysis
This course covers topics in probability theory, probabilistic modeling, and the estimation of failure probabilities for civil engineering systems, including first- and second-order estimation. It also explores building code calibration through reliability-based approaches, reliability analysis of systems with multiple failure models, and advanced topics in simulation and variance reduction.
- Topics:
- Probability Review 1 (preliminaries)
- Probability Review 2 (distributions) [Link]
- Probability Review 3 (moments and statistics)
- Second moment method
- Normal/Lognormal distributions
- Code Calibration
- Hasofer-Lindt algorithm [Link]
- First-order reliability method (FORM)
- Monte Carlo Methods
- Introduction to system reliability
CEE 3020: Structural Analysis
This course covers the classification of structural types and the analysis of trusses, beams, and frames. Topics include calculating deflections using energy methods and solving indeterminate structures.
- Topics:
- Introduction to structural analysis
- Review of Statistics
- Truss determinacy and analysis
- Frame determinacy and analysis
- Shear & Moment diagram
- Qualitative detection
- Virtual work (Truss)
- Virtual work (beams & frames)
- Indeterminate structures I
- Indeterminate structures II
CEE 5070: Structural Steel Design
This course covers the fundamentals of steel design, including tension, compression, and flexural members design, as well as simple and eccentric connections.
CEE 3404: Intro to Structural Engineering
This course covers the fundamental tools and methods of structural analysis, along with their applications to beams, trusses, and simple frames, including virtual work and flexibility methods.
Spring 2022 class, VT
Stochastic Structures 