How to use this TeachBook 📘#
This TeachBook combines the course schedule and content. The content is shown independently as well in the Mechanics-BSc TeachBook.
Linked literature and tools#
This TeachBook links to relevant part of the other literature and only provides additional content when the other literature is insufficient.
Brightspace course page: this Brightspace page is only used for announcements.
Engineering Mechanics: Volume 1: Equilibrium, by Hartsuijker and Welleman (2006).
eBook available for free via TU Delft at
.This book is also available in Dutch (only paid version) at
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Engineering Mechanics: Volume 2: Stresses, strains and displacements, by Hartsuijker and Welleman (2007).
eBook available for free via TU Delft at
.This book is also available in Dutch (only paid version) at
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Mechanica: Statisch onbepaalde constructies en bezwijkanalyse, by Hartsuijker and Welleman (2007).
Book available at
. This book is only available as a paid version in Dutch
Mechanica: Stabiliteit van het evenwicht, by Hartsuijker and Welleman (2023).
Book available at
. This book is only available as a paid version in Dutch.Summary available in Dutch here
Visual summary available in Dutch here.
Answers available in Dutch here.
Additional notes on example 3 of chpt 4 in Dutch here
Note on equivalent rotational spring stiffness in Dutch here and in English here
Python script to find buckling load, basic type 4 in English here
Python script to find buckling load, basic type 5 in English here
Python script to find numerical buckling load, example with different EI from slides in Dutch here
python script to find numerical buckling load, example with two forces from slides in Dutch here
Summary of formulas flexural buckling in Dutch here and in English here.
Chapter 7, 12 and 13 are not part of this course.
Introduction to continuum mechanics, by Hartsuijker and Welleman (2007).
Book available here.
Additional exercises in
course Constructiemechanica BSc Civiele Techniek. This ANS course contains all the practice assignments linked to the content of Mechanics-BSc TeachBook. You can login into this course by logging in into ANS - joining the course with this link. Afterwards, you can directly go to the course by clicking the course in your personal ANS dashboard or by clicking the provided links in the book.Self-assessed prerequisite tests and paper-based exams in
course CT1000 S Structural Mechanics EXAM 24/25 (Q1). In this course all the assignments specific for this year’s course can be found. This includes the prerequisite tests and the exams. You are added to this course as soon as you participate in one of the tests or exams.Recordings of lectures in Dutch:
Public recordings from topic statically indeterminate structure in course “Constructiemechanica 3”: https://collegerama.tudelft.nl/Mediasite/Channel/public-ceg-ctb2210
Recordings requiring TU Delft login:
Other topics in course “Constructiemechanica 3”: https://collegeramavideoportal.tudelft.nl/catalogue/ctb2210
Course “Constructiemechanica 1”: https://collegeramavideoportal.tudelft.nl/catalogue/ctb1110/
Course “Constructiemechanica 2”: https://collegeramavideoportal.tudelft.nl/catalogue/ctb1310/?academicYear=2021-2022-ctb1310
Interactive features#
This TeachBook includes interactive features!
Interactive quizzes: Some page include interactive ‘H5p’ quizzes. This allows you to check your understanding. Any interactions you have with this system are not stored, unless you login into H5p.
Python interactivity: Click –> Live Code on the top right corner of interactive page to start up a python-kernel in your browser! Any interactions you do here are not stored. You can also download the page as a notebook to apply the content on your own computer.
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Personalised book#
If you’d like to make this TeachBook more personal by adding (private or public) annotations I can recommend the Hypothesis extension. This is only for your own use, I won’t monitor public post on this platform.
Version#
This is the 2025-2026-version of the TeachBook. Go to https://oit.tudelft.nl/CT1000 to view the most recent version complete of this TeachBook, or adapt the year in /CT1000/2025 to the year when you took the course. The 2024 version is the latest complete (but outdated) version.