Preparation exam assignments Tuesday December 9th

Assignment on statically indeterminate structures

As a preparation for the exam assignment on Statically indeterminate structures you can repeat all the topics of Statically indeterminate structures, including the prerequisites. This content can be viewed at:

• All content from Week 4 to Week 8 in this book with the label New content and New content. Chapters with the label Prerequisites and Prerequisites are essential to apply the new content:

  Week 4

  	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Upcoming homework
  Homework deadlines			Read theory and make homework exercises statical determinacy and extension Prerequisites		Read theory and make homework exercises extension and Williot Prerequisites	Monday: Read theory and make homework exercises Force method extension New content
  Class activities	Demonstration force method extension New content		Guided practice on statical determinacy and extension Prerequisites		Guided practice on extension and Williot Prerequisites

  Week 5

  	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Upcoming homework
  Homework deadlines	Read theory and make homework exercises Force method extension New content				Read theory and make homework exercises internal forces bending Prerequisites	Monday: Read theory and make homework exercises displacement bending Prerequisites
  Class activities	Guided practice on force method extension New content		Demonstration Force method bending New content		Guided practice on Section force diagrams Prerequisites

  Week 6

  	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Upcoming homework
  Homework deadlines	Read theory and make homework exercises displacement bending Prerequisites		Read theory and make homework exercises force method bending beams New content		Read theory and make homework exercises force method bending frames New content	Wednesday: Read theory and make homework exercises displacement method New content
  Class activities	Guided practice on displacement bending Prerequisites		Guided practice on force method bending beams New content		Read theory and make homework exercises force method frames New content

  Week 7

  	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Upcoming homework
  Homework deadlines			Read theory and make homework exercises Displacement method New content		Read theory and make homework exercises displacement method 2 and matrix method New content	Thursday: Read theory and make homework exercises stiffness discontinuities and support settlement New content
  Class activities	Demonstration Displacement method New content		Guided practice on Displacement method New content		Guided practice on displacement method 2 and matrix method New content

  Week 8

  	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Upcoming homework
  Homework deadlines				Read theory and make homework exercises Stiffness discontinuities and support settlement New content	Read theory and make homework exercises temperature influences New content	Friday week 10: Prepare for exam assignment Statically indeterminate structures New content Prerequisites
  Class activities	Demonstration support settlement, stiffness discontinuities and temperature influences			Guided practice on Stiffness discontinuities and support settlement New content	Guided practice on temperature influences New content

• The following chapters of the full Mechanics-BSc book:

  • Statics: all topics as a prerequisite except for Differential equations for equilibrium relations and Solve section forces ... using differential equations.

  • Stresses and displacements: all topics as a prerequisite, except for Cross-sectional properties and Solve displacements ... using differential equations.

  • Statically indeterminate structures: all topics

• The following old exam questions could be used as additional practice material. Note that the emphasis in old exams might be different. Furthermore some (indicated) questions are not part of the content of this course.

  • Exam CTB2210 Constructiemechanica 3 in January 2012: Question 1 and 3 . resolutions available here. This exam and the resolutions are in Dutch.

  • Exam CTB2210 Constructiemechanica 3 in January 2013: Part 3 and 4 of question 1 resolutions available here. This exam and the resolutions are in Dutch.

  • Exam CTB2210 Constructiemechanica 3 in April 2013: Question 1a to 1f and question 3. resolutions available here. This exam and the resolutions are in Dutch.

  • Exam CTB2210 Constructiemechanica 3 in April 2016: Part 1 of question 1, and question 2. resolutions available here. This exam and the resolutions are in Dutch.

  • Exam CTB2210 Constructiemechanica 3 in January 2017: Question 2. resolutions available here. This exam and the resolutions are in Dutch.

  • Exam CTB2210 Constructiemechanica 3 in January 2018: Question 1 and 2. resolutions available here. This exam and the resolutions are in Dutch.

  • Exam CTB2210 Constructiemechanica 3 in April 2018: Question 1 and 2. resolutions available here. This exam and the resolutions are in Dutch.

  • Exam CTB2210 Constructiemechanica 3 in January 2019: Question 1 and 2. resolutions available here. This exam and the resolutions are in Dutch.

  • First exam of CTB2210 Constructiemechanica 3 in January 2020: Question 1 and 3a. resolutions available here. This exam and the resolutions are in Dutch.

  • Second exam of CTB2210 Constructiemechanica 3 in January 2020: Question 4 and 6. resolutions available here. This exam and the resolutions are in Dutch.

  • Exam of CTB2210 Constructiemechanica 3 in February 2023: Question 2. resolutions available here. This exam and the resolutions are in Dutch.

  • Exam of CTB2210 Constructiemechanica 3 in January 2024: Question 1, 4a and 4b. resolutions available here. This exam and the resolutions are in Dutch.

  • Exam of CTB2210 Constructiemechanica 3 in January 2025: Question 2 and 3a. resolutions available here. This exam and the resolutions are in Dutch.

  • Exam of CT1000 Structural Mechanics on December 2024: Exam assignment 1. Resolutions are available on the same page.

  • Exam of CT1000 Structural Mechanics on April 2025: Exam assignment 3. Resolutions are available on the same page.

  • First exam of CTB2210 Constructiemechanica 3 in November 2025: Question 1. Resolutions are available on the same page.

Assignment on continuum mechanics

As a preparation for the exam assignment on Continuum mechanics you can repeat all the topics of Continuum Mechanics, including the prerequisites. This content can be viewed at:

• All content from Week 11 to 14 in this book with the label New content and New content. Chapters with the label Prerequisites and Prerequisites are essential to apply the new content. Furthermore, the content of week 2 except for the demonstration of Monday September 8th is essential as a prerequisite too:

  Week 2

  	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Upcoming homework
  Homework deadlines			Read theory and make homework exercises Statics Prerequisites		Read theory and make homework exercises virtual work Prerequisites	Monday: Read theory and make homework exercise equilibrium relations and cables Prerequisites
  Class activities	Demonstration Differential equations New content		Guided practice on Statics externally Prerequisites		Guided practice on virtual work Prerequisites

  Week 11

  	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Upcoming homework
  Homework deadlines		Read theory and make homework exercise cross-sectional properties Prerequisites			Read theory and make homework exercise normal stresses Prerequisites	Monday: Read theory and make homework exercise shear stresses in bending elements Prerequisites
  Class activities	Review exam assignment 1 statically indeterminate structures New content Prerequisites Demonstration transforming stress- and strain tensors New content	Guided practice on cross-sectional properties Prerequisites			Guided practice on normal stresses Prerequisites

  Week 12

  	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Upcoming homework
  Homework deadlines	Read theory and make homework exercise shear stresses in bending elements Prerequisites	Read theory and make homework exercise core of cross-section Prerequisites			Read theory and make homework exercises transforming tensors New content	Monday: Read theory and make homework exercises on stress-strain relations New content
  Class activities	Guided practice on shear stresses in bending elements Prerequisites	Guided practice on core of cross-section Prerequisites			Guided practice on transforming tensors New content

  Week 13

  	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Upcoming homework
  Homework deadlines	Read theory and make homework exercise on stress-strain relations New content				Read theory and make homework exercise shear force centre Prerequisites	Monday: Read theory and make homework exercise torsional internal forces Prerequisites
  Class activities	Guided practice on stress-strain relations New content	Demonstration failure criteria New content			Guided practice on shear force centre Prerequisites

  Week 14

  	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Upcoming homework
  Homework deadlines	Read theory and make homework exercise torsional internal forces Prerequisites	Read theory and make homework exercise shear stresses in torsional elements Prerequisites			Read theory and make homework exercise failure citeria New content	Wednesday: Prepare for exam assignments statically indeterminate structure and continuum mechanics New content Prerequisites
  Class activities	Guided practice on torsional internal forces Prerequisites	Guided practice on shear stresses in torsional elements Prerequisites			Guided practice on failure criteria New content

• The following chapters of the full Mechanics-BSc book:

  • Statics: all topics as a prerequisite except for Differential equations for equilibrium relations and, Solve section forces frame structures - Diagrams and Solve section forces ... using differential equations.

  • Stresses and displacements: all topics as a prerequisite, except for Solve displacements ... and kinematic relations.

  • Continuum mechanics: all topics

• The following old exam questions could be used as additional practice material. Note that the emphasis in old exams might be different. Furthermore some (indicated) questions are not part of the content of this course: in case the Circle of Mohr is used to rotate tensors you can replace that with the transformation formulas.

  • Exam CTB2210 Constructiemechanica 3 in January 2019: Question 5. Resolutions available here. This exam and the resolutions are in Dutch.

  • First exam of CTB2210 Constructiemechanica 3 in January 2020: Question 5. Resolutions available here. This exam and the resolutions are in Dutch.

  • Exam of CTB2210 Constructiemechanica 3 in February 2023: Question 6. Resolutions available here. This exam and the resolutions are in Dutch.

  • Exam of CT1000 Structural Mechanics on December 2024: Exam assignment 1. Resolutions are available on the same page.

  • Exam of CT1000 Structural Mechanics on January 2025: Exam assignment 2. Resolutions are available on the same page. You can take for granted that rotating the case with principal stresses gives you the maximum shear stress.

  • Exam of CT1000 Structural Mechanics on April 2025: Exam assignment 3. Resolutions are available on the same page.

  • Additional exam of CTB2210 Constructiemechanica 3 in November 2025. Resolutions are available in the same document. This exam and the resolutions are in Dutch.

Repeat those topics which you have difficulty with. If you’ve any questions along the way, please visit the TAs in 6.41 during lunch time.