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CTS1000 Structural Mechanics 2025/2026
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Activities
Week 1 (September 1st)
Lesson Monday September 1st
Lesson Wednesday September 3th
Lesson Friday September 5th
Working out
Frequently made mistakes
Week 2 (September 8th)
Lesson Monday September 8th
Homework deadline lesson Wednesday September 10th
Model
Elements
Coordinate system
Loads
Section forces
Supports
Hinges
Free body diagrams
Structures
Resolution of forces
Solve equilibrium
… of a planar particle
… of a 3D-particle
… of a body
… of a 3D-body
Solve support reactions for statically determinate structures
… using equilibrium
Solve section forces truss structure
… with zero-force members
… using equilibrium in a specific cross-section
Solve section forces frame structures
… using equilibrium in a specific cross-section
Lesson Wednesday September 10th
Homework deadline lesson Friday September 12th
Model
Displacement of rigid bodies in a mechanism
Virtual work
Solve structures using virtual work
Lesson Friday September 12th
Week 3 (September 15th)
Homework deadline lesson Monday September 15th
Differential equations for equilibrium relations
… for extension
… for bending
… for cables
Solve section forces frame structures
… using differential equations
Solve section forces and shape cable
… using equilibrium in a specific cross-section
… using differential equations
Lesson Monday September 15th
Homework deadline lesson Wednesday September 17th
Model
Normal stress-strain relations
Fibre model
Strain diagram
… for extension
… for bending
Kinematic relations
… for extension
… for bending
Constitutive relations
… for extension
… for bending
Solve displacements truss structures
… using differential equations
Solve displacements frame structures
… using differential equations
Matrixframe
Lesson Wednesday September 17th
Homework deadline lesson Friday September 19th
SymPy in general
SymPy for solving Euler-Bernoulli
Lesson Friday September 19th
Week 4 (September 22th)
Lesson Monday September 22th
Homework deadline lesson Wednesday September 24th
Static Indeterminacy
Model
Small rotations bar element
Solve displacements truss structures
… using constitutive equation
Lesson Wednesday September 24th
Homework deadline lesson Friday September 26th
Solve displacements truss structures
… using Williot
Lesson Friday September 26th
Week 5 (September 29th)
Homework deadline lesson Monday September 29th
Apply force method
… voor simpele constructies op trek en druk
… for truss structures
Lesson Monday September 29th
Lesson Wednesday Oktober 1st
Homework deadline lesson Friday October 3th
Solve section forces frame structures
Diagrams
Lesson Friday October 3th
Week 6 (October 6th)
Homework deadline lesson Monday October 6th.
Solve displacements frame structures
… using forget-me-nots
Lesson Monday October 6th
Homework deadline lesson Wednesday October 8th
Apply force method
… voor balkconstructies
Lesson October Wednesday 8th
Homework deadline lesson Friday October 10th
Apply force method
… voor raamwerkconstructies
Lesson Friday October 10th
Week 7 (October 13th)
Lesson October 13th
Homework deadline lesson Wednesday October 15th
Apply displacement method with statically unknown displacements
Lesson October 15th
Homework deadline lesson Friday October 17th
Apply displacement method with degrees of freedom
Apply matrix method
Lesson October 17th
Week 8 (October 20th)
Lesson October 20th
Homework deadline lesson Thursday October 23th
Solve structures subjected to support settlement
Solve structures subjected to stiffness influences
Lesson October 23th
Homework deadline lesson Friday October 24th
Constitutive relations
… for temperature influences
Solve displacements statically determinate structures subjected to temperature influences
Solve statically indeterminate structures subjected to temperature influences
Lesson October 25th
Week 10 (November 3th)
Preparation exam Friday November 8th
Exam Friday November 7th
Week 11 (November 10th)
Lesson November 10th
Homework deadline lesson Tuesday November 11th
Static moment, centroid and normal force centre
Second moment of area and Section modulus
Lesson November 11th
Homework deadline lesson Friday November 14th
Solve stresses in an extension element
Normal stresses
Solve stresses in a bending element
Normal stresses
Lesson November 14th
Week 12 (November 17th)
Homework deadline lesson Monday November 17th
Solve stresses in a bending element
Shear stresses
Lesson November 17th
Homework deadline lesson Tuesday November 18th
Core of a cross-section
Lesson November 18th
Homework deadline lesson Friday November 21st
Model
Stresses in 3D
Strains in 2D
Tensors
Transformations
Analytical
Lesson November 21th
Week 13 (November 24th)
Homework deadline lesson Monday November 24th
Stress-Strain relations
Lesson November 24th
Lesson November 25th
Homework deadline lesson Friday November 28th
Cross-sectional properties
Shear force centre
Lesson November 28th
Week 14 (December 1st)
Homework deadline lesson Monday December 1st
Model
Torsional loads
Section forces: torsion
Differential equations for equilibrium relations
… for torsion
Solve equilibrium
… of a body in torsion
Solve section forces torsion structures
… using equilibrium in a specific cross-section
Diagrams
… using differential equations
Lesson December 1st
Homework deadline lesson Tuesday December 2nd
Solve stresses in a torsional element
… in a thin-walled circular cross-section
… in solid circular bars and thick-walled circular tubes
… in a closed thin-walled non-circular cross-section
… in open thin-walled cross-sections
… for various cross-sections in combination with shear force
Lesson December 2nd
Homework deadline lesson Friday December 5th
Failure
Lesson December 5th
Week 15 (December 8th)
Preparation exam assignments Tuesday December 9th
Exam Tuesday December 9th
Week 16 (December 15th)
Buckling material
End-of-week homework week 16
Week 17 (January 5th)
Buckling material
End-of-week homework week 17
Week 18 (January 12th)
Buckling material
End-of-week homework week 18
Week 20 (January 26th)
Preparation exam assignments Friday January 30th
Week 30 (April 16th)
Preparation exam assignment Thursday April 16th
Miscellaneous
Index
References
Changelog
Credits and License
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Solve equilibrium
Solve equilibrium
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… of a planar particle
… of a 3D-particle
… of a body
… of a 3D-body