Fundamentals of Virtual Work for Civil Engineers

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Course Syllabus

Welcome and Introduction

1. Welcome to the course

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2. Syllabus walkthrough

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3. Maximise course value!

Support and Lecture Q&A (Please read!)

Quick Review of Trusses (optional)

4. Section overview

5. Key features of a truss

6. The joint resolution method

Exercise solution

7. The method of sections

8. Worked example

Strain Energy

9. Section overview

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10. What is strain energy?

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11. Energy stored in a structure

12. Energy storage and trusses

13. Let's try that again

14. What are the limitations of strain energy?

Virtual Work

15. Section overview

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16. The basic idea

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17. Equilibrium force system

18. Compatible displacement system

19. The Principle of Virtual Work

Pin-Jointed Structures / Trusses

20. Section overview

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21. A strategy for analysing trusses

22. Finding unknown displacements

23. Finding unknown forces

Practice Questions

24. Section overview

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25. Practice Question 1

26. Practice Question 2

27. Practice Question 3

28. Practice Question 4

29. Practice Question 5

Wrap up

30. Closing comments and Certificate of Completion