JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD

Course Outcomes

At the end of the course, students will be able to

• 1. Determine stability of columns and frames
• 2. Determine stability of beams and plates
• 3. Use stability criteria and concepts for analyzing discrete and continuous systems,

UNIT - I

Criteria for Design of Structures: Stability, Strength, and Stiffness, Classical Concept of Stability of Discrete and Continuous Systems, Linear and nonlinear behavior.

UNIT - II

Stability of Columns: Axial and Flexural Buckling, Lateral Bracing of Columns, Combined Axial, Flexural and Torsion Buckling.

UNIT - III

Stability of Frames: Member Buckling versus Global Buckling, Slenderness Ratio of Frame Members.

UNIT - IV

Stability of Beams: lateral torsion buckling. Stability of Plates: axial flexural buckling, shear flexural buckling, buckling under combined loads.

UNIT - V

Introduction to Inelastic Buckling and Dynamic Stability.

REFERENCE BOOKS:

• 1. Theory of elastic stability, Timoshenko and Gere, Tata Mc Graw Hill,1981
• 2. Principles of Structural Stability Theory, Alexander Chajes, Prentice Hall, New Jersey.
• 3. Structural Stability of columns and plates, Iyengar, N. G. R., Eastern west press Pvt. Ltd.
• 4. Strength of Metal Structures, Bleich F. Bucking, Tata McGraw Hill, New York. R19 M.TECH STRUCTURAL ENGG. M.TECH.- I YEAR- I SEMESTER STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING