JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD

Course Objectives

Student shall be able to

• 1. Understand computer hardware, software requirements, design process and graphics
• 2. Formulate stiffness matrix for beams and frames
• 3. Explain fundamentals of FEA.
• 4. Understand design optimization and expert systems.

Course Outcomes

After the completion of the course, students should be able to

• 1. Explain design process
• 2. Formulate stiffness matrix for beams and frames
• 3. Apply fundamentals of FEA for solving structural analysis problems
• 4. Perform design optimization and understand Knowledge based expert systems.

UNIT - I

Introduction: Fundamentals of CAD - Hardware and software requirements - Design process - Applications and benefits - Graphic primitives - Transformations -Wire frame modeling and solid modeling -Graphic standards –Drafting packages.

UNIT - II

Structural Analysis: Structural analysis – stiffness matrix method; Application to beams and frames

UNIT - III

Finite Element Analysis: Fundamentals of finite element analysis – Discretization -Types of elements – shape function –plane stress and plane strain problems Analysis packages and applications.

UNIT - IV

Design and Optimization: Principles of design of steel and RC Structures -Applications to simple design problems – Various Optimization techniques - Algorithms - Linear Programming – Evolutionary Algorithms

UNIT - V

Expert Systems: Introduction to artificial intelligence - Knowledge based expert systems -Rules and decision tables –Inference mechanisms - Simple applications.

TEXT BOOKS:

• 1. CAD/CAM, Computer Aided Design and Manufacturing by Groover M.P. and Zimmers E.W. Jr., Prentice Hall of India Ltd, New Delhi, 1993.
• 2. Computer Aided Design by Krishna moorthy C.S.Rajeev S., Narosa Publishing House, New Delhi, 1993

REFERENCES:

• 1. Structural Analysis and Design by Harrison H.B., Part I and II Pergamon Press, Oxford, 1990.
• 2. Optimization Theory and Applications by Rao S.S., Wiley Eastern Limited, New Delhi, 1977.
• 3. Expert System Principles and Case Studies by Richard Forsyth (Ed), Chapman and Hall, London, 1989.
• 4. Computational structural mechanics by S. Rajasekaran, G. Sankara subramanian, PHI Learning, 2001 M. Tech in COMPUTER AIDED STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING I YEAR II – SEMESTER