AE 536 – STABILITY OF BUILDING STRUCTURES

 

The Pennsylvania State University                                             Instructor: A. M. Memari

Department of Architectural Engineering                                    Office: 213 Engrg. A Bldg.

Semester: Spring 2000                                                  Phone: 865-3367

Time/Place: T R 04:15-05:30P/106 Sackett                              E-mail: amm7@psu.edu

                                                                                                                                               

Course Outline:

 

A.     Basic Principles of Stability  (3 Weeks)

  1. Stable and Unstable Equilibrium
  2. Bifurcation Buckling
  3. Basic Approaches of Stability Analysis (Equilibrium and Energy Methods)
  4. Examples – Critical Loads for Systems Made Up of Rigid Bars and Springs
  5. Critical Loads for Rigid Bar and Spring Systems with Initial Imperfections

 

B.     Stability of Columns and Beam-Columns  (4 Weeks)

  1. Buckling of Columns with Different Support Conditions
  2. Buckling of Eccentrically Loaded / Imperfect Columns
  3. Buckling of Elastically Supported Columns
  4. Inelastic Buckling of Columns
  5. Buckling of Special Columns (Tapered, Built-up, Laced, Battened)
  6. Buckling of Beam-Columns with Various Load Conditions
  7. Effective Length Factors, Column Curves, and Interaction Equations

 

C.     Stability of Rigid Frames  (3 Weeks)

  1. Elastic Critical Loads for Braced and Unbraced Frames
  2. Stability of Semi-Rigid Frames
  3. Plastic Collapse Loads

 

D.     Buckling of Beams  (2 Weeks)

  1. Torsion of Thin-Walled Open Sections
  2. Elastic Lateral-Torsional Buckling of Beams
  3. Effects of Support Conditions and Initial Crookedness

 

E.      Other Related Topics (3 Weeks)

  1. Buckling of Arches
  2. Stability Under Seismic Loading
  3. Energy and Numerical Methods for Stability Analysis

 

Grading:         Homework:                  25%

                        Project/Paper               25%

                        Midterm Exam: 25%

                        Final Exam:                   25%

 

Textbook:       Guide to Stability Design Criteria for Metal Structures, 5th Ed., by T. V. Galambos, Wiley, 1998. Several books are also on reserve in the Engineering Library (see attached list).

 

 

AE 536 – REFERENCE LIST

 

1.      Bleich, F. Buckling Strength of Metal Structures, McGraw-Hill, 1952.

 

2.      Brush, D. O. and B. O. Almroth, Buckling of Bars, Plates, and Shells, McGraw-Hill, 1975.

 

3.      Chajes, A. Principles of Structural Stability Theory, Prentice-Hall, 1974.

 

4.      Chen, W. F., and E. M. Lui, Structural Stability—Theory and Implementation, Elsevier, 1987.

 

5.      Cheng, F. Y. (Ed.), Stability Under Seismic Loading, ASCE, 1986.

 

6.      Elishakoff, I., J. Arbocz, C. D. Babcock, Jr., and A. Libai (Eds.), Buckling of Structures, Theory and Experiment, Elsevier, 1988.

 

7.      Fukumoto, Y. (Ed.), Structural Stability Design, Elsevier, 1991.

 

8.      Galambos. T. V. (Ed.), Guide to Stability Design Criteria for Metal Structures, 5th Ed., Wiley, 1998.

 

9.      Ivŕnyi, M. (Ed.), Stability of Steel Structures, Vol.1 &2, Akadčmiai Nyomda, Martonvŕsŕr, 1996.

 

10.  Kitipornchai, S., G. J. Hancock, and M. A. Bradford (Eds.) Structural Stability and Design, Balkema, 1995.

 

11.  Morris, L. J. (Ed.), Instability and Plastic Collapse of Steel Structures, Granada, 1983.

 

12.  Simitses, G. J. An Introduction to the Elastic Stability of Structures, Krieger, 1986.

 

13.  Supples, W. J., Structural Instability, IPC Business Press Ltd 1973.

 

14.  Timoshenko, S. P., and J. M. Gere, Theory of Elastic Stability, McGraw-Hill, 1961.

 

15.  Usami, T. and Y. Itoh (Eds.), Stability and Ductility of Steel Structures, Elsevier, 1998.

 

16.  Waszczyszyn, Z., C. Cichon, and M. Radwanska (Eds.), Stability of Structures by Finite Element Methods, Elsevier, 1994.

 

17.  Ziegler, H. Principles of Structural Stability, Ginn/Blaisdell, 1968.