Structural mechanics is a major course for undergraduate students of civil and hydraulic engineering in structural analysis. As the basic theories, students should have learned engineering mechanics and mechanics of materials. Structural mechanics studies the relationships between the external loads applied to a deformable system and the intensity of internal forces acting within the system. The purpose of this course is to help students and engineers develop a fundamental understanding of the principle of framed structural analysis. An equally important purpose is to develop an understanding of the behavior of structural systems under loads.

There will be an emphasis on a number of key areas of study: 1) geometric stability of structures; 2) fundamentals of the analysis of statically determinate structures; 3) principle of virtual work and displacement of structures; 4) analysis of statically indeterminate structures.

This course consists of 64 hours, 4 periods per week and 16 weeks of study. The course integrates structural mechanics experiment, and creates a new teaching idea of combining experiment with theory, which will help students understand the concepts and principles well.

(1) Through the study of this course can have the initial ability to select the calculation diagram for the commonly used member structure, and can choose the appropriate caculation method according to the specific problem.

(2) Through the study of this course can have the ability to calculate the internal forces and displacements of various statically determinate structures.

(3) Through the study of this course can have the ability of self-study and reading structural mechanics teaching reference books.

Advanced Mathematics、 Linear Algebra、 Mechanics of Theoretical、 Mechanics of Materials

(1) Structural Analysis (9th Edition), R.C.Hibbeler.

(2) Structural Mechanics I, Yuqiu Long, etc. The higher education press.

(3) Structural Mechanics, Shihua Bao, Yaoqing Gong. Wuhan University of Technology Press.

(4) Experimental structural mechanics, Tingguo Chen, etc. The higher education press.

(5) Structural Mechanics, Bingchen Zhi. Tsinghua University Press.

(6) Structural Mechanics, Cimian Zhu. The higher education press.

(7) Structural Mechanics (the fourth edition). Foukang Yang, Jiabao LI. The higher education press.

(8) Problem-solving instruction of Structural Mechanics, Xianyang Dai. The higher education press.

(9) Exercises and training of Structural Mechanics, Research team of six universities. The higher education press.

(10) Learning Guide of Structural Mechanics (Concepts and ability training), Haixia Yang, etc. The higher education press.