CE7016 NONLINEAR STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS

Fall 2016
Instructor: Dr. Afin Sarta; Office: Structural Mechanics Building, K7 105
Web page: http://courses.ce.metu.edu.tr/ce7016/
Course Time & Location: Tuesday 13:40-16:30 @ K2 SL107
METU Catalog Description: Material and geometric nonlinear analysis of framed structures.
Solution strategies for nonlinear structural analysis. Nonlinear constitutive models of steel and
reinforced concrete. Development and use of computer programs for nonlinear analysis.
Prerequisite Course(s): A course on matrix structural analysis
Course Objectives:
In completing this course, the students must demonstrate the ability to:
- Analyze the advantages and disadvantages of root-finding strategies for nonlinear structural
analysis
- Evaluate the common nonlinear modeling approaches in frame finite elements for section and
element response
- Evaluate the difference between displacement-based and force-based (mixed formulation) frame
elements.
- Evaluate when to account for large displacements in a nonlinear structural analysis.
- Analyze static and dynamic structural response.
Textbooks: None. Suitable hand-outs will be provided as necessary.
Reference Material
- F.C. Filippou and G.L. Fenves, Methods of Analysis for Earthquake-Resistant Structures
from Earthquake Engineering, From Engineering Seismology to Performance-Based
Engineering, CRC Press, 2004
- M. A. Crisfield, Non-linear Finite Element Analysis of Solids and Structures, John Wiley
& Sons, 1991.
- K. J. Bathe, Finite Element Procedures, Prentice Hall, 1996
- J. C. Simo and T. J. R. Hughes, Computational Inelasticity, Springer-Verlag, 1998
- W. McGuire, R.H. Gallagher, R.D. Ziemian, Matrix Structural Analysis, John Wiley & Sons,
2000
Grading: Midterm Exam: 35% ,
Assignments: 30%; Final Exam: 35%
25% deduction per week for late submissions of each assignment.
Improper collaboration of assignments will be penalized.

Course Outline:
1. Introduction to nonlinear structural analysis
1.1 Classification of nonlinear problems, nonlinear material and geometric response
1.2 Simplified plastic analysis of structures: brief on upper and lower bound theorems
2. Solution strategies for nonlinear equilibrium equations
2.1 Event to event solution strategy
2.2 Newton-Raphson iteration
2.3 Load factor control during incrementation and iteration
3. Nonlinear material response
3.1 One-dimensional plasticity; return mapping algorithm
3.2 Nonlinear constitutive models of steel
3.3 Nonlinear constitutive models of reinforced concrete
4. Nonlinear section response
4.1 Fiber discretization of a section
4.2 Axial force bending moment interaction diagrams
4.3 Moment curvature, moment rotation models
4.4 Advanced topics on nonlinear coupling of section forces
5. Nonlinear frame finite element models
5.1 Lumped plasticity models
5.2 Frame elements with distributed inelasticity
5.3 Displacement-based vs. force-based (mixed formulation) approaches in frame
elements
6. Nonlinear geometric response
6.1 Nonlinear geometric effects along a frame element: P- effect
6.2 Nonlinear geometric effects in a frame element through nodal transformations: P-
and corotational transformations
7. Applications on nonlinear analysis of framed structures
7.1 Pushover (nonlinear static) analysis
7.2 Nonlinear dynamic analysis