• Basic assumptions of theory of structures: ideal materials, small deflections.
  • Stress, strain, extension of bars.
  • Thermal stresses, thin shells.
  • Bending moment and shear force diagrams for beams and simple frames.
  • Properties of areas.
  • Stresses due to bending: normal and shear.
  • Beam deflection: integration and unit-load theorem.
  • Stability: column buckling.
  • Shear centre, torsion of circular sections.
  • Principle of work and energy.