Introduction to Structural Analysis

Meesala Chakradhara Rao holds a Ph.D. from IIT Kharagpur, India, and is currently working as a Professor at Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya (Central University), Bilaspur (Chhattisgarh), India. He obtained his M.Tech. from NIT Surathkal (formerly Karnataka Regional Engineering College) with a specialisation in Structural Engineering; graduated from Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh; and holds a Diploma in Civil Engineering from SBTET Hyderabad, India. He has over 25 years of teaching, research, and consultancy experience. He previously worked as a Professor at Bapatla Engineering College, Bapatla, and GITAM University, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India. His research areas include sustainable construction materials, microstructural characterisation of concrete, and static and impact testing of concrete structures. He has published more than 40 papers in national and international reputed journals and conferences. He has also authored a book Systematic Approach of Characterisation and Behaviour of Recycled Aggregate Concrete.

• 1. Methods of Analysis 2. Three-Moment Theorem 3. Consistent Deformation Method 4. Strain Energy Method: Theorem of Least Work 5. Column Analogy Method 6. Slope–Deflection Method 7. Moment Distribution Method 8. Kani’s Method 9. Matrix Methods: Flexibility Matrix Method 10. Matrix Methods: Stiffness Matrix Method 11. Analysis of Multi-Storey Frames by Approximate Methods 12. Influence Lines for Indeterminate Beams 13. Two-Hinged Arches