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Degrees of Freedom
A number of independent parameters, which define configuration of a system without deformation of its members is called the degree…
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Structural Analysis 3 min read
Analytical Criteria of the Instantaneously Changeable Structures
Kinematical analysis of a structure can also be done using the static equations. The following criteria for instantaneously changeable systems…
Structural Analysis 3 min read
Generation of Geometrically Unchangeable Structures
In order to produce a rigid structure in a whole, the rigid discs should be connected in specific way. Let…
Structural Analysis 3 min read
Kinematical Analysis of Structures
Kinematical analysis of a structure is necessary for evaluation of ability of the structure to resist external load. Kinematical analysis…
Structural Analysis 7 min read
Introduction
The subject and purposes of the Theory of Structures in the broad sense is the branch of applied engineering that…
Soil Mechanics 2 min read
How To Calculate Stress Distribution Of Soil? 2:1 Method
Stress Distribution In Soil Displacements in soil occur from stresses applied by loading forces. The distribution of stress in soil…
Soil Mechanics 4 min read
Simple shear test
Apart from the difficulty that the state of stress is not completely given in a shear test, the direct shear…
Soil Mechanics 6 min read
Shear Test
The notion that failure of a soil occurs by sliding along a plane on which the shear stress reaches a…
Soil Mechanics 3 min read
√ t-method
A second method to determine the value of the coefficient of consolidation is to use only the results of a…
Soil Mechanics 4 min read
Consolidation Coefficient
If the theory of consolidation, presented in the previous chapters, were a perfect description of the physical behaviour of soils,…