Structural Engineering

This Structural Engineering video explains the common types of structural supports in terms of their restraints, displacements and rotations. Examples are pinned, fixed and rigid. Post your comments/questions below and please subscribe.

This Structural Engineering video describes the common types of structural members and their load bearing mechanisms. Examples include beams, columns, beam-columns, struts and ties. Post your comments/questions below and please subscribe.

This Structural Engineering video describes the common types of structures and their load bearing mechanisms. Examples include trusses, frames, arches and cable-stayed bridges. Post your comments/questions below and please subscribe.

This Structural Engineering video covers a worked example problem on the static equilibrium of a cantilever beam. Post your comments/questions below and please subscribe.

This Structural Engineering video covers a worked example problem on the static equilibrium of a simply supported beam. Post your comments/questions below and please subscribe.

This Structural Enginereing video covers a example problem on the static equilibrium of a simply supported truss. Post your comments/questions below and please subscribe.

This video explains the method of joints for determining the internal forces in truss members. A worked example is provided to illustrate the application of this method. Post your comments/questions below and please subscribe.

This video explains the method of sections for determining the internal forces in specific truss members. A worked example is provided to illustrate the application of this method. Post your comments/questions below and please subscribe.

This Structural Enginering video covers a worked example problem on finding the internal forces in trusses. Post your comments/questions below and please subscribe.

This video explains several conditions where a truss may be unstable. Examples include missing supports to provide the necessary reactions, lack of member bracing to prevent collapse or the support reactions pass through a common point. Post your comments/questions below and please subscribe.