CE3155 Structural Analysis

Asst. Prof. Pang Sze Dai

Associate Head (Academic)
Dept of Civil & Environmental Engineering
email: ceepsd@nus.edu.sg
phone: 65162799
office: E1 07-11

A bit more about myself...

attended Jalan Teck Whye Primary School, Bukit Panjang Govt
High School, National Junior College
enrolled in NUS B.Eng. (Civil Engineering) in 1997
completed NUS M.Eng. (Civil Engineering) in 2001
went to Northwestern University (USA) for Ph.D. in 2002
joined NUS CEE Family again in 2006
have taught Statics and Mechanics, Differential Equations and
Systems, Structural Steel Design and System, Structural Stability
and Dynamics, Analysis and Design of Buildings Against Hazards.

1 Module Facilitators
Teaching Assistants for Tutorials:
Teo Fwu Chyi

Huang Zhenyu

email: a0074651@nus.edu.sg
office: E1A-02-04
B.Eng. NUS 2010-2014
Ph.D. candidate 2014-now

email: 0092136@nus.edu.sg
office: E1A-02-18
Ph.D. candidate 2011-now

Teaching Assistants for Labs:

Zhang Jin

Chua Yie Sue

email: a0060120@nus.edu.sg
office: E1A-02-04
B.Eng. NUS 2009-2013
Ph.D. candidate 2013-now

email: a0103025@nus.edu.sg
office: E1A-02-04
Ph.D. candidate 2012-now

2 Aims & Objectives

This module aims to equip undergraduate civil engineering
students with a good understanding of structural behavior
and the skillset to efficiently perform structural analysis.
analysis

How important is this module for your

NUS study?
CE3165
CE4257

Structural Concrete Design

Linear Finite Element Analysis

CE3166
CE3155

CE4258

Structural Steel Design and System

Structural Stability & Dynamics

CE4103
Design Project

CE4104
B.Eng. Dissertation

More importantly, civil engineers carries

the responsibility to design and build safe
infrastructures for the society.

3 Syllabus
Part I (taught by Dr. Pang Sze Dai)
Introduction to Structural Analysis ( 4 hrs)
Method of Virtual Work ( 3 hrs)
Force Method ( 5 hrs)
Displacement Method ( 5 hrs)
Part II (taught by Dr. Poh Leong Hien)
Introduction / Basic Matrix Analysis ( 3 hrs)
Matrix Stiffness Method ( 4 hrs)
Direct Stiffness Method ( 5 hrs)
Approximate methods for lateral load analysis ( 5 hrs)

4 Teaching Modes
Lectures
Monday 1400-1500 hrs @ LT1
Wednesday 1500-1700 hrs @ LT1
Tutorials
Monday 1500-1600 hrs @ E3-06-08
Thursday 1700-1800 hrs @ E1-06-07
Friday 1000-1100 hrs @ E3-06-08
Friday 1100-1200 hrs @ E1-06-07
Computer Lab Sessions for Mini Design Project
Schedule to be announced soon

5 Textbook
Structural Analysis
SI Units, 8/e
Author

: HIBBELER

Publisher : Pearson
ISBN

: 9789810687137

Available at

NUS Co-op @ Forum !!

6 Tutorials
Register via IVLE:
Click on Groups on the left side of the page in the
IVLE workspace, click on Sign Up, choose module
CE3155, and sign up for one of the four Class
Groups.
Maximum of 30 students per tutorial slot.
Registration opens at 12 pm on August 12
(Tuesday).
Please register by August 17 (Sunday).
Tutorial classes will begin on August 25 (Monday).

7 Mini Design Project

Design a multi-storey steel frame.
Use of ETABS for analysis.
Find your own group members. 3 persons per group.
(email list of group members to zhangjin@nus.edu.sg)
More details will be announced soon.

More about ETABS

You will have an opportunity to learn ETABS, a commercial

structural analysis software which is widely used by industry.
Proficiency in this software will help you in other design
modules and also in your internship+career.
The problem given will be used for CE3166 so that you can see
more continuity and connection in the different modules.

More about ETABS

You can download an evaluation version of ETABS Version 2013 onto your laptop.

Instructions on how to download ETABS 2013 will be sent to you this week.

8 Assessment
Quiz 1 15%
Quiz 2 15%
Lab Assignment (Mini Design Project) 15%
Exams 55%