Spring 2027

Structural Analysis I

Structural Analysis I covers determinate and indeterminate beams, trusses, and frames, using virtual-work, moment-area, influence lines, and force methods.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Pavana Prabhakar

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.16 GPA, 57.9% A/AB (n=38 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.23 GPA, 56.5% A/AB (n=46 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.53 GPA, 68.8% A/AB (n=48 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Compute the internal forces (axial, shear, and moment) applied to determinate structural systems

  • Construct shear and moment influence lines for patterned loads

  • Compute the deflections of a linear elastic structural system

  • Compute the internal forces (axial, shear, and moment) applied to simple indeterminate structural systems

  • Compute the internal forces (axial, shear, and moment) applied to any indeterminate structural system by computer code-based matrix method.

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Prerequisites

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(E M A 303 or M E 306) andM E/​E M A 307, graduate/professional standing, or member of Engineering Guest Students

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Professors

Spring 2027

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2023: 3.56 GPA, 72.7% A/AB (n=44 letter grades); Spring 2024: 3.56 GPA, 73.5% A/AB (n=34 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.53 GPA, 68.8% A/AB (n=48 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

PAVANA PRABHAKAR is recorded teaching in Fall 2016, Fall 2017, Fall 2018, Fall 2019, Fall 2021, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Spring 2027

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
LEC 001Classroom Instruction0 / 600
DIS 302Classroom Instruction0 / 300
DIS 303Classroom Instruction0 / 300

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.16 GPA, 57.9% A/AB (n=38 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.23 GPA, 56.5% A/AB (n=46 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.53 GPA, 68.8% A/AB (n=48 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Statically determinate and indeterminate beams, trusses, and rigid frames.
  • Deflection analysis using virtual-work and moment-area methods.
  • Influence lines and force methods.
  • Structural design loads, introduction to structural design, and approximate methods.

Skills

  • Computing internal forces in determinate and indeterminate structural systems.
  • Constructing shear and moment influence lines for patterned loads.
  • Computing deflections of linear elastic structural systems.
  • Applying virtual-work, moment-area, and force methods for structural analysis.

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The course’s semester-average GPA, not an individual student’s grade. The center uses 5 same-season terms, weighted toward recent results.

The range uses the finite-sample 80th-percentile rank of absolute errors from earlier same-season forecasts. Each forecast uses only records from earlier terms. At least four forecasts are required; bounds are rounded outward and limited to 0–4. This is an empirical estimate: changing instructors or grading policies can reduce its coverage.

8 earlier forecasts · 0.33 GPA average error.

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CIVENGR 340 · Spring 2027

Structural Analysis I

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Recorded 2026-10-14

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