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Build a toolbox to analyse structures that exhibit geometric non-linearity due to large deflections.
Build the knowledge and tools to decode the dynamic response structures to real-world loads.
Use the Isoparametric Finite Element Method to build an analysis tool for 2D structures in Python.
Build your own complete 3D structural analysis software in Python using the Direct Stiffness Method
Develop tools to model and analyse complex 3D space frame structures using Python.
Build a sophisticated structural analysis software tool that models beams and frames using Python.
Build your own finite element truss analysis software using Python and tackle large scale structures.
Leverage fundamental structural dynamics to build your own flexible numerical solutions in Python.
Powerful techniques for analysing realistic civil engineering structures.
Analyse complex beam and frame civil engineering structures using Virtual Work.
Level up your structural analysis skillset with these powerful Civil Engineering analysis techniques.
Step up your structural analysis skills by working your way through these indeterminate structures.
Unlock indeterminate structures using the moment distribution structural analysis method.
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In this course, we’ll expand beyond what we covered in our study of 2D non-linear cables by adapting the tools we built previously, for the analysis of non-linear 3D cablenet structures.
However, instead of just modifying our existing code, we’ll spend time fleshing out a complete workflow that takes you from initial form-finding of cablenet geometry, right through to iterative stiffness method simulation to identify the cablenet deflections and tension profile.
If you’re intrigued by these elegant and efficient structures and want to understand how to analyse their behaviour, this course is for you. Keep in mind that the tools developed in this course are not meant to be a replacement for commercial non-linear solvers. Our objective is to build your understanding of the behaviour of cablenet structures and geometric non-linearity more generally. The best way to do this is to roll up your sleeves and build your own solver.
After taking this course, you’ll be able to use commercial software which much greater confidence now that you understand what’s happening behind the scenes. The code developed within each section of the course is also provided for download as a reference.
This course is divided into 8 sections:
The final code will be capable of handling structures like the one pictured above that consist of a mixture of axially loaded cable (tension only) and bar (tension and compression) elements. Our solver implements an iterative algorithm, so a solution that converges is not always guaranteed! We’ll be leaving the relative comfort and certainty of linear analysis behind!