CE6018 COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN OF STRUCTURES SYLLABUS(Elective-V)

CE6018 COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN OF STRUCTURES LT P C 3 0 0 3 

OBJECTIVES:

 To introduce the students about computer graphics, structural analysis, design and optimization and expert systems, applications in analysis.

UNIT I                                 INTRODUCTION                                                                         (9)
 Fundamental reason for implementing CAD - Software requirements – Hardware components in CAD system – Design process - Applications and benefits.

UNIT II                              COMPUTER GRAPHICS                                                             (9) 
Graphic Software – Graphic primitives - Transformations - 2 Dimensional and 3 Dimensional transformations – Concatenation - Wire frame modeling - Solid modeling - Graphic standards - Drafting packages – Auto CAD.

UNIT III                           STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS                                                            (9) 
Principles of structural analysis - Fundamentals of finite element analysis - Concepts of finite elements – Stiffness matrix formulation – Variational Method – Weighted residual method – Problems – Conditions of convergence of functions – Analysis packages and applications.

UNIT IV                          DESIGN AND OPTIMIZATION                                                   (9)
Principles of design of steel and RC structures - Beams and Columns - Applications to simple design problems - Optimization techniques - Algorithms - Linear programming.

UNIT V                             EXPERT SYSTEMS                                                                      (9)
 Introduction to artificial intelligence - Knowledge based expert systems – Applications of KBES- Rules and decision tables - Inference mechanisms - simple applications

TOTAL: 45 PERIODS 

OUTCOMES:
 Students will be able to implement ideas of computer aided design with advantages and demerits.

TEXT BOOKS:
1. Groover M.P. and Zimmers E.W. Jr., “CAD/CAM, Computer Aided Design and Manufacturing”, Prentice Hall of India Ltd, New Delhi, 1993.
 2. Krishnamoorthy C.S.Rajeev S., “Computer Aided Design”, Narosa Publishing House, New Delhi, 1993

REFERENCES:
1. Harrison H.B., “Structural Analysis and Design”, Part I and II Pergamon Press, Oxford, 1990.
2. Rao S.S., “Optimisation Theory and Applications”, Wiley Eastern Limited, New Delhi, 1977.
 3. Richard Forsyth (Ed), “Expert System Principles and Case Studies”, Chapman and Hall, London, 1989.


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