ANNA UNIVERSITY, CHENNAI

AFFILIATED INSTITUTIONS

R -  2008

B.E. CIVIL ENGINEERING

SYLLABUS

ELECTIVE – V

CE 2047                         COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN OF STRUCTURE                       L T P C

3  0 0 3

 

OBJECTIVE

The main objective of this programme is to train the student in the use of computers and creating a computer code as well as using commercially available software for the design of Civil Engineering structures.

 

UNIT I             INTRODUCTION                                                                                                   9

Fundamentals of CAD - Hardware and software requirements -Design process - Applications and benefits.

 

UNIT II            COMPUTER GRAPHICS                                                                                      9

Graphic primitives - Transformations -Wire frame modeling and solid modeling -Graphic standards –Drafting packages

 

UNIT III           STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS                                                                                   9

Fundamentals of finite element analysis - Principles of structural analysis -Analysis packages and applications.

 

UNIT IV          DESIGN AND OPTIMISATION                                                                             9

Principles of design of steel and RC Structures -Applications to simple design problems – Optimisation techniques - Algorithms - Linear Programming – Simplex method

 

UNIT V           EXPERT SYSTEMS                                                                                              9

Introduction to artificial intelligence - Knowledge based expert systems -Rules and decision tables –Inference mechanisms - Simple applications.

TOTAL: 45 PERIODS