Students will understand and be able to apply the flexibility and direct stiffness method to analyze indeterminate structures comprised of truss, frame and continuum elements How well did you achieve this learning goal in this course?
Students will understand and be able to apply the principles of virtual work to calculate displacements (PVF) and stiffnesses (PVD) of structural components and systems How well did you achieve this learning goal in this course?
Students will gain understanding, appreciation for, and skills necessary to formulate, implement and apply the direct stiffness method of analysis using modern computer programming approaches How well did you achieve this learning goal in this course?
Through improved understanding of structural behavior and analysis skills, students will feel more confident in their ability to design structures How well did you achieve this learning goal in this course?
How useful to you was the final project?
How useful to you were the lectures?
How useful to you were the problem sets?
What was the quality of the textbook Advanced Structural Analysis - McGuire, Gallagher and Ziemian?
What was the quality of the textbook A First Course in the Finite Element Method - Logan?
What was the quality of Powerpoint notes presented in class and posted on Coursework?
Degree to which the HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS struck a reasonable balance between learning outcomes and work required
Degree to which the PROGRAMMING ASSIGNMENT struck a reasonable balance between learning outcomes and work required
Were you satisfied with access to Prof. Deierlein and the TA (Aliz) outside of class to help you learn the course material and answer questions>
How could the course lectures and/or out of class tutoring sessions be improved?
Do you have any suggestions for mechanisms other than the homework and programming assignment to help you learn the course material?
If you could change one thing about the course to make it better, what would it be?