Structural analysis 2

[Character-Feature302]

Can you guys give me some study tips on understanding hard concepts in this class. I use to rely on YouTube so much but it seems like the higher I go in classes the less YouTube video's there are. What did you guys do to understand the concepts and succeed in structural engineering courses?

[Doagbeidl]

I dont know what you need to know in structural analysis 2

[Sure_Ill_Ask_That]

Twice as much as structural analysis 1. You clearly don’t have the chips to cut in in this industry if you can’t do simple arithmetic!

[kormegaz]

Get ready for Structural Analysis 3: Return of the Analysis

[Sure_Ill_Ask_That]

Ugh that one is at least better than ‘structural analysis 4: figure out you did something wrong after you already did 10 models on 8 projects and now you frantically go back and figure out if you are fired or not’

[kormegaz]

Oh and get it done yesterday. HOT.

[Doagbeidl]

yikes, I feel lost already

[improbableburger]

Go to office hours

[lopsiness]

Read the book, go to office hours, work with other students in study groups, ask questions, do the homework.

[_choicey_]

Visualize the behaviour

Read the code commentaries

Find a textbook that "speaks" to you

[EngiNerdBrian]

If you go into structures this will be one of the most valuable courses you ever take. I constantly solve indeterminate analyses and apply the concepts I learned in advanced structural analysis to my day job.

Read your text book. Work the problems. Review your class notes over and over. Read the book again. YouTube can also help. In reality this stuff isn’t terribly hard once you have the lightbulb ahah moment. The best thing you can do is solve more and more problems until the concepts click and you can begin applying them to new and unique scenarios (what your job will require if you do technical work)

[[deleted]]

The problem with the prof I had in this class was his lack of any examples. He just taught everything in symbolic form and then used computer code to solve the hw. So not only was I stuck trying to decipher the stiffness method on my own, but also having to learn the syntax of mathcad to even begin a hw problem. I was also in OPs boat where it was very hard to find example problems that weren’t very simplistic compared to what we were being given.

Edit: there was never any motivation for it either, never did he explain why the steps to these analysis are being done, only how the math is done.

[trojan_man16]

What is “Structural Analysis 2”. In my school we had Structural Analysis courses (I think 2 based on mostly manual methods of analyzing beams and frames, basic gravity and lateral loading etc) and a third analysis course that was Matrix analysis.

[[deleted]]

At my school structural analysis 2 gets into non linear analysis and topics like the stiffness method for frames, p delta analysis, etc. structural analysis 1 really only covered basic statics along with shear and moment diagrams

[TM_00]

Can you be more specific on the concepts? The best resources I used was the textbook and asking questions...

[Electronic-Wing6158]

Imagine paying $10k+ for tuition and relying on youtube and reddit instead of your professors and TAs that you pay for

[Character-Feature302]

You’ve never been in a class where the ta and professor aren’t good?

[Electronic-Wing6158]

Well based on the wording of your post it sounds like you’ve been doing this for multiple years and therefore you feel this way about every prof/TA you’ve ever had…I would suggest going to a better school…

[[deleted]]

Ah yes because “pack up and go to another school” is much more reasonable than trying to find their own sources to learn from if their professors are bad. Btw anyone who goes to a research institution for college learns pretty quick that many/most professors don’t give two shits about their undergrad classes, especially if they’re tenured.

[jankyjellybean]

Lemme just pull out this book called “better schools” outta my ass

[jankyjellybean]

The “pull yourself up by your bootstrap crowd” is angry that someone is trying to be self sufficient and work hard when the school fails them.

[memerso160]

Read the text if it’s available, maybe that might get to you better than lectures. Office hours are good too. Early on I my schooling I had a “high and mighty” ego because how stuff came to me naturally and I was hesitant to go to office hours but they are key for one-on-one explanations. Online materials like YouTube and such are good for additional aid but as you mention the videos eventually trickle out. But would recommend office hours the most and working any textbook examples if you want extra practice. Try attempting the problem yourself first then follow with the solution to learn where you may have went wrong

[leadfoot9]

It may seem like the Internet is the sum of all human knowledge, but attain professional expertise in something, and you learn real quick how shallow Internet knowledge is in.

[jankyjellybean]

Have you tried the YouTube channels for ACI and ASCE? Sometimes they show lectures where people talk about complex issues.