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Section 1

Introduction

1. Course Introduction

01:28 (Preview)

2. Syllabus walkthrough

01:41 (Preview)

3. Getting the most from your course

Section 2

Quick Review of Bending Moments

4. Section 2 overview

00:30 (Preview)

5. Relating bending moment to bending stress

6. Internal bending moment and equilibrium

7. Using cuts to reveal the internal bending moment

8. Worked Example 1

9. Worked Example 2

10. Worked Example 3

Section 3

Virtual Work

11. Section 3 overview

01:17 (Preview)

12. The basic idea

13:23 (Preview)

13. Equilibrium force system

14. Compatible displacement system

15. The Principle of Virtual Work

Section 4

Virtual Work and Bending

16. Section 4 overview

00:40 (Preview)

17. A strategy for bending

08:34 (Preview)

18. Virtual work equation for bending

19. Walkthrough – Part 1

20. Walkthrough – Part 2

21. Integral tables

Section 5

Practice Questions

22. Section 5 overview

01:00 (Preview)

23. Practice Question 1 – Part A

24. Practice Question 1 – Part B

25. Practice Question 2 – Part A

26. Practice Question 2 – Part B

27. Practice Question 2 – Part C

28. Practice Question 3 – Part A

29. Practice Question 3 – Part B

30. Practice Question 4 – Part A

31. Practice Question 4 – Part B

32. Practice Question 5 – Part A

33. Practice Question 5 – Part B

Section 6

Course wrap up and debrief

34. Closing comments and advice

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1. Course Introduction

Introduction

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Mastering Virtual Work for Engineers

Analyse complex beam and frame structures using Virtual Work.

After completing this course...

You will have a complete understanding of the Principle of Virtual Work and how it can be applied to bending behaviour.
You will have robust, repeatable strategies to apply Virtual Work to beam and frame structures in bending.
You will be able to use Virtual Work techniques to calculate unknown displacements in beams and frames.

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2. Syllabus walkthrough