After completing this course...

• You will be able to quickly sketch shear force, bending moment, axial force and deflected shape diagrams for 2D beam and frame structures.
• You will develop a variety of tools, beyond static equilibrium, for analysing and approximating indeterminate structures, including compatibility, symmetry and fictitious hinges.
• You will understand the links between loading, shear, moment and deflected shape diagrams, which allow you to use each one to predict the next.
• You will understand determinacy and stability, the limits of our analysis techniques and how hinge releases influence this.