By successfully completing this course, a student would be able to

•Reduce a loaded structure to a model, i.e. creating proper free-body diagrams (FBD) of the structure or the parts in it.

•Examine the stability of this structure, and classify a stable structure as the statically determinate or indeterminate

•Perform static analysis to a statically indeterminate structure, e.g. truss or certain frames

•Calculate and sketch the internal force in a structural member, e.g. axial force, shear force, bending moment.

•Identify the structural analysis that is NOT covered in this course, and what future courses (e.g. mechanics of materials, structural analysis), will cover the relevant topics.