Summary
This text contains coverage of all the major topics of structural analysis in both a qualitative and quantitative manner. It is a useful resource for architects, constructors, and engineers, and is a great teaching tool for many courses at the graduate and undergraduate levels. This elegant presentation of physical principles founded in the field of mechanics can be used by designers and builders as an aid to understanding the behavior of existing structural forms and in devising new approaches. New to this edition: - New, improved illustrations help clarify complex concepts.
- A revised accompanying CD with images and additional exercises.
- Added coverage of computer-based form-finding techniques for membrane structures.
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Table of Contents
I. INTRODUCTORY CONCEPTS. 1. Structures: An Overview.
2. Principles of Mechanics.
3. Introduction to Structural Analysis and Design.
II. ANALYSIS AND DESIGN OF STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS. 4. Trusses.
5. Funicular Structures: Cables and Arches.
6. Beams.
7. Members in Compression: Columns.
8. Continuous Structures: Beams.
9. Continuous Structures: Rigid Frames.
10. Plate and Grid Structures.
11. Membrane and Net Structures.
12. Shell Structures.
III. PRINCIPLES OF STRUCTURAL DESIGN. 13. Structural Grids and Patterns: General Planning and Design.
14. Structural Systems: Design for Lateral Loadings.
15. Structural Systems: Constructional Approaches.
16. Structural Connections.
APPENDICES. 1. Conversions.
2. Nonconcurrent Force Systems.
3. Moments of Distributed Loads.
4. Centroids.
5. Moments of Inertia.
6. Bending Stresses in Beams.
7. Shearing Stresses in Beams.
8. Moment-Curvature Relations.
9. Deflections.
10. Moment-Area Theorems: Slopes and Deflections.
11. Other Methods of Analyzing Indeterminate Structures.
12. Critical Buckling Loads for Compression Members.
13. Computer-Based Methods of Analysis: Force and Matrix-Displacement Techniques.
14. Finite-Element Techniques.
15. Properties.
16. Typical Material Properties.
Index.
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