Understanding and designing structures without a computer : plane structural systems

Understanding and Designing Structures without a Computer: Plane Structural Systems explains fundamental concepts of structural analysis and design, providing readers with a clear understanding of the behaviour of a wide range of structural systems based on their load-carrying mechanisms. The book e...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors Stavridis, Leonidas (Author), Georgiadis, Konstantinos (Author)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2025.
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Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781836629405
DOI10.1108/978-1-83662-938-2
Physical Description1 online resource (217 pages)

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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. Introductory concepts
  • Chapter 2. The use of equilibrium in finding the stress state - statically determinate structures
  • Chapter 3. The use of deformations in finding the stress state - statically indeterminate structures
  • Chapter 4. Simply supported beams and cantilevers
  • Chapter 5. Continuous beams
  • Chapter 6. Frames
  • Chapter 7. The influence of deformations on the stress state - elastic stability and second order effects
  • Chapter 8. Arches
  • Chapter 9. Cable-supported structures.