Structural analysis : in theory and practice

Structural Analysis Rules of Thumb provides a comprehensive review of the classical methods of structural analysis and also the recent advances in computer applications. The prefect guide for the Professional Engineer's exam, Williams covers principles of structural analysis to advanced concept...

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Main Author Williams, Alan, 1930-
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Amsterdam ; Boston : [Washington, D.C.] : Elsevier/Butterworth-Heinemann ; International Code Council, ©2009.
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Online AccessFull text
ISBN9780080949826
0080949827
9786611928896
6611928898
9781856175500
1856175502
Physical Description1 online resource (xi, 617 pages) : illustrations

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Table of Contents:
  • Principles of statics
  • Statically determinate pin-jointed frames
  • Elements in flexure
  • Elastic deformations
  • Influence lines
  • Space frames
  • Answers to supplementary problems part 1
  • Statical indeterminacy
  • Virtual work methods
  • Indeterminate pin-jointed frames
  • Conjugate beam methods
  • Influence lines
  • Elastic center and column analogy methods
  • Moment distribution methods
  • Model analysis
  • Plastic analysis and design
  • Matrix and computer methods
  • Elastic instability
  • Elastic-plastic analysis
  • Answers to supplementary problems part 2.