Basic structural theory

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author Heyman, Jacques
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
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Physical Description1 online resource (xii, 134 pages) : illustrations

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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Structural assumptions
  • Structural equations
  • Strength
  • Trussed frameworks
  • Virtual work
  • Structures in bending
  • Plastic theory
  • Masonry
  • The structural state
  • Stiffness
  • The truss
  • Bending stiffness
  • Matrix formulation
  • Elastic analysis
  • Elastic properties: Reciprocal theorems; influence lines; indirect model tests; energy methods
  • Methods of calculation: Slope-deflexion equations; moment distribution
  • Stability
  • Elastic buckling
  • Practical behaviour
  • Other buckling phenomena
  • Appendix A: Virtual work
  • Structures in bending
  • Trusses
  • Appendix B: The plastic theorems
  • Appendix C: Buckling calculations.