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 Authors: Williams, Alan, 1930
Corporate Authors: Elsevier Science & Technology
Published: Elsevier/Butterworth-Heinemann ; International Code Council,
Publisher Address: Amsterdam ; Boston : [Washington, D.C.] :
Publication Dates: 2009.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
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Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9781856175500
Summary: 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 concepts. Methods of analysis are presented in a concise and direct manner and the different methods of approach to a problem are illustrated by specific examples. In addition, the book include the clear and concise approach to the subject and the focus on the most direct solution to a problem. Numerous worke
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (xi, 617 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN: 9780080949826
0080949827
9786611928896
6611928898
Index Number: TA645
CLC: TU311
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.