ABSTRACT

Chapters 3-5 have dealt with the design of members subjected to a single form of loading, such as tension, and bending about one axis. However, situations will often arise in which the loading on a member cannot reasonably be represented as a single dominant effect. Such problems require an understanding of the way in which the various structural actions interact with one another. In the simplest cases this may amount to nothing more than a direct summation of load effects. Alternatively for more complex problems, careful consideration of the complicated interplay between both the individual load components and the resulting deformations is necessary.