ABSTRACT
Beams are very useful components employed in many structural applications such as floor, roof-deck, and bridge-deck systems. By definition, a beam is a long structural member subjected to loads normal to its longitudinal axis (transverse loads) or to pure bending couples. Regardless of the method of loading, the resulting action leads to two effects that are of major significance in the analysis and design of beams. These two effects are, on the one hand, the induced normal and shearing stresses, and on the other, the resulting deformations. Chapters 3 and 4 deal with the first of these two effects, the induced stresses, and Chapters 5 and 6 deal with the subject of deformations (deflections).
