ABSTRACT

Published in 1987. This text encompasses both the principles of mechanics and basic structural concepts, and computer methods in structural analysis. There is a greater design-based emphasis and more material on the principal of virtual work.

chapter 1|20 pages

Definitions and introductory concepts

chapter 4|86 pages

Basic structural concepts

chapter 5|25 pages

Stiffness and flexibility

chapter 6|34 pages

Moment distribution

chapter 7|44 pages

Matrix stiffness method

chapter 8|11 pages

Matrix flexibility method

chapter 9|58 pages

Instability of struts and frameworks

chapter 10|35 pages

Structural dynamics

chapter 12|43 pages

The finite element method

chapter 13|24 pages

Computer application

chapter 14|68 pages

Plastic theory of structures