ABSTRACT
This book may be used by readers familiar with basic structural analysis and also by those with no previous knowledge beyond elementary mechanics. It is mainly for the benefit of people in the second category that Chapter 1 is included. It will present a general picture of the analysis but, inevitably, it will use some concepts that are fully explained only in later chapters. Readers may therefore find it useful, after studying Chapter 2 and possibly even Chapter 3, to reread Chapter. 1
