For courses in Structures or Structural Analysis and Design. With a focus on how structures really work, this book offers single-volume coverage of all major topics in structural analysis and design. Discussing concepts from both an engineering and architectural perspective, it explores structural behavior, structural analysis and design within a building context. This edition features a new co-author, new graphic format and expanded coverage in the areas of computer-aided analysis techniques, design of multi-story buildings, shell structures and cable supported beams. Reinforcing the real-world perspective of the text, each book contains Multiframe structural analysis software to engage students in sophisticated analysis and design activities.
Table of Contents
PART I: INTRODUCTORY CONCEPTS 1. Structures: An Overview 2. Principles of Mechanics 3. Introduction to Structural Analysis and Design PART II: ANALYSIS AND DESIGN OF STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS 4. Trusses 5. Funicular Structures: Cables and Arches 6. Beams 7. Members in Compression: Columns 8. Continuous Structures: Beams 9. Continuous Structures: Rigid Frames 10. Plate and Grid Structures 11. Membrane and Net Structures 12. Shell Structures PART III: PRINCIPLES OF STRUCTURAL DESIGN 13. Structural Grids and Patterns: General Planning and Design 14. Structural Systems: Design for Lateral Loadings 15. Structural Systems: Constructional Approaches 16. Structural Connections APPENDICES 1. Conversions 2. Nonconcurrent Force Systems 3. Moments of Distributed Loads 4. Centroids 5. Moments of Inertia 6. Bending Stresses in Beams 7. Shearing Stresses in Beams 8. Moment-Curvature Relations 9. Deflections 10. Moment-Area Theorems: Slopes and Deflections 11. Other Methods of Analyzing Indeterminate Structures 12. Reinforced-Concrete Beams: Detailed U.S. Design Procedures 13. Critical Buckling Loads for Compression Members 14. Computer-Based Methods of Analysis: Force and Matrix-Displacement Techniques 15. Computer-Based Methods of Analysis: Finite-Element Techniques 16. Properties 17. Typical Material Properties
