Structures

For courses in Structures or Structural Analysis and Design.

Structures offers single-volume coverage of all major topics in structural analysis and design. Focusing on how structures really work, the text discusses concepts from both engineering and architectural perspectives, exploring structural behavior, structural analysis, and design within a building context.

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Inhalt

• 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 Elements and Grids: General Design Strategies
• 14. Structural Systems: Design for Lateral Loadings
• 15. Structural Systems: Constructional Approaches
• 16. Structural Connections