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Basic structures for engineers and architects

By: Language: English Publication details: Oxford Blackwell publishing 2005Description: xiii, 278p. 25cmISBN:
  • 1405120533
ISSN:
  • 9781405120531
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • 690.1 $2 18
Contents:
What is structural engineering -- Learn the language: a simple explanation of terms used by structural engineers -- How do structures (and parts of structures) behave? -- Force, mass and weight -- Loading-dead of alive -- Equilibrium- a balanced approach -- More about forces: resultants and components -- Moments -- Reactions -- Different types of support - and whats a pin? -- A few words about stability -- Introduction to the analysis of pin-jointed frames -- Method of resolution at joints -- Method of sections -- Graphical method -- Shear force and bending moments -- This thing called stress -- Direct (and shear) stress -- Bending stress -- Combined bending and axial stress -- Structural materials: concrete, steel, timber and masonry -- More on materials -- How far can I span? -- Calculating those loads.
Summary: Discusses the fundamentals of structures, giving case histories and examples from real life scenarios. Includes mathematical aspects of the subject.

What is structural engineering -- Learn the language: a simple explanation of terms used by structural engineers -- How do structures (and parts of structures) behave? -- Force, mass and weight -- Loading-dead of alive -- Equilibrium- a balanced approach -- More about forces: resultants and components -- Moments -- Reactions -- Different types of support - and whats a pin? -- A few words about stability -- Introduction to the analysis of pin-jointed frames -- Method of resolution at joints -- Method of sections -- Graphical method -- Shear force and bending moments -- This thing called stress -- Direct (and shear) stress -- Bending stress -- Combined bending and axial stress -- Structural materials: concrete, steel, timber and masonry -- More on materials -- How far can I span? -- Calculating those loads.

Discusses the fundamentals of structures, giving case histories and examples from real life scenarios. Includes mathematical aspects of the subject.