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1 online resource (xii, 134 pages) : illustrations
"This book introduces the basic equations of the theory of structures. Conventional presentations of these equations follow the ideas of elastic analysis, introduced nearly two hundred years ago. The present text is written against the background of advances made in structural theory during the last fifty years, notably by the introduction of the so-called plastic theory. The emphasis throughout this book is on the derivation and application of the structural equations, rather than on details of their solution (nowadays best done by computer), and the numerical examples are deliberately kept simple."--Jacket.
Introduction -- Structural assumptions -- Structural equations -- Strength -- Trussed frameworks -- Virtual work -- Structures in bending -- Plastic theory -- Masonry -- The structural state -- Stiffness -- The truss -- Bending stiffness -- Matrix formulation -- Elastic analysis -- Elastic properties: Reciprocal theorems; influence lines; indirect model tests; energy methods -- Methods of calculation: Slope-deflexion equations; moment distribution -- Stability -- Elastic buckling -- Practical behaviour -- Other buckling phenomena -- Appendix A: Virtual work -- Structures in bending -- Trusses -- Appendix B: The plastic theorems -- Appendix C: Buckling calculations.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008