Introduction to structures /

This book focuses on the changes made in building science and practice by the advent of computers. It explains many more tools now available in the contemporary engineering environment. The book discusses the more commonly used topics of structural failure, cable-nets and fabric structures, and topi...

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Main Author: Spillers, William R.
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, England ; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ; New Delhi, India : Woodhead Publishing, 2011.
Edition:Second edition.
Series:Woodhead Publishing series in civil and structural engineering.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:This book focuses on the changes made in building science and practice by the advent of computers. It explains many more tools now available in the contemporary engineering environment. The book discusses the more commonly used topics of structural failure, cable-nets and fabric structures, and topics of non-linear analysis. Problems with solutions are provided. Focusses on the changes made in building science and practice by the advent of computersDiscusses structural failure, cable-nets and fabric structures, and topics of non-linear analysisChapters discuss statically determinate and indeterminate structures, deflections of structures and provides solutions to problems.
Item Description:Includes index.
Physical Description:1 online resource (240 pages) : illustrations
ISBN:9781782420552
178242055X
1898563942
9781898563945
9781317570950
1317570952