Basic structural theory / Jacques Heyman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Heyman, Jacques, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Structural analysis (Engineering)--Mathematical models.

Structural analysis (Engineering).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 134 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This text 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 book is written against the background of advances made in structural theory during the last fifty years, notably by the introduction of so-called plastic theory. The emphasis throughout 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.

Contents:

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

Trusses

Appendix B: The plastic theorems

Appendix C: Buckling calculations.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

ISBN:

1-107-18803-2

1-281-38348-1

9786611383480

0-511-39769-0

0-511-39844-1

0-511-39928-6

0-511-39619-8

0-511-40312-7

0-511-75448-5

0-511-39692-9

OCLC:

301318011