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Basic structures / Philip Garrison.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom : Wiley Blackwell, 2016Edition: Third editionDescription: xiii, 414 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781118950876
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 624.1 GA.B 2016 23
LOC classification:
  • TA637 .G37 2016
Online resources:
Contents:
1. What is structural engineering -- 2. Learn the language: a simple explanation of terms used by structural engineers -- 3. How do structures (and parts of structures) behave? -- 4. Force, mass and weight 5. Loading-dead or alive -- 6. Equilibrioum- a balanced approach -- 7. More about forces: resultants and components -- 8. Moments -- 9. Reactions -- 10. Different types of support- and what's a pin? -- 11. A few words about stability -- 12. Introduction to the analysis of pin-jointed frames -- Method of resolution at joints -- 14. Method of sections -- 15. Graphical method -- 16. Shear force and bending moments -- 17. This thing called stress -- 18. Direct (and shear) stress -- 19. Bending ass -- 20. Combined bending and axial stress -- 21. Structural materials: concrete, steel, timber, and masonry -- 22. More on materials -- 23. How far can I span? -- 24. Calculating those loads -- 25. An introduction to structural types and forms -- 26. More on structural types and forms -- 27. An introduction to deflection -- 28. Shear stress -- 29. Buckling and torsion -- 30. Frames and three-pinned arches -- 31. Virtual work -- 32. Squares and circles of stress: an introduction to Mohr's circle -- 33. Trusses (no numbers) -- 34. Plastic analysis.
Summary: "Provides students with a thorough grounding in the fundamentals of building structures - Explains structural concepts clearly and mathematical aspects in a straightforward, very readable manner, using many analogies and examples"
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. What is structural engineering -- 2. Learn the language: a simple explanation of terms used by structural engineers -- 3. How do structures (and parts of structures) behave? -- 4. Force, mass and weight 5. Loading-dead or alive -- 6. Equilibrioum- a balanced approach -- 7. More about forces: resultants and components -- 8. Moments -- 9. Reactions -- 10. Different types of support- and what's a pin? -- 11. A few words about stability -- 12. Introduction to the analysis of pin-jointed frames -- Method of resolution at joints -- 14. Method of sections -- 15. Graphical method -- 16. Shear force and bending moments -- 17. This thing called stress -- 18. Direct (and shear) stress -- 19. Bending ass -- 20. Combined bending and axial stress -- 21. Structural materials: concrete, steel, timber, and masonry -- 22. More on materials -- 23. How far can I span? -- 24. Calculating those loads -- 25. An introduction to structural types and forms -- 26. More on structural types and forms -- 27. An introduction to deflection -- 28. Shear stress -- 29. Buckling and torsion -- 30. Frames and three-pinned arches -- 31. Virtual work -- 32. Squares and circles of stress: an introduction to Mohr's circle -- 33. Trusses (no numbers) -- 34. Plastic analysis.

"Provides students with a thorough grounding in the fundamentals of building structures - Explains structural concepts clearly and mathematical aspects in a straightforward, very readable manner, using many analogies and examples"

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