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Structural design from first principles / Michael Byfield.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Boca Raton : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2018Description: xix, 315 pages : illustrations ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781498741217
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 624.1771 BY.S 2018 23
LOC classification:
  • TA658 .B94 2017
Contents:
Chapter 1 Limit state design -- chapter 2 Steel members in flexure -- chapter 3 Buckling of steel columns and trusses -- chapter 4 Buckling of arches -- chapter 5 Buckling of thin-walled structures -- chapter 6 Composite structures -- chapter 7 Reinforced concrete beams and columns -- chapter 8 Prestressed structures -- chapter 9 Strut and tie modelling of reinforced concrete -- chapter 10 Control of cracking in reinforced concrete -- chapter 11 Timber beams, columns and trusses.
Summary: This enlightening textbook for undergraduates on civil engineering degree courses explains structural design from its mechanical principles, showing the speed and simplicity of effective design from first principles. This text presents good approximate solutions to complex design problems, such as "Wembley-Arch" type structures, the design of thin-walled structures, and long-span box girder bridges. Other more code-based textbooks concentrate on relatively simple member design, and avoid some of the most interesting design problems because code compliant solutions are complex. Yet these problems can be addressed by relatively manageable techniques. The methods outlined here enable quick, early stage, "ball-park" design solutions to be considered, and are also useful for checking finite element analysis solutions to complex problems. The conventions used in the book are in accordance with the Eurocodes, especially where they provide convenient solutions that can be easily understood by students. Many of the topics, such as composite beam design, are straight applications of Eurocodes, but with the underlying theory fully explained. The techniques are illustrated through a series of worked examples which develop in complexity, with the more advanced questions forming extended exam type questions. A comprehensive range of fully worked tutorial questions are provided at the end of each section for students to practice in preparation for closed book exams.
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"A Spon Press Book".

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chapter 1 Limit state design -- chapter 2 Steel members in flexure -- chapter 3 Buckling of steel columns and trusses -- chapter 4 Buckling of arches -- chapter 5 Buckling of thin-walled structures -- chapter 6 Composite structures -- chapter 7 Reinforced concrete beams and columns -- chapter 8 Prestressed structures -- chapter 9 Strut and tie modelling of reinforced concrete -- chapter 10 Control of cracking in reinforced concrete -- chapter 11 Timber beams, columns and trusses.

This enlightening textbook for undergraduates on civil engineering degree courses explains structural design from its mechanical principles, showing the speed and simplicity of effective design from first principles. This text presents good approximate solutions to complex design problems, such as "Wembley-Arch" type structures, the design of thin-walled structures, and long-span box girder bridges. Other more code-based textbooks concentrate on relatively simple member design, and avoid some of the most interesting design problems because code compliant solutions are complex. Yet these problems can be addressed by relatively manageable techniques. The methods outlined here enable quick, early stage, "ball-park" design solutions to be considered, and are also useful for checking finite element analysis solutions to complex problems. The conventions used in the book are in accordance with the Eurocodes, especially where they provide convenient solutions that can be easily understood by students. Many of the topics, such as composite beam design, are straight applications of Eurocodes, but with the underlying theory fully explained. The techniques are illustrated through a series of worked examples which develop in complexity, with the more advanced questions forming extended exam type questions. A comprehensive range of fully worked tutorial questions are provided at the end of each section for students to practice in preparation for closed book exams.

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