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050 0 0 _aTA645
_b.H464 1996
082 0 0 _a624.1/7
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100 1 _aHeyman, Jacques,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aElements of the theory of structures /
_cJacques Heyman.
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c1996.
300 _a1 online resource (xii, 137 pages) :
_bdigital, PDF file(s).
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
505 0 0 _g1.
_tThe theory of structures --
_g2.
_tVirtual work --
_g3.
_tBetti, Maxwell, Müller-Breslau, Melchers --
_g4.
_tJettied construction --
_g5.
_tClebsch, Macaulay, Wittrick, Lowe --
_g6.
_tElastica --
_g7.
_tMechanisms of collapse --
_g8.
_tThe absolute minimum-weight design of frames --
_g9.
_tInverse design of grillages --
_g10.
_tThe relation between incremental and static plastic collapse --
_g11.
_tThe bending of a beam of trapezoidal cross-section --
_g12.
_tThe simple plastic bending of beams --
_g13.
_tLeaning walls, domes and fan vaults, the error function.
520 _aA good grasp of the theory of structures - the theoretical basis by which the strength, stiffness and stability of a building can be understood - is fundamental to structural engineers and architects. Yet most modern structural analysis and design is carried out by computer, with the user isolated from the processes in action. This book provides a broad introduction to the mathematics behind a range of structural processes. The basic structural equations have been known for at least 150 years, but modern plastic theory has opened up a fundamentally new way of advancing structural theory. Paradoxically, the powerful plastic theorems can be used to examine 'classic' elastic design activity, and strong mathematical relationships exist between these two approaches. Some of the techniques used in this book may be familiar to the reader, and some may not, but each of the topics examined will give the structural engineer valuable insight into the basis of the subject. This lucid volume provides a valuable read for structural engineers and others who wish to deepen their knowledge of the structural analysis and design of buildings.
650 0 _aStructural analysis (Engineering)
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9780521550659
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511526671
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