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For courses in Structures or Structural Analysis and Design.
Structures, Seventh Edition, offers single-volume coverage of all major topics in structural analysis and design. Focusing on how structures really work, the text discusses concepts from both engineering and architectural perspectives, exploring structural behavior, structural analysis, and design within a building context.
List of contents
PART I: INTRODUCTORY CONCEPTS
1. Structures: An Overview
2. Principles of Mechanics
3. Introduction to Structural Analysis and Design
PART II: ANALYSIS AND DESIGN OF STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS
4. Trusses
5. Funicular Structures: Cables and Arches
6. Beams
7. Members in Compression: Columns
8. Continuous Structures: Beams
9. Continuous Structures: Rigid Frames
10. Plate and Grid Structures
11. Membrane and Net Structures
12. Shell Structures
PART III: PRINCIPLES OF STRUCTURAL DESIGN
13. Structural Elements and Grids: General Design Strategies
14. Structural Systems: Design for Lateral Loadings
15. Structural Systems: Constructional Approaches
16. Structural Connections
Summary
For courses in Structures or Structural Analysis and Design.
Structures offers single-volume coverage of all major topics in structural analysis and design. Focusing on how structures really work, the text discusses concepts from both engineering and architectural perspectives, exploring structural behavior, structural analysis, and design within a building context.
