Fundamentals of structural analysis /

Leet, Kenneth

Fundamentals of structural analysis / Kenneth Leet, Chia-ming Uang and Anne M. Gilbert. - Third edition. - Boston, Massachusetts : McGraw Hill Education, c2008 - xxii, 792 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Includes index.

Introduction -- Design Loads -- Statics of Structures-Reactions -- Trusses -- Beams and Frames -- Cables -- Arches -- Live Load Forces: Influence Lines for Determinate Structures -- Deflections of Beams and Frames -- Work-Energy Methods for Computing Deflections -- Analysis of Indeterminate Structures by the Flexibility Method -- Analysis of Indeterminate Beams and Frames by the Slope-Deflection Method -- Moment Distribution -- Indeterminate Structures: Influence Lines -- Approximate Analysis of Indeterminate Structures -- Introduction to the General Stiffness Method -- Matrix Analysis of Trusses by the Direct Stiffness Method -- Matrix Analysis of Beams and Frames by the Direct Stiffness Method -- Appendix A Review of Matrix Operations -- Glossary -- Answers to Odd-Numbered Problems -- Credits -- Index

Introduces engineering and architectural students to basic techniques for analyzing common structural elements, including beams, trusses, frames, cables, and arches. This book covers classical methods of analysis for determinate and indeterminate structures, and provide an introduction to matrix formulation on which computer analysis is based.

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STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS

TA 645 .L44 2008