Structural analysis : a classical and matrix approach / Jack C. McCormac and James K. Nelson, Jr.

Includes index.

Part one : Statically determinate structures -- Chapter 1 : Introduction -- Chapter 2 : Structural loads -- Chapter 3 : System loading and behavior -- Chapter 4 : Reactions -- Chapter 5 : Shear and moment diagrams -- Chapter 6 : Introduction to plane or two-dimensional trusses -- Chapter 7 : Planes trusses, continued -- Chapter 8 : Three-dimensional or space trusses -- Chapter 9 : Influence lines -- Chapter 10 : Deflection and angle changes - geometric methods -- Chapter 11 : Deflection and angle changes - energy methods -- Chapter 12 : Introduction to statically indeterminate structures -- Part two : Statically interminate structures - classical methods -- Chapter 13 : Force methods of analyzing statically indeterminate structures -- Chapter 14 : Influence lines for statically indeterminate structures -- Chapter 15 : Catigliano's theorems and the three-moment theorem -- Chapter 16 : Slope deflection - a displacement method of analysis -- Part three : Statically indeterminate structure - modern methods -- Chapter 17 : Approximate analysis of statically indeterminate structures -- Chapter 18 : Moment distribution for beams -- Chapter 19 : Moment distribution for frames -- Chapter 20 : Introduction to matrix methods -- Chapter 21 : More abour matix methods

The purpose of this text is to develop students’ fundamental understanding of the principles of structural analysis in the modern engineering office. Matrix methods and computer applications have in effect made many of the older “classical” methods of structural analysis redundant. Matrix methods, and structural analysis software such as SAP2000 are the tools that most engineers use in industry today. However, matrix methods alone may not give students the same “feel” for the behavior of structures subject to loads as does the practice of classical methods. In addition to modern matrix methods, the author has included in this edition several of the classical methods because they give the student knowledge of the behavior of structures subject to varying loading. Students will develop a thorough understanding of the behavior of structural systems under load as they are introduced to the fundamentals of structural analysis for beams, trusses, and frames. The following classical methods are included in this edition: influence lines, conjugate-beam analysis for deflections, and approximate methods and moment distribution for statically indeterminate structures.