Book Name: | Fundamental Structural Analysis By Spencer |
Category: | Civil Engineering Books |
Language: | English |
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Fundamental Structural Analysis By Spencer
Book Description:
Significant changes have occurred in the approach to structural analysis over the last twenty years. These changes have been brought about by a more general understanding of the nature of the problem and the develop ment of the digital computer. Almost all structural engineering offices throughout the world would now have access to some form of digital computer, ranging from hand-held programmable calculators through to the largest machines available. Powerful microcomputers are also widely available and many engineers and students have personal computers as a general aid to their work. Problems in structural analysis have now been formulated in such a way that the solution is available through the use of the computer, largely by what is known as matrix methods of structural analysis. It is interesting to note that such methods do not put forward new theories in structural analysis, rather they are a restatement of classical theory in a manner that can be directly related to the computer. This book begins with the premise that most structural analysis will be done on a computer. This is not to say that a fundamental understanding of structural behaviour is not presented or that only computer-based tech niques are given. Indeed, the reverse is true. Understanding structural behaviour is an underlying theme and many solution techniques suitable for hand computation, such as moment distribution, are retained. The matrix stiffness method is the most widely used computer-based structural analysis method.
Book Contents :
Introduction to Structural Engineering
Equilibrium Analysis and Determinacy of Structures
Basic Concepts of the Stiffness Method
The Matrix Stiffness Method-Part 1: Beams and Rectangular Frames
The Moment Distribution Method
The Matrix Stiffness Method-Part 2: Coordinate Transformation
The Principle of Virtual Work
The Flexibility Method of Analysis
The Approximate Analysis of Structures
Application of Computer Programs to Structural Analysis
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Author(s): W. J. Spencer (auth.)
Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York, Year: 1988
ISBN: 978-1-4757-2008-2,978-1-4757-2006-8
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