Structural Engineering: Stresses, Graphical Statics and Masonry (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

George Fillmore Swain

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0265784441 ISBN 13: 9780265784440

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

A practical, scholarship-ready guide to how forces shape engineered structures.

This volume covers stresses, graphical statics, and masonry, with clear methods you can apply in real design work.

It explains how to compute loads, evaluate safety, and choose materials for bridges, buildings, dams, and other structures. The book blends theory with design techniques, showing how to design connections and frames that stand up to real-world forces, including wind, impact, and earth pressures.
What you’ll experience

• Clear explanations of how stresses develop in beams, arches, and masonry structures
• Step-by-step approaches to graphical statics, joints, and moments
• Practical guidance on dimensioning, foundations, and retaining methods
• Case-related discussions on dams, retaining walls, piers, abutments, and arches

Ideal for practicing engineers, students in technical programs, and anyone needing a solid, applied foundation in structural behavior and safe design.

Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0265784441
• ISBN 13: 9780265784440
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 537