Structural Analysis: A Historical Approach - Softcover

Heyman, Jacques

Softcover

ISBN 10: 052104135X ISBN 13: 9780521041355

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2007

Synopsis

This volume provides a concise, historical review of the methods of structural analysis and design--from Galileo in the seventeenth century, to the present day. Through it, students in structural engineering and professional engineers will gain a deeper understanding of the theory behind the modern software packages they use daily in structural design. This book also offers the reader a lucid examination of the process of structural analysis and how it relates to modern design. The first three chapters cover questions about the strength of materials, and how to calculate local effects. An account is then given of the development of the equations of elastic flexure and buckling, followed by a separate chapter on masonry arches. Three chapters on the overall behavior of elastic structures lead to a discussion of plastic behavior, and a final chapter indicates that there are still problems needing solution.

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Book Description

This volume provides a concise, historical review of the methods of structural analysis and design - from Galileo in the seventeenth century, to the present day. Through it, students in structural engineering and professional engineers will gain a deeper understanding of the software packages they use, and how structural analysis relates to modern design.The first three chapters cover questions about the strength of materials. An account is then given of the development of the equations of elastic flexure and buckling, followed by a chapter on masonry arches. Three chapters on the overall behaviour of elastic structures lead to a discussion of plastic behaviour, and a final chapter examines outstanding problems.

Review

"Through this historical review, readers will gain an understanding of structural analysis and how it relates to modern design." Civil Engineering

"...students in structural engineering and professional engineers will gain a deeper understanding of the theory behind the modern software packages they use daily in structural design...offers the reader a lucid examination of the process of structural analysis and how it relates to modern design." Medical Equipment Designer

"Any structural engineer would benefit from the overview contained in this book, and it could be used as supplemental reading in any course dealing with classical structural analysis." Choice

"The book...offers the reader a lucid examination of the process of structural analysis and how it relates to modern design." DesignFax

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 052104135X
• ISBN 13: 9780521041355
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 188