Optimal Structural Analysis, Second Edition

This second edition of the highly acclaimed and successful first edition, deals primarily with the analysis of structural engineering systems, with applicable methods to other types of structures. The concepts presented in the book are not only relevant to skeletal structures but can equally be used for the analysis of other systems such as hydraulic and electrical networks. The book has been substantially revised to include recent developments and applications of the algebraic graph theory and matroids.

Ali Kaveh is Professor of Structural Engineering at Iran University of Science & Technology, Tehran. He has had over 200 papers published in international journals and conferences. He has held the position of Chief editor of the Asian Journal of Structural Engineering and was a member of the editorial board for 5 international journals and 3 national journals. His research interests include structural mechanics: graph and matrix methods, strength of materials, stability, finite elements and comptuer methods of structural analysis. He is the recipient of various awards, including: Press Media Prize; Educational Gold Medal; Kharuzmi Research Prize and the Alborz Prize; and his previous book “Structural Mechanics: Graph and Matrix Methods, 2nd Edition, 1995” won an award for the best engineering book of its year in Iran.