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Book SynopsisThis 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 modern software packages they use daily, and how structural analysis relates to modern design.
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"...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
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Table of ContentsPreface; 1. Galileo's problem; 2. The moment of resistance; 3. The effect of shear; 4. Elastic flexure and buckling; 5. The masonry arch; 6. Elastic beams and frames; 7. The trussed framework; 8. Scholium 1; 9. Plastic theory; 10. Scholium 2; Bibliography; Name index; Subject index.
