This volume focuses on the application of the concepts and principles of mechanics to the analysis of structures, rather than the routine solution of certain types and classes of existing structures. The significance of intuitive perception and the differences between real structures and their mathematical models is stressed. Photographs of laboratory models are used to demonstrate the behaviour of deflected beams. The book covers both classical structural analysis and matrix analysis, including an introduction to the finite element method. Original features include numerous examples of application on the direct stiffness method and a review of mechanics of rigid and deformable solids.
- ISBN10 0133353656
- ISBN13 9780133353655
- Publish Date 26 June 1992
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 31 October 2009
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Pearson Education Limited
- Imprint Prentice-Hall
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 528
- Language English