Fundamentals of Structural Analysis (Mcgraw-Hill Series in Civil and Environmental Engineering)

Features

• Cover Type: Hard Cover with 758 pages
• Published by: McGraw-Hill Companies
• Edition: 2nd Edition January 2004
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0072863226
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0072863222

Book Description
Fundamentals of Structural Analysis (originally published by Macmillan and newly updated) introduces engineering and architectural students to the basic techniques for analyzing most common structural elements, including beams, trusses, frames, cables, and arches. The book covers the classical methods of analysis for determinate and indeterminate structures, and provides an introduction to matrix formulation, the basis of computer analysis.

Extensive and fully worked out examples are used to illustrate all principles and techniques, and an increased number of homework problems gives the student in-depth understanding of structural behavior.

The discussion on approximate analysis will enable students to verify the accuracy of a computer analysis, as well as to estimate the preliminary design forces required to size individual components of multimember structures during the early design phase, when the tentative configuration and proportions of members are established.

Illustrations in the text are drawn in detail with a high level of realism so that students become familiar with the appearance of the actual structure and the simplified model of the structure that engineers analyze to determine the forces and displacements of the structure.

A new chapter on loads, presented in a straightforward way, helps to clarify the complexity of the latest national building code specifications, providing a better understanding of live load, wind load, and earthquake effects.

Prof. Leet's other text for McGraw-Hill, Reinforced Concrete Design, is available in both an international and a Chinese edition. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Reader Reviews
This review is from: Fundamentals of Structural Analysis w/OLC & Bind-in Subscription Card (Hardcover) I was given this text by the publisher. Ordinarily "every structural analysis text is the same" and there is no reason to change texts. But not this time. I am truly impressed by this text. It is very broad, in the sense that it manages to teach classical structural analysis while always relating it well to real world problems. It even manages to make the current IBC code understandable (which is amazing because that book is utterly unreadable). This is an excellent text Comment | | (Report this)