Rövid leírás:
A highly illustrated text explaining the fundamentals of structural analysis, materials and design in one integrated volume. It focuses on the process of design using real data and avoiding a mathematical approach to encourage a feel and awareness for the physical behaviour of structures. Updated for the Eurocode.
Hosszú leírás:
Understanding Structures is an ideal introductory text for undergraduate students of civil engineering, building, surveying and architecture. It deals with the topics of structural analysis, materials and design, introducing all three topics in an integrated way so that the reader can quickly start to tackle the exciting task of designing real structures.
Each stage of the design process is illustrated by a realistic numerical example based on genuine design data, thus enabling the reader to develop a real skill for structural design and to share in the satisfaction, pleasure and excitement of this highly creative process.
Learning features include end-of-chapter summaries and exercises, making this a perfect text for self-study as well for the classroom.
This new edition has been fully updated to be compatible with Eurocodes throughout.
„[This] text clearly and completely explains essential concepts, develops an intuitive understanding (assisted by clever illustrations) and provides practical ‘real world’ examples.” Vaughan Maybury, Lecturer, Wellington Institute of Technology, New Zealand.
Tartalomjegyzék:
Design
Basics
Materials
Loads
Pin-jointed Trusses
Tension
Beams
Compression
Combined Axial and Bending Stresses
Torsion
Connections
Arches and Portal Frames
Foundations and Retaining Walls
Deflection
Indeterminate Structures and Components
Further Reading
