Ebook: Fundamentals of Structural Engineering

Fundamentals of Structural Engineering provides a balanced, seamless treatment of both classic, analytic methods and contemporary, computer-based techniques for conceptualizing and designing a structure. The book?s principle goal is to foster an intuitive understanding of structural behavior based on problem solving experience for students of civil engineering and architecture who have been exposed to the basic concepts of engineering mechanics and mechanics of materials.

Distinct from many undergraduate textbooks, which are focused mainly on either teaching manual analysis methods and applying them to simple, idealized structures or reformulating structural analysis methods in terms of matrix notation, this text instead encourages the student to develop intuition about structural behavior. The authors of this text recognize the notion that engineers reason about behavior using simple models and intuition they acquire through problem solving. The approach adopted in this text develops this type of intuition by presenting extensive, realistic problems and case studies together with computer simulation, which allows rapid exploration of how a structure responds to changes in geometry and physical parameters.

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Fundamentals of Structural Engineering provides a balanced, seamless treatment of both classic, analytic methods and contemporary, computer-based techniques for conceptualizing and designing a structure. The book’s principle goal is to foster an intuitive understanding of structural behavior based on problem solving experience for students of civil engineering and architecture who have been exposed to the basic concepts of engineering mechanics and mechanics of materials.

Making it distinct from many other undergraduate textbooks, the authors of this text recognize the notion that engineers reason about behavior using simple models and intuition they acquire through problem solving. The approach adopted in this text develops this type of intuition by presenting extensive, realistic problems and case studies together with computer simulation, which allows rapid exploration of how a structure responds to changes in geometry and physical parameters.

This book also:

• Emphasizes problem-based understanding of structural behavior
• Organizes chapters by structural types
• Provides balanced, seamless treatment of both classic and contemporary computer-based analysis methods
• Offers extensive sample problems and detailed solutions to problems of structural analysis
• Cultivates intuitive thinking about structural behavior
• Incorporates input data operable with numerous widely used engineering design software packages
• Features 900 figures and graphs

The integrated approach employed in Fundamentals of Structural Engineering makes it an ideal and comprehensive book for students and an authoritative reference for practitioners of structural engineering.

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Fundamentals of Structural Engineering provides a balanced, seamless treatment of both classic, analytic methods and contemporary, computer-based techniques for conceptualizing and designing a structure. The book’s principle goal is to foster an intuitive understanding of structural behavior based on problem solving experience for students of civil engineering and architecture who have been exposed to the basic concepts of engineering mechanics and mechanics of materials.

Making it distinct from many other undergraduate textbooks, the authors of this text recognize the notion that engineers reason about behavior using simple models and intuition they acquire through problem solving. The approach adopted in this text develops this type of intuition by presenting extensive, realistic problems and case studies together with computer simulation, which allows rapid exploration of how a structure responds to changes in geometry and physical parameters.

This book also:

• Emphasizes problem-based understanding of structural behavior
• Organizes chapters by structural types
• Provides balanced, seamless treatment of both classic and contemporary computer-based analysis methods
• Offers extensive sample problems and detailed solutions to problems of structural analysis
• Cultivates intuitive thinking about structural behavior
• Incorporates input data operable with numerous widely used engineering design software packages
• Features 900 figures and graphs

The integrated approach employed in Fundamentals of Structural Engineering makes it an ideal and comprehensive book for students and an authoritative reference for practitioners of structural engineering.

Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xxvii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Introduction to Structural Engineering....Pages 3-49
Statically Determinate Truss Structures....Pages 51-183
Statically Determinate Beams....Pages 185-353
Statically Determinate Plane Frames....Pages 355-441
Cable Structures....Pages 443-488
Statically Determinate Curved Members....Pages 489-544
Shallow Foundations....Pages 545-597
Vertical Retaining Wall Structures....Pages 599-632
Front Matter....Pages 633-633
The Force Method....Pages 635-735
The Displacement Method....Pages 737-842
Approximate Methods for Estimating Forces in Statically Indeterminate Structures....Pages 843-884
Finite Element Displacement Method for Framed Structures....Pages 885-951
Front Matter....Pages 953-953
Multi-span Horizontal Structures....Pages 955-998
Lateral Load Issues for Buildings....Pages 999-1067
Vertical Loads on Multistory Buildings....Pages 1069-1120
Back Matter....Pages 1121-1143

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Fundamentals of Structural Engineering provides a balanced, seamless treatment of both classic, analytic methods and contemporary, computer-based techniques for conceptualizing and designing a structure. The book’s principle goal is to foster an intuitive understanding of structural behavior based on problem solving experience for students of civil engineering and architecture who have been exposed to the basic concepts of engineering mechanics and mechanics of materials.

Making it distinct from many other undergraduate textbooks, the authors of this text recognize the notion that engineers reason about behavior using simple models and intuition they acquire through problem solving. The approach adopted in this text develops this type of intuition by presenting extensive, realistic problems and case studies together with computer simulation, which allows rapid exploration of how a structure responds to changes in geometry and physical parameters.

This book also:

• Emphasizes problem-based understanding of structural behavior
• Organizes chapters by structural types
• Provides balanced, seamless treatment of both classic and contemporary computer-based analysis methods
• Offers extensive sample problems and detailed solutions to problems of structural analysis
• Cultivates intuitive thinking about structural behavior
• Incorporates input data operable with numerous widely used engineering design software packages
• Features 900 figures and graphs

The integrated approach employed in Fundamentals of Structural Engineering makes it an ideal and comprehensive book for students and an authoritative reference for practitioners of structural engineering.

Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xxvii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Introduction to Structural Engineering....Pages 3-49
Statically Determinate Truss Structures....Pages 51-183
Statically Determinate Beams....Pages 185-353
Statically Determinate Plane Frames....Pages 355-441
Cable Structures....Pages 443-488
Statically Determinate Curved Members....Pages 489-544
Shallow Foundations....Pages 545-597
Vertical Retaining Wall Structures....Pages 599-632
Front Matter....Pages 633-633
The Force Method....Pages 635-735
The Displacement Method....Pages 737-842
Approximate Methods for Estimating Forces in Statically Indeterminate Structures....Pages 843-884
Finite Element Displacement Method for Framed Structures....Pages 885-951
Front Matter....Pages 953-953
Multi-span Horizontal Structures....Pages 955-998
Lateral Load Issues for Buildings....Pages 999-1067
Vertical Loads on Multistory Buildings....Pages 1069-1120
Back Matter....Pages 1121-1143
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