Basic Structural Theory

Jacques Heyman

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511754487

This text introduces the basic equations of the theory of structures. Conventional presentations of these equations follow the ideas of elastic analysis, introduced nearly two hundred years ago. The book is written against the background of advances made in structural theory during the last fifty years, notably by the introduction of so-called plastic theory. The emphasis throughout is on the derivation and application of the structural equations, rather than on details of their solution (nowadays best done by computer), and the numerical examples are deliberately kept simple.

"This book is a delightful, clear, brief but sophisticated and insightful exposition of structural mechanics aimed at mechanical, civil, or architectural engineering undergraduates who have had introductory courses in statics and strength of materials."
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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-vi

Preface
pp vii-xii

Basic structural theory
pp xiii-xiv

1 - Introduction
pp 1-7

2 - Strength
pp 8-50

3 - Stiffness
pp 51-69

4 - Elastic analysis
pp 70-95

5 - Stability
pp 96-114

APPENDIX A - Virtual work
pp 115-122

APPENDIX B - The plastic theorems
pp 123-128

APPENDIX C - Buckling calculations
pp 129-132

Index
pp 133-134

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