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Table of Contents:
Acknowledgements ix Introduction x 1 What is structural engineering? 1 2 Learn the language: a simple explanation of terms used by structural engineers 8 3 How do structures (and parts of structures) behave? 11 4 Force, mass and weight 26 5 Loading – dead or alive 32 6 Equilibrium – a balanced approach 38 7 More about forces: resultants and components 43 8 Moments 54 9 Reactions 67 10 Different types of support – and what’s a pin? 73 11 A few words about stability 81 12 Introduction to the analysis of pin-jointed frames 93 13 Method of resolution at joints 98 14 Method of sections 119 15 Graphical method 127 16 Shear force and bending moments 137 17 This thing called stress 168 18 Direct (and shear) stress 173 19 Bending stress 184 20 Combined bending and axial stress 205 21 Structural materials: concrete, steel, timber and masonry 218 22 More on materials 229 23 How far can I span? 235 24 Calculating those loads 242 25 An introduction to structural design 252 26 More on structural types and forms 291 27 An introduction to deflection 310 28 Shear stress 324 29 Buckling and torsion 333 30 Frames and three-pinned arches 344 31 Virtual work 356 32 Squares and circles of stress: An introduction to Mohr’s Circle 363 33 Trusses (no numbers) 380 34 Plastic analysis 388 Further reading 402 Appendix 1: Weights of common building materials 403 Appendix 2: Conversions and relationships between units 405 Appendix 3: Mathematics associated with right-angled triangles 407 Appendix 4: Symbols 409 Appendix 5: A checklist for architects 410 Appendix 6: Getting more out of civil engineering 411 Index 413

About the Author :
Philip Garrison BSc MBA CEng MICE MIStructE MIHT is a Chartered Civil and Structural Engineer and Senior Lecturer in Structural Design in the Civil Engineering Departmentat Leeds Beckett University


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781118950852
  • Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
  • Publisher Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell
  • Edition: Revised edition
  • No of Pages: 432
  • ISBN-10: 1118950852
  • Publisher Date: 03 Feb 2016
  • Binding: Digital (delivered electronically)
  • Language: English


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