This indispensable textbook is designed to bridge the gap between engineering practice and education. Acknowledging the fact that virtually all computer structural analysis programs are based on the matrix displacement method of analysis, the author begins with the displacement method and then introduces the force method of analysis. The book also shows how these methods are applied, particularly to trusses and to beams and rigid frames. Other topics covered include influence lines, non-prismatic members, composite structures, secondary stress analysis, and the limits of linear and static structural analysis.
Table of Contents:
Truss Analysis: Matrix Displacement Method. Truss Analysis: Force Method-Part I. Truss Analysis: Force Method-Part II. Beam and Frame Analysis: Force Method-Part I. Beam and Frame Analysis: Force Method-Part II. Beam and Frame Analysis: Force Method-Part III. Beam and Frame Analysis: Displacement Method-Part I. Beam and Frame Analysis: Displacement Method-Part II. Influence Lines. Other Topics. Appendix A: Matrix Algebra Review. Appendix B: Supplementary Review Notes.
About the Author :
S.T. Mau, PhD, PE, is a professor in the Department of Civil Engineering and Applied Mechanics at California State University, Northridge. He was formerly Dean of Engineering at New Jersey Institute of Technology and California State University, Northridge, and department chair at National Taiwan University and University of Houston. He is also the co-author of a previous textbook, Elementary Theory of Structures, Fourth Edition (1995), and a recipient of the Moisseiff Award of the American Society of Civil Engineers.
Review :
"This book covers most important materials of a first course on structural analysis. It is organized logically, presented concisely and written well. Classical analysis methods and modern matrix stiffness methods are of good balance. ... a very readable textbook."
—Liang-Jenq Leu, Department of Civil Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
"This book has two important features that make it unique - Both the force and displacement methods of analysis are given equal emphasis, and the matrix method is introduced at a very early stage. While the force method is important for students to learn how structures behave, the displacement method on which the matrix method is based has indubitable practical significance. Dr. Mau has done a superb job in espousing both theory and practice in his textbook."
—Eric Lui, Syracuse University, New York, USA
This book covers most important materials of a first course on structural analysis. It is organized logically, presented concisely and written well. Classical analysis methods and modern matrix stiffness methods are of good balance. ... a very readable textbook.
—Liang-Jenq Leu, Department of Civil Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
"This book has two important features that make it unique - Both the force and displacement methods of analysis are given equal emphasis, and the matrix method is introduced at a very early stage. While the force method is important for students to learn how structures behave, the displacement method on which the matrix method is based has indubitable practical significance. Dr. Mau has done a superb job in espousing both theory and practice in his textbook."
—Eric Lui, Syracuse University, New York, USA
