Seward, Derek

Understanding structures : analysis, materials, design Derek Seward - 5th ed. - Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, c2014. - viii, 336 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Machine generated contents note: 1.Design -- 2.Basics -- 3.Materials -- 4.Loads -- 5.Pin-jointed trusses -- 6.Tension -- 7.Beams -- 8.Compression -- 9.Combined axial and bending stresses -- 10.Torsion -- 11.Connections -- 12.Arches and portal frames -- 13.Foundations and retaining walls -- 14.Deflection -- 15.Indeterminate structures and computers.

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.

978-1137376565


Structural analysis (Engineering)

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