Dedication
Preface to the First Edition
Preface to the Second Edition
Preface to the Third Edition
Chapter 1. Introduction
1.1 Function of a structure
1.2 Loads
1.3 Structural systems
1.4 Support systems
1.5 Statically determinate and indeterminate structures
1.6 Analysis and design
1.7 Structural and load idealization
1.8 Structural elements
1.9 Materials of construction
1.10 The use of computers
Chapter 2. Principles of Statics
2.1 Force
2.2 Moment of a force
2.3 The resultant of a system of parallel forces
2.4 Equilibrium of force systems
2.5 Calculation of support reactions
Problems
Solutions to Chapter 2 Problems
Chapter 3. Normal Force, Shear Force, Bending Moment and Torsion
3.1 Types of load
3.2 Notation and sign convention
3.3 Normal force
3.4 Shear force and bending moment
3.5 Load, shear force and bending moment relationships
3.6 Torsion
3.7 Principle of superposition
Problems
Solutions to Chapter 3 Problems
Chapter 4. Analysis of Pin-Jointed Trusses
4.1 Types of truss
4.2 Assumptions in truss analysis
4.3 Idealization of a truss
4.4 Statical determinacy
4.5 Resistance of a truss to shear force and bending moment
4.6 Method of joints
4.7 Method of sections
4.8 Method of tension coefficients
4.9 Graphical method of solution
4.10 Compound trusses
4.11 Space trusses
4.12 A computer-based approach
Problems
Solutions to Chapter 4 Problems
Chapter 5. Cables
5.1 Lightweight cables carrying concentrated loads
5.2 Heavy cables
Problems
Solutions to Chapter 5 Problems
Chapter 6. Arches
6.1 The linear arch
6.2 The three-pinned arch
6.3 A three-pinned parabolic arch carrying a uniform horizontally distributed load
6.4 Bending moment diagram for a three-pinned arch
Problems
Solutions to Chapter 6 Problems
Chapter 7. Stress and Strain
7.1 Direct stress in tension and compression
7.2 Shear stress in shear and torsion
7.3 Complementary shear stress
7.4 Direct strain
7.5 Shear strain
7.6 Volumetric strain due to hydrostatic pressure
7.7 Stress–strain relationships
7.8 Poisson effect
7.9 Relationships between the elastic constants
7.10 Strain energy in simple tension or compression
7.11 Plane stress
7.12 Plane strain
Problems
Solutions to Chapter 7 Problems
Chapter 8. Properties of Engineering Materials
8.1 Classification of engineering materials
8.2 Testing of engineering materials
8.3 Stress–strain curves
8.4 Strain hardening
8.5 Creep and relaxation
8.6 Fatigue
8.7 Design methods
8.8 Material properties
Problems
Solutions to Chapter 8 Problems
Chapter 9. Bending of Beams
9.1 Symmetrical bending
9.2 Combined bending and axial load
9.3 Anticlastic bending
9.4 Strain energy in bending
9.5 Unsymmetrical bending
9.6 Calculation of section properties
9.7 Principal axes and principal second moments of area
9.8 Effect of shear forces on the theory of bending
9.9 Load, shear force and bending moment relationships, general case
Problems
Solutions to Chapter 9 Problems
Chapter 10. Shear of Beams
10.1 Shear stress distribution in a beam of unsymmetrical section
10.2 Shear stress distribution in symmetrical sections
10.3 Strain energy due to shear
10.4 Shear stress distribution in thin-walled open section beams
10.5 Shear stress distribution in thin-walled closed section beams
Problems
Solutions to Chapter 10 Problems
Chapter 11. Torsion of Beams
11.1 Torsion of solid and hollow circular section bars
11.2 Strain energy due to torsion
11.3 Plastic torsion of circular section bars
11.4 Torsion of a thin-walled closed section beam
11.5 Torsion of solid section beams
11.6 Warping of cross sections under torsion
Problems
Solutions to Chapter 11 Problems
Chapter 12. Composite Beams
12.1 Steel-reinforced timber beams
12.2 Reinforced concrete beams
12.3 Steel and concrete beams
Problems
Solutions to Chapter 12 Problems
Chapter 13. Deflection of Beams
13.1 Differential equation of symmetrical bending
13.2 Singularity functions
13.3 Moment-area method for symmetrical bending
13.4 Deflections due to unsymmetrical bending
13.5 Deflection due to shear
13.6 Statically indeterminate beams
Problems
Solutions to Chapter 13 Problems
Chapter 14. Complex Stress and Strain
14.1 Representation of stress at a point
14.2 Determination of stresses on inclined planes
14.3 Principal stresses
14.4 Mohr’s circle of stress
14.5 Stress trajectories
14.6 Determination of strains on inclined planes
14.7 Principal strains
14.8 Mohr’s circle of strain
14.9 Experimental measurement of surface strains and stresses
14.10 Theories of elastic failure
Problems
Solutions to Chapter 14 Problems
Chapter 15. Virtual Work and Energy Methods
15.1 Work
15.2 Principle of virtual work
15.3 Energy methods
15.4 Reciprocal theorems
Problems
Solutions to Chapter 15 Problems
Chapter 16. Analysis of Statically Indeterminate Structures
16.1 Flexibility and stiffness methods
16.2 Degree of statical indeterminacy
16.3 Kinematic indeterminacy
16.4 Statically indeterminate beams
16.5 Statically indeterminate trusses
16.6 Braced beams
16.7 Portal frames
16.8 Two-pinned arches
16.9 Slope–deflection method
16.10 Moment distribution
16.11 Portal frames
Problems
Solutions to Chapter 16 Problems
Chapter 17. Matrix Methods of Analysis
17.1 Axially loaded members
17.2 Stiffness matrix for a uniform beam
17.3 Finite element method for continuum structures
Problems
Solutions to Chapter 17 Problems
Chapter 18. Plastic Analysis of Beams and Frames
18.1 Theorems of plastic analysis
18.2 Plastic analysis of beams
18.3 Plastic analysis of frames
Problems
Solutions to Chapter 18 Problems
Chapter 19. Yield Line Analysis of Slabs
19.1 Yield line theory
19.2 Discussion
Problems
Solutions to Chapter 19 Problems
Chapter 20. Influence Lines
20.1 Influence lines for beams in contact with the load
20.2 Mueller-Breslau principle
20.3 Systems of travelling loads
20.4 Influence lines for beams not in contact with the load
20.5 Forces in the members of a truss
20.6 Influence lines for continuous beams
Problems
Solutions to Chapter 20 Problems
Chapter 21. Structural Instability
21.1 Euler theory for slender columns
21.2 Limitations of the Euler theory
21.3 Failure of columns of any length
21.4 Effect of cross section on the buckling of columns
21.5 Stability of beams under transverse and axial loads
21.6 Energy method for the calculation of buckling loads in columns (Rayleigh–Ritz Method)
Problems
Solutions to Chapter 21 Problems
Appendix A. Table of Section Properties
Appendix B. Bending of Beams: Standard Cases
Index
