Analysis of structures : an introduction including numerical methods /
Antony Waas, Joe Eisley.
- Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. ; Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, 2011.
- 1 online resource (xii, 622 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Front Matter -- Forces and Moments -- Static Equilibrium -- Displacement, Strain, and Material Properties -- Classical Analysis of the Axially Loaded Slender Bar -- A General Method for the Axially Loaded Slender Bar -- Torsion -- Classical Analysis of the Bending of Beams -- A General Method (FEM) for the Bending of Beams -- More about Stress and Strain, and Material Properties -- Combined Loadings on Slender Bars--Thin Walled Cross Sections -- Work and Energy Methods--Virtual Work -- Structural Analysis in Two and Three Dimensions -- Analysis of Thin Laminated Composite Material Structures -- Buckling -- Structural Dynamics -- Evolution in the (Intelligent) Design and Analysis of Structural Members -- Appendix A: Matrix Definitions and Operations -- Appendix B: Area Properties of Cross Sections -- Appendix C: Solving Sets of Linear Algebraic Equations with Mathematica -- Appendix D: Orthogonality of Normal Modes -- References -- Index.