Structures: A Geometric Approach: Graphical Statics and Analysis

ISBN-13: 9783319987453 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 332 str.

Edmond Saliklis

Opis

But until now, there had been no guidebook that rapidly brings students up to speed on the fundamentals of how to create graphical solutions to statics problems.Graphic Statics introduces all of the traditional graphic statics techniques in a parametric drawing format, using the free program GeoGebra.

Spis treści

1 Introduction.- 2 General Guidelines for Creating Efficient and Elegant Programs.- 3 Non-concurrent Forces and the Funicular.- 4 The Funicular and the Bending Moment.- 5 Truss Analysis and Design.- 6 Frames.- 7 Stability of a Point in 3D Space.- 8 Deflections of Beams and Indeterminate Beam Analysis.- 9 Williot Mohr and Indeterminate Truss Analysis.- 10 Forces in Space.

O autorze

Dr. Edmond P. Saliklis is a professor in the architectural engineering department at California Polytechninc State University. He specializes in Structural Art, Graphical Statics and Constitutive Modeling of Orthotropic Materials. He hold an M.S. in Civil Engineering from Syracuse University and a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.