Structural Design from First Principles

ISBN-13: 9781138503496 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 315 str.

Michael Byfield

Opis

This undergraduate civil engineering textbook explains structural design from its mechanical principles rather than design codes. These relatively simple techniques enable quick, early stage, "ball-park" design solutions, and are also useful for checking finite element analysis solutions to complex problems.

 

Spis treści

Introduction. Laterally restrained and unrestrained steel beams. Buckling of columns, trusses and arches. Buckling of plate girders and box girders. Steel-concrete composite beams. Reinforced concrete beams. Reinforced concrete subjected to stress concentrations. Mechanics of crack control in concrete. Prestressed concrete. Timber.

O autorze

Michael Byfield is a lecturer at the University of Southampton, UK and runs his own engineering consultancy. He was awarded the Parkman Medal by the Institution of Civil Engineers and his research focuses on blast loading of buildings.