Understanding Structures
Analysis, Materials, Design
3rd Edition
Published on 28. February 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
368 pages
978-0-333-97386-8 (ISBN)
Description
A new edition of this introductory text for undergraduate students of civil engineering, building, surveying and architecture. It deals with the topics of structural analysis, materials and design, and introduces all three topics in an integrated way so that the reader can quickly tackle the exciting task of designing real structures. This new edition includes two new chapters on Indeterminate Structures and Computer Methods, and Torsion.
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Edition
3rd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Basingstoke
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
diagrams
Dimensions
Height: 246 mm
Width: 189 mm
Weight
707 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-333-97386-8 (9780333973868)
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04/2009
4th Edition
Palgrave Macmillan
€56.94
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Previous edition
Book
05/1998
2nd Edition
Palgrave Macmillan
€29.70
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Person
DEREK SEWARD is a Lecturer in Engineering at Lancaster University. He began his career as a design engineer; and has previously worked as a principal engineer (structures) for a local authority.
Content
Design - Basics - Materials - Loads - Pin-jointed Trusses - Tension - Beams - Compression - Combined Axial and Bending Stresses - Torsion - Connections - Arches and Portal Frames - Foundations and Retaining Walls - Deflection - Indeterminate Structures and Components - Further Reading