Simplified Structural Analysis and Design for Architects
3rd Edition
Will be published approx. on 8. May 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
392 pages
979-8-8233-7557-3 (ISBN)
Description
This text covers the basics of structural analysis and design in clear, practical terms. Dedicated chapters cover the principles of statics, strength of materials, structural analysis, steel, wood, and concrete structures, and design types for structural elements. This edition includes new chapters on the analysis of indeterminate structures and the simplified analysis of concrete indeterminate structures.
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Edition
Third Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
San Diego
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 203 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
838 gr
ISBN-13
979-8-8233-7557-3 (9798823375573)
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Person
Rima Taher, Ph.D., PE is a senior university lecturer at the Hillier College of Architecture and Design at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) and a part-time instructor in the graduate program at the NJIT Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. She is a licensed professional engineer in New Jersey and practices as a civil/structural engineer with her own consulting firm, Taher Engineering LLC. Dr. Taher has a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from INSA de Lyon, Lyon, France. She has a master's degree and a doctorate in civil engineering/building technology from Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussees in Paris, France. Dr. Taher authored and co-authored several books in structural technology. She is an expert in the field of building design for high winds and hurricanes and has given presentations at international conferences in the United States, Canada, Japan, Chile, and France. Dr. Taher is President of the Structural Engineering Institute (SEI) Chapter of ASCE (American Society of Civil Engineers) in North Jersey.