Introducing structures [electronic resource] : a textbook for students of civil and structural engineering, building, and architecture / A.J. Francis.
Introducing Structures: A Textbook for Students of Civil and Structural Engineering, Building, and Architecture focuses on the processes of designing structures for particular functions, taking into consideration the structural integrity of such structures. The textbook first offers information on s...
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| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Pergamon Press,
1980.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Series: | Pergamon international library of science, technology, engineering, and social studies.
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Table of Contents:
- Front Cover; Introducing Structures; Copyright page; Table of Contents; Preface; CHAPTER 1. Introduction; CHAPTER 2. Structural Materials; CHAPTER 3. Structural Action: Cables and Arches; Introduction; Statically Determinate and Statically Indeterminate Structures; Collapse; Cable or Chain Structures; Arches; CHAPTER 4. Trusses and Beams; Beams; CHAPTER 5. Collapse; CHAPTER 6. Flow of Stress; CHAPTER 7. Flexural Instability; CHAPTER 8. Prestressing; CHAPTER 9. Plates, Shells, and Cable Structures; Plates; Cable Structures; CHAPTER 10. Multi-Storey Buildings; Foundations.
- General Remarks on Structural ActionMulti-Storey Buildings; Foundations; Some General Observations on Structural Action; CHAPTER 11. Structural Design; Firmness; Loads and Other Forces; Strength; Relation between Loads and Strength; Delight; The Task of the Designer; CHAPTER 12. Some Structural Failures and Their Lessons; Glossary; Further Reading; Historical; Additional References; Index.