Analytical estimates of structural behavior. (2012)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Clive L. Dym, Harry E. Williams.
• Other Names: Dym, Clive L; Williams, Harry E (Harry Edwin), 1930-
• Contents: Mathematical Modeling for Structural Analysis; Summary; Principles of Mathematical Modeling; Abstraction and Scale (I); Dimensional Consistency and Dimensional Analysis; Abstraction and Scale (II); Notes on Approximating: Dimensions and Numbers; The Assumption of Linear Behavior; Conservation and Balance Principles; Conclusions; Bibliography; ; Structural Models and Structural Modeling ; Summary; Bars, Beams, Arches, Frames, and Shells; One-Dimensional Structural Elements; Two-Dimensional Structural Elements; Modeling Structural Supports; Indeterminacy, Redundancy, Load Paths, and Stability; Modeling Structural Loading; Modeling Structural Materials; Idealization and Discretization in Structural Modeling; Bibliography; ; Exploring Intuition: Beams, Trusses, and Cylinders ; Summary; Introduction; Engineering Beams: The Two-Dimensional Model; Reasoning Intuitively about Engineering Beams; Trusses as Beams; Pressurized Circular Cylinders: A Two-Dimensional Model; Conclusions; Bibliography; ; Estimating Stresses and Displacements in Arches ; Summary; Introduction; Normal and Bending Stresses in Transversely Loaded Arches; Arches under Centrally Applied, "Dead" Loading; Shallow Arches under Centrally Directed, "Dead" Loading; Arches under Gravitational Loading; Interpreting Arch Behavior; Shallow Curved Beams under End Loading; Interpreting Curved Beam Behavior; Conclusions; Bibliography; ; Estimating the Behavior of Coupled Discrete Systems ; Summary; Introduction; Extending the Castigliano Theorems to Discrete Systems; Formally Proving the Castigliano Theorem Extensions; Rayleigh Quotients for Discrete Systems; Conclusions; Bibliography; ; Buildings Modeling as Coupled Beams: Static Response Estimates ; Summary; Introduction; Coupled Timoshenko Beams: Exact Solutions; Coupled Timoshenko Beams: Castigliano Estimates (I); Validating Castigliano-Based Deflection Estimates; Coupled Timoshenko Beams: Castigliano Estimates (II); Remarks on Modeling Buildings as Coupled-Beam Systems; Conclusions; Appendix A: Exact Solution for Coupled Timoshenko Beams; Appendix B: The Coupled Euler–Shear System as a Limit; Appendix C: Special Cases for Two Timoshenko Cantilevers; Bibliography; ; Buildings Modeled as Coupled Beams: Natural Frequency Estimates ; Summary; Introduction; Rayleigh Quotients for Elementary Beams; Beams and Models of Buildings; Frequency–Height Dependence in Coupled Two-Beam Models; Frequency-Height Dependence in Timoshenko Beams; Comparing Frequencies for Coupled Two-Beam Models; Conclusions; Bibliography; ; Index; ;
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton, Fla : Taylor & Francis
• Publication Date: 2012
• Extent: 1 online resource (xv, 195 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 624.1/76; Elasticity; Structural dynamics; Structural analysis (Engineering); Elasticity; Structural analysis (Engineering); Structural dynamics; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781439870914; 1439870918; 1439870896; 9781439870891
• Related ISBNs: 9781439870914; 9781439870891
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.
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