Principles of structure. (2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: By Ken Wyatt, Richard Hough.
• Other Names: Wyatt, K. J (Kenneth James), 1935-; Hough, R (Richard)
• Contents: Forces, Moments and Equilibrium; Forces on Structures; Measurement of Force; External Forces; Resultants and Components; Moments; Couples; Equilibrium; Co-Planar Forces; Concurrent Force Systems; Forces at Supports; Stability and Determinacy; Parallel Force Systems; Internal Forces; Application: Concurrent Forces, Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank; ; Ties and Struts ; Pressure; Stress; Types of Stress; Strain and Elasticity; Design of Tension Elements (Ties); Ties and Struts; Application: Ties and Struts, Il Grande Bigo; Application: Struts and Ties: Kurilpa Bridge; ; Loadings on Buildings ; Loads; Dead Loads; Live Loads; Wind Loads; Other Loads; Calculation of Loads; Application: Loading, Live Loads; ; Graphical Statics ; Vectors; The Triangle of Forces: Resultants and Equilibrants; Bow’s Notation; The Triangle of Forces: Two Unknown Forces; Concurrency of Forces; Application: Graphical Statics, Patscentre; ; Pin-Jointed Structures ; Pin-Ended Members; Graphical Method; Method of Joints; Method of Sections; Summary; Application: Roof Trusses, Menil Collection Museum; Application: Pin-jointed Trusses: Raleigh-Durham Airport; ; Bracing of Buildings ; Vertical and Lateral Loads; Basic Systems; Bracing Options; Asymmetry; Combined Effects; Application: Bracing, Osaka International Conference Centre; Application: Bracing: China Central Television; ; Shear Force and Bending Moment ; Terms; Shear Force; Bending Moment; Bending Moment Diagrams; Load, Shear Force and Bending Moment; Contraflexure; Application: SFD, BMD, Red Centre; ; Properties of Area ; Centre of Gravity; The Centroid; Second Moment of Area; Theorem of Parallel Axes; Common Centroid Theorem; Section Modulus; Application: Properties of Cross Sections, Sydney Opera House; Application: Properties of Cross-Sections: National Stadium, Beijing; ; Bending Stresses ; Internal Effects; The Stress Formula; Deductions; Stress Variation; Maximum Stress; ‘Ultimate’ Conditions; Application: Beams in Bending, Phoenix Central Library; ; Shear Stresses ; Horizontal and Vertical Shear Stress; Shear Stress Formula; Maximum Shear Stress; Deductions; ‘Ultimate’ Conditions; Application: Design for Shear, Cummins Engine Factory; Application: Design for Shear: Serpentine Pavilion 2005; ; Deflections ; General Rules; Deflection Formula; Spans and Materials; Deflection Sensitivity; Dynamics; Application: Controlling Deflections, Commerzbank Headquarters; ; Design of Beams ; Analysis and Design; Design of a Simple Beam; Design Steps; Ultimate Strength Design; Application: Timber Beams, Nottingham University Jubilee Campus; Application: Timber Beams: Druk White Lotus School, Ladakh; ; Answers to Worksheets ; ; Appendix: A First Encounter with Statics ; ; Index;
• Edition: 5th ed
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource (232 pages), (8 illustrations)
• Subjects: 624.171; Structural analysis (Engineering); Structural analysis (Engineering) -- Problems, exercises, etc
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780203817162; 0203817168
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.