Seeing and touching structural concepts. (2008)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Tianjian Ji and Adrian Bell.
• Other Names: Ji, Tianjian; Bell, Adrian
• Contents: Cover -- Seeing and Touching Structural Concepts -- Contents -- Preface -- To students -- To lecturers -- To engineers -- Acknowledgements -- PART I Statics -- 1 Equilibrium -- 2 Centre of mass -- 3 Effect of different cross-sections -- 4 Bending -- 5 Shear and torsion -- 6 Stress distribution -- 7 Span and deflection -- 8 Direct force paths -- 9 Smaller internal forces -- 10 Buckling -- 11 Prestress -- 12 Horizontal movements of structures induced by vertical loads -- Part II Dynamics -- 13 Energy exchange -- 14 Pendulums -- 15 Free vibration -- 16 Resonance -- 17 Damping in structures -- 18 Vibration reduction -- 19 Human body models in structural vibration -- Index.
• Publisher Details: Abingdon, Oxon New York, NY : Taylor & Francis
• Publication Date: 2008
• Extent: 1 online resource (xv, 269 pages), illustrations, digital, HTML and PDF files
• Subjects: 624.1/71; Structural analysis (Engineering); Structural analysis (Engineering); Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780203960790; 0203960793; 9780415397735; 0415397731; 9780415397742; 9781482288452; 1482288451
• Related ISBNs: 041539774X
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• 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.