Structural Analysis teaches students the basic principles of structural analysis using the classical approach. The chapters are presented in a logical order, moving from an introduction of the topic to an analysis of statically determinate beams, trusses and rigid frames, to the analysis of statistically indeterminate structures. The text includes solved problems to help illustrate the fundamental concepts. Access to interactive software for analyzing plane framed structures is available for download via the texts online companion site. See the Features tab for more info on this software.
Features
Clear and valuable explanations of the basic concepts supported by detailed step-by-step procedures for analysis enabling students to make an easier transition from theory to problem solving.
Worked-out examples provide extra support
Each chapter begins with an introductory section defining its objective and ends with a helpful summary.
Chapter 17, Introduction to Matrix Structural Analysis, prepares readers for the follow-up course in matrix structural analysis; Kassimali’’s MATRIX ANALYSIS OF STRUCTURES provides a perfect companion text.
A computer program for analyzing plane framed structured is available for download via the companion site. This interactive software can be used to simulate a variety of structural loading configurations and to determine cause versus effect relationships between loading and various structural parameters, thereby enhancing the students’’ understanding of the behavior of structures.
The accompanying software shows deflected shapes of structures to enhance students’’ understanding of structural response due to various types of loadings. It can also include the effects of support settlements, temperature changes, and fabrication errors in the analysis.
A solutions manual containing complete solutions to over 600 text exercises, is also available for the instructor.
Part 1: Introduction to Structural Analysis and Loads
1. Introduction to Structural Analysis
Historical Background / Role of Structural Analysis in Structural Engineering Projects / Classification of Structures / Analytical Models / Summary
2. Loads on Structures
Dead Loads / Live Loads / Impact / Wind Loads / Snow Loads / Earthquake Loads / Hydrostatic and Soil Pressures / Thermal and Other Effects / Load Combinations / Summary / Problems
Part 2: Analysis of Statically Determinate Structures
3. Equilibrium and Support Reactions
Equilibrium of Structures / External and Internal Forces / Types of Supports for Plane Structures / Static Determinacy, Indeterminacy and Instability / Computation of Reactions / Principle of Superposition / Reactions of Simply Supported Structures Using Proportions / Summary / Problems
4. Plane and Space Trusses
Assumptions for Analysis of Trusses / Arrangement of Members of Plane Trusses-Internal Stability / Equations of Condition for Plane Trusses / Static Determinacy, Indeterminacy, and Instability of Plane Trusses / Analysis of Plane Trusses by the Method of Joints / Analysis of Plane Trusses by the Method of Sections / Analysis of Compound Trusses / Complex Trusses / Space Trusses / Summary / Problems
5. Beams and Frames: Shear and Bending Moment
Axial Force, Shear, and Bending Moment / Shear and Bending Moment Diagrams / Qualitative Deflected Shapes / Relationships between Loads, Shears, and Bending Moments / Static Determinacy, Indeterminacy and Instability of Plane Frames / Analysis of Plane Frames / Summary / Problems
6. Deflection of Beams: Geometric Methods
Differential Equation for Beam Deflection / Direct Integration Method / Superposition Method / Moment-Area Method / Bending Moment Diagrams by Parts / Conjugate-Beam Method / Summary / Problems
7. Deflections of Trusses, Beams and Frames: Work-Energy Methods
Work / Principle of Virtual Work / Deflections of Trusses by the Virtual Work Method / Deflections of Beams by the Virtual Work Method / Deflections of Frames by the Virtual Work Method / Conservation of Energy and Strain Energy / Castigliano’s Second Theorem / Betti’s Law and Maxwell’s Law of Reciprocal Deflections / Summary / Problems
8. Influence Lines
Influence Lines for Beams and Frames by Equilibrium Method / Mueller-Breslau’s Principle and Qualitative Influence Lines / Influence Lines for Girders with Floor Systems / Influence Lines for Trusses / Influence Lines for Deflections / Summary / Problems
9. Application of Influence Lines
Response at a Particular Location Due to a Single Moving Concentrated Load / Response at a Particular Location Due to a Uniformly Distributed Live Load / Response at a Particular Location Due to a Series of Moving Concentrated Loads / Absolute Maximum Response / Summary / Problems
10. Analysis of Symmetric Structures
Symmetric Structures / Symmetric and Antisymmetric Components of Loadings / Behavior of Symmetric Structures under Symmetric and Antisymmetric Loadings / Procedure for Analysis of Symmetric Structures / Summary / Problems
Part 3: Analysis of Statically Indeterminate Structures
11. Introduction to Statically Indeterminate Structures
Advantages and Disadvantages of Indeterminate Structures / Analysis of Indeterminate Structures / Summary
12. Approximate Analysis of Rectangular Building Frames
Assumptions for Approximate Analysis / Analysis for Vertical Loads / Analysis for Lateral Loads-Portal Method / Analysis for Lateral Loads / -Cantilever Method / Summary / Problems
13. Method of Consistent Deformations-Force Method
Structures with Single Degree of Indeterminacy / Internal Forces and Moments as Redundants / Structures with Multiple Degrees of Indeterminacy / Support Settlements, Temperature Changes and Fabrication Errors / Summary / Problems
14. Three-Moment Equation and the Method of Least Work
Derivation of Three-Moment Equation / Application of Three-Moment Equation / Method of Least Work / Summary / Problems
15. Influence Lines for Statically Indeterminate Structures
Influence Lines for Beams and Trusses / Qualitative Influence Lines by Muller-Breslau’s Principle / Summary / Problems
16. Slope-Deflection Method
Slope-Deflection Equations / Basic Concept of the Slope-Deflection Method / Analysis of Continuous Beams / Analysis of Frames without Sidesway / Analysis of Frames with Sidesway / Summary / Problems
17. Moment-Distribution Method
Definitions and Terminology / Basic Concept of the Moment-Distribution Method / Analysis of Continuous Beams / Analysis of Frames without Sidesway / Analysis of Frames with Sidesway / Summary / Problems
18. Introduction to Matrix Structural Analysis
Analytical Model / Member Stiffness Relations in Local Coordinates / Coordinate Transformations / Member Stiffness Relations in Global Coordinates / Structure Stiffness Relations / Procedure for Analysis / Summary / Problems
Appendix A: Areas and Centroids of Geometric Shapes
Appendix B: Review of Matrix Algebra / Definition of a Matrix / Types of Matrices / Matrix Operations / Solution of Simultaneous Equations by the Gauss-Jordan Method / Problems
Appendix C: Computer Software
Bibliography
Answers to Selected Problems
Index
Coverage of loads on structures has been updated to meet the latest ASCE standards.Fifteen percent new problems (with the total over 600)Computer software has been upgradedNew photos and page layout to enhance clarity.
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Aslam Kassimali
Aslam Kassimali is Professor of Civil Engineering at Southern Illinois University. He teaches structural engineering, nonlinear structural analysis, and structural dynamics and stability. Consistently recognized for teaching excellence, Dr. Kassimali has received 17 awards for outstanding teaching at the department and the college level since joining Southern Illinois University-Carbondale in 1980, and in 1996 he was named the Outstanding Teacher of the entire university. Professor Kassimali completed undergraduate work at the University of Karachi in Pakistan in 1969, then earned a master’s degree from Iowa State University in 1971 and masters and doctoral degrees from the University of Missouri, Columbia, in 1974 and 1976 respectively.