* WORKED EXAMPLES CLEARLY ILLUSTRATE CONCEPTS. Many worked examples appear throughout the text to demonstrate correct methodology. These examples are solved step by step to show students how to apply essential concepts.
* 16-PAGE COLOR INSERT. Many of the three-dimensional images in the book are illustrated for clearer comprehension.
* THE DIRECT METHOD is now included as the primary method for developing the stiffness matrix for one-dimensional elements.
* CHAPTER OBJECTIVES AND END-OF-CHAPTER SUMMARY EQUATIONS INCREASE UNDERSTANDING. Chapter objectives help students know what content to focus on and retain. Key summary equations help students review what they have learned.
* PRESENTATION IS IDEAL FOR THOSE NEW TO THE FIELD. Written as a basic learning tool for students in civil and mechanical engineering, this edition does not presume an extensive background in structural analysis. Math is presented in a simple and straightforward manner to maximize comprehension.
* PRAGMATIC AND CONSISTENT STRUCTURE ENSURES UNDERSTANDING. Topics progress from basic to advanced as each chapter follows a similar structure and format. General principles are presented for each topic, followed by traditional applications of these principles as well as computer applications, where relevant.
* EXTENSIVE APPENDICES OFFER ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR REINFORCEMENT AND ADVANCED STUDY. Helpful appendices include basic matrix algebra (used throughout the text), solutions methods for simultaneous equations, equations from elasticity theory, equivalent nodal forces, the principle of virtual work, and properties of structural steel and aluminum shapes.
Preface to the SI Edition
Preface
Acknowledgments
Notation
1 Introduction
2 Introduction to the Stiffness (Displacement) Method
3 Development of Truss Equations
4 Development of Beam Equations
5 Frame and Grid Equations
6 Development of the Plane Stress and Plane Stain Stiffness Equations
7 Practical Considerations In Modeling; Interpreting Results;
and Examples of Plane Stress/ Strain Analysis
8 Development of the Linear- Strain Triangle Equations
9 Axisymmetric Elements
10 Isoparametric Formulation
11 Three- Dimensional Stress Analysis
12 Plate Bending Element
13 Heat Transfer and Mass Transport
14 Fluid Flow in Porous Media and through Hydraulic Networks;
and Electrical Networks and Electrostatics
15 Thermal Stress
16 Ttructural Dynamics and Time- Dependent Heat Transfer
Appendix A Matrix Algebra
Appendix B Methods for Solution of Simultaneous Linear Equations
Appendix C Equations from Elasticity Theory
Appendix D Equivalent Nodal Forces
Appendix E Principle of Virtual Work
Appendix F Geometric Properties of Structural Steel Wide-Flange Sections(W Shapes)
Answers to Selected Problems
Index
