Introducing Structures. A Textbook for Students of Civil and Structural Engineering, Building and Architecture
โ Scribed by A. J. Francis (Auth.)
- Publisher
- Pergamon Press
- Year
- 1980
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 297
- Edition
- 1st
- Category
- Library
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โฆ Table of Contents
Content:
Other Pergamon Titles of Interest, Page ii
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Preface, Pages vii-viii
CHAPTER 1 - Introduction, Pages 1-6
CHAPTER 2 - Structural Materials, Pages 7-28
CHAPTER 3 - Structural Action: Cables and Arches, Pages 29-59
CHAPTER 4 - Trusses and Beams, Pages 60-80
CHAPTER 5 - Collapse, Pages 81-100
CHAPTER 6 - Flow of Stress, Pages 101-115
CHAPTER 7 - Flexural Instability, Pages 116-134
CHAPTER 8 - Prestressing, Pages 135-154
CHAPTER 9 - Plates, Shells, and Cable Structures, Pages 155-192
CHAPTER 10 - Multi-Storey Buildings; Foundations; General Remarks on Structural Action, Pages 193-220
CHAPTER 11 - Structural Design, Pages 221-259
CHAPTER 12 - Some Structural Failures and Their Lessons, Pages 260-277
Glossary, Pages 278-283
Further Reading, Pages 284-285
Index, Pages 287-293
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