Plastic Design and Second-Order Analysis of Steel Frames

✍ Scribed by W. F. Chen, I. Sohal (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York
• Year: 1995
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 519
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Plastic Design of Steel Frames assesses the current status and future direction of computer-based analyses of inelastic strength and stability for direct frame design. It shows how design rules are used in practical frame design and provides an introduction to the second-order theory of inelastic frame design.
The book includes two computer programs on a diskette: one for the first-order analyses and the other for the second-order plastic hinge analysis of planar frame design. The second-order program can be used to predict realistic strengths and stabilities of planar frames, thereby eliminating the tedious task of estimating factors for individual member capacity checks. Both programs include clear input instructions. The diskette also contains the Fortran source-code listing for the second-order plastic-hinge analysis, enabling the user to customize the program. The programs will run on an IBM PC-AT or equivalent machine with 640 kB of memory and 30 MB hard drive.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Basic Concepts....Pages 1-41
The Plastic Hinge....Pages 42-119
The Tools Used in Plastic Analysis and Design....Pages 120-156
Equilibrium Method....Pages 157-222
Work Method....Pages 223-330
Estimate of Deflections....Pages 331-380
First-Order Hinge-by-Hinge Analysis....Pages 381-424
Second-Order Plastic Hinge Analysis....Pages 425-502
Back Matter....Pages 503-509

✦ Subjects

Civil Engineering