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Taylor & Francis Ltd Structural Analysis Fundamentals 2021 Edition by Ramez Gayed, Amin Ghali
Structural Analysis Fundamentals presents fundamental procedures of structural analysis, necessary for teaching undergraduate and graduate courses and structural design practice. It applies linear analysis of structures of all types, including beams, plane and space trusses, plane and space frames, plane and eccentric grids, plates and shells, and assemblage of finite-elements. It also treats plastic and time-dependent responses of structures to static loading, as well as dynamic analysis of structures and their response to earthquakes. Geometric nonlinearity in analysis of cable nets and membranes are examined.This is an ideal text for basic and advanced material for use in undergraduate and higher courses. A companion set of computer programs assist in a thorough understanding and application of analysis procedures. The authors provide a special program for each structural system or each procedure. Unlike commercial software, the user can apply any program of the set without a manual or training period. Students, lecturers and engineers internationally employ the procedures presented in in this text and its companion website.Ramez B. Gayed is a Civil Engineering Consultant and Adjunct Professor at the University of Calgary. He is expert on analysis and design of concrete and steel structures.Amin Ghali is Emeritus Professor at the University of Calgary. He is consultant on major international structures. He is inventor of several reinforcing systems for concrete. He has authored over 300 papers and eight patents. His books include Concrete Structures (2012), Circular Storage Tanks and Silos (CRC Press, 2014), and Structural Analysis (CRC Press, 2017). Table of Contents : 1 Structural analysis modeling 2 Statically determinate structures 3 Introduction to the analysis of statically indeterminate structures 4 Force method of analysis 5 Displacement method of analysis 6 Time-dependant displacements in structural concrete 7 Strain energy and virtual work 8 Virtual work applications 9 Moment distribution 10 Effects of axial forces on flexural stiffness 11 Analysis of shear wall structures 12 Methods of finite differences and finite-elements 13 Finite-element analysis 14 Plastic analysis of plane frames 15 Yield-line analysis of reinforced concrete slabs 16 Structural dynamics 17 Response of structures to earthquakes 18 Nonlinear analysis 19 Computer analysis of framed structures 20 Computer programs