Structural Analysis: Using Classical and Matrix Methods

James Nelson and Jack McCormac present elementary analysis methods and principles along with the latest computational software, so you can develop a thorough understanding of both the behavior of structural systems under load and the toolks engineers use to analyze those systems. You'll explore both statically determinate and statically inderterminate structures, and gain valuable experience with professional software, such as SAP2000. Throughout the text, hands-on examples and problems illustrate key concepts and give you the opportunity to apply what you've learned.

Highlight of the Third Edition

• Improved and expanded examples provide greater clarity.
• A CD, packaged with this text, includes the educational version of SAP2000 structural analysis software.
• The data files for the computer examples worked using SAP2000 are now included on the CD-ROM.
• The authors use matrix notation and methods of equation solving in many examples to facilitate solving the equations.
• Expanded chapters on matrix methods for structural analysis now include a finite element formulation.
• Extensively revised chapters on Reactions, Shearing Force and Bending Moment, Deflection and Angles Changes, and Energy Method for Statically Indeterminate Structures reflect current thinking and needs.
• Updated coverage of Structural Loads and System Loading and Behavior includes the provisions of ASCE 7-98 and reference to the IBC 2000 building code.

Contents

• Statically determinate structures
  • Introduction
  • Structural Loads
  • System Loading and Behavior
  • Reactions
  • Shearing Force and Bending Moment
  • Introduction to Plane Trusses
  • Plane Trusses, Continued
  • Three-Dimensional or Space Trusses
  • Influence Lines
  • Introduction to Calculating Deflections
  • Deflection and Angle Changes-Energy Methods
• Statically indeterminate structures classical methods
  • Introduction to Statically Indeterminate Structures
  • Energy Method for Statically Indeterminate Structures
  • Influence Lines for Statically Indeterminate Structures
  • Slope Deflection: A Displacement Method of Analysis
• Statically indeterminate structures common methods in current practice
  • Approximate Analysis of Indeterminate Structures
  • Moment Distribution for Beams
  • Moment Distribution for Frames
  • Introduction to Matrix Methods
  • Generalizing Matrix Methods
  • Additional Topics in Matrix Methods

• Appendix A: The Catenary Equation
• Appendix B: Matrix Algebra
• Appendix C: Wind and Snow Load Tables and Figures
• Appendix D: Beam Fixed-End Moments
• Appendix E: Properties of Commonly Used Areas
• Appendix F: Elastic Weight and Conjugate Beam Methods
• Glossary