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Understanding structures : analysis, materials, design / Derek Seward.

By: Seward, Derek [author].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Edition: Fifth edition.Description: viii, 336 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781137376565 (paperback).Subject(s): Structural analysis (Engineering)Additional physical formats: Electronic version: Understanding structures : analysis, materials, design.DDC classification: 624.17 Also available in electronic form.
Contents:
Design -- Basics -- Materials -- Loads -- Pin-jointed trusses -- Tension -- Beams -- Compression -- Combined axial and bending stresses -- Torsion -- Connections -- Arches and portal frames -- Foundations and retaining walls -- Deflection -- Indeterminate structures and computers.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

A highly illustrated textbook explaining the fundamentals of structural analysis, materials and design in one integrated volume. This integrated approach enables the student to tackle realistic design problems in the shortest possible time, and, because the relevance of the theory is immediately relevant, it is highly motivational. The text follows the process of design from initial concept through to final details. It focuses on using real data and avoiding a complex mathematical approach to encourage a feel and awareness for the physical behaviour of structures. Each stage of the design process is illustrated by a realistic numerical example which is based on genuine design data. The book is up-to-date for the Eurocodes.

The book is intended for first year undergraduates and BTEC students of civil and structural engineering, building, architecture and surveying. Because it contains a lot of real design data, it may also be useful as a work of reference for the non-specialist practitioner.

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Accompanying online resources for this title can be found at bloomsburyonlineresources.com/understanding-structures-5e. These resources are designed to support teaching and learning when using this textbook and are available at no extra cost.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Design -- Basics -- Materials -- Loads -- Pin-jointed trusses -- Tension -- Beams -- Compression -- Combined axial and bending stresses -- Torsion -- Connections -- Arches and portal frames -- Foundations and retaining walls -- Deflection -- Indeterminate structures and computers.

CIT Module ARCH 7037- Core reading.

CIT Module ARCH 7036 - Core reading.

CIT Module ARCH 6064 - Core reading

CIT Module ARCH 7021 - Core reading

CIT Module ARCH 8015 - Core reading.

CIT Module CIVL 7028 - Core reading.

CIT Module CIVL 6029 - Core reading.

CIT Module CIVL 6025 - Core reading.

CIT Module CIVL 6024 - Core reading.

Also available in electronic form.

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Derek Seward is Lecturer in Engineering at Lancaster University, UK. He began his career as a design engineer, and has previously worked as a principal engineer (structures) for a local authority.
Derek Seward is Lecturer in Engineering at Lancaster University, UK. He began his career as a design engineer, and has previously worked as a principal engineer (structures) for a local authority.