Basic Structural Theory

by Jacques Heyman

• ISBN13: 9780521897945
• ISBN10: 0521897947
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-05-08
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

This text introduces the basic equations of the theory of structures. Conventional presentations of these equations follow the ideas of elastic analysis, introduced nearly two hundred years ago. The book is written against the background of advances made in structural theory during the last fifty years, notably by the introduction of so-called plastic theory. The emphasis throughout is on the derivation and application of the structural equations, rather than on details of their solution (nowadays best done by computer), and the numerical examples are deliberately kept simple.

Author Biography

Jacques Heyman is former Head of the Department of Engineering at the University of Cambridge and the author of fourteen books, including The stone skeleton, Elements of the theory of structures, Structural analysis: a historical approach, Elements of stress analysis and the two-volume set, Plastic design of frames: Volume 1, Fundamentals and Volume 2, Applications, with Lord Baker. He is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, the Institution of Civil Engineers and the Royal Academy of Engineering, and an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects. He was a consulting engineer for a number of English cathedrals and a member of the Architectural Advisory Panel for Westminster Abbey and the Cathedrals Fabric Commission for England. He also has served on many British Standards committees. Professor Heyman's The stone skeleton won the Choice Outstanding Academic Books Award in 1996.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
Introduction	p. 1
Structural assumptions	p. 3
Structural equations	p. 6
Strength	p. 8
Trussed frameworks	p. 8
Virtual work	p. 17
Structures in bending	p. 20
Plastic theory	p. 26
Masonry	p. 39
The structural state	p. 48
Stiffness	p. 51
The truss	p. 51
Bending stiffness	p. 58
Matrix formulation	p. 66
Elastic analysis	p. 70
Elastic properties	p. 71
Reciprocal theorems	p. 71
Influence lines	p. 74
Indirect model tests	p. 76
Energy methods	p. 77
Methods of calculation	p. 82
Slope-deflexion equations	p. 82
Moment distribution	p. 87
Stability	p. 96
Elastic buckling	p. 96
Practical behaviour	p. 103
Other buckling phenomena	p. 111
Virtual work	p. 115
Structures in bending	p. 115
Trusses	p. 120
The plastic theorems	p. 123
Buckling calculations	p. 129
Index	p. 133
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