STRUCTURAL DESIGN AGAINST DEFLECTION

Tianjian Ji

Mayo de 2020      Páginas: 200

Código 8562     ISBN/EAN: 9780367897932

CONTENIDO: Deflections tend to have more significance in modern structures, especially those that are either taller, longer or have wider spans than earlier designs. It is also necessary to provide desirable distributions of internal forces in order to achieve effective, efficient and elegant structures.

This book presents four structural concepts relating to deflections and internal forces in structures. It demonstrates a number of routes and physical measures together with their implementation for creating desirable distributions of internal forces and for designing structures against deflection. Hand calculation examples, with and without using the implementation measures, are provided to quantify the effectiveness and efficiency of the structural concepts. Practical examples, including several well-known structures, are considered qualitatively to illustrate the practical implementation of the structural concepts and show their structural rationale.

The book is especially suitable for advanced undergraduate and graduate students studying civil engineering or architecture and should enhance the holistic comprehension of structural engineers and architects.

Features

Develops the concepts from their principles through to their implementation

Provides worked examples in pairs and analyses real structures

Especially suits final year undergraduates and graduate students in structural engineering

Dr Tianjian Ji, CEng, FIStructE, FHEA, is Reader in Structural Engineering at the University of Manchester, UK. He received the Award for Excellence in Structural Engineering Education from the Institution of Structural Engineers, UK, in 2014 and the Teaching Excellence Award from the University of Manchester in 2016.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction

Deflections and Internal Forces

More Direct Internal Force Paths

Smaller Internal Forces

More Uniform Distribution of Internal Forces

Converting More Bending Moments Into Axial Forces

Concluding Remarks

Bibliography

Index