Product Benefits: - Over 175 fully worked examples and 500 exercise problems offer thorough and comprehensive reinforcement of the material.
- New discussion and examples on load paths, building information modeling, and design applications.
- Detailed "Course Project" and "Advanced Course Project" allows student to apply principles throughout the text to the solution of a real-world design problem.
- Links to Internet Tools are provided to stimulate conceptual and visual learning.
- A back-of-book CD contains simulation software to further conceptual understanding.
- "Advanced Learning Opportunities" presents a variety of outside references to be used for honors-type applications.
Table of Contents: 1: Introduction to Statics and Strength of Materials.
2: Forces and Force Systems.
3: Equilibrium of Force Systems.
4: Truss and Frame Analysis.
5: Friction.
6: Center of Gravity and Centroids.
7: Moment of Inertia.
8: Stress and Strain.
9: Further Applications of Stress and Strain.
10: Torsion.
11: Beams: Shear Forces and Bending Moments.
12: Beams: Bending, Shear, and Deflection.
13: Combined Stresses.
14: Beam Design Basics.
15: Column Design Basics.
16: Connection Design Basics.
Appendix A: Steel Section Tables.
Appendix B: Typical Properties for Selected Materials and Radii of Gyration.
Appendix C: Beam Loading Tables.
Appendix D: Timber Section Tables and Design Values.
Appendix E: Integration Techniques for Centroids, Moment of Inertia, and Bending Moments. |
