Essential Knowledge Series (19-volume package)

Author: Various

Date published

1 May 2019

Price

Standard: £374.95

Member (non-Student): £199.95

Member (Student/Graduate/Academic Community): Free

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Essential Knowledge Series (19-volume package)

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Author
Various
Date published
1 May 2019
Price

Standard: £374.95

Member (non-Student): £199.95

Member (Student/Graduate/Academic Community): Free

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Author

Various

Date published

1 May 2019

Author

Various

Price

Standard: £374.95

Member (non-Student): £199.95

Member (Student/Graduate/Academic Community): Free

The series covers the core principles of structural design, analysis and mechanics; providing an invaluable resource for engineering students, graduates and those interested in refreshing their basic knowledge.

The series comprises:

  • Introduction: Part 1 - Structure is everywhere!

  • Introduction: Part 2 - Designing a meaningful structure 

  • Historical development of structural form

  • Historical development of structural theories and methods of analysis

  • Lessons from failures

  • Introduction to structural materials

  • Traditional structural materials

  • New structural materials

  • Stress and strain

  • Structural form: Introduction to behaviour, selection and analysis

  • Triangulated structures

  • Flexure and flexural structures

  • Behaviour of beams and two-dimensional frames

  • Principles for computer analysis of structures

  • Approximate analysis of skeletal structures

  • Stability

  • Dynamics

  • Ground engineering: Part 1 - Principles

  • Ground engineering: Part 2 - Practical design

 

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