Understanding Structural Engineering: From Theory to Practice

by Wai-Fah Chen, Salah El-Din E. El-Metwally

Overview

In our world of seemingly unlimited computing, numerous analytical approaches to the estimation of stress, strain, and displacement-including analytical, numerical, physical, and analog techniques-have greatly advanced the practice of engineering. Combining theory and experimentation, computer simulation has emerged as a third path for engineering

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781040210260
Publisher:	CRC Press
Publication date:	05/24/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	271
File size:	14 MB
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About the Author

W. F. Chen and Salah EI-Din E. EI-Metwally are with the University of Hawaii.

Table of Contents

From Science to Engineering.  The Era of Elasticity.  The Era of Plasticity.  The Era of Finite Element.  Strut-and-Tie Model for Design of Structural Concrete Discontinuity Regions.  Toward Advanced Analysis for Steel Frame Design.  The Era of Model-Based Simulation.

Editorial Reviews

"This book presents the major advances in structural engineering concepts and design that have taken place over the last seven decades to reach the present state that is familiar to structural engineers. It also draws the attention of structural engineers to the drastic idealisation and simplifications for the equations of equilibrium, material behaviour and kinematics as well as structural systems. …All chapters are well written, complemented with a good number of examples and applications and well-presented figures. In addition, each of the main five theory chapters is concluded with a historical sketch, acknowledging the contribution of various scholars to the theory development and advancement presented in that chapter. Overall, the book provides a big-picture guide to the key advances in structural engineering design..."
—ICE Structures and Buildings

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