STRUCTURAL SYSTEM ESSENTIALS: Analysis and Modelling

This book is for those wishing to comprehend the analysisi and behaviour of structural systems including essential knoeledge pertinent to more advanced subjects such as structural dynamics,finite element and stability with the least possible mathematical involvement. It is also the author's intent to instil the 'feel' of what is happening in the process of structural system anailsis and its characteristic behaviour through very simple structures. It is written in informal style and language to tell the story of'structural systems' as they undergo loading events. The author hopes that this book will make the analysis of structural systems more comprehensible' a model on the computer screen less enigmatic' and computer-aided design tools more comforting companions.