Content
Foreword xvi
Note from the Author xviii
Chapter 1 Loading 1
1.0 Loading 1
1.1 Loading-Primary Load Types 3
1.2 Panel Loads – Floor Loads, Oneway Loads, Area Loads 40
1.3 Support Displacement Loads 78
1.4 Prestressing Loads 83
1.5 Loads on Plates and Solids 89
1.6 Temperature and Strain Loads 102
Chapter 2 Load Generation 120
2.0 Load Generation 120
2.1 Wind Load Generation 120
2.2 Snow Loads 150
2.3 Moving Loads 157
2.4 Seismic Load Generation 191
2.5 Notional Loads 226
Chapter 3 Combining Load Cases 234
3.0 Combining Load Cases 234
3.1 Repeat Loads and Load Combinations 235
3.2 Reference Loads 252
Chapter 4 Dynamic properties of structures 271
4.0 Dynamic Properties of Structures 271
4.1 Frequencies and Modes 271
4.2 Damping 317
Chapter 5 Dynamic Loads 332
5.0 Dynamic Loads 332
5.1 Response Spectrum Analysis 333
5.2 Time History Loading and Analysis 387
Index 436