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100			_aMillais, Malcolm _922297
245			_aBuilding structures : from concepts to design. _hBook
250			_aEd.2
260			_aLondon _bSpon Press _c2006
300			_aviii,423p.
500			_aContents Preface to the Second Edition INTRODUCTION 1 0.1 Pre-historic design 1 0.2 Traditional design 2 0.3 The effect of civilisation 4 0.4 The search for structural understanding 6 0.5 The modern approach to structural design 9 0.6 The conceptual understanding of structural behaviour 10 References - Introduction 12 CHAPTER 1 Loads and load paths 13 1.1 Natural loads 13 1.2 Useful loads 19 1.3 Accidental loads 21 1.4 Loading summary 21 1.5 Reaction loads 24 1.6 Load paths 30 CHAPTER 2 Internal forces 37 2.1 Axial forces 37 2.2 Bending moments and shear forces 39 2.3 A simple plane frame 43 2.4 Slabs 49 2.5 The structural action of load paths 50 2.6 Twisting forces 54 2.7 Summary 55 CHAPTERS Structural element behaviour 57 3.1 Structural elements 57 3.2 Concepts of stress and stress distribution 60 3.3 Axial stresses 65 3.4 Bending stresses 68 3.5 Shear stresses 76 3.6 Torsional stresses 77 3.7 Curved elements 80 3.8 Combined stresses 81 CHAPTER 4 Advanced concepts of stress 86 4.1 Principal stresses in one-dimensional elements 86 4.2 Principal stresses in two-dimensional elements 92 4.3 The role of shear stresses in beams 95 4.4 Effect of beam cross-section 99 4.5 Biaxial bending 103 4.6 Torsion and warping of open sections 106 4.7 Composite elements and pre-stressing 107 4.8 Summary 116 References - Chapter 4 116 CHAPTERS Structural materials 117 5.1 Types of material behaviour 117 5.2 Actual structural materials 120 5.3 Soil as a structural material 122 5.4 Non-structural effects 130 CHAPTERS Safe structures and failure 134 6.1 Basic concepts of safety 134 6.2 Types of structural collapse 145 6.3 Plastic behaviour 148 6.4 Axial instability 154 6.5 Relationship of structural theories 163 References - Chapter 6 167 CHAPTER? Geometry and structural behaviour 168 7.1 Geometry of structures 168 7.2 The behaviour of structural systems 170 7.3 Trusses and frames 178 7.4 Cables and arches 186 7.5 Three-dimensional structures 188 7.6 Prevention of axial instability 190 CHAPTER 8 Behaviour of a simple building 193 8.1 Basic structure and loading 193 8.2 The roof and walls 201 8.3 The portal frames 205 8.4 The wind bracing system 207 8.5 The floor structure 209 8.6 The foundations 209 8.7 Summary 211 CHAPTER 9 Real structures 212 9.1 Durham Cathedral 213 9.2 The Palm House 220 9.3 Zarzuela Hippodrome 229 9.4 CNIT Exposition Palace 235 9.5 Federal Reserve Bank 242 9.6 Bank of China 248 References - Chapter 9 256 CHAPTER 10 Structural conception 257 10.1 Structures in buildings 257 10.2Conceptual load paths 259 10.3Load path geometry 262 vi Contents 10.4Overall structural behaviour 264 10.5Choice of materials and elements 268 10.6Element connection 273 10.7Structures and building construction 279 CHAPTER 11 Structures and built form 284 11.1The masonry dome and Christopher Wren 285 11.2The arrival of the skeletal structure 293 11.3Engineers, architects, decoration and theory 297 11.4Architects embrace engineering 300 11.5Engineering as fantasy 304 11.6Engineered curved structures 308 11.7Engineering fantasy becomes reality 314 11.8Guggenheim, computers and beyond 323 References - Chapter 11 327 CHAPTER 12 A simple approach to calculations 330 12.1The basic questions 331 12.2Units 331 12.3Real loads 332 12.4The beam and the cantilever 335 12.5More complex beams 341 12.6Simple frames 346 12.7Calculation of stresses in beams and columns 349 12.8Triangulated structures 353 12.9Deflection and stiffness 356 12.10 Slenderness and axial stability 361 12.11 Four examples of simple calculations 363 12.12 Summary 371 References - Chapter 12 372 CHAPTER 13 The mathematical basis 373 13.1Functions and differentiation 373 13.2Integration 379 13.3The axially loaded element 381 13.4The laterally loaded beam 386 13.5The general beam element 396 13.6Joint stiffness 403 13.7The stiffness method 407 13.8Summary 414 References - Chapter 13 415 Further Reading 416 Index 418 Contents vii
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