Fundamentals of Structural Analysis third edition, introduces engineering and architectural students to the basic techniques for analyzing the most common structural elements, including beams, trusses, frames, cables, and arches. This edition offers a new page design with free access to RISA! The text will cover the classical methods of analysis for determinate and indeterminate structures, and provide an introduction to the matrix formulation on which computer analysis is based.

Table of Contents

1 Introduction
2 Design Loads
3 Statics of Structures-Reactions
4 Trusses
5 Beams and Frames
6 Cables
7 Arches
8 Live Load Forces: Influence Lines for Determinate Structures
9 Deflections of Beams and Frames
10 Work-Energy Methods for Computing Deflections
11 Analysis of Indeterminate Structures by the Flexibility Method
12 Analysis of Indeterminate Beams and Frames by the Slope-Deflection Method
13 Moment Distribution
14 Indeterminate Structures: Influence Lines
15 Approximate Analysis of Indeterminate Structures
16 Introduction to the General Stiffness Method
17 Matrix Analysis of Trusses by the Direct Stiffness Method
18 Matrix Analysis of Beams and Frames by the Direct Stiffness Method Appendix A Review of Matrix Operations Glossary Answers to Odd-Numbered Problems Credits Index