Stability of Structures结构稳定性：原理与应用

Thecurrenttrendofbuildingmorestreamlinedstructureshasmadestabilityanalysisasubjectofextremeimportance.ItismostlyasafetyissuebecauseStabilitylosscouldresultinanunimaginablecatastrophe.Writtenbytwoauthorswithacombined80yearsofprofessionalandacademicexperience,theobjectiveofStabilityofStructures:PrinciplesandApplicationsistoprovideengineersandarchitectswithafirmgraspofthefundamentalsandprinciplesthatareessentialtoperformingeffectivestabilityanalysts.Conciseandreadable,thisguidepresentsstabilityanalysiswithinthecontextofelementarynonlinearflexuralanalysis,providingastrongfoundationforincorporatingtheoryintoeverydaypractice.Thefirstchapterintroducesthebucklingofcolumns.Itbeginswiththelinearelastictheoryandproceedstoincludetheeffectsoflargedeformationsandinelasticbehavior.InChapter2variousapproximatemethodsareillustratedalongwiththefundamentalsofenergymethods.Thechapterconcludesbyintroducingseveralspecialtopics,someadvanced,thatareusefulinunderstandingthephysicalresistancemechanismsandconsistentandrigorousmathematicalanalysis.Chapters3and4coverbucklingofbeam-columns.Chapter5presentstorsioninstructuresinsomedetail,whichisoneoftheleastwellunderstoodsubjectsintheentirespectrumofstructuralmechanics.Strictlyspeaking,torsionitselfdoesnotbelongtoatopicinstructuralstability,butneedstobecoveredtosomeextentforabetterunderstandingofbucklingaccompaniedwithtorsionalbehavior.Chapters6and7considerstabilityofframedstructuresinconjunctionwithtorsionalbehaviorofstructures.Chapters8to10considerbucklingofplateelements,cylindricalshells,andgeneralshells.Althoughthebookisprimarilydevotedtoanalysis,rudimentarydesignaspectsarediscussed.Theaccompanyingwebsitewillincludeadditionalformulasandproblemsbasedontheauthor'sonsoftwarewhichiscurrentlybeingusedincorporations.Thewebsitewillalsoincludeequationsandexamplesbasedontherepersonalexperiences.Inaddition,thewebsitewillincludeasolutionsmanualforthosewhowishtousethebookasatextbookforatwo-semestercourse.Engineers,Architects,designers,andresearcherwillfindthisprint/websitecombinationavaluableguidebothintermsofitsapplicationsofverificationofdesignofstructures.?BalancedpresentationforboththeoryandpracticeWell-blendedcontentscoveringelementarytoadvancedtopicsDetailedpresentationofthedevelopmentComputerprogramswillbemadeavailablethroughtheseniorauthor'swebpage