Global Structural Analysis of Buildings
The global structural analysis of buildings can be carried out following two routes.
First, sophisticated and complex computer packages based on the finite element method
offer endless facilities and can handle even huge structures with a great number of
elements. Second, analytical methods can also deal with whole structures leading to
simple closed-form solutions, with the additional benefit of providing fast checking
facilities for the computer-based methods.
In applying physical and mathematical models which are based on the global
behaviour of building structures, a unified treatment of the stress, stability and
frequency analyses of bracing systems is presented for carrying out the structural
analysis of buildings.
First, sophisticated and complex computer packages based on the finite element method
offer endless facilities and can handle even huge structures with a great number of
elements. Second, analytical methods can also deal with whole structures leading to
simple closed-form solutions, with the additional benefit of providing fast checking
facilities for the computer-based methods.
In applying physical and mathematical models which are based on the global
behaviour of building structures, a unified treatment of the stress, stability and
frequency analyses of bracing systems is presented for carrying out the structural
analysis of buildings.
The global structural analysis of buildings can be carried out following two routes.
First, sophisticated and complex computer packages based on the finite element method
offer endless facilities and can handle even huge structures with a great number of
elements. Second, analytical methods can also deal with whole structures leading to
simple closed-form solutions, with the additional benefit of providing fast checking
facilities for the computer-based methods.
This book follows the latter route and, after describing and solving the complex
theoretical problems of bracing systems covering many practical cases,
First, sophisticated and complex computer packages based on the finite element method
offer endless facilities and can handle even huge structures with a great number of
elements. Second, analytical methods can also deal with whole structures leading to
simple closed-form solutions, with the additional benefit of providing fast checking
facilities for the computer-based methods.
This book follows the latter route and, after describing and solving the complex
theoretical problems of bracing systems covering many practical cases,
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