Book Description

Structural Analysis excels in providing a clear and thorough presentation of the theory and applications of structural analysis as it applies to trusses, beams, and frames. It empowers you to succeed by drawing upon Professor Hibbeler’s decades of classroom experience and knowledge of how students learn. Through its user-friendly, clear organization, the text helps you develop the ability to model and analyze a structure to prepare you for professional practice.

1. Types of Structures and Loads
2. Analysis of Statically Determinate Structures
3. Analysis of Statically Determinate Trusses
4. Internal Loadings Developed in Structural Members
5. Cables and Arches
6. Influence Lines for Statically Determinate Structures
7. Deflections
8. Deflections Using Energy Methods
9. Analysis of Statically Indeterminate Structures by the Force Method
10. Displacement Method of Analysis: Slope-Deflection Equations
11. Displacement Method of Analysis: Moment Distribution
12. Approximate Analysis of Statically Indeterminate Structures
13. Beams and Frames Having Nonprismatic Members
14. Truss Analysis Using the Stiffness Method
15. Beam Analysis Using the Stiffness Method
16. Plane Frame Analysis Using the Stiffness Method