Matrix Structural Analysis

by William McGuire, Richard H. Gallagher, Ronald D. Ziemian

Publisher: Wiley
ISBN: 0471129186

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Book Description

Examines computerized structural analysis methods for buildings, bridges, and other structures, with special emphasis on current practices. Covers the stiffness analysis of frames, the flexibility method, virtual work principles, special analysis procedures, and more. Defines the terminology, coordinate systems, and fundamental concepts of structural behavior, laying the foundation for the study of more advanced treatments such as the finite element method.

With the first edition being published over twenty years ago, the aim of this edition remains the same which is to place proper emphasis on the methods of matrix structural analysis used in current practice, and to provide the groundwork for forthcoming practice and allied, more advanced subject matter. This edition features new chapters on the nonlinear analysis of framed structures and treatment of the solution of nonlinear problems.

About the Author

WILLIAM MCGUIRE is Professor of Civil Engineering, Emeritus, Cornell University. He is the author of a well-known text and reference book, Steel Structures. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and among his awards are the T. R. Higgins Lectureship of the American Institute of Steel Construction and the Shortridge Hardesty Award of the American Society of Civil Engineers.

RICHARD H. GALLAGHER, PhD, Late President, Clarkson University, was a pioneer in the development of the finite element method. He was the author of Finite Element Analysis Fundamentals. He was a member of the National Academy of Engineering and the recipient of many awards, among them the ASME Medal, the highest honor of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and the American Society of Engineering Education?s Lamme Medal.

RONALD D. ZIEMIAN, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Bucknell University. He is engaged in the development of computer software and active as a consulting structural engineer. He is the author of the structural theory section of the Structural Steel Designer?s Handbook. He is the joint recipient of the American Society of Civil Engineers? premier award, the Norman Medal, for a paper based on his doctoral research on the inelastic behavior of steel structures.

Customer Reviews

This books contains all the elements of linear matrix structural analysis that is in the second pricey edition of this book. I didn't really need the nonlinear analysis part and got this at a fraction of price.

Concepts are well laid out and this book can be used as prerequisite for finite element analysis. Sufficient no of solved problems and example problems.

This book was written about 20 years before the newer version that you can buy new for about $250 or used for a hundred. I paid about $10 for the 1979 Ed.; it's in great condition for a used book; the previous owner either was super careful with it or dropped the class. I'm an engineer - hoped it would help me use MASTAN to analyse non-linear semi-rigid frame connections (pallet racks) but no luck there. Probably the new edition covers that but I'm too broke. MASTAN did the job anyway. 5 stars anyway because it's one of the best math texts I've ever seen. The authors have a deep understanding of the subject - they're not just copying from something else and it shows. I'm not great at math so I like the matrix method - it's easier. Wish I had time to study this but I have to work - plus I'd rather play Pro Street...