Basic Structures

Philip Garrison BSc MBA CEng MICE MIStructE MIHT is a Chartered Civil and Structural Engineer and Senior Lecturer in Structural Design in the Civil Engineering Departmentat Leeds Beckett University

• Acknowledgements ixIntroduction x1 What is structural engineering? 12 Learn the language: a simple explanation of terms used by structural engineers 83 How do structures (and parts of structures) behave? 114 Force, mass and weight 265 Loading – dead or alive 326 Equilibrium – a balanced approach 387 More about forces: resultants and components 438 Moments 549 Reactions 6710 Different types of support – and what’s a pin? 7311 A few words about stability 8112 Introduction to the analysis of pin-jointed frames 9313 Method of resolution at joints 9814 Method of sections 11915 Graphical method 12716 Shear force and bending moments 13717 This thing called stress 16818 Direct (and shear) stress 17319 Bending stress 18420 Combined bending and axial stress 20521 Structural materials: concrete, steel, timber and masonry 21822 More on materials 22923 How far can I span? 23524 Calculating those loads 24225 An introduction to structural design 25226 More on structural types and forms 29127 An introduction to deflection 31028 Shear stress 32429 Buckling and torsion 33330 Frames and three-pinned arches 34431 Virtual work 35632 Squares and circles of stress: An introduction to Mohr’s Circle 36333 Trusses (no numbers) 38034 Plastic analysis 388Further reading 402Appendix 1: Weights of common building materials 403Appendix 2: Conversions and relationships between units 405Appendix 3: Mathematics associated with right-angled triangles 407Appendix 4: Symbols 409Appendix 5: A checklist for architects 410Appendix 6: Getting more out of civil engineering 411Index 413