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Understanding Structural Engineering

From Theory to Practice

Author: Wai-Fah Chen and Salah El-Din E. El-Metwally  

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"From science to engineering and from theory to practice, it illustrates different breakthroughs, traced back to their origin and placed into prospective. First, the text presents the fundamental laws of mechanics, the theory of elasticity, and the development of the generalized stress-generalized strain concept. Next, it details the era of plasticity. The finite element method comes as an offspring of the generalized stress generalized strain concept. Finally, the authors explore the era of computer simulation to offer a glimpse into the future"—

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"From science to engineering and from theory to practice, it illustrates different breakthroughs, traced back to their origin and placed into prospective. First, the text presents the fundamental laws of mechanics, the theory of elasticity, and the development of the generalized stress-generalized strain concept. Next, it details the era of plasticity. The finite element method comes as an offspring of the generalized stress generalized strain concept. Finally, the authors explore the era of computer simulation to offer a glimpse into the future"—

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In our world of seemingly unlimited computing, numerous analytical approaches to the estimation of stress, strain, and displacement, including analytical, numerical, physical, and analog techniques, have greatly advanced the practice of engineering. Combining theory and experimentation, computer simulation has emerged as a third path for engineering design and performance evaluation. As a result, structural engineers working in the practical world of engineering must apply, and ideally, thrive, on these idealizations of science-based theories. Analyzing the major achievements in the field, Understanding Structural Engineering demonstrates how to bring science to engineering design. This book illustrates: Key conceptual breakthroughs in structural engineering in the 20th century The science of structural engineering from basic mechanics and computing to the ultimate process of engineering design How engineers implement theory to practice through idealizations and simplifications Covers current and future trends in structural engineering Developments and advancements in structural engineering hinge on a few key breakthroughs in concepts, simplifications and idealizations.Simplification, the art of structural engineering, is a key theme throughout this book. But the authors go further--their clear explanations of the role and impact of new, science-based developments shows you how to put them into practice.

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“"This book presents the major advances in structural engineering concepts and design that have taken place over the last seven decades to reach the present state that is familiar to structural engineers. It also draws the attention of structural engineers to the drastic idealisation and simplications for the equations of equilibrium, material behaviour and kinematics as well as structural systems. ...All chapters are well written, complemented with a good number of examples and applications and well-presented gures. In addition, each of the main ve theory chapters is concluded with a historical sketch, acknowledging the contribution of various scholars to the theory development and advancement presented in that chapter. Overall, the book provides a big-picture guide to the key advances in structural engineering design..." --ICE Structures and Buildings”

"This book presents the major advances in structural engineering concepts and design that have taken place over the last seven decades to reach the present state that is familiar to structural engineers. It also draws the attention of structural engineers to the drastic idealisation and simplifications for the equations of equilibrium, material behaviour and kinematics as well as structural systems. ...All chapters are well written, complemented with a good number of examples and applications and well-presented figures. In addition, each of the main five theory chapters is concluded with a historical sketch, acknowledging the contribution of various scholars to the theory development and advancement presented in that chapter. Overall, the book provides a big-picture guide to the key advances in structural engineering design..." -ICE Structures and Buildings

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About the Author

W. F. Chen and Salah EI-Din E. EI-Metwally are with the University of Hawaii.

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Product Details

Publisher
Taylor & Francis Inc | CRC Press Inc
Published
24th May 2011
Pages
272
ISBN
9781439827109

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