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Structural Analysis in SI Units, presents the theory and applications of structural analysis as it applies to trusses, beams, and frames. Through its student-friendly, clear organisation, the text emphasises developing the ability to model and analyse a structure in preparation for professional practice.

The text is designed to ensure students taking their first course in this subject understand some of the more important classical methods of structural analysis, in order to obtain a better understanding of how loads are transmitted through a structure, and how the structure will deform under load. The large number of problems covers realistic situations involving various levels of difficulty.

The updated 10th SI edition features many new problems and an expanded discussion of structural modeling, specifically the importance of modeling a structure so it can be used in computer analysis. Newly added material includes a discussion of catenary cables and further clarification for drawing moment and deflection diagrams for beams and frames.

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 Non-prismatic Members

14. Truss Analysis Using the Stiffness Method

15. Beam Analysis Using the Stiffness Method

16. Plane Frame Analysis Using the Stiffness Method

17. Structural Modeling and Computer Analysis

Appendix A. Matrix Algebra for Structural Analysis

Preliminary Problems and Fundamental Problems Solutions

Answers to Selected Problems

Index