Analysis of engineering structures

Aimed at advanced undergraduates, postgraduates and professionals in industrial or academic research, this textbook lays out the core principles of structural engineering. Its analytical techniques build on earlier material covering statics, kinematics and energy principles, and each is developed step by step. A dedicated chapter on deformation helps readers grasp how structures actually behave under load.

Theory is consistently tied to practice, with worked examples accompanying each method. The book's largest applied case is the design of a simple bridge, which draws on several of the analytical approaches covered earlier. Finite elements are introduced as an extension of the displacement method, but the treatment stays focused on computer-based procedures carried out with the OCEAN structural analysis package.

The author offers a straightforward technique for calculating influence lines. Appendices review the basic algebra needed to follow the material.