Analysis and Design of Steel Structures (Also Covers Timber Construction)

An attempt has been made to present the material from the standpoint of the student who is going through his first experience in structural work and is forming a connecting link between class work in mechanics and engineering work in the office and in the field. Although the title suggests a consideration of steel structures only, the importance of timber for falsework and scaffolding and the use of timber in beams, trestles, and trusses is recognized. Considerable data are included which are pertinent to timber construction. CHAPTERS: 1) Reactions 2) Stresses in Framed Trusses 3) Stresses in Trusses for Moving Loads 4) Beams 5) Plate Girders 6) Design of Steel Roof Trusses 7) Industrial Buildings 8) Economic Factors Governing the Proportions of Simple Span Bridges 9) Design of Truss Bridges 10) Deflection of Trusses and Statically Indeterminate Structures 11) Multistory Buildings 12) Continuous Frames and Secondary Stresses.