Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 The theory of structures
- 2 Virtual work
- 3 Betti, Maxwell, Müller-Breslau, Melchers
- 4 Jettied construction
- 5 Clebsch, Macaulay, Wittrick, Lowe
- 6 The elastica
- 7 Mechanisms of collapse
- 8 The absolute minimum-weight design of frames
- 9 Inverse design of grillages
- 10 The relation between incremental and static plastic collapse
- 11 The bending of a beam of trapezoidal cross-section
- 12 The simple plastic bending of beams
- 13 Leaning walls; domes and fan vaults; the error function ∫e−t2dt
- Bibliography
- Name index
- Subject index
Frontmatter
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 December 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 The theory of structures
- 2 Virtual work
- 3 Betti, Maxwell, Müller-Breslau, Melchers
- 4 Jettied construction
- 5 Clebsch, Macaulay, Wittrick, Lowe
- 6 The elastica
- 7 Mechanisms of collapse
- 8 The absolute minimum-weight design of frames
- 9 Inverse design of grillages
- 10 The relation between incremental and static plastic collapse
- 11 The bending of a beam of trapezoidal cross-section
- 12 The simple plastic bending of beams
- 13 Leaning walls; domes and fan vaults; the error function ∫e−t2dt
- Bibliography
- Name index
- Subject index
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- Chapter
- Information
- Elements of the Theory of Structures , pp. i - viPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1996