Matrix Computer Analysis of Structures, 1966

"Document Type: Textbook (Technical).

Purpose: Training and Education.

Authority: Author Expertise.

Series: Prentice-Hall International Series in Engineering of the Physical Science

Scope (Preface): "This book was developed in teaching courses in structural analysis during the past five years. Most of the material in the book has been used in a yearly course (""Use of Computers in Structural Engineering"") for practicing engineers offered by the University of California Engineering Extension. The material, except for Chapters 1, 4, and 5, has also been used in a one-semester graduate course in advanced structural analysis. Portions of the first nine chapters and parts of Chapter 11 have been used in a senior one-semester course in structural analysis.

The book has two main objectives: 1. The Practicing Structural Engineer To acquaint the practicing structural engineer with the fundamental concepts of digital computers and enable him to develop, through independent study, working knowledge of modern matrix methods in structures so that he can exploit the capabilities of the computer

2. The Student To provide a textbook in modern methods of structural analysis for a one-semester course

To accomplish these two objectives, the book assumes no prior knowledge of computers or matrix algebra and develops all the necessary fundamentals in the theory of structures."

Contents (from Table of Contents): Chapter 1: Computer--Fundamental Concepts Chapter 2: Structures--Fundamental Concepts Chapter 3: Characteristics of Structure-Stiffness and Flexibility Chapter 4: Determinants and Matricies Chapter 5: Solution of Linear Chapter 6: Energy Concepts in Structures Chapter 7: Transformation of Information in Structures Chapter 8: The Flexibility Method Chapter 9: The Stiffness Method Chapter 10: Analysis by Substructures and By Recursion Chapter 11: Analysis By Iteration Chapter 12: Analysis of Plates and Shells-Introduction References Answers to Problems Index