Expand your knowledge of an important structural design analysis method. Packed with hundreds of illustrations and examples, Plastic Analysis and Design of Steel Structures provides designers with an introduction to linear programming techniques for plastic analysis. Covering both steel and concrete structures in a single Volume, this compact readable book covers such topics as MATLAB implementation for static limit analysis, limit analysis theorems as constrained optimization problems and derivation of general elastoplastic stiffness matrices. A detailed comparison between the design codes for the United States and Australia and the emerging European Eurocodes enables practicing engineers to understand the issues involved in plastic design procedures and the limitations imposed by the design method.
Preface
Chapter 1 : Structural Analysis : Stiffness Method
Chapter 2 : Plastic Behavior of Structures
Chapter 3 : Plastic Flow Rule and Elastoplastic Analysis
Chapter 4 : Incremental Elastoplastic Analysis : Hinge by Hinge Method
Chapter 5 : Manual Methods of Plastic Analysis
Chapter 6 : Limit Analysis by Linear Programming
Chapter 7 : Factors Affecting Plastic Collapse
Chapter 8 : Design Consideration
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Index
