Table of contents

I INTRODUCTION

Purpose and scope of theory of structures

Historical background

II FUNDAMENTALS

Structural design

Structural analysis and dimensioning

Static relationships

Kinematic relationships

Constitutive relationships

Energy methods

III STATICALLY DETERMINATE FRAMED STRUCTURES

Structural elements and topology

Determining the forces

Stress resultants and state diagrams

Influence lines

IV DEFORMATIONS OF FRAMED STRUCTURES

Elementary deformations

Single deformations

Deformation diagrams

V STATICALLY INDETERMINATE FRAMED STRUCTURES

Force method

Displacement method

Continua

Discontinua

VI NON-LINEAR ANALYSIS OF FRAMED STRUCTURES

Elastic-plastic systems

Limit analysis

Stability

VII PLATES AND SHELLS

Plates

Slabs

Folded plates

Shells

APPENDIX

A1 Definitions

A2 Notation

A3 Properties of materials

A4 Geometrical properties of sections

A5 Matrix algebra

A6 Tensor calculus

A7 Calculus of variations

REFERENCES

INDEX