Understanding structural engineering
Subtitle: from theory to practice
By: Wai-Fah Chen, Salah El-Din E. El-Metwally
Contributors: El-Metwally, Salah El-Din E.
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Boca Raton, FL
Language: eng
Number of pages: 255
ISBN-13: 9781439827109
Subjects: Structural engineering
Description: "From science to engineering and from theory to practice, it illustrates different breakthroughs, traced back to their origin and placed into prospective. First, the text presents the fundamental laws of mechanics, the theory of elasticity, and the development of the generalized stress-generalized strain concept. Next, it details the era of plasticity. The finite element method comes as an offspring of the generalized stress generalized strain concept. Finally, the authors explore the era of computer simulation to offer a glimpse into the future"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.