Plastic Design of Frames
Subtitle: Applications
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1971
Place of publication: Cambridge
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9781139116022
Subjects: Structural design; Engineering; Structural frames; Plastic analysis (Engineering); Civil engineering
Description: This volume covers applications and advanced topics on the theory of plastic design of structures.
Notes: Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Cover; PLASTIC DESIGN OF FRAMES; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; PREFACE; 1 THE YIELD SURFACE; 1.1 The definition of collapse; 1.2 Characteristics of the yield surface; 1.3 Frame with distributed load; 1.4 Combined bending and torsion; EXAMPLES; 2 ELEMENTARY SPACE FRAMES; 2.1 The right-angle bent; 2.2 Rectangular grillages; EXAMPLES; 3 UNSYMMETRICAL BENDING; 3.1 Bending of rectangular section about an inclined axis; 3.2 The effect of axial load; 3.3 The general unsymmetrical section; 3.4 The unequal angle; EXAMPLES; 4 REINFORCED CONCRETE AND MASONRY; 4.1 The simple plastic hinge.; title: 4.2 Bending with axial load4.3 The collapse of simple frames; 4.4 The masonry structure; 4.5. Reinforced-concrete arches; EXAMPLES; 5 ELASTIC-PLASTIC ANALYSIS; 5.1 Virtual work for elastic-plastic frames; 5.2 Fixed-ended beam; 5.3 Deftexions at collapse; 5.4 A four-storey frame; 5.5 The combination of mechanisms; 5.6 The design of columns; preliminary remarks; EXAMPLES; 6 REPEATED LOADING; 6.1 The shakedown theorem; 6.2 A two-span beam; 6.3 The combination of mechanisms; 6.4 Rectangular portal frames; 6.5 The relation between?c and?8; 6.6 A two-storey frame; 6.7 Rolling loads.; title: 6.8 The significance of shakedown calculationsEXAMPLES; 7 MINIMUM-WEIGHT DESIGN; 7.1 Dynamic programming; 7.2 The tinear weight function; 7.3 Foulkes's theorem; 7.4 Limitations on sections; 7.5 Upper and lower bounds; 7.6 Alternative loading combinations; 7.7 Shakedown loading; 7.8 Absolute minimum-weight design; EXAMPLES; 8 NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; 8.1 Linear programming; 8.2 Static collapse analysis; 8.3 Static collapse under alternative loading combinations; 8.4 Shakedown analysis; 8.5 Minimum-weight design; 9 MULTI-STOREY FRAMES; 9.1 Design considerations; 9.2 Braced frames (1).; title: 9.3 The load factor9.4 Braced frames (2); 9.5 Sway frames; 10 A DESIGN EXAMPLE; 10.1 Frame dimensions and loadings; 10.2 Preliminary design: static collapse; 10.3 Shakedown analysis of preliminary design; 10.4 Redesign of frame; INDEX.