Global Structural Analysis of Buildings / Edition 1

by Karoly Zalka

Overview

Global Structural Analysis of Buildings is a practical reference on the design and assessment of building structures which will help the reader to check the safety and overall performance of buildings in minutes. It is an essential reference for the practising civil and structural engineer in engineering firms, consultancies and building research organisations.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415234832
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	07/20/2000
Pages:	360
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Karoly Zalka is the recognised authority in his field. He is consultant to the Building Research Establishment, and in this position has developed a great deal of the theory behind, and practical applications of, global analysis of buildings.

Table of Contents

Introduction. Spatial behaviour. Stability and frequency analyses. Stress analysis: an elementary approach. Stress analysis: an advanced approach. Illustrative example; Qualitative and quantitative evaluation. Global critical load ratio. Use of frequency measurements for the structural analysis. Equivalent wall for frames and frame-like planar structures. Test results and accuracy analysis. Evaluation: Design guidelines. Appendix A: Cross-sectional characteristics for bracing elements. Appendix B: The power series method for eigenvalue problems.

Editorial Reviews

Building research consultant Zalka looks at one of the two structural design methods increasingly being used to analyze a whole structure as a single unit rather than as a group of individual elements. He explains the approach that leads to simple closed-form solutions, which has the additional benefit of providing fast checking facilities for the computer-based methods. He describes and solves the complex theoretical problems of bracing systems with real world examples, and presents simple procedures and closed-form formulae that make it possible for practicing structural engineers to carry out a general structural analysis of the bracing system of building structures in minutes. His reference should be usable by civil and structural engineers in construction, in consulting, or in research. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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