This book is designed to give the structural engineer training in microcomputer technology, starting with theory and computer methods in Part 1 and culminating in extensive listings of programs in both Fortran 77 and Basic in Part 2. Because it provides programs and the information to understand and modify them for specific purposes, it can be used as a text for graduate engineering students or…
The text which introduces computer science into the structural analysis field, presents simple and complex structural design problems. The matrix-force and matrix-displacement or stiffness methods of anlaysis, are developed from the fundamental principles of equilibrium and compatibility. Virtual work principles are utilized, but energy formulations are not. The idea of influence coefficient ma…