STEEL STRUCTURES

THE FIRST PART OF THE BOOK STUDIES THE GENERAL CONCEPT WHICH GOVERNS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF STRUCTURAL PROJECTS, THE SECOND REVIEWS THE VARIOUS TYPES OF METAL STRUCTURES. (THE FIRST CHAPTER CONSIDERS THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF FRAME AND THEIR ROLE. THE SECOND DEALS WITH BUILDINGS WHILE THE THIRD IS CONCERNED WITH BRIDGES: ONE-SPAN BRIDGES, RIGID FRAME BRIDGES, CANTILEVERED BRIDGES, CONTINUOUS GIRDER BRIDGES, ARCH BRIDGES, SUSPENSION BRIDGES, PORTABLE BRIDGES, COMPOSITE BRIDGES, BRIDGE BEARINGS AND CROSS BRACINGS. THE FOURTH CHAPTER EXAMINES SPECIAL STRUCTURES). THE THIRD PART DEALS WITH LOADS AND STRESSES TO WHICH BRIDGES AND BUILDINGS ARE SUBJECTED (STATIC AND DYNAMIC LOADS, SNOW AND WIND, IMPACT STRESSES ETC). THE FOURTH AND FIFTH PARTS ARE DEVOTED TO CALCULATIONS AND THE BEHAVIOUR OF MEMBERS SUBJECTED TO TENSILE, TORSIONAL, COMPRESSIVE, BENDING AND BUCKLING STRESSES. THE SIXTH PART DEALS WITH CONNECTIONS, AND THE SEVENTH WITH BRITTLE FAILURE AND FATIGUE. SPECIFICATIONS ESTABLISHED BY THE "ASSOCIATION SUISSE DES INGENIEURS ET ARCHITECTES (SIA) ARE APPENDED.

• Corporate Authors:

  PRENTICE HALL INC

  ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS,   United States 
• Authors:
  • MCGUIRE, W
  • WINTER, G
• Publication Date: 1968

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 1112P

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Arch bridges; Beams; Bridge members; Bridges; Brittleness; Buckling; Cantilevers; Compression; Continuous structures; Couplers; Deflection; Failure; Fatigue (Mechanics); Frames; Length; Loads; Snow; Steel; Stresses; Suspension bridges; Tension; Textbooks; Torsion; Wind
• Uncontrolled Terms: Bridge spans
• Geographic Terms: Switzerland
• ITRD Terms: 3427: Arch bridge; 3472: Beam; 3455: Bridge; 5900: Brittleness; 5522: Buckling; 3450: Cantilever; 5532: Compression; 9006: Continuous; 3876: Coupling; 5586: Deflection; 5520: Failure; 3322: Frame; 5567: Load; 2552: Snow; 3452: Span; SPECIFICATION ; 4542: Steel; 5575: Stress (in material); 3476: Suspension bridge; 8110: Switzerland; 5502: Tension; 8526: Textbook; 5512: Torsion; 2554: Wind
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; I24: Design of Bridges and Retaining Walls;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01316876
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Institut Francais des Sciences et Technologies des Transports, de l'Aménagement et des Réseaux (IFSTTAR)
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Nov 21 2010 4:42PM