An Introduction to Matrix Methods of Structural Analysis

by Muhammad Akram Tahir, Worsak Kanok-Nukulchai

Overview

The Matrix Force Method has been systematically developed for the analysis of beam and frame structures. It helps to develop the Matrix Stiffness Method from a basic spring element, and this is extended to the analysis of beams, trusses, plain frames, grillages, and space frames.

Using computer programs (manual, automatic, or direct force method extending towards automation), this book interactively introduces matrix methods of structural analysis. In addition to work and energy, it also discusses the concepts of stresses, strains, strain displacement relationship, and plain stress.

Features:

• Explains force, displacement, and stiffness via the Matrix perspective.
• Reviews full programming code for each problem.
• Provides the modern concepts of force method which leads towards automation of force method like direct stiffness method.
• Discusses effect of temperatures exclusively.
• Includes macro language Matrix Analysis Interpretive Language (MAIL) as an extension of Analysis Interpretive Treatise with examples, exercises, PowerPoint slides, and illustrative problems.

This book is aimed at senior undergraduate students in structural engineering.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781040262467
Publisher:	CRC Press
Publication date:	12/13/2024
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	448

About the Author

Muhammad Akram Tahir obtained his B.Sc. in Civil Engineering from University of Engineering and Technology (UET) Lahore. He obtained his Master and Doctoral Degrees in Structural Engineering from Asian Institute of Technology. Dr. Tahir enjoyed the patronage of Prof. Pisidhi Karasudhi, Prof. Worsak Kanok Nukulchai, Prof. Tamon Ueda, Prof. Martin Wieland, Prof. Gupta and many others who are authorities in structural engineering.

Worsak Kanok-Nukulchai holds a Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley in 1978 under Fulbright Scholarship. He joined the Bangkok-based Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) in 1979, retired as AIT President in 2018 and is currently AIT Emeritus Professor. He returned from his retirement in 2019 to serve as the Founding Executive Director of a specially established Chulalongkorn School of Integrated Innovation (ScII) with unique curriculum to groom talents for the changing world of digital era. Professor Worsak was inducted into the Royal Society of Thailand’s Academy of Science in 2016, the AIT Hall of Fame in 2019 and Chulalongkorn Engineers Hall of Fame in 2022.

Table of Contents

1.Matrix Presentation Of Structural Quantities 2. Mathematics and Principles of Structural Modeling 3. Matrix Force Method 4. Direct Force Method 5. Matrix Displacement Method 6. Matrix Stiffness Method 7. Temperature Effects in Matrix Methods