Analysis and design of elastic beams : computational methods / Walter D. Pilkey.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ANALYSIS AND DESIGN OF ELASTIC BEAMS; CONTENTS; PREFACE; 1 BEAMS IN BENDING; 2 BEAM ELEMENTS; 3 BEAM SYSTEMS; 4 FINITE ELEMENTS FOR CROSS-SECTIONAL ANALYSIS; 5 SAINT-VENANT TORSION; 6 BEAMS UNDER TRANSVERSE SHEAR LOADS; 7 RESTRAINED WARPING OF BEAMS; 8 ANALYSIS OF STRESS; 9 RATIONAL B-SPLINE CURVES; 10 SHAPE OPTIMIZATION OF THIN-WALLED SECTIONS; APPENDIX A USING THE COMPUTER PROGRAMS; APPENDIX B NUMERICAL EXAMPLES; INDEX.

Analysis and Design of Elastic Beams presents computer models and applications related to thin-walled beams such as those used in mechanical and aerospace designs, where thin, lightweight structures with high strength are needed. This book will enable readers to compute the cross-sectional properties of individual beams with arbitrary cross-sectional shapes, to apply a general-purpose computer analysis of a complete structure to determine the forces and moments in the individual members, and to use a unified approach for calculating the normal and shear stresses, as well as deflections, for t.

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