Structure for architects : a primer

Content: Structure for Architects : A PRIMER
 Contents
 PREFACE
 CHAPTER 1 Architects, Engineers, and Design 1
 CHAPTER 2 Stability and Strength
 CHAPTER 3 Loads
 3.1 Gravity Loads
 3.2 Lateral Loads
 3.3 Dynamic Loads
 3.4 Impact Loads
 3.5 Load Paths
 CHAPTER 4 States of Stress
 4.1 Tension
 4.2 Compression
 4.3 Shear
 4.4 Torsion
 4.5 Bending
 CHAPTER 5 Forces, Movement, Levers, and Moment
 5.1 Applied and Reactive Forces
 5.2 Translational Movement
 5.3 Rotational Movement
 5.4 Levers
 5.5 Moment
 CHAPTER 6 Stability and Equilibrium
 6.1 Introduction
 6.2 Translational Equilibrium. 6.3 Rotational Equilibrium6.4 Sign Conventions
 6.5 The Equilibrium Equations
 6.6 Free-Body Diagrams and Familiar Examples of Equilibrium
 6.7 Introduction to Bending in Beams
 CHAPTER 7 Working with Forces
 7.1 Forces, Vectors, and Lines of Action
 7.2 Combining and Resolving Concurrent Forces
 7.3 Familiar Examples of Concurrent Forces
 CHAPTER 8 Supports, Reactions, and Restraint of Movement
 8.1 Roller and Frictionless-Surface Supports
 8.2 Pinned Supports
 8.3 Fixed Supports
 8.4 Hanger Supports
 8.5 Familiar Examples of Support Conditions
 8.6 Stable or Unstable? CHAPTER 9 Load Distribution9.1 Point Loads
 9.2 Distributed Loads
 9.3 Equivalent Point Loads
 9.4 Uniformly Distributed Loads
 9.5 Non-Uniformly Distributed Loads
 CHAPTER 10 Introduction to Beams
 10.1 Beam Types
 10.2 Predicting Deformation, Deflection, and Beam Behavior
 10.3 Statically Determinate and Statically Indeterminate Beams
 10.4 Other Considerations for Beams
 CHAPTER 11 Framing Systems and Load Tributary Areas
 11.1 One-Way Systems
 11.2 Two-Way Slab and Beam Systems
 11.3 Two-Way Slab/Two-Way Joist Systems
 CHAPTER 12 Shear and Moment Diagrams for Beams
 12.1 Sign Conventions. 12.2 Typical Shear and Moment Diagrams12.3 Creating Shear and Moment Diagrams
 12.4 Comparing V and M for Uniformly Distributed Versus Concentrated Loading
 12.5 Summary of Deformation, Shear, and Moment Relationships
 CHAPTER 13 Stress, Strain, and Properties of Materials
 13.1 Stress
 13.2 Strain
 13.3 Stress versus Strain
 13.4 Properties of Materials
 13.5 Stress Distribution Diagrams
 CHAPTER 14 Introduction to Columns
 14.1 Columns, Compression, and Bending
 14.2 Column Loading
 14.3 Column Compression
 14.4 Column Bending
 14.5 Leonhard Euler and Column Buckling. CHAPTER 15 Frames, Rigidity, and Lateral Resistance Systems15.1 Triangular Frames
 15.2 Rectangular Frames
 15.3 Making Rectangular Frames Rigid
 15.4 Lateral Resistance Systems
 CHAPTER 16 Introduction to Trusses
 16.1 Introduction
 16.2 Trusses as Beams
 16.3 Types of Trusses
 16.4 Design Considerations
 16.5 Truss Joints
 16.6 Truss Loading
 16.7 Truss Analysis
 CHAPTER 17 Structural Walls
 17.1 Loads and Deformational Stresses
 17.2 Stresses and Wall Construction
 17.3 Retaining Walls
 CHAPTER 18 Soils and Rock
 18.1 The Earth\'s Interior
 18.2 The Earth\'s Crust
 18.3 Natural Soils.