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  • Front Cover; Non-Linear Structures: Matrix Methods of Analysis and Design by Computers; Copyright Page; Preface; Table of Contents; Notations; CHAPTER 1. Introduction; 1.1. BEHAVIOUR OF IDEALISED STRUCTURES; 1.2. VARIATION OF GENERALISED DEFORMATION OF STRUCTURES WITH THE LOAD PARAMETER; 1.3. LOAD-DISPLACEMENT DIAGRAMS OF A PORTAL; 1.4. THE EFFECT OF AXIAL LOADON THE BEHAVIOUR OF IDEALISED STRUCTURES; 1.5. THE REAL BEHAVIOUR OF STRUCTURES; 1.6. THE RIGID-PLASTIC THEORY; 1.7. THE FULLY PLASTIC HINGE MOMENT; 1.8. THE SHAPE FACTOR; 1.9. THE LOAD FACTOR; 1.10. PROPORTIONAL LOADING
  • 1.11. THE USE OF VIRTUAL WORK EQUATION1.12 COLLAPSE OF CONTINUOUS BEAMS; 1.13. SELECTION OF MECHANISMS; 1.14. DESIGN BY RIGID-PLASTIC THEORY; 1.15. EFFECT OF AXIAL LOAD ON Mp; EXERCISES; CHAPTER 2. Matrix Methods of Structural Analysis; 2.1. INTRODUCTION; 2.2. MATRIX DISPLACEMENT METHOD; 2.3. MATRIX FORCE METHOD; EXERCISES; CHAPTER 3. The Stability Functions; 3.1. THE EFFECT OF AXIAL LOADON THE STIFFNESS OF A MEMBER; 3.2. THE STABILITY FUNCTIONS USED IN THE MATRIX DISPLACEMENT METHOD; 3.3. THE STABILITY FUNCTIONS USED IN MATRIX FORCE METHOD; 3.4. RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE STABILITY FUNCTIONS
  • 3.5 GENERAL DEFORMATION OF A MEMBER WITH PLASTIC HINGES3.6. EFFECT OF LATERAL LOADING AND GUSSET PLATES; 3.7. A COMPUTER ROUTINE FOR THE EVALUATION OF THE STABILITY FUNCTIONS; EXERCISES; CHAPTER 4. Non-Linear elastic Frames; 4.1. DERIVATION OF A NON-LINEAR STIFFNESS MATRIX; 4.2. MATRIX DISPLACEMENT METHOD FOR NON-LINEAR ANALYSIS OF STRUCTURES; 4.3. WORKED EXAMPLES; 4.4. TRIANGULATED FRAMES; 4.5. INITIAL STRESSES; 4.6. A COMPUTER PROGRAMME FOR THE NON-LINEAR ANALYSIS OF PLANE FRAMES; EXERCISES; CHAPTER 5. Elastic Instability; 5.1. ELASTIC INSTABILITY OF MEMBERS
  • 5.2. ELASTIC INSTABILITY OF FRAMES5.3. DETERMINATION OF THE INSTABILITY CONDITION; 5.4. EXTRACTION OF THE PARTICULAR MODE FROM THE GENERAL; 5.5. APPROXIMATION OF THE AXIAL LOADS; 5.6. ELASTIC CRITICAL LOADS OF PITCHED ROOF PORTAL FRAMES; 5.7. ELASTIC FAILURE LOAD OF TRUSSES; 5.8. A QUICK DETERMINATION OF INSTABILITY CONDITION; EXERCISES; CHAPTER 6. Non-linearity due to Plasticity. Elastic-Plastic Analysis of frames; 6.1. INTRODUCTION; 6.2. THE DISPLACEMENT TRANSFORMATION MATRIX FOR A MEMBER WITH A HINGE; 6.3. THE OVERALL STIFFNESS MATRIX; 6.4. ELASTIC-PLASTIC ANALYSIS OF A PROPPED CANTILEVER
  • 6.5. ELASTIC-PLASTIC ANALYSIS OF FRAMES6.6. THE NATURE OF THE ITERATION; 6.7. ITERATION TO CONSTANT Mp; 6.8. ITERATION TO REDUCED Mp; 6.9. ALTERATIONS TO THE LOAD VECTOR; 6.10. A COMPUTER PROGRAMME FOR THE ELASTIC-PLASTIC ANALYSIS OF GENERAL FRAMES; 6.11. WORKED EXAMPLES; 6.12. INACTIVE HINGES; 6.13. COMPUTATIONAL ECONOMY; EXERCISES; CHAPTER 7. Failure load of frames(Approximate methods); 7.1. INTRODUCTION; 7.2. THE RIGID-PLASTIC DROOPING CURVE; 7.3. CALCULATION OF FAILURE LOAD APPROXIMATE METHOD 1; 7.4. ASSUMPTIONS; 7.5. ANALYSIS OF COLUMNS; 7.6. ANALYSIS OF FRAMES