Statics and Strength of Materials for Architecture and Building Construction, 3rd Edition

The 3rd edition of Statics and Strength of Materials for Architecture and Building Construction is recommended for courses in Statics, Strength of Materials, and Structural Principles in Architecture, Construction, and Engineering Technology.

This comprehensive reference tool takes a visually-oriented approach to present readers with basic structural concepts in an easily understood manner. Written for students of architecture, building construction, and engineering technology programs, the text introduces structural theory in a straightforward, easy to understand manner, without relying on calculus. The book utilizes actual building examples along with illustrations to supplement the text and introduce mathematically based material in a non-threatening way. This edition features many fully-worked example problems, a new supplemental CD-ROM, a section on retaining walls and clearer connections between written and visual elements. 640 pp.

• Introduction
• Statics
• Analysis of Selected Determinate Structural Systems
• Load Tracing
• Strength of Materials
• Cross-Sectional Properties of Structural Members
• Bending and Shear in Simple Beams
• Bending and Shear Stresses in Beams
• Column Analysis and Design
• Structure, Construction, and Architecture
• Appendix: Tables for Structural Design
  • Section Properties–Joists and Beams
  • Allowable Stress Design Selection
  • Structural Steel Shapes
  • Structural Steel Properties
• Answers to Selected Problems
• Index
• CD