Bøger af Finn Gibson

Civil engineering refers to a professional engineering discipline concerned with the design, building and maintenance of physical and naturally created environment including dams, roads, railways, sewage systems, bridges, airports, canals, pipelines, buildings and their structural components. Civil engineering is traditionally divided into several sub-disciplines. It is related with the knowledge of materials science, structures, geology, geography, hydrology, soils, mechanics, environmental science and project management. Engineering mechanics refers to the use of mechanics to address real-world problems using fundamental engineering components. It involves the study of micro and nanomechanics, dynamics and vibrations of complex structures, mechanics of biological and energy systems, mechanical properties of materials, aero and hydrodynamics, and stress analysis of fixed and movable structures. This book provides significant information of engineering mechanics to help develop a good understanding of civil engineering. It strives to provide a fair idea about this discipline and to help develop a better understanding of the latest advances within this field.

Structural mechanics is usually studied under the field of applied mechanics. It is the methodological investigation of the deformations, deflections, and internal forces or stresses (stress equivalents) within structures. Structural analysis and design plays an instrumental role in generating a structure that is capable of resisting all applied loads without failure during its intended life. Mechanics for structures is a field of study that examines the behavior of structures under mechanical loads, such as bending of a beam, buckling of a column, torsion of a shaft, deflection of a thin shell, and vibration of a bridge. There are three basic approaches to the mechanical structures analysis, namely, the energy methods, flexibility method, and the direct stiffness method. These methods later developed into finite element method and the plastic analysis approach. The book studies and analyses the most significant concepts and aspects of engineering mechanics for structures. It will serve as an essential guide for both undergraduate and graduate students of civil engineering and engineering mechanics.