Elementary Structures for Architects and Builders

<p><strong><strong>Table of Contents</strong></strong></p> <p>1. Overview</p> <p>2. Statics</p> <p>3. Structural Properties of Areas</p> <p>4. Stress and Strain</p> <p>5. Properties of Structural Materials</p> <p>6. Shear and Moment</p> <p>7. Flexural Stresses</p> <p>8. Shearing Stresses</p> <p>9. Deflection and Indeterminate Beams</p> <p>10. Beam Design and Framing</p> <p>11. Elastic Buckling of Columns</p> <p>12. Trusses</p> <p>APPENDICES</p> <p>APPENDIX A DERIVATION OF BASIC FLEXURAL STRESS EQUATION</p> <p>APPENDIX B DERIVATION OF BASIC HORIZONTAL SHEARING STRESS EQUATION</p> <p>APPENDIX C DERIVATION OF EULER COLUMN BUCKLING EQUATION</p> <p>APPENDIX D WEIGHTS OF SELECTED BUILDING MATERIALS</p> <p>APPENDIX E PROPERTIES OF SELECTED MATERIALS</p> <p>APPENDIX F PROPERTIES OF AREAS</p> <p>APPENDIX G PROOF OF MOMENT-AREA THEOREMS</p> <p>APPENDIX H ALLOWABLE STRESSES AND MODULUS OF ELASTICITY VALUES FOR SELECTED STRUCTURAL SAWN LUMBER</p> <p>APPENDIX I WOOD SECTION PROPERTIES</p> <p>APPENDIX J PROPERTIES OF SELECTED STEEL SECTIONS</p> <p>APPENDIX K SHEAR, MOMENT, AND DEFLECTION EQUATIONS</p> <p>APPENDIX L INTRODUCTION TO THE SI METRIC SYSTEM</p> <p>ANSWERS TO PROBLEMS</p> <p>INDEX</p>