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Contents
Preface ............................................................................ ix
How to Use This Handbook ............................................. xiii
Section 1. Structural Steel Engineering and
Design ........................................................... 1.
Part 1. Statics, Stress and Strain, and Flexural
Analysis ................................................................... 1.Principles of Statics; Geometric Properties of
Areas ................................................................. 1.Graphical Analysis of a Force System ........................ 1.Analysis of Static Friction ........................................... 1.Analysis of a Structural Frame ................................... 1.Graphical Analysis of a Plane Truss ........................... 1.Truss Analysis by the Method of Joints ...................... 1.Truss Analysis by the Method of Sections .................. 1.Reactions of a Three-Hinged Arch ............................. 1.Length of Cable Carrying Known Loads ..................... 1.Parabolic Cable Tension and Length ......................... 1.Catenary Cable Sag and Distance between
Supports ............................................................... 1.Stability of a Retaining Wall ........................................ 1.Analysis of a Simple Space Truss .............................. 1.Analysis of a Compound Space Truss ....................... 1.Geometric Properties of an Area ................................ 1.Product of Inertia of an Area ....................................... 1.Properties of an Area with Respect to Rotated
Axes ...................................................................... 1.