Simplified Mechanics & Strength of Materials for Architects and Builders

Structural Mechanics -- Accuracy of Computations -- Structures: Purpose and Function -- Loads -- Special Considerations for Loads -- Generation of Structures -- Reactions -- Internal Forces -- Functional Requirements of Structures -- Types of Internal Force -- Stress and Strain -- Dynamic Effects -- Design for Structural Response -- Forces and Force Actions -- Loads and Resistance -- Forces and Stresses -- Types of Forces -- Vectors -- Properties of Forces -- Motion -- Force Components and Combinations -- Graphical Analysis of Forces -- Investigation of Force Actions -- Friction -- Moments -- Forces on a Beam -- Analysis of Trusses -- Graphical Analysis of Trusses -- Algebraic Analysis of Trusses -- The Method of Sections -- Analysis of Beams -- Types of Beams -- Loads and Reactions -- Shear in Beams -- Bending Moments in Beams -- Sense of Bending in Beams -- Cantilever Beams -- Tabulated Values for Beam Behavior -- Continuous and Restrained Beams -- Bending Moments for Continuous Beams -- Restrained Beams -- Beams with Internal Pins -- Approximate Analysis of Continuous Beams -- Retaining Walls -- Horizontal Earth Pressure -- Stability of Retaining Walls -- Vertical Soil Pressure -- Rigid Frames -- Cantilever Frames -- Single-Span Frames -- Noncoplanar Force Systems -- Concurrent Systems -- Parallel Systems -- General Noncoplanar Systems -- Properties of Sections -- Centroids -- Moment of Inertia -- Transferring Moments of Inertia -- Miscellaneous Properties -- Tables of Properties of Sections