Civil Engineering Series Album: Structural Principles and Structural Conceptual Design

Author: Compiled by the Department of Civil Engineering, Tsinghua University
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Publish Date: 2006-04-01
Features: This book analyzes the basic concepts and design principles of overall structures, dissects the load paths of buildings and the interrelationships between structural frameworks, establishes the connection among overall structure types, basic load-bearing systems, and basic load-bearing members. It emphasizes the unity of overall structures and individual members in structural principles and the fundamental principles they should follow in design. This enables readers to understand the structural system from a holistic perspective, making the complex process of architectural structural design clear and comprehensible. The book covers the following topics: loads and actions on building structures, load paths, structural systems and their components, structural safety and failure, and the design of horizontal load-bearing systems.