Graphic Statics: With Applications to Trusses, Beams, and Arches (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Sondericker, Jerome

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1440056676 ISBN 13 : 9781440056673

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Master graphic statics with practical geometry for trusses, beams, and arches.

This approachable guide shows how to solve statics problems using geometric constructions, with clear steps you can apply to real engineering challenges. It covers how forces are represented, how to find resultants and lines of action, and how to handle both simple and complex frames in building design. The book combines theory with hands-on methods you can draw and measure, focusing on roof trusses, beams, and masonry arches. It emphasizes constructing reliable diagrams, interpreting results directly from scale drawings, and applying techniques to common problems in construction and engineering studies. What you’ll experience

• Geometric and algebraic ways to determine force resultants in a plane.
• Techniques for funicular polygons, force resolution, and moment determination.
• Guidance on roof-truss design, bracing, and arch stability with practical examples.
• Step-by-step approaches that bridge theory and real-world application for engineers and students.

Ideal for readers of engineering foundations, construction carpentry, and architectural analysis who want a robust, visual method for statics problems.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

GENERAL METHODS. § j. Inttoduction.
i. Graphic Statics has for its object the Solution of prob-lems in statics by mcans of gcomctrical constructions, ihe rcsults being obtaincd directly from the scale drawings.
(A knowlcdgc of Statics is presupposed. Howcvcr, a brief presentation of its principlcs and methods in case of forecs lying in the samc plane will be made.
In the subsequent chapters, familiarity with the subjeet of Strcngth of Materials, including beam stresses and deflections, is also assumed.)
2. Representation of Forces. A force is fully determined when its magnitude, direclion, and point of applicalion are known. In dealing with problems in Statics of Rigid Bodies, the magnitude, direction, and Une o action of a force are the elcmcnts commonly involved, since the equilibrium or motion of such a body is not affected by transferring ihe point of application of a force to any other point in its linc of action.
3. Resultant of any System of Forces Lying in the Same Pla

Table of Contents

CHAPTER I GENERAL METHODS; § 1 INTROPl'CTION ABT PAGtr; i Definition of Graphic Statics i; a Representation of Forces I; 3 Uesullant oi Forces lyüig in the Same Ptane i; 4 Example„ 3; 5 Conclitions of EquiLibrium 4; 6 Rxamplcs and Problems 5; § 2 FUNICULAK TOI-YGON; 7 Definitions 8; 8 Applications 10; 9 Notation•••• II; 10 Problems- 13; 11 Distributed Forces 14; 12 Funicular Polygon for a Distributed Force 14; 13 Funicular Polygon for a Uniformly Distributed Force »5; § 3 FORCES IN EQU11IRRJI/M; 14 Use of Funicular Polygon 17; 15 Case I Parallel Forces 17; 16 Case II Non-parallcl Forces 19; 17 Case III Non-parallcl Forces 2c; 18 Resolution of Forces into Components 21; § 4 ÖRAPIIICAL DETERMINATION OF MOMENTS; 19 Moment of Kesultant of any System of For

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1440056676
• ISBN 13: 9781440056673
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 178
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