STABILITY AND DYNAMICS OF STRUCTURES
LEARNT BY EXAMPLE

Contents

Part One. Structural Stability

1. Stability of Single and Multiple-Degree-of-Freedom Systems

2. Stability of Elastic Systems

3. Approximate Solution of Stability problems involving Elastic Systems

4. Buckling Combined with Lateral Bending. Deformation Analysis of Systems

5. Finite Deformations

6. Stability of Nonlinear Elastic and Elastoplastic Systems

7. Stability of Plates and Shells

Part Two. Structural Dynamics

8. Vibrations of Single-Degree-of-Freedom Systems

9. Vibrations of Multiple-Degree-of-Freedom Systems

10. Vibrations of Systems with an Infinite Number of Degree of Freedom

11. Computation of Natural Periods by Approximate Methods

12. Approximate Dynamic Analysis of Structure

13. Dynamics of Shells and Plates