Front Cover; Matrix Structural Analysis; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Preface; CHAPTER ONE. Matrix Algebra; 1.1 INTRODUCTION; 1.2 DEFINITIONS; 1.3 MATRIX ALGEBRA MANIPULATION; 1.4 SIMULTANEOUS LINEAR ALGEBRAIC EQUATIONS; 1.5 SUPPLEMENTARY PROBLEMS; 1.6 SUGGESTED COMPUTER EXERCISES; CHAPTER TWO. Fundamental Conceptsand Principles; 2.1 INTRODUCTION; 2.2 GENERALIZED FORCES AND DISPLACEMENTS; 2.3 STRUCTURAL BEHAVIOR; 2.4 STRUCTURAL SYSTEM AND ITS CONSTITUENT ELEMENTS; 2.5 ENERGY THEOREMS IN STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; 2.6 BASIC THERMO-ELASTIC RELATIONS.

2.7 STRAIN AND COMPLEMENTARY STRAIN ENERGIES2.8 PRINCIPLES OF SUPERPOSITION; 2.9 RECIPROCAL THEOREMS; 2.10 SUPPLEMENTARY PROBLEMS; CHAPTER THREE. Direct Stiffness Matrix Method; 3.1 INTRODUCTION; 3.2 GENERAL DISCUSSION; 3.3 AGGREGATE AND ELEMENT STIFFNESS MATRICES; 3.4 SIGN CONVENTION; 3.5 AXIAL ROD ELEMENT STIFFNESS MATRIX; 3.6 COORDINATE TRANSFORMATION MATRIX; 3.7 LINEAR SPRING STIFFNESS MATRIX; 3.8 TORSIONAL ROD AND TORSIONAL SPRING STIFFNESS MATRICES; 3.9 RECTILINEAR BEAM ELEMENT STIFFNESS MATRIX; 3.10 SPECIAL CASES FOR THE RECTILINEAR BEAM ELEMENT.

3.11 CURVED BEAM ELEMENT-STIFFNESS MATRIX3.12 STRUCTURES WITH DISTRIBUTED LOADS; 3.13 STRUCTURES WITH THERMAL LOADS; 3.14 SUPPLEMENTARY PROBLEMS; 3.15 SUGGESTED COMPUTER EXERCISES; CHAPTER FOUR. Element Stiffness Matrices of Lifting Surface Type Structures; 4.1 INTRODUCTION; 4.2 SPAR OR RIB ELEMENT STIFFNESS MATRIX; 4.3 RECTANGULAR SHEAR PANEL ELEMENT STIFFNESS MATRIX; 4.4 TRAPEZIUM SHEAR PANEL ELEMENT STIFFNESS MATRIX; 4.5 TRIANGULAR MEMBRANE ELEMENT STIFFNESS MATRIX; 4.6 RECTANGULAR MEMBRANE ELEMENT STIFFNESS MATRIX; 4.7 SUPPLEMENTARY PROBLEMS; CHAPTER FIVE. Matrix Force Method.

5.1 INTRODUCTION5.2 GENERAL THEORY OF THE FORCE METHOD; 5.3 ANALYSIS OF TRUSS-STRUCTURES BY THE FORCE MATRIX METHOD; 5.4 ANALYSIS OF RIGID FRAME AND BEAM STRUCTURES BY THE FORCE MATRIX METHOD; 5.5 SUPPLEMENTARY PROBLEMS; CHAPTER SIX. Analysis of Nonlinear Truss-Structures by the Stiffness Method; 6.1 INTRODUCTION; 6.2 MODIFIED STIFFNESS MATRIX METHOD FOR THE NONLINEAR ANALYSIS OF TRUSS-TYPE STRUCTURES; 6.3 ALGORITHM FOR NONLINEAR ANALYSIS; CHAPTER SEVEN. Analysis by Structural Partitioning; 7.1 INTRODUCTION; 7.2 PROCEDURE OF ANALYSIS BY STRUCTURAL PARTITIONING USING THE STIFFNESS MATRIX METHOD.

7.3 THEORY DEVELOPMENT FOR THE ANALYSIS BY STRUCTURAL PARTITIONING7.4 SUBSTRUCTURE DISPLACEMENTS AND FORCES WITH COMMON BOUNDARY NODES FIXED; 7.5 SUBSTRUCTURE DISPLACEMENTS AND FORCES WITH COMMON BOUNDARY NODES RELAXED; 7.6 STRUCTURE DISPLACEMENTS AND INTERNAL FORCES; 7.7 SUPPLEMENTARY PROBLEMS; 7.8 SUGGESTED COMPUTER EXERCISES; References; Index.