The Theory of Structures (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Theory of Structures The favourable reception accorded to my book entitled 'The Strength and Elasticity of Structural Members' has induced me to write the present volume on 'The Theory of Structures.' This new volume, although self-contained and independent, forms a continuation of the previous one, suitable for more advanced students and draughtsmen engaged in structural design. The elementary principles and formulæ of the former volume are extended and utilised for the determination of the stresses in, and the design of, masonry and steel structures. Experience in the practical design of structures, and the teaching of students, has convinced me of the great importance of numerical examples for presenting the methods of design in a clear and intelligible form. I have consequently devoted a large part of this book to the working out of practical examples, in the hope that it may form not only a useful text-book for Engineer students at the Universities and Technical Colleges, and those proceeding to the Examination for the Associate Membership of the Institution of Civil Engineers, but also that it may form a useful book of reference to Engineers and Architects engaged in the design of structures. Chapter I. deals with principal stresses, and the ellipse of stress so far as to make clear the theory of earth pressure, and to explain the geometrical constructions for obtaining the thrust on retaining walls in Chapter II. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.