Structures, Fifth Edition [Hardcover]

Daniel Lewis Schodek (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0130488798 | ISBN-13: 978-0130488794 | Publication Date: September 7, 2003 | Edition: 5

For sophomore/junior-level courses in Structures or Structural Analysis and Design. Comprehensive and flexible, this text offers single-volume coverage of all major topics in structural analysis and design-with particular focus on structural behavior and design issues. It begins with a self-contained, non-mathematical overview of the fundamental concepts of analysis and design, and then examines, individually, the common structural types used in buildings (e.g., trusses, beams, arches/cables)-discussing each in terms of both qualitative and quantitative analysis and then design methods-all illustrated with example analyses of real structures. A unique discussion of the logic of structural design as a part of the larger building design process concludes this treatment.

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"This is a good text, and I think far outstrips many competing texts. I always recommend my students buy this text for the course and to use it in the future as a well-illustrated text that deals with most of the key issues and goes beyond to show how the principles of structural design are incorporated into practice." — Harry Giles, University of Michigan

"It is overall a very interesting text, addressing architecture students and design issues that go beyond stress and strain. It deals with typology, morphology, and configuration, which few texts are able to do. In this sense it spans engineering and architecture very well. The illustrations are great, and they are exactly what they should be in a book that is about principles. They are clear, well-drawn, well related to the text." — Michele Chiuini, Ball State University

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An introductory structures text which covers the primary structural elements used in buildings, and discusses their analysis and design. Appropriate for architecture and civil engineering students, as well as practicing architects and engineers. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 585 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall; 5 edition (September 7, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0130488798
• ISBN-13: 978-0130488794
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 7.4 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #893,714 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent overview of structural systems, December 22, 2009

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This review is from: Structures (6th Edition) (Hardcover)

This book is intended for architects but structural engineers will find it useful to see how structural theory is applied. The book focuses on ideas rather than hand calculational methods. It should be viewed within that context. You will not learn structural engineering from this book.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Structures, March 25, 2008

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This review is from: Structures (6th Edition) (Hardcover)

This is an excellent text book for Architecture students, about structural systems. This book is an indispensable reading for undergraduate. Is complement for understand reinforced concrete, steel and wood constructions.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Its a structures book for architects or future-architects, August 31, 2011

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This review is from: Structures (6th Edition) (Hardcover)

The book is a little poorly written, but makes attempts to explain things with a ton of graphics which is helpful. The structural engineer teaching my Structures 2 course even commented that the book is good for an architect's reference but isn't always correct and does not include "real word" situations which he wants to mix in with the curriculum. Its funny to hear that because some of the book's educational reviewers/editors are practicing structural engineers that teach at notable schools such as MIT, Harvard and Wentworth Institute of Technology.