Principles of Structural Design

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Principles of Structural Design is written by W.F. Chen and published by CRC Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1040198821 (ISBN 10) and 9781040198827 (ISBN 13).

Many important advances in designing high-performance structures have occurred over the last several years. Structural engineers need an authoritative source of information that thoroughly and concisely covers the foundational principles of the field. Comprising chapters selected from the second edition of the best-selling Handbook of Structural Engineering, this book provides a tightly focused, economical guide to the theoretical, practical, and computational aspects of structural design. Expert contributors discuss a wide variety of structures, including steel, aluminum, timber, and prestressed concrete, as well as reliability-based design and structures based on wind engineering.