The Elements Of Graphic Statics A Textbook For Students Of Engineering PDF Download

Excerpt from The Elements of Graphic Statics: A d104-Book for Students of Engineering The method of treatment adopted in this work is designed to meet the needs of the beginner. To this end the endeavor has been made to secure simplicity of presentation without sacrifice of logical rigor. In scope, the work has been planned with reference to the requirements of students of engineering. This limits the development of the general theory to such principles and methods as are practically useful. It also excludes many applications which, though leading to practical results, are likely to prove useful and to save labor only in the hands of the expert in graphical methods. Graphic Statics is treated as a branch of Mechanics rather than of Geometry, and those beautiful developments whose chief interest is geometrical have not been included. Although graphical methods are especially useful to the structural engineer, it is believed that students in all departments of engineering will find it profitable to become familiar with the general theory of complanar forces from the graphical side, as well as with the simpler applications to the determination of stresses in framed structures, and of centroids and moments of inertia of plane areas. The application to trusses carrying moving loads is of less general interest, its practical utility being limited mainly to the solution of problems in bridge design. The methods developed in Chapter VII will therefore be of practical value mainly to students giving special attention to this branch of engineering. 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.