Significant changes have occurred in the approach to structural
analysis over the last twenty years. These changes have been
brought about by a more general understanding of the nature of the
problem and the develop ment of the digital computer. Almost all s
ructural engineering offices throughout the world would now have
access to some form of digital computer, ranging from hand-held
programmable calculators through to the largest machines available.
Powerful microcomputers are also widely available and many
engineers and students have personal computers as a general aid to
their work. Problems in structural analysis have now been
formulated in such a way that the solution is available through the
use of the computer, largely by what is known as matrix methods of
structural analysis. It is interesting to note that such methods do
not put forward new theories in structural analysis, rather they
are a restatement of classical theory in a manner that can be
directly related to the computer. This book begins with the premise
that most structural analysis will be done on a computer. This is
not to say that a fundamental understanding of structural behaviour
is not presented or that only computer-based tech niques are given.
Indeed, the reverse is true. Understanding structural behaviour is
an underlying theme and many solution techniques suitable for hand
computation, such as moment distribution, are retained. The most
widely used method of computer-based structural analysis is the
matrix stiffness method."
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