Matrix Analysis of Structures

This book takes a fresh, student-oriented approach to teaching the material covered in the senior- and first-year graduate-level matrix structural analysis course. Unlike traditional texts for this course that are difficult to read, Kassimali takes special care to provide understandable and exceptionally clear explanations of concepts, step-by-step procedures for analysis, flowcharts, and interesting and modern examples, producing a technically and mathematically accurate presentation of the subject.

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Written for a senior undergraduate and first year graduate-level matrix structural analysis course, this text focuses on the stiffness approach, while also including the fundamentals of the flexibility approach. It covers the analysis of two- and three- dimensional framed structures in static equilibrium and includes solved examples to clarify concepts and illustrate applications. The included CD-ROM contains Windows 95-based software allowing simulation of realistic structural, loading, and support configurations. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Aslam Kassimali is Professor of Civil Engineering at Southern Illinois University. He teaches structural engineering, nonlinear structural analysis, and structural dynamics and stability. Consistently recognized for teaching excellence, Dr. Kassimali has received 17 awards for outstanding teaching at the department and the college level since joining Southern Illinois University-Carbondale in 1980, and in 1996 he was named the Outstanding Teacher of the entire university. Professor Kassimali completed undergraduate work at the University of Karachi in Pakistan in 1969, then earned a master's degree from Iowa State University in 1971 and masters and doctoral degrees from the University of Missouri, Columbia, in 1974 and 1976 respectively.