This book is intended for civil engineering courses dealing with design of steel structures. The material included in this volume permits its use as a textbook in both elementary and advanced courses, and the treatment of many basic as well as special problems in structural design makes it useful as a reference for practicing engineers
Offers practical coverage of vibration stresses and stress--induced displacements, isolation of sensitive components, and evaluation of elastic instability, fatigue and fracture as potential failure modes that arise in mechanical designs and aerospace.