Applied Statics and Strength of Materials

by Thomas Burns

APPLIED STATICS AND STRENGTH OF MATERIALS, 2nd Edition provides engineering and construction technology readers with a strategy for successful learning of basic structural behavior and design. The book is written at a fundamental level while providing robust detail on problem-solving methods on a variety of recognizable structures, systems, and machines. Topics covered include easy-to-understand discussion on equilibrium, trusses, frames, centroids, moment of inertia, direct stress, combined stress, beam mechanics, and much more. The book also includes extensive coverage on the design of beams, columns, and connections which include the latest design specifications using steel, concrete, and wood. More than 175 fully worked examples and 500 exercise problems offer thorough and comprehensive reinforcement of the material using recognizable structural and mechanical elements which connect the readers to the real-world.

678 pages, Hardcover

First published September 25, 1996

About the author

Thomas Burns has spent over three decades practicing and teaching in the field of structural engineering. Fascinated with technological advancements, he is particularly interested in lessons we can learn from both catastrophic failures as well as engineering triumphs. When looking at buildings and bridges, he finds great inspiration knowing that there are untold stories embedded in the vast amount of effort spent by a multitude of individuals in order to make those structures “work.”
A licensed engineer, he has undergraduate and graduate degrees in civil engineering from the University of Cincinnati, and a doctorate in construction management from Indiana State University. Though new to the world of fiction, he is not new to the world of writing, having written multiple books and articles in his field over the last thirty years.