UNIT ONE 1
Text Environment for Educational Use of Professional Engineering Software (Ⅰ) 1
Reading Material A Environment for Edueational Use of Professional Engineering Software (Ⅱ) 6
Reading Material B Environment for Educational Use of Professional Engineering Software (Ⅲ) 8
UNIT TWO 10
Text Computer-aided Analysis and Design 10
Reading Material A Preliminary Analysis Models 14
Reading Material B Using Computers for Final Analysis 16
UNIT THREE 19
Text Preliminary Design 19
Reading Material A Tabulation of Preliminary Design Data 24
Reading Material B Preliminary Design Considerations 26
UNIT FOUR 29
Text Masonry Infilled Frames 29
Reading Material A Masonry (Ⅰ) 33
Reading Material B Masonry (Ⅱ) 35
UNIT FIVE 37
Text The Dome Shell and the Structural Behavior of Dome Shells 37
Reading Material A Types of Domes 44
Reading Material B Introduction of Domes 46
UNIT SIX 48
Text The Long-span Structures 48
Reading Material A Grandstands 54
Reading Material B Hangars 56
UNIT SEVEN 58
Text Structural Systems to Resist Lateral Loads (Ⅰ) 58
Reading Material A Structural Systems to Resist Lateral Loads (Ⅱ) 64
Reading Material B Structural Systems to Resist Lateral Loads (Ⅲ) 66
UNIT EIGHT 68
Text Load of High-rise Building 68
Reading Material A Special Design Considerations (Ⅰ) 73
Reading Material B Special Design Considerations (Ⅱ) 75
Text Offshore Structures——Marine Environments and Corrosion Protection 78
UNIT NINE 78
Reading Material A Methods of Assessing Corrosion Rate at Time of Site Investigation 83
Reading Material B Importance of Assessing the Rate of Corrosion and Site Investigations 85
UNIT TEN 87
Text Introduction to Elastic Lateral Buckling of Beams 87
Reading Material A Buckling of Simply Supported Beams in Non-uniform Bending 91
Reading Material B Introdution to Design of I-Beams with Web Perforations 93
UNIT ELEVEN 97
Text Industrial-type Buildings (Ⅰ) 97
Reading Material A Industrial-type Buildings (Ⅱ) 103
Reading Material B Design Methods of Single-story Rigid Frames 105
UNIT TWELVE 107
Text Slipforms 107
Reading Material A Building Components and Construction Methods 112
Reading Material B Lift Slabs 114
Text Footings 116
UNIT THIRTEEN 116
Reading Material A Loads, Bearing Pressure, Footing Size (Ⅰ) 121
Reading Material B Loads, Bearing Pressure, Footing Size (Ⅱ) 122
UNIT FOURTEEN 125
Text Foundation Systems——Types and When to Consider 125
Reading Material A Shallow Foundations 131
Reading Material B Are piles Necessary and What Determines Choice? 132
Text Introduction to Prestressing (Ⅰ) 136
UNIT FIFTEEN 136
Reading Material A Introduction to Prestressing (Ⅱ) 140
Reading Material B Why Use Prestressed Concrete? 142
UNIT SIXTEEN 145
Text Design Philosophies 145
Reading Material A Earthquake Design Concepts (Ⅰ) 149
Reading Material B Earthquake Design Concepts (Ⅱ) 151
Appendix Ⅰ Vocabulary 154
Appendix Ⅱ Translation for Reference 161
Appendix Ⅲ Key to Exercises 183