附註:Includes bibliographical references (pages 324-330) and index.
Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Structural Behaviour: Basic Principles -- 1.1 Equilibrium -- 1.1.1 The General Principle -- 1.1.2 Equilibrium of External Forces -- 1.1.3 Equilibrium of Internal Forces -- 1.1.4 Elementary General Conditions of Equilibrium -- 1.1.5 Further Examples -- 1.1.6 The Triangle of Forces -- 1.1.7 General (Expanded) Conditions of Equilibrium -- 1.2 The Response of Materials to Force -- 1.2.1 Behaviour under Tension -- 1.2.2 Behaviour under Compression -- 1.2.3 Behaviour under Bending -- 1.2.4 Behaviour under Shear -- 1.2.5 Buckling -- 1.3 The Response of Materials to their Environment -- 1.3.1 Behaviour Due to Temperature Fluctuations -- 1.3.2 Behaviour Due to Fluctuations of Moisture Content -- 1.3.3 The Effect of Restraints -- 1.4 The Inevitability of Deformations -- 1.5 Stability and Robustness -- 2 Aims, Process and Philosophy of Structural Appraisal -- 2.1 The Applications, Scope and Process of Structural Appraisal -- 2.1.1 The Need for Appraisal -- 2.1.2 The Scope of Structural Appraisal -- 2.1.3 The Process of Appraisal -- 2.1.4 Approaches to the Assessment of Margins of Safety -- 2.2 The Historical Development of Design Procedures -- 2.2.1 Rules-of-Thumb and Early Regulations -- 2.2.2 Load Assessment and Prototype Testing -- 2.2.3 Standard Strengths and 'Blanket' Safety Factors -- 2.2.4 Partial Safety Factors ('y factors') -- 2.2.5 Brief Summary -- 2.3 The Uncertainties Covered by the Safety Factors Used in Design of New Structures -- 2.4 Facts to be Recognized in Appraisal of Existing Structures -- 2.4.1 Facts to be Taken into Account -- 2.4.2 Consequences for the Assessment -- 2.4.3 Adequacy of Existing Load-carrying Capacity for New Use -- 2.4.4 Realistic Assessment of Imposed Loads from New Use -- 2.5 Review of Safety Factors in Appraisal -- 2.5.1 Reduced Factors Do NOT Mean Reduced Safety -- 2.5.2 Reduced Uncertainties Justify Reduced Safety Factors -- 3 Procedures of Structural Appraisal -- 3.
