A Short Introduction to Structural Analysis

Algis Kabaila

Date: 2006-11-23

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Version Table - Table

Vers.	Date	Comment
0.00	2006-04-27	First contact with LATEX and latex2html.
0.01	2006-05-11	A version suitable for upload.
0.02	2006-05-22	Added checking of trusses.
0.03	2006-05-27	Editing of some LATEX commands.
0.04	2006-05-28	New brackets $[\cdots]$ for matrices.
0.05	2006-05-31	Virtual work for trusses added.
0.06	2006-06-23	Plane Frames, incl stiffness added
0.07	2006-08-14	Added section on SMAP
0.08	2006-10-31	Corrections by Lex Mulcahy

todo ...RSN ...Add some theory in generalisation; use Virtual work for frames then prove it. Add flexibility method for single degree of redundancy in trusses to reflect plane frames.