TY - BOOK AU - Chen,Wai-Fah AU - El-Metwally,Salah El-Din E. ED - ProQuest (Firm) TI - Understanding structural engineering: from theory to practice AV - TA633 .C26 2011 U1 - 624.1 22 PY - 2011/// CY - Boca Raton PB - CRC Press KW - Structural engineering KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references; Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries N2 - "From science to engineering and from theory to practice, it illustrates different breakthroughs, traced back to their origin and placed into prospective. First, the text presents the fundamental laws of mechanics, the theory of elasticity, and the development of the generalized stress-generalized strain concept. Next, it details the era of plasticity. The finite element method comes as an offspring of the generalized stress generalized strain concept. Finally, the authors explore the era of computer simulation to offer a glimpse into the future"-- UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kuct-ebooks/detail.action?docID=726850 ER -