Structural Analysis of Plane Frames Solved Examples with Force and Displacement Methods

This textbook presents applicative examples of the main methods of structural analysis of statically indeterminate frame structures. It begins with a brief description of the kinematic analysis for plane frames. The Force Method, the Displacement Method and the Mixed method are applied for the solutions of statically indeterminate plane structures. The book first deals with the solution of simple reference cases where the most common structural situations, such as inclined rods, extensional and rotational springs, thermal variations, symmetry and anti-symmetry (just to mention some of them) are treated singularly. It then reports the complete solution of complex plane frames where the most common structural situations, individually analyzed in the previous chapter, are combined.

Given the diverse and wide range of examples covered, the volume represents an ideal learning resource for students of Civil and Building Engineering and Architecture, and a valuable reference guide for structural engineering professionals.

Short notes on kinematic analysis.- Solution of simple reference cases.- Solution of complex frames.

Marco di Prisco is professor at Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering of Politecnico di Milano, Italy. He's currently member of Presidium and national delegate of fib, coordinator of RILEM TC Impact & Explosion, member of many TCs and WPs of fib, member ACI, CTE and AICAP. He also served as president of CTE (Association of Technicians for Building Industrialization) from 2014 to 2019, and expert member of the RILEM Development Advisory Committee from 2015 to 2020.

Author of more than 400 papers, he has organized several international conferences: Fiber Reinforced Concrete (BEFIB 2004), Structural Rehabilitation (Structural Assessment of Concrete, MAsonry and TImber Structures, 2008), Structure Protection (PROTECT, 2011), Durability of concrete structures when subjected to extreme conditions and exceptional actions (CONSEC 2016), Strategies for Sustainable Concrete Structures (SSCS 2019). Scientific Responsible of numerous contracts with private companies, with Lombardy Region, with MIUR, with ENEL (2017-2020), ANAS (2020) and with the European Community on the topics of new high-performance cement-based composites, innovative and sustainable prefabricated structures, risk mitigation in the design of infrastructures. He is Honorary Editor of the European Journal of Environmental and Civil Engineering (Taylor & Francis). With Springer he published the book "Reinforced Concrete Design to Eurocode 2".