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CHAPTER 17

STRUCTURAL MODELING AND COMPUTER ANALYSIS

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It is important to know how to properly model the elements of a structure before doing a structural analysis using a computer program.

CHAPTER OBJECTIVES

To provide some additional ways in which engineers model a structure so that a reliable structural analysis can be performed.
To provide a description of how geometric, load, and material data are assembled for use as input for one of many different structural analysis computer programs currently available.

17.1 GENERAL STRUCTURAL MODELING

In a general sense, a structural analysis using a computer is ...

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