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Engineering Column Analysis - William F. McCombs

Engineering Column Analysis - William F. McCombs

Engineering Column Analysis - William F. McCombs

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William F. McCombs, one of the coauthors of the 1965/1973 Bruhn book, has published a new book titled "Engineering Column Analysis - The Analysis of Compression Members." I just received it this week, so this is not a real review, but its content looks very similar in style and quality to the Bruhn book. It is paperback, staple-bound, and totals approximately 200 pages.

It can be purchased directly from the author by money order or cash only (although he accepted my personal check and shipped immediately) for $24.95 plus $3.00 postage and handling. For insured mailing add $3.00:

William F. McCombs
2106 Siesta Drive
Dallas, TX 75224
Tel: 214-337-5506

He has also published a supplement to the Bruhn book, which I mentioned on a separate post, and he has a third book, "Making Scale Model Airplanes Fly," which I haven't seen.

For the members of the forum, I'm posting the Table of Contents of the column analysis book here:

ENGINEERING COLUMN ANALYSIS
THE ANALYSIS OF COMPRESSION MEMBERS

William F. McCombs

CONTENTS
Chapter 1  Stability and Critical Loads
Chapter 2  Single Span Columns
Chapter 3  Single Span Beam-Columns
Chapter 4  Multispan Beam-Columns
Chapter 5  Multispan Columns
Chapter 6  Beam-Columns on Elastic Supports
Chapter 7  Columns on Elastic Supports
Chapter 8  Rigid Joint Trusses
Chapter 9  Bents and Arches
Chapter 10  Shell Structures
Chapter 11  Local Buckling and Crippling
Chapter 12  Torsional Buckling
Chapter 13  Numerical Methods
Chapter 14  Beams in Tension

References

Appendix A  Calculation of Ultimate and Yield Bending Strengths
Appendix B  Cross-Sections Not in Table 12-2
Appendix C  Torsional Buckling Data for Certain Zee Stringers
Appendix D  Derivation of Free-Ended Member Equations
Appendix E  The Calculation of Fastened Joint Spring Constants

Index

© 2004 William F. McCombs

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Brent VanFossen

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