response of structures. Sack emphasizes the stiffness method while providing balanced coverage of the fundamentals of the flexibility method as well. He introduces the various topics in a logical series and develops equations from basic concepts. The result: readers will gain a firm grasp of theory as well as practical applications. Practical in approach, the well- presented material in this volume is devoted to giving a solid understanding of matrix analysis methods combined with the background to write computer programs and use production-level programs to build actual structures.

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