1. Introduction
2. Individual bracing units: frames, (coupled) shear walls and cores
3. Deflection and rotation analysis of buildings under horizontal load
4. Frequency analysis of buildings
5. Stability analysis of buildings
6 .Global structural analysis
7. Accuracy
Appendix: List of worksheets
Biography
Karoly Zalka spent eleven years in structural engineering practice before moving to academia lecturing on structural mechanics/analysis in Hungary. He has been involved in research throughout his career, including a ten-year period at the Building Research Establishment, UK. He has developed several hand-methods for the global structural analysis of buildings. He is currently a visiting Professor at the Technical University of Budapest. His publications include Global Structural Analysis of Buildings, also published by CRC Press.
