TY  - BOOK
AU  - Yoo,Chai Hong
AU  - Lee,Sung Chil
TI  - Stability of structures: principles and applications 
SN  - 9780123851222 (hardback)
AV  - TA656 .Y66 2011
U1  - 624.1/71 22
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Amsterdam, Boston
PB  - Butterworth-Heinemann
KW  - Structural stability
KW  - Safety factor in engineering
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Machine generated contents note: Preface XI 1. Buckling of Columns 2. Special Topics in Elastic Stability of Columns 3. Beam-Columns 4. Continuous Beams and Rigid Frames 5. Torsion in Structures 6. Torsional and Flexural-Torsional Buckling 7. Lateral-Torsional Buckling 8. Buckling of Plate Elements 9. Buckling of Thin Cylindrical Shell Elements 10. Buckling of General Shell Elements Index
N2  - "The current trend of building more streamlined structures has made stability analysis a subject of extreme importance. It is mostly a safety issue because Stability loss could result in an unimaginable catastrophe. Written by two authors with a combined 80 years of professional and academic experience, the objective of Stability of Structures: Principles and Applications is to provide engineers and architects with a firm grasp of the fundamentals and principles that are essential to performing effective stability analysts"--
ER  -