Designed as a textbook for the undergraduate students of civil engineering and postgraduate students of structural engineering, this comprehensive book presents the fundamental aspects of matrix analysis of structures. The basic features of Matrix Structural Analysis along with its intricacies in application to actual problems backed up by numerical examples, form the main objective of writing this book.

The text begins with the chapters on basics of matrices and structural systems. After providing the foundation for matrix structural representation, the text moves onto dimensional and behavioral aspects of structural systems to classify into pin-jointed systems, then onto beams and finally three-dimensional rigid jointed systems. The text concludes with a chapter on special techniques in using matrices for structural analysis. Besides, MATLAB codes are given at the end to illustrate interfacing with standard computing tool. A large number of numerical examples are given in each chapter which will reinforce the understanding of the subject matter.

C. NATARAJAN, Ph.D. (IIT Madras), is Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli. With three decades of teaching, research and consultancy experience, he has published/presented several research papers in peer reviewed national and international journals/conference proceedings. Dr. Natarajan has conducted several training programmes for industry. He is also a recipient of three awards for guiding the best M.Tech thesis (thrice) from Indian Society of Technical Education, New Delhi.

His research interests include structural health monitoring and rehabilitation of structures.

P. REVATHI, Ph.D. (IIT Madras), is Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Pondicherry Engineering College, Puducherry. Earlier she served as Assistant Professor in Civil Engineering at National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli. She has published several research papers in national and international journals.

Her research interests include condition assessment and rehabilitation of structures, earthquake engineering, recycling of construction and demolition waste, and composite structures.