Fundamentals of Structural Analysis, Second Edition introduces engineering and architectural students to the basic techniques for analyzing most common structural elements, including beams, trusses, frames, cables, and arches. Leet and Uang cover the classical methods of analysis for determinate and indeterminate structures, and provide an introduction to matrix formulation, the basis of computer analysis.

Approximately 60% of the homework problems have been revised or are new. The new edition also includes computer problems requiring a computer solution rather than a hand analysis. These will provide readers with considerable insight into structural behavior, give students practice using a powerful tool for analysis (although the Educational Version of RISA-2D will be packaged with the text, any comparable computer program that produces deflected shapes, sheer, moment, and axial load diagrams can be used to solve the problems found in the text), and demonstrate how to find an optimal solution. This addition will update the course by reflecting present day practices.

Illustrations in the text are drawn in detail with a high level of realism so that students become familiar with the appearance of the actual structure and the simplified model of the structure that engineers analyze to determine the forces and displacements of the structure.

This text dedicates an entire chapter to loads which helps to clarify the complexity of the latest national building code specifications, providing a better understanding of live load, wind load, and earthquake effects. Wind specifications have been been revised to conform to the latest edition of the ASCE Standard.