Modern Structural Analysis – Modelling Process and Guidance
Statement by Dr M Y Rafiq
I had the pleasure of knowing Iain
MacLeod as my lecturer, supervisor and Head of Department at the University of
Strathclyde, in the 1980s and I learned about his modelling approach to
structural analysis at that time. I teach modelling techniques to my
students at Plymouth and have got very positive feedback from practice about
it. I usually refer to Iain’s 1990 book “Analytical Modelling of
Structural Systems” in my lectures as an excellent source of useful information
on analysis modelling, with greater emphasis on verification of computer
results. Iain’s new book Modern Structural Analysis - Modelling process and Guidance is
very important in relation to how we should teach structural analysis, which
for many of us would be a step change that I undertook a long time ago.
Dr M Y Rafiq, Senior
Lecturer, School of Engineering, University of Plymouth, UK
November 2005