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Structural Analysis is a textbook by R. C. Hibbeler for Undergraduate students of Civil Engineering and was first published in 1993. The book explains the determination of the effects of loads on physical structures and their components. This can be determined by conducting tests on the actual structure or a physical model of the structure to some scale. Using a logical and systematic method of explaining, the author details concepts like Types of Structures and Loads, Analysis of Statically Determinate Structures, Cables and Arches, Influence lines for Statistically Determinate Structures, Deflections, Displacement Method of Analysis: Moment Distribution, and Plane Frame Analysis Using the Stiffness Method. The book has included more than a hundred photos to illustrate the solutions of realistic applications. More than 40% of the problems in the book are either new or revised. Structural Analysis provides extensive coverage of the matrix stiffness method, and illustrations of realistic engineering situations are given to show the necessary geometric relations and loads. About the Author R. C. Hibbeler has a B.S. Degree in Civil Engineering from University of Illinois-Urbana, an M.S. Degree in Nuclear Engineering from the same University, and PhD in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics from Northwestern University. His other works include Principles of Statics and Dynamics, Engineering Mechanics, and Mechanics of Materials. He currently teaches at the University of Louisiana, Lafayette.