Developments in structural form / Rowland J. Mainstone.

Author
Mainstone, R. J. (Rowland J.), 1923- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
2nd ed.
Published/​Created
Oxford, England ; Boston : Architectural Press, 1998.
Description
381 pages : illustrations ; 31 cm

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            Summary note
            This text considers the physical principles of structures, the materials of which they are made, the ways in which they may are built, and the history of man's involvement with them.
            Bibliographic references
            Includes bibliographical references (p. 341-367) and index.
            Contents
            • Ch. 1. Introduction
            • Ch. 2. Structural actions
            • Ch. 3. Structural materials
            • Ch. 4. Construction and form
            • Ch. 5. Structure and form
            • Ch. 6. Arches and catenaries
            • Ch. 7. Vaults, domes, and curved membranes
            • Ch. 8. Beams and slabs
            • Ch. 9. Trusses, portal frames, and space frames
            • Ch. 10. Supports, walls, and foundations
            • Ch. 11. Early forms
            • Ch. 12. Pre-nineteenth-century wide-span buildings
            • Ch. 13. Nineteenth- and twentieth-century wide-span buildings
            • Ch. 14. Bridges
            • Ch. 15. Multi-storey buildings and towers
            • Ch. 16. Structural understanding and design.
            ISBN
            • 0750628936 ((paperback))
            • 9780750628938 ((paperback))
            LCCN
            99166307
            OCLC
            40840938
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