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Developments in structural form / Rowland J. Mainstone.
Author
Mainstone, R. J. (Rowland J.), 1923-
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Format
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Language
English
Εdition
2nd ed.
Published/Created
Oxford, England ; Boston : Architectural Press, 1998.
Description
381 pages : illustrations ; 31 cm
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Architecture Library - Stacks
TH145 .M2796 1998
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Building
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Structural engineering
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Architecture
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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.
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ISBN
0750628936 ((paperback))
9780750628938 ((paperback))
LCCN
99166307
OCLC
40840938
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