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Titolo: | Structural and civil engineering design / edited by William Addis. |
Pubblicazione: | Aldershot : Ashgate, c1999. |
Descrizione fisica: | XLIII, 365 p. : ill. ; 25 cm |
Serie: | Studies in the history of civil engineering ; 12 |
Note: | Ripr. facs. delle ed. orig |
Contiene: | Indice: Acknowledgements. General editor's preface. Introduction. Pt. 1. Design rules and methods: 1. The mechanization of design in the 16th century: the structural formulae of Rodrigo Gil de Hontañón / Sergio Luis Sanabria 2. Designing the beam: from rules of thumb to calculations / David T. Yeomans 3. History of retaining wall design / J. Kerisel 4. The use of models in ninenteenth-century British suspension bridge design / Denis Smith 5. Brunel and the design of the Clifton suspension bridge / R.F.D. Porter Goff 6. History of building foundations in Chicago / Ralph B. Peck. Pt. 2. Theoretical justification in design: 7. The Gothic cathedral: design and meaning / Otto G. von Simson 8. Stability concepts from Renaissance to today / Rowland J. Mainstone 9. The place of Sir Christopher Wren in the history of structural engineering / Stanley B. Hamilton 10. The origin of iron beams / A.W. Skempton 11. Thomas Tredgold (1788-1829): some aspects of his work (part 2: carpentry) / L.G. Booth 12. Thomas Tredgold (1788-1829): some aspects of his work (part 3: cast iron) / R.J.M Sutherland. 13. The birth of stress: a historical review / R.J.M. Sutherland. Pt. 3. Progress in engineering design: 14. The genesis of engineering theory and practise / A. Rupert Hall 15. The functions of engineering research in the university / A.J.S. Pippard 16. The design of structural ironwork 1850-1890: education, theory and practice / Stanley Smith 17. Structural design by observation of failures: how the Gothic master masons determined the dimensions of their structures / Henry J. Cowan 18. The Britannia tubular bridge: a paradigm of failure driven design / Henry Petroski 19. Structural failures and the growth of engineering knowledge / D.I. Blockley and J.R. Henderson 20. The evolution of structural engineering design procedures: a history for that skill called design / William Addis. Index |
ISBN: | 0860787613 |
Altri autori: | Addis, William, 1949-
Henderson, John Robertson. Yeomans, David T. Kerisel, Jean, 1908- Smith, Denis. Porter Goff, R.F.D. Peck, Ralph B. Simson, Otto G. von. Mainstone, Rowland J. Hamilton, Stanley B. Skempton, Alec Westley, 1914-2001. Booth, Lionel Geoffrey. Sutherland, R.J.M. Hall, A. Rupert, 1920-2009. Pippard, Alfred John Sutton, n. 1891. Smith, Cyril Stanley, 1903-1992. Cowan, Henry J. Petroski, Henry, 1942- Blockley, D.I. Sanabria, Sergio Luis. |
Discipline: | Ingegneria--Studi. |
Collocazione: | LS 10693 |
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