| Description |
323 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Norton paperback
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| Note |
KH-AUL-1. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indx. |
| Contents |
Structures : The beginning of architecture ; Function and structure ; Architects and engineers ; Structure and the layman -- The pyramids : What are they? ; The building of the pyramids ; The social purpose of the pyramids ; The death of the pyramids -- Loads : Dead loads ; Live loads ; Dynamic loads ; Wind loads ; Earthquake loads ; Thermal and settlement loads -- Materials : Tension and compression ; Elasticity and plasticity ; Safety factors ; Steel ; Reinforced concrete ; Plastics -- Beams and columns : Newton's laws ; Translational equilibrium ; Rotational equilibrium ; Beam action ; Shear ; Buckling -- Houses : Prehistoric and historic houses ; The American house ; Concrete-frame housing ; Prefabricated concrete buildings -- Skyscrapers : The high-rise building ; The birth of a skyscraper ; The skyscraper structure -- The Eiffel Tower : The symbol ; The builder of the tower ; The building of the tower ; Cranes and elevators ; The life of the tower ; The taller towers -- Bridges : Arches ; Railroad bridges ; Concrete bridges ; Space frames -- The Brooklyn Bridge : The creator of the bridge ; The construction of the bridge ; Modern suspension bridges -- Form-resistant structures : Grids and flat slabs ; Strength through form ; Curved surfaces ; Barrel roofs and folded plates Saddle roofs ; Complex roofs ; Thin shell dams -- The unfinished cathedral : The origin of the gothic cathedrals ; Gothic spaces and structures ; Saint Pierre at Beauvais -- Domes : The largest roofs in the world ; The dome as structure ; The Pantheon ; Santa Maria del Fiore ; Modern domes -- Hagia Sophia : The construction of the church ; The interior of the church ; The structure of the church ; The fate of Hagia Sophia -- Tents and balloons : Tents ; Pneumatic structures -- The hanging sky : Domes and dishes ; The hanging dish -- The message of structure : Semiotic messages ; Semiotic message and scale ; The varying semiotic message. |
| Subject |
Structural engineering
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| Added Author |
Hooker, Saralinda.
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Ragus, Christopher.
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| ISBN |
9780393306767 (pbk.) |
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