| Edition |
2nd Da Capo Press ed. |
| Description |
395 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Note |
Originally published: Harmondsworth : Penguin Books, 1978. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 388-390) and index. |
| Contents |
The structure in our lives -- or how to communicate with engineers -- pt. I. The difficult birth of the science of elasticity. why structures carry loads -- or the springiness of solids ; The invention of stress and strain -- or Baron Cauchy and the decipherment of Young's modulus ; Designing for safety -- or can you really trust strength calculations? ; Strain energy and modern fracture mechanics -- with a digression on bows, catapults and kangaroos -- pt. II. Tension structures. Tension structures and pressure vessels -- with some remarks on boilers, bats and Chinese junks ; Joints, fastenings and people -- also about creep and chariot wheels ; Soft materials and living structures -- or how to design a worm -- pt. III. Compression and bending structures. Walls, arches and dams -- or cloud-capp'd towers and the stability of masonry ; Something about bridges -- or Saint Bénexèt and Saint Isambard ; The advantage of being a beam -- with observations on roofs, trusses and masts ; The mysteries of shear and torsion -- or Polaris and the bias-cut nightie ; The various ways of failing in compression -- or sandwiches, skulls and Dr. Euler -- pt. IV. And the consequence was ... the philosophy of design -- or the shape, the weight and the cost ; A chapter of accidents -- a study in sin, error and metal fatigue ; Efficiency and aesthetics -- or the world we have to live in -- Appendix 1. Handbooks and formulae -- Appendix 2. Beam theory -- Appendix 3. Torsion -- Appendix 4. The efficiency of columns and panels under compression loads. |
| Subject |
Structural analysis (Engineering)
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Structural engineering.
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Structural analysis (Engineering) (OCoLC)fst01135602
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Structural engineering. (OCoLC)fst01135658
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Engenharia civil.
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Estruturas.
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| Added Title |
Structures
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Structures |
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Why things don't fall down |
| ISBN |
0306812835 (paperback) |
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9780306812835 (paperback) |
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