| Description |
4 videodiscs (12 hr.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (vi, 204 pages ; 19 cm.). |
| Series |
Great courses |
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Great courses (DVD)
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| Note |
Title from container. |
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"Course No. 1153"--Container. |
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24 lectures, 30 minutes per lecture. |
| Contents |
Disc 1. Learning to see and understand structure -- The science of structure: forces in balance -- Internal forces, stress, and strength -- From wood to steel: properties of materials -- Building up: columns and buckling -- Building across: beams and bending. |
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Disc 2. Trusses: the power of the triangle -- Cables and arches: the power of the parabola -- Loads and structural systems -- Egypt and Greece: pyramids to the Parthenon -- The glory of Rome in arches and vaults. |
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Disc 3. Three great domes: Rome to the Renaissance -- How iron and science transformed arch bridges -- Suspension bridges: the battle of the cable -- Suspension bridges: the challenge of wind -- Great cantilever bridges: tragedy and triumph -- The rise of iron- and steel-framed buildings. |
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Disc 4. The great skyscraper race -- The beauty and versatility of modern concrete -- Amazing thin shells: strength from curvature -- Vast roof systems of iron and steel -- The incredible lightness of tension structures -- Strategies for understanding any structure. |
| Performer |
Presenter, Stephen Ressler. |
| System Details |
DVD. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Structural design.
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Structural engineering.
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| Genre/Form |
Instructional films.
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Filmed lectures.
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| Added Author |
Ressler, Stephen J.
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Teaching Company.
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| ISBN |
1598037250 |
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9781598037258 |
| Music No. |
ID1153A-01 Teaching Co. |
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