Masonry structures : between mechanics and architecture / Danila Aita, Orietta Pedemonte, Kim Williams, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Class of 1924 Book Fund.

Aita, Danila, editor.

Pedemonte, Orietta, editor.

Williams, Kim, 1956- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Masonry--Standards.

Masonry.

Mechanics.

Architecture.

Physical Description:

xii, 327 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Cham [Switzerland] : Birkhäuser : Springer International Publishing, [2015]

Summary:

"This book provides an overview of state of the art research in the mechanics of masonry structures. It continues the series Between Mechanics and Architecture, initially launched in 1995 from the collaboration of several renowned scholars, including Edoardo Benvenuto and Patricia Radelet-de Grave. The contributions in this volume represent the main approaches to the complex topic of masonry structures. In addition to historical studies, the mechanical behavior of masonry arches and structures is studied using different approaches (structural analysis, limit analysis, elastic analysis, plasticity, mathematical approaches, etc.), at times difficult to reconcile, at others intertwined and complementary. Readers will have the opportunity to compare different theoretical lines of inquiry and thus explore new horizons of research"--Back cover.

Contents:

Between Mechanics and Architecture: the Quest for the Rules of the Art / Salvatore D'Agostino

Designing by "Expérience": Lecreulx Model Tests for the Design of the Abutments of the Bridge of Fouchard / Santiago Huerta

Statics of Historic Masonry Constructions: An Essay / Mario Como

Equilibrium Analysis / Jacques Heyman

A Semi-analytical Approach for Masonry Arch Dynamics / Anna Sinopoli

On the Statics of the Dome of the Basilica of S. Maria Assunta in Carignano, Genoa / Andrea Bacigalupo, Antonio Brencich, and Luigi Gambarotta

The Panthéon's Stability Already Questioned by Pierre Patte in 1770 / Patricia Radelet-de Grave

Transcription of Patte's 1770 Mémoire on the Panthéon's Stability Together with Rondelet's Marginalia / Patricia Radelet-de Grave

Notes on Limit and Nonlinear Elastic Analyses of Masonry Arches / Danila Aita, Riccardo Barsotti, and Stefano Bennati

Some Aspects on the Statics of Masonry Arches / Elio Sacco

A Direct Approach to Membrane Reinforced Bodies / Massimiliano Lucchesi, Miroslav Šilhavý, and Nicola Zani

The Thrust of an Elastic Soil of Variable Density against a Rigid Wall / Piero Villaggio

In Memory of Piero Villaggio / Stefano Bennati.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1924 Book Fund.

ISBN:

9783319130026

3319130021

OCLC:

900031204