The science of structural engineering / Jacques Heyman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Heyman, Jacques.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Structural engineering.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (119 p.)

Place of Publication:

London : Imperial College Press ; River Edge, N.J. : Distributed by World Scientific Pub., c1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Structures cannot be created without engineering theory, and design rules have existed from the earliest times for building Greek temples, Roman aqueducts and Gothic cathedrals - and later, for steel skyscrapers and the frames for aircraft. This book is, however, not concerned with the description of historical feats, but with the way the structural engineer sets about his business. Galileo, in the seventeenth century, was the first to introduce recognizably modern science into the calculation of structures; he determined the breaking strength of beams. In the eighteenth century engineers move

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Preface

Chapter 1 The Civil Engineer

Chapter 2 Pre 'Scientific' Theory

Chapter 3 Arch Bridges, Domes and Vaults

Chapter 4 Stresses and Strains

Chapter 5 Flexure and Buckling

Chapter 6 The Theory of Structures

Chapter 7 Plastic Theory

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

Reprinted 2006.

ISBN:

9781860947544

1860947549