Philosophy of Structures / Eduardo Torroja, J. J. Polivka, Milos Polivka.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Torroja, Eduardo, Author.

Polivka, J. J., Author.

Polivka, Milos, Author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (378 p.)

Edition:

3rd printing, Reprint 2020

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2020]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1958. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

Contents

1. General Approach to the Problem

2. Phenomena of Stressing

3. Classical Materials

4. Timber and Steel

5. Reinforced and Prestressed Concrete

6. Supports, Walls, and Foundations

7. The Arch

8. The Vault and the Dome

9. The Beam and the Slab

10. Trusses

11. Retaining Structures

12. The Roof and Other External Covering

13. The Floor and the Building

14. Bridges and Aqueducts

15. Static-Resisting Functionalism

16. Construction Methods

17. The Beauty of Structures

18. Line and Surface

19. Genesis of the Structural Scheme

20. The Calculation

21. The Designer and the Organization

List of Illustrations

Index of Names

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 25. Nov 2020)

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9780520328457

0520328450

OCLC:

1409030379