Shaping Structures: Statics

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An engineer and an architect team up to present a synthesis of the creative and technical aspects of statics, explicate its principles, describe its application to the task of finding good form for structures. They use both numerical and graphical approaches to demonstrate the steps for finding form and forces for arched, suspended, and cable-stayed structures and for highly efficient trusses. Examples include Eiffel's famous tower, Maillart's bridges, and Nervi's Turin Exhibition Hall. Includes both SI metric and conventional units in all the calculations. The volume is 11 deep. Book News, Inc.®, Portland, OR

Book Description
In Shaping Structures, an engineer and an architect, both longtime teachers of structures at major American universities, collaborate to present an inspired synthesis of the creative and the technical, explicating both the principles of statics and their application to the fascinating task of finding good form for structures. This richly visual volume features:
* An easily understood development of the fundamentals of statics
* Step-by-step demonstrations, using both numerical and graphical techniques, of simple yet powerful methods for finding form and forces for arched structures, suspended structures, cable-stayed structures, and highly efficient trusses
* 120 photographs and more than 300 crisp drawings that illustrate and explain the magnificent structural triumphs of master architects and engineers -including Gustave Eiffel's famous tower, Robert Maillart's soaring bridges, Pier Luigi Nervi's landmark Turin Exhibition Hall, and many others
* Calculations in both SI metric and conventional units throughout the book

Requiring only the most rudimentary mathematical background yet accurate and fully functional, Shaping Structures provides an inviting point of entry to the study of structural design for engineering and architecture students -proving that the science of statics doesn't have to be lifeless, simplistic, or dull.

The publisher, John Wiley & Sons
This book uses the basic conditions of statics to show readers how to understand and create elegant, highly efficient forms for suspended and cable-stayed structures, arches, trusses, and shells. It offers a contextual understanding of the natural flow of forces and shows how to calculate the stresses of various forms using both numerical and graphical techniques. Throughout the book, the authors inspire their readers by analyzing and illustrating in detail the simple, powerful design techniques of the world's great engineers and architects. It is an innovative, highly visual book that can be used for the "statics" portion of the mandatory structures sequence in the architecture curriculum.


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An engineer and an architect team up to present a synthesis of the creative and technical aspects of statics, explicate its principles, describe its application to the task of finding good form for structures. They use both numerical and graphical approaches to demonstrate the steps for finding form and forces for arched, suspended, and cable-stayed structures and for highly efficient trusses. Examples include Eiffel's famous tower, Maillart's bridges, and Nervi's Turin Exhibition Hall. Includes both SI metric and conventional units in all the calculations. The volume is 11 deep. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.


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