1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910141916403321

Autore

Beckh Matthias <1974->

Titolo

Hyperbolic structures : Shukhov's lattice towers- forerunners of modern lightweight construction / / Matthias Beckh

Pubbl/distr/stampa

West Sussex, England : , : WILEY Blackwell : , : Edition DETAIL, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-118-93269-2

1-118-93270-6

1-118-93271-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (155 p.)

Disciplina

624.1/773

Soggetti

Hyperboloid structures

Structural frames - Design and construction

Lattice theory

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Introduction""; ""Current state of research""; ""Overview""; ""Building with hyperbolic lattice structures""; ""The development of building with iron in the 19th century""; ""The work of Vladimir G. Shukhov, pioneer of lightweight construction""; ""Outline biography""; ""Arched girders""; ""Lattice gridshells""; ""Suspended roofs""; ""The hyperbolic lattice towers of Vladimir G. Shukhov""; ""Patent No. 1896""; ""The tubular towers of Mannesmann""; ""Water towers""; ""Multistorey towers""; ""Hyperbolic structures after Shukhov""

""Geometry and form of hyperbolic lattice structures""""Principles and classification""; ""Conic sections""; ""Second-order algebraic surfaces""; ""One-sheeted hyperboloid""; ""Geometry of hyperbolic lattice structures""; ""Fundamental relationships""; ""Position of coordinates""; ""Geometry of the frame mesh""; ""Structural analysis and calculation methods""; ""The problem of inextensional bending""; ""Principal structural behaviour""; ""Vertical load transfer""; ""Horizontal load transfer""; ""Influence of torsion""; ""Theoretical principles for determining ultimate load capacity""



""Stress and stability failures""""Linear structural behaviour and stability analysis""; ""Non-linear structural behaviour and stability analysis""; ""Imperfections""; ""Parametric studies on differently meshed hyperboloids""; ""Intermediate rings at the intersection points (variant 1)""; ""Construction used by Vladimir G. Shukhov (variant 2)""; ""Reticulated shell (variant 3)""; ""Principles of the parametric studies""; ""Finite Element Analysis""; ""Modelling and member arrangement""; ""Load assumptions""; ""Choice of imperfections in determining the load capacity""

""Calculation of load capacity""""Relationships between form and structural behaviour""; ""Comparison of circular cylindrical shells and hyperboloids of rotation""; ""Mesh variant 1: Intermediate rings at intersection points""; ""Influence of the rotation angle""; ""Mesh variant 2: Construction used by Vladimir G. Shukhov""; ""Influence of the rotation angle""; ""Influence of the rotation angle with flexurally stiff intermediate ring connections""; ""Influence of sizes of radii""; ""Influence of the number of vertical member pairs n""; ""Influence of the number of intermediate rings""

""Influence of the stiffness of the intermediate rings""""Influence of multilayer construction""; ""Influence of an additional horizontal load""; ""Summary of the results from variant 2""; ""Mesh variant 3: Discretisation as reticulated shells""; ""Influence of the number of vertical members on the load capacity:""; ""Influence of the node stiffness on the load capacity""; ""Summary and comparison of the results""; ""Structural analysis of selected towers built by Vladimir G. Shukhov""; ""Water tower for the All-Russia Exhibition in Nizhny Novgorod (1896)""; ""Water tower in Mykolaiv (1907)""

""Water tower in Tyumen (1908)""

Sommario/riassunto

Dr. Ing. Matthias Beckh was a research assistant in the Department of Structural Engineering at the Technical University of Munich and currently works for Buro Happold in Munich and Berlin.



2.

Record Nr.

UNIORUON00135365

Autore

HUMMEL, Arthur W., Jr

Titolo

Eminent Chinese of the Ch'ing period (1644-1912) / edited by Arthur W. Hummel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Taipei, : Ch'eng-wen Publishing Company, 1967

Descrizione fisica

XI, 1103 p. ; 26 c

Classificazione

CIN IV A

Soggetti

CINA - STORIA - DINASTIA QING (1644-1911)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Rist. dell'ed. pubblicata a Washington nel 1943-44