1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910451404603321

Autore

Heyman Jacques

Titolo

Basic structural theory / / Jacques Heyman [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2008

ISBN

1-107-18803-2

1-281-38348-1

9786611383480

0-511-39769-0

0-511-39844-1

0-511-39928-6

0-511-39619-8

0-511-40312-7

0-511-75448-5

0-511-39692-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 134 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

624.1/7

Soggetti

Structural analysis (Engineering) - Mathematical models

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Structural assumptions -- Structural equations -- Strength -- Trussed frameworks -- Virtual work -- Structures in bending -- Plastic theory -- Masonry -- The structural state -- Stiffness -- The truss -- Bending stiffness -- Matrix formulation -- Elastic analysis -- Elastic properties: Reciprocal theorems; influence lines; indirect model tests; energy methods -- Methods of calculation: Slope-deflexion equations; moment distribution -- Stability -- Elastic buckling -- Practical behaviour -- Other buckling phenomena -- Appendix A: Virtual work -- Structures in bending -- Trusses -- Appendix B: The plastic theorems -- Appendix C: Buckling calculations.

Sommario/riassunto

This text introduces the basic equations of the theory of structures. Conventional presentations of these equations follow the ideas of elastic analysis, introduced nearly two hundred years ago. The book is written against the background of advances made in structural theory



during the last fifty years, notably by the introduction of so-called plastic theory. The emphasis throughout is on the derivation and application of the structural equations, rather than on details of their solution (nowadays best done by computer), and the numerical examples are deliberately kept simple.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910792008003321

Autore

Bloomfield Martha Aladjem

Titolo

My eyes feel they need to cry [[electronic resource] ] : stories from the formerly homeless / / Martha Aladjem Bloomfield

Pubbl/distr/stampa

East Lansing, : Michigan State University Press, c2013

ISBN

1-62895-143-5

1-60917-383-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (207 p.)

Disciplina

362.5/92092273

Soggetti

Homelessness - United States

Homeless persons - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Foreword by Susan E. Cancro; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter One. A Canvas of Homelessness; Chapter Two. Their Stories through Words; Chapter Three. A Change in Direction; Chapter Four. Their Stories through Paintings and Poems; Chapter Five. Resilience from Memory, Hopes, and Dreams; References

Sommario/riassunto

As intimate as they are inspiring, these stories of transformation, drawn from the oral histories of formerly homeless adults, testify to the determination of the human spirit and the healing power of sharing one's journey. This gripping collection gives voice to the traditionally voiceless, inviting men and women from a variety of cultural and ethnic backgrounds to share their experiences of what it was like to live on the streets, in cars, under bridges, and of how they discovered the inner motivation to change the course of their lives in a positive direction. An important contribut