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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782361403321

Autore

Williams Kim

Titolo

Mechanics in architecture [[electronic resource] ] : in memory of Mario Salvadori, 1907-1997

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[S.l.], : Kim Williams Books, 2007

Turin, Italy : , : Kim Williams Books, , 2007

ISBN

1-281-95543-4

9786611955434

3-7643-8699-1

Edizione

[1st ed. 2008.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (214 p.)

Collana

Nexus network journal ; ; Vol. 9, no. 2 (Autumn 2007)

Disciplina

721

Soggetti

Architectural design

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

Letter from the Editor -- Letter from the Editor -- In Memory of Mario Salvadori -- Mario Salvadori and Mauro Picone: From Student and Teacher to Professional Fellowship -- Mechanics in Architecture -- Milankovitch’s Theorie der Druckkurven: Good mechanics for masonry architecture -- Oval Domes: History, Geometry and Mechanics -- The Conception of Ramparts in the Sixteenth Century: Architecture, “Mathematics”, and Urban Design -- Tentare licet. The Theresian Academy’s Question on the Theory of Beams of 1783 -- Nexorades Based on Regular Polyhedra -- Other Research -- A Pyramid Inspired by Mathematics -- Fractal Architecture Could Be Good for You -- Polygons, Diagonals, and the Bronze Mean -- Geometer’s Angle -- Dynamic Root Rectangles Part One: The Fundamentals -- Didactics -- Mathematical Aspects in an Architectural Design Course: The Concept, Design Assignments, and Follow-up -- Book Review -- Scott Olsen The Golden Section: Nature’s Greatest Secret -- Leonard K. Eaton Hardy Cross. American Engineer.

Sommario/riassunto

This volume is dedicated to "Mechanics in Architecture", that is, the science of structural mechanics, including the behaviour of structures, internal forces, and deformation, as well as the development of new structural systems to resist thrusts as a result of new architectural



forms. It is a field of enquiry that examines a particular aspect of the relationships between architecture and the mathematical sciences. Some of the papers in this issue were presented at the Nexus 2006 conference during a special session dedicated to mechanics. Other research papers focus on an eighteenth-century Belgian pyramid, aspects of "fractal" architecture, and properties of a family of irrational values. The issue also includes a description and evaluation of a university-level course in architecture and mathematics, Rachel Fletcher's Geometer's Angle column, and book reviews.