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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818463303321

Autore

Kurrer Karl-Eugen

Titolo

The history of the theory of structures : from arch analysis to computational mechanics / / Karl-Eugen Kurrer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, : Ernst & Sohn, c2008

ISBN

3-433-60134-8

1-282-46102-8

9786612461026

3-433-60016-3

3-433-60017-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (854 p.)

Disciplina

624

624.1709

Soggetti

Structural analysis (Engineering) - History

Engineering

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

THE HISTORY OF THE THEORY OF STRUCTURES; Foreword; Preface; Preface to the first, German edition; CONTENTS; 1 The tasks and aims of a historical study of theory of structures; 2 Learning from the history of structural analysis: 11 introductory essays; 3 The first fundamental engineering science disciplines: theory of structures and applied mechanics; 4 From masonry arch to elastic arch; 5 The beginnings of a theory of structures; 6 The discipline-formation period of theory of structures; 7 From construction with iron to modern structural steelwork

8 Member analysis conquers the third dimension: the spatial framework9 Reinforced concrete's influence on theory of structures; 10 From classical to modern theory of structures; 11 Twelve scientific controversies in mechanics and theory of structures; 12 Perspectives for theory of structures; Brief biographies; Bibliography; Name index; Subject index

Sommario/riassunto

This book traces the evolution of theory of structures and strength of materials - the development of the geometrical thinking of the



Renaissance to become the fundamental engineering science discipline rooted in classical mechanics. Starting with the strength experiments of Leonardo da Vinci and Galileo, the author examines the emergence of individual structural analysis methods and their formation into theory of structures in the 19th century. For the first time, a book of this kind outlines the development from classical theory of structures to the structural mechanics and computational mec