05800nam 2200433 450 991067651960332120230629234150.03-433-60963-23-433-60962-43-433-60961-6(CKB)4100000010871092(MiAaPQ)EBC6357752(EXLCZ)99410000001087109220210409d2021 uy 0engurcn#---|||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierPhysical models their historical and current use in civil and building engineering design /edited by Bill AddisBerlin, Germany :Ernst & Sohn,[2021]©20211 online resource"Construction History Series/Edition Bautechnikgeschichte"--Title page verso.3-433-03257-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Section A.Physical models from ancient times to the 1880s --Models in civil engineering from ancient times to the Industrial Revolution /Dirk Bühler --Block models of the masonry arch and vault /Santiago Huerta --The catenary and the line of thrust as a means for shaping arches and vaults /Rainer Graefe --Leonhard Euler and the model tests for a 300-metre timber arch bridge in St. Petersburg /Andreas Kahlow --The use of models in early nineteenth-century British suspension bridge design /Denis Smith --Models used during the design of the Conway and Britannia tubular bridges /Bill Addis --Section B.Physical models used in structural design, 1890s-1930s --The use of models to inform the structural design of dams, 1890s-1930s /Mike Chrimes --Models used during the design of the Boulder Dam /Bill Addis --The role of models in the early development of Zeiss-Dywidag shells /Roland May --Model testing of structures in pre-war Italy : the School of Arturo Danusso /Mario Alberto Chiorino, Gabriele Neri --Eduardo Torroja and his use of models up to 1936 /Joaquín Antuña --Photoelastic stress analysis /Bill Addis --Section C.Physical models used in structural design, 1940s to 1980s --Structural modelling technique /Bernard Espion, Bill Addis --Physical modelling at the University of Stuttgart /Christiane Weber --Model testing of structures in post-war Italy. The activity of ISMES, 1951-1974 /Mario Alberto Chiorino, Gabriele Neri --Eduardo Torroja and his use of models from 1939 /Joaquín Atuña --Scale models for structural testing at the Cement and Concrete Association, UK : 1951-1973 /Edwin Trout --Heinz Hossdorf : his contribution to the development of physical model testing /Pepa Cassinello --Soap-film and soap-bubble models /Berthold Burkhardt --The model as a concept : the origins of the design methods of Sergio Musmeci /Lukas Ingold --Heinz Isler and his use of physical models /John Chilton --Models for the design development, engineering and construction of the Multihalle for the 1975 Bundesgartenschau in Mannheim /Ian Liddell --Section D.Physical models used in non-structural engineering disciplines --The historical use of physical model testing in free-surface hydraulic engineering /Bill Addis --The historical use of physical model testing in wind engineering /Bill Addis --The historical use of physical model testing in earthquake engineering /Bill Addis --The historical use of models in the acoustic design of buildings /Raf Orlowski --Geotechnical centrifuge models -- a history of their role in pre-construction design /William H Craig --Section E.Physical modelling in the twenty-first century --Physical models as powerful weapons in structural design /Mamoru Kawaguchi --Physical modelling of structures for contemporary building design /Bruce Martin --Models in the design of complex masonry structures /David Wendland --Physical modelling of free surface water -- current practice /James Sutherland --Boundary layer wind tunnel model testing -- current practice /Francesco Dorigatti --Model testing using shake tables -- current practice /Amarnath Kasalanati --Geotechnical centrifuge modelling -- current practice /David White --The use of physical models in acoustic design -- current practice /Raf Orlowski --Water-bath modelling -- small-scale simulation of natural ventilation flows /Owen Connick --The use of biological models for building engineering design /Jan Knippers --Flying a 100-metre long Jumbo Koinobori /Mamoru Kawaguchi --Epilogue : A future for models from the past /Dirk Bühler, Christiane Weber --Appendices. --Appendix A.1: extracts from Vitruvius (c.30-15 BC) --Appendix A.2 : Extract from Galileo (1638) --Appendix A.3 : Leonhard Euler (1766) A simple rule to determine the strength of a bridge or similar structure, on the basis of the known strength of a model --Appendix A.4 : extract from report : Telford's design for new London Bridge (1801) --Appendix A.5 : experimental models, The builder (1846) --Appendix A.6 : on model experiments, The civil engineer and architects journal (1847) --Appendix A.7 : Osborne Reynolds (1888) Extract from paper : on certain laws relating to the regime of rivers and estuaries."This book covers the history of using physical models in the design and development of civil and building engineering projects ..."--Page 4 of coverEngineering modelsEngineering models.620.0011Addis William1949-MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910676519603321Physical models1760821UNINA