An Introduction to the History of Structural Mechanics : Part II: Vaulted Structures and Elastic Systems /
This book deals with the historical development of the scientific theories that, in the 18th century, gave engineers and architects the means of calculating masonry vaulted structures, and in the 19th century provided exact mathematical methods for dimensioning the new complex structural systems whi...
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New York, NY :
Springer New York,
1991.
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Table of Contents:
- I: Arches, Domes and Vaults: Knowledge and Prejudice Before the Eighteenth Century. First Theories About the Statics of Arches and Domes. Architectonic Debates. Later Research
- II: The Theory of Elastic Systems: The Eighteenth-Century Debate on the Supports Problem. The Path Towards Energetical Principles. The Discovery of General Methods for the Calculation of Elastic Systems. From the Theory of Elastic Systems to Structural Engineering
- Author Index
- Subject Index.