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Essays on the History of Mechanics : In Memory of Clifford Ambrose Truesdell and Edoardo Benvenuto /

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The history of mechanics, and more particularly, the history of mechanics applied to constructions, constitutes a field of research that is relatively recent. This volume, together with the recent publication "Towards a History of Construction", is intended as an homage to the two eminent...

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Main Author: Becchi, Antonio
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Corradi, Massimo, Foce, Federico, Pedemonte, Orietta
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Basel : Birkhäuser Basel : Imprint: Birkhäuser, 2003.
Subjects:
Science > History.
Mechanics.
Mechanical engineering.
Civil engineering.
Science.
Electronic books.
History.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Truesdell and the History of the Theory of Structures
  • Development of Studies in the History of Elasticity Theory and Structural Mechanics
  • Coping With Error in the History of Mechanics
  • The Development of the Deformation Method
  • The Mechanics of Timbrel Vaults
  • The Use of a Particular Form of the Parallelogram Law of Forces for the Building of Vaults
  • Rose Windows
  • Early Theories of Vectors
  • The Slow and Tortuous Development of 'Newtonian' Principles of Motion in the Eighteenth Century
  • A Historical Survey of Impact Theories
  • What Can the Historian of Science Learn from the Historian of Fine Arts?.