How structures work : design and behaviour from bridges to buildings /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Yeomans, David T. (Author)
Corporate Author: EBSCOhost
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom : John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2016.
Edition:Second edition.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Brackets and bridges
  • Stiffening a beam : girder bridges
  • Arches and suspension bridges
  • Bringing the loads to the ground : the structural scheme
  • Safe as houses? : walls
  • Frames : a problem of stability
  • Floors and beams : deflections and bending moments
  • Providing shelter : roofs
  • Structures in a three-dimensional world
  • Materials and workmanship.