Structures, Or why things don't fall down. (2009)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Structures; Why things don't fall down
• Further Information: Note: J.E. Gordon.
• Other Names: Gordon, J. E (James Edward), 1913-1998
• Contents: List of Plates; Foreword; Acknowledgments; 1 The structures in our lives-or how to communicate with engineers; Part One. The difficult birth of the science of elasticity; 2 Why structures carry loads-or the springiness of solids; 3 The invention of stress and strain-or Baron Cauchy and the decipherment of Young's modulus; 4 Designing for safety-or can you really trust strength calculations?; 5 Strain energy and modern fracture mechanics-with a digression on bows, catapults and kangaroos; Part Two. Tension Structures. 6 Tension structures and pressure vessels-with some remarks on boilers, bats and Chinese junks7 Joints, fastenings and people-also about creep and chariot wheels; 8 Soft materials and living structures-or how to design a worm; Part Three. Compression and bending structures; 9 Walls, arches and dams-or cloud-capp'd towers and the stability of masonry; 10 Something about bridges-or Saint Benezet and Saint Isambard; 11 The advantage of being a beam-with observations on roofs, trusses and masts; 12 The mysteries of shear and torsion-or Polaris and the bias-cut nightie. 13 The various ways of failing in compression-or sandwiches, skulls and Dr EulerPart Four. And the consequence was ... ; 14 The philosophy of design-or the shape, the weight and the cost; 15 A chapter of accidents-a study in sin, error and metal fatigue; 16 Efficiency and aesthetics-or the world we have to live in; Appendix 1 Handbooks and formulae; Appendix 2 Beam theory; Appendix 3 Torsion; Appendix 4 The efficiency of columns and panels under compression loads; Suggestions for further reading; Index.
• Publisher Details: Cambridge, MA : Da Capo Press
• Publication Date: 2009
• Extent: 1 online resource (421 pages)
• Subjects: 624.1/71; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Structural; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Structural; Structural analysis (Engineering); Structural engineering; History Of Science; Structural Engineering; Structural analysis (Engineering); Structural engineering; Structural engineering -- Popular works; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780786730353; 0786730358; 9780141927695; 0141927690
• Notes: Note: Print version record.
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• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.