Structures by design : thinking, making, breaking /: thinking, making, breaking. (2019)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- Structures by design : thinking, making, breaking /: thinking, making, breaking. (2019)
- Main Title:
- Structures by design : thinking, making, breaking
- Further Information:
- Note: Robert Whitehead.
- Authors:
- Whitehead, Robert, 1970-
- Contents:
- Preface Starting with Structures 0.0 Introduction: The Case for Making & Breaking Part 1 Learning to Think, Make, and Break 1.0 Body Structures: The Feel of Things 1.1 Seating Structures: Elemental Design Options 1.2 Building Structures: Effective, Efficient, and Expressive Part 2 Resistance & Form 2.0 FORM: Structures of Compression and Tension 2.1 Compressive Arches: Past the Breaking Point 2.2 Suspended Structures: Designing for Tension Part 3 Resistance & Section 3.0 SECTIONS: Beams, Slabs, and Columns 3.1 Stacking and Spanning Timber: Fundamental Framing and Analysis 3.2 Better Beams and Slabs: Formal Experiments in Efficiency Part 4 Resistance & Vectors 4.0 VECTORS: Trusses and Triangulated Planar Assemblies 4.1 Planar and Spatial Trusses: Long Span Solutions Part 5 Resistance & Surfaces 5.0 SURFACES: Structural Art, Utility, and Assemblies of Shells 5.1 Spanning Surfaces and Shapes: Vaults & Plates Part 6 Resistance & Frames 6.0 FRAMES: Strategies for Stability 6.1 High-Rise Structures: Taller, Thinner, and Smarter Appendix Spanning Tables, Charts, & Additional Examples Additional Readings Glossary Index
- Publisher Details:
- New York : Routledge
- Publication Date:
- 2019
- Extent:
- 1 online resource
- Subjects:
- 721
Structural design
Structural design
Electronic books
Electronic books - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9781315403120
1315403129 - Related ISBNs:
- 9781138224131
1138224138
9781138224155
1138224154 - Notes:
- Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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