Physical models in civil and building engineering : their history and current use /: their history and current use. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Bill Addis, Karl-Eugen Kurrer, Werner Lorenz.
• Authors: Addis, William, 1949-; Kurrer, Karl-Eugen; Lorenz, Werner, 1953-
• Contents: Preface Construction History Series (by Karl-Eugen Kurrer); Foreword (by Werner Sobek); Introduction (by Bill Addis); SECTION A -; PHYSICAL MODELS FROM ANCIENT TIMES TO THE 1880s; 1 Dirk Buhler: Models in civil engineering from ancient times to the Industrial Revolution; 2 Santiago Huerta: Block models of the masonry arch and vault; 3 Rainer Graefe: The catenary and the line of thrust as a means for shaping arches and vaults; 4 Andreas Kahlow: Leonhard Euler and the model tests for a 300 metre timber arched bridge in St. Petersburg; 5 Dennis Smith: The use of models in early nineteenth-century British suspension bridge design; 6 Bill Addis: Models used during the design of the Conwy and Britannia tubular bridges; SECTION B -; PHYSICAL MODELS USED IN STRUCTURAL DESIGN, 1890s-1930s; 7 Mike Chrimes: The use of models to inform the structural design of dams, 1890-1940; 8 Bill Addis: Models used during the design of the Boulder Dam; 9 Roland May: The role of models in the early development of Zeiss-Dywidag shells; 10 Mario Chiorino & Gabriele Neri: Model testing of structures in pre-war Italy; the School of Arturo Danusso; 11 Joaquin Antuna: Eduardo Torroja and his use of models up to 1936; 12 Bill Addis: Photoelastic stress analysis; SECTION C -; PHYSICAL MODELS USED IN STRUCTURAL DESIGN, 1940s TO 1980s; 13 Bernard Espion: Structural modelling technique; 14 Christiane Weber: Physical modelling at the University of Stuttgart; 15 Mario Chiorino & Gabriele Neri: Model testing of structures in post-war Italy: the activity of ISMES 1951-1974; 16 Joaquin Antuna: Eduardo Torroja and his use of models from 1939; 17 Edwin Trout: Scale models for structural testing at the Cement and Concrete Association, UK: 1951-73; 18 Pepa Casinello: Heinz Hossdorf: his contribution to the development of physical model testing; 19 Berthold Burkhardt: Soap film and soap bubble models; 20 Lukas Ingold: The model as an ideal building: the origins of the design methods of Sergio Musmeci; 21 John Chilton: Heinz Isler and his use of physical models; 22 Ian Liddell: Models for the design development, engineering and construction of the Multihalle for the 1975 Bundesgartenschau in Mannheim; SECTION D -; PHYSICAL MODELS USED IN NON-STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING DISCIPLINES; 23 Bill Addis: The historical use of physical model testing in free-surface hydraulic engineering; 24 Bill Addis: The historical use of physical model testing in wind engineering; 25 Bill Addis: The historical use of physical model testing in earthquake engineering; 26 Raf Orlowski: The historical use of models in the acoustic design of buildings; 27 Bill Craig: Geotechnical centrifuge models ? a history of their role in pre-construction design; SECTION E -; PHYSICAL MODELLING IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY; 28 Mamoru Kawaguchi: Physical models as powerful weapons in structural design; 29 Bruce Martin: Physical modelling of structures for contemporary building design; 30 David Wendland: Using physical models in the design of complex masonry structures; 31 James Sutherland: Physical modelling of free surface water ? current practice; 32 Francesco Dorigatti: Boundary-layer wind tunnel model testing ? current practice; 33 Amarnath Kasalanati: Model testing using shake tables ? current practice; 34 Raf Orlowski: The use of physical models in acoustic design ? current practice; 35 David White: Geotechnical centrifuge modelling ? current practice; 36 Owen Connick: Water-bath modelling ? small-scale simulation of natural ventilation flows; 37 Jan Knippers: The use of biological models for building engineering design; 38 Mamoru Kawaguchi: Flying a 100 metre long Jumbo Koinobori; 39 Dirk Buhler & Christiane Weber: Epilogue: A future for models from the past; ; APPENDICES -; Earliest writings in engineering literature about scaling and the use of reduced-scale models; A1 Original source 15BC Vitruvius; A2 Original source 1638 Galileo; A3 Original source 1772 Leonard Euler; A4Original source 1801 Report on Telford?s arch bridge across the Thames; A5 Original source 1846 Short article on models in The Builder; A6 Original source 1847 Short article in Civil Engineer and Architects? Journal; A7 Original source 1887 part of paper by Osborne Reynolds; 100 AUTHOR BIOGRAPHIES;
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: Berlin : Ernst & Sohn
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 624.0228; Engineering models; Civil engineering
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783433609637
• Related ISBNs: 9783433609620; 9783433609613
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