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

By:

Yeomans, David T

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Chichester : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009.Description: xv, 248 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:

9781405190176 (pbk.) :
9781405190176

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

624.1 YEO

LOC classification:

TA633 .Y46 2009

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.

Summary: This book has been written to explain the behaviour of structures in a clear way. Using the minimum of mathematics it explains the structural concepts, illustrating them with many historical and contemporary examples and allowing readers to build up a general understanding of structures.

Holdings ( 2 )
Title notes ( 3 )

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Long Loan	TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending	624.1 YEO (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		208164
Long Loan	TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending	624.1 YEO (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		208163

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This book has been written to explain the behaviour of structures in a clear way. Using the minimum of mathematics it explains the structural concepts, illustrating them with many historical and contemporary examples and allowing readers to build up a general understanding of structures.