How structures work : design and behaviour from bridges to buildings /
David Yeomans.
- Second edition
- Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom : Wiley, Blackwell, c2016.
- xv, 255 pages ; 25 cm
Includes index.
Brackets and bridges -- Stiffening a beam - girder bridges -- Arches and suspension bridges -- Bringing the lord to the ground - the structural scheme -- Safe as house? -walls -- Frames- a problem of stability -- Floors and beams- deflections and bending moments -- Providing shelter - roofs -- Structure in a three dimensional world --Materials and workmanship -- Appendix: Some elements of grammar.
"Structural engineering is central to the design of a building. How the building behaves when subjected to various forces- the weight of the materials used build it, the weight of the occupants r the traffic it carries the force of the wind, etc. - is fundamental to its stability. The alliance between architecture and structural engineering is therefore critical to the successful design and completion of the buildings and infrastructure that surrounds us. Yet structure is often cloaked in mathematics, which many architects and surveyors find difficult to understand.
How structure work has been written to explain the behaviour of structures in a clear way without resorting to complex mathematics. This new edition includes a new chapter on construction materials and significant revisions to and reordering of the existing chapters. It is aimed at all who require a good qualitative understanding of structures and their behaviour and s such will be of benefit to students of architecture, architectural history, building surveying and civil engineering. The straight forward, non mathematical approach ensures it will also be suitable for a wider audience including administrators, archaeologists and the interested layman."--Back cover