Title & Author:

Structural and civil engineering design / edited by William Addis.

Publication:

Aldershot, Hampshire ; Brookfield, VT : Ashgate, ©1999.

Description:

xliii, 365 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Series:

Studies in the history of civil engineering ; v. 12

Notes:
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
The mechanization of design in the 16th century : the structural formulae of Rodrigo Gil de Hontañón / Sergio Luis Sanabria -- Designing the beam : from rules of thumb to calculations / David T. Yeomans -- History of retaining wall design / J. Kerisel -- The use of models in nineteenth-century British suspension bridge design / Denis Smith -- Brunel and the design of the Clifton Suspension Bridge / R.F.D. Porter Goff -- History of building foundations in Chicago / Ralph B. Peck -- The Gothic cathedral : design and meaning / Otto G. von Simson -- Stability concepts from Renaissance to today / Rowland J. Mainstone -- The place of Sir Christopher Wren in the history of structural engineering / Stanley B. Hamilton -- The origin of iron beams / A.W. Skempton -- Thomas Tredgold (1788-1829) : some aspects of his work (part 2 : carpentry) / L.G. Booth -- Thomas Tredgold (1788-1829) : some aspects of his work (part 3 : cast iron) / R.J.M. Sutherland -- The birth of stress : a historical review / R.J.M. Sutherland -- The genesis of engineering : theory and practice / A. Rupert Hall -- The functions of engineering research in the university / A.J.S. Pippard -- The design of structural ironwork 1850-1890 : education, theory and practice / Stanley Smith -- Structural design by observation of failures : how the Gothic master masons determined the dimensions of their structures / Henry J. Cowan -- The Britannia Tubular Bridge : a paradigm of failure driven design / Henry Petroski -- Structural failures and the growth of engineering knowledge / D.I. Blockley and J.R. Henderson -- The evolution of structural engineering design procedures : a history for that skill called design / William Addis.

Summary:

The importance of design has often been neglected in studies considering the history of structural and civil engineering, yet design is a key aspect of all building and engineering work. This range of articles focuses on the role of design.

Resources:
Table of contents
Table of contents

ISBN:

0860787613 (hb)
9780860787617 (hb)

Subject:

Structural design.
Structural design History.
Engineering design History.
Constructions Calcul.
Constructions Calcul Histoire.
Conception technique Histoire.
Engineering design.
Bautechnik
Industriebau
Design
Geschichte
Aufsatzsammlung
Civiele techniek.

Form/genre:

Aufsatzsammlung.
History.

Added entries:

Addis, William, 1949-
Studies in the history of civil engineering ; v. 12.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 208137
Call No.: TA658 .S83 1999
Status: Available