Main entry:

Mainstone, R. J. (Rowland J.), 1923-

Title & Author:

Developments in structural form / Rowland J. Mainstone.

Edition:

2nd ed.

Publication:

Oxford, England ; Boston : Architectural Press, 1998.

Description:

381 pages : illustrations ; 31 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-367) and index.
Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. Structural actions -- Ch. 3. Structural materials -- Ch. 4. Construction and form -- Ch. 5. Structure and form -- Ch. 6. Arches and catenaries -- Ch. 7. Vaults, domes, and curved membranes -- Ch. 8. Beams and slabs -- Ch. 9. Trusses, portal frames, and space frames -- Ch. 10. Supports, walls, and foundations -- Ch. 11. Early forms -- Ch. 12. Pre-nineteenth-century wide-span buildings -- Ch. 13. Nineteenth- and twentieth-century wide-span buildings -- Ch. 14. Bridges -- Ch. 15. Multi-storey buildings and towers -- Ch. 16. Structural understanding and design.

Summary:

This text considers the physical principles of structures, the materials of which they are made, the ways in which they may are built, and the history of man's involvement with them.

Resources:
Publisher description

ISBN:

0750628936 (paperback)
9780750628938 (paperback)

Subject:

Building.
Structural engineering.
Architecture.
Construction.
Technique de la construction.
constructions (sculpture)
structural engineering.
architecture (discipline)
Tragwerk
Architektur
Konstruktionselement
Baukonstruktion

Holdings:

Location: Library main 215643
Call No.: TH145 .M3 1998
Status: Available

Location: Library main 215644
Call No.: TH145 .M3 1998
Status: Available