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The history of the theory of structures : searching for equilibrium / Karl-Eugen Kurrer.

By: Kurrer, Karl-Eugen.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Construction history.Publisher: [Place of publication not identified] : John Wiley and Sons, Inc. : Ernst & Sohn, 2018Edition: Second edition.Description: 1 online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9783433609132; 3433609136; 9783433609163; 3433609160; 9783433609149; 3433609144; 9783433609156; 3433609152.Uniform titles: Geschichte der Baustatik. English Subject(s): Structural analysis (Engineering) -- History | Statics -- History | TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Civil / General | Statics | Structural analysis (Engineering)Genre/Form: Electronic books. | History.Additional physical formats: Print version :: No titleDDC classification: 624.1/7 Online resources: Wiley Online Library
Contents:
The tasks and aims of a historical study of the theory of structures -- Learning from history: 12 introductory essays -- The first fundamental engineering science disciplines: theory of structures and applied mechanics -- From masonry arch to elastic arch -- The history of earth pressure theory -- The beginnings of a theory of structures -- The discipline-formation period of theory of structures -- From construction with iron to modern structural steelwork -- Member analysis conquers the third dimension: the spatial framework -- Reinforced concrete's influence on theory of structures -- The consolidation period of theory of structures -- The development and establishment of computational statics -- Thirteen scientific controversies in mechanics and theory of structures -- Perspectives for a historical theory of structures -- Brief biographies of 260 protagonists of theory of structures.
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The tasks and aims of a historical study of the theory of structures -- Learning from history: 12 introductory essays -- The first fundamental engineering science disciplines: theory of structures and applied mechanics -- From masonry arch to elastic arch -- The history of earth pressure theory -- The beginnings of a theory of structures -- The discipline-formation period of theory of structures -- From construction with iron to modern structural steelwork -- Member analysis conquers the third dimension: the spatial framework -- Reinforced concrete's influence on theory of structures -- The consolidation period of theory of structures -- The development and establishment of computational statics -- Thirteen scientific controversies in mechanics and theory of structures -- Perspectives for a historical theory of structures -- Brief biographies of 260 protagonists of theory of structures.

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