How structures work: design and behaviour from bridges to buildings
Chichester, U.K. ; Ames, Iowa
Wiley-Blackwell
c2009
xv, 248 p.: ill., plans; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index
David Yeomans
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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