How structures work: design and behaviour from bridges to buildings
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Chichester, U.K. ; Ames, Iowa
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Wiley-Blackwell
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c2009
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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xv, 248 p.: ill., plans; 25 cm
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Includes bibliographical references and index
NOTES PERTAINING TO TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
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David Yeomans
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1
CONTENTS NOTE
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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