How structures work design and behaviour from bridges to buildings
David Yeomans.
- Chichester, U.K. Ames, Iowa Wiley-Blackwell 2009.
- xv, 248 p. ill., plans 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.