01058nam a2200229Ia 450000100070000000500170000700800410002401000170006502000380008202000180012004000130013804100080015105000210015908200140018010000220019424500880021626000570030430000360036150400510039750503450044865000350079330792420170605110303.0041012s2009 enkae b 001 0 eng  a 2009007675 a9781405190176 (pbk. : alk. paper) a9781405190176 aPR-PUCPR aspa00aTA633b.Y46 200900a624.12221 aYeomans, David T.10aHow structures workbdesign and behaviour from bridges to buildingscDavid Yeomans. aChichester, U.K.aAmes, IowabWiley-Blackwellc2009. axv, 248 p.bill., plansc25 cm. aIncludes bibliographical references and index.0 aBrackets 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. 0aStructural engineering.2Local