TY - BOOK AU - Yeomans,David T. TI - How structures work: design and behaviour from bridges to buildings SN - 9781405190176 (pbk. : alk. paper) AV - TA633 .Y46 2009 U1 - 624.1 22 PY - 2009/// CY - Chichester, U.K., Ames, Iowa PB - Wiley-Blackwell KW - Structural engineering KW - Local N1 - 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 ER -