The History of the Theory of Structures: From Arch Analysis to Computational Mechanics

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John Wiley & Sons, 23 de juny 2008 - 848 pàgines
This book traces the evolution of theory of structures and strength of materials - the development of the geometrical thinking of the Renaissance to become the fundamental engineering science discipline rooted in classical mechanics. Starting with the strength experiments of Leonardo da Vinci and Galileo, the author examines the emergence of individual structural analysis methods and their formation into theory of structures in the 19th century. For the first time, a book of this kind outlines the development from classical theory of structures to the structural mechanics and computational mechanics of the 20th century. In doing so, the author has managed to bring alive the differences between the players with respect to their engineering and scientific profiles and personalities, and to create an understanding for the social context. Brief insights into common methods of analysis, backed up by historical details, help the reader gain an understanding of the history of structural mechanics from the standpoint of modern engineering practice. A total of 175 brief biographies of important personalities in civil and structural engineering as well as structural mechanics plus an extensive bibliography round off this work.
 

Continguts

The tasks and aims of a historical study of theory of structures
20
Composite systems
64
11 introductory essays
92
320
132
What is structural analysis?
158
14
238
570
359
From construction with iron to modern structural steelwork
396
Integration period 1950 to date
608
44
619
44
684
46
700
18
715
46
760
47
780
550
803

Disciplineformation period 18251900
414
Consolidation period 19001950
433

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Sobre l'autor (2008)

Dr.-Ing. Karl-Eugen Kurrer has been chief editor of the journal "Stahlbau", published by Ernst & Sohn, Berlin, since 1996. His keen interest in the history of theory of structures from the scientific and engineering perspectives began some 30 years ago. The great success of his book "Geschichte der Baustatik" published at the end of 2002, the repeated requests for an English edition and the members of the Berlin-based VDI History of Engineering Study Group inspired him to write this revised edition.

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