Structural and civil engineering design
By: edited by William Addis.
Contributors: Addis, William, 1949-
Series: Studies in the history of civil engineering -- v. 12.
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Aldershot, Hampshire; Brookfield, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 365
Subjects: Structural design; Structural design -- History; Engineering design -- History
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: The mechanization of design in the 16th century : the structural formulae of Rodrigo Gil de Hontañón / Sergio Luis Sanabria; title: Designing the beam : from rules of thumb to calculations / David T. Yeomans; title: History of retaining wall design / J. Kerisel; title: The use of models in nineteenth-century British suspension bridge design / Denis Smith; title: Brunel and the design of the Clifton Suspension Bridge / R.F.D. Porter Goff; title: History of building foundations in Chicago / Ralph B. Peck; title: The Gothic cathedral : design and meaning / Otto G. von Simson; title: Stability concepts from Renaissance to today / Rowland J. Mainstone; title: The place of Sir Christopher Wren in the history of structural engineering / Stanley B. Hamilton; title: The origin of iron beams / A.W. Skempton; title: Thomas Tredgold (1788-1829) : some aspects of his work (part 2 : carpentry) / L.G. Booth; title: Thomas Tredgold (1788-1829) : some aspects of his work (part 3 : cast iron) / R.J.M. Sutherland; title: The birth of stress : a historical review / R.J.M. Sutherland; title: The genesis of engineering : theory and practice / A. Rupert Hall; title: The functions of engineering research in the university / A.J.S. Pippard; title: The design of structural ironwork 1850-1890 : education, theory and practice / Stanley Smith; title: Structural design by observation of failures : how the Gothic master masons determined the dimensions of their structures / Henry J. Cowan; title: The Britannia Tubular Bridge : a paradigm of failure driven design / Henry Petroski; title: Structural failures and the growth of engineering knowledge / D.I. Blockley and J.R. Henderson; title: The evolution of structural engineering design procedures : a history for that skill called design / William Addis.