Super structures : the science of bridges, buildings, dams, and other feats of engineering / Mark Denny.
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TextPublisher: Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010Description: 266 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 9780801894367 (hc : alk. paper); 9780801894374 (pbk. : alk. paper); 0801894360 (hc : alk. paper); 0801894379 (pbk. : alk. paper)Subject(s): Structural engineering -- Popular worksDDC classification: 624.17 LOC classification: TA633 | .D425 2010
Contents:
Introduction: Heavyweight engineering -- Building blocks -- Truss in all things high -- Towers of strength -- Arches and domes -- A bridge too far -- Dam it -- The bigger they are, the harder they fall -- Afterword: Highbrow engineering, heavyweight art.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Heavyweight engineering -- Building blocks -- Truss in all things high -- Towers of strength -- Arches and domes -- A bridge too far -- Dam it -- The bigger they are, the harder they fall -- Afterword: Highbrow engineering, heavyweight art.
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