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David Yeomans - How Structures Work: Design and Behaviour from Bridges to Buildings - 9781119012276 - V9781119012276
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How Structures Work: Design and Behaviour from Bridges to Buildings

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Description for How Structures Work: Design and Behaviour from Bridges to Buildings Paperback. Structural engineering is central to the design of a building. How the building behaves when subjected to various forces the weight of the materials used to build it, the weight of the occupants or the traffic it carries, the force of the wind etc is fundamental to its stability. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: TN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170. .
Structural engineering is central to the design of a building. How the building behaves when subjected to various forces the weight of the materials used to build it, the weight of the occupants or the traffic it carries, the force of the wind etc is fundamental to its stability. The alliance between architecture and structural engineering is therefore critical to the successful design and completion of the buildings and infrastructure that surrounds us. Yet structure is often cloaked in mathematics which many architects and surveyors find difficult to understand. How Structures Work has been written to explain the behaviour of ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United States
ISBN
9781119012276
SKU
V9781119012276
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50

About David Yeomans
David Yeomans is an engineer and historian. He taught structural design at the Oxford and Liverpool Schools of Architecture, building construction, history and conservation at Manchester University, and currently teaches on the MSc course in timber conservation at the Weald and Downland Museum. He also practices as a structural engineer specializing in timber structures both new-build ... Read more

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