Building structures / Malcolm Millais.
By: Millais, Malcolm.
Material type: BookPublisher: London : Spon, 1997Description: vi, 355 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0419219706.Subject(s): Structural engineeringDDC classification: 624.1Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
A thorough introduction to building for the non-expert, working from first principles of construction to an in-depth application of this knowledge to real buildings.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 357-358).
Loads and load paths -- Internal forces -- Structural element behaviour -- Advanced concepts of stress -- Structural materials -- Safe structures and failure -- Structural geometry and behaviour -- Behaviour of a simple building -- Real structures -- Structural conception.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Introduction
- 1 Load and Load Paths
- 2 Internal Forces
- 3 Structural Element Behaviour
- 4 Advanced Concepts of Stress
- 5 Structural Materials
- 6 Safe Structure and Failure
- 7 Geometry and Structural Behaviour
- 8 Behaviour of a simple Building
- 9 Real Structures
- 10 Structural Conception
- 11 Structures and Built Form
- 12 A Simple Approach to Calculations
- 13 The Mathematical Basis
- Further reading
- Index