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Kurrer, Karl-Eugen.

The history of the theory of structures : from arch analysis to computational mechanics / Karl-Eugen Kurrer ; [English translation, Philip Thrift]. - Berlin : Ernst & Sohn, ©2008. - 1 online resource (848 pages, [4] pages of plates) : illustrations (some color)

Translator from title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 778-830) and indexes.

The tasks and aims of a historical study of theory of structures -- Learning from the history of structural analysis : 11 introductory essays -- The first fundamental engineering science disciplines : theory of structures and applied mechanics -- From masonry arch to elastic arch -- The beginnings of a theory of structures -- The disciplines-formation period of theory of structures -- From construction with iron to modern structural steelwork -- Member analysis conquers the third dimension : the spatial framework -- Reinforced concrete's influence on theory of structures -- From classical to modern theory of structures -- Twelve scientific controversies in mechanics and theory of structures -- Perspectives for theory of structures.


Translated from the German.

ISBN: 9783433600177 3433600171 9783433600160 3433600163

Standard No.: 10.1002/9783433600160 doi

Source: 10.1002/9783433600160 Wiley InterScience http://www3.interscience.wiley.com

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Structural analysis (Engineering)--History.
Statics--History.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING--Structural.
Statics.
Structural analysis (Engineering)
Estruturas (teoria)
Constructions, Théorie des.
Baustatik--Geschichte.
Strukturmechanik--Geschichte.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
History.
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: TA646 / .K8713 2008eb

Dewey Class. No.: 624.1/709