Kurrer, Karl-Eugen. <br/><br/>
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) 
<br/><br/> Translator from title page verso. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 778-830) and indexes. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><br/>Translated from the German. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9783433600177 3433600171 9783433600160 3433600163 
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label>10.1002/9783433600160  doi 
<br/><br/><label>Source: </label>10.1002/9783433600160  Wiley InterScience  http://www3.interscience.wiley.com 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Structural analysis (Engineering)--History.<br/>Statics--History.<br/>TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING--Structural.<br/>Statics.<br/>Structural analysis (Engineering)<br/>Estruturas (teoria)<br/>Constructions, Théorie des.<br/>Baustatik--Geschichte.<br/>Strukturmechanik--Geschichte.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.<br/>History.<br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>TA646  / .K8713 2008eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>624.1/709