Structure in Architecture: The Building of Buildings |
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Structure in Architecture: The Building of Buildings Mario Salvadori,Robert A. Heller No preview available - 1975 |
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aluminum arch architect architectural barrel bars behavior bending action bending stresses boundary bridge building built cable action carry loads circular columns compressive stresses considered cross section curvature curved cylinder dead load deflection deformation depth develop direction displacements dome efficient elastic limit elastic modulus ends equilibrium feet fibers flanges floor folded plates frame funicular grid hinged horizontal hyperbolic paraboloid I-beam increase lb/ft length lever arm longitudinal maximum membrane action membrane stresses midspan modulus neutral axis parabola parallel plane plastic flow post and lintel pounds per square pressure prestressed principal curvature principal stress ratio rectangular reinforced concrete reinforced-concrete resistance ribs right angles rigid roof rotation saddle surface shape shear stresses sides simply supported beam slabs Space frames span square inch steel stiff stiffeners strength structural elements structural materials structural systems surface temperature tensile stresses thickness thin shells thrust tie-rod transverse truss twist vertical loads weight