Kurrer, Karl-Eugen The History of the Theory of Structures From Arch Analysis to Computational Mechanics Foreword by Ekkehard Ramm
1., revised and enlarged Edition - April 2008 119.- Euro 2008. 848 Pages, Hardcover 667 Fig. - Handbook/Reference Book - ISBN-10: 3-433-01838-3 ISBN-13: 978-3-433-01838-5 - Ernst und Sohn, Berlin
Short description This major work is about more than the origins and use of statics, it is also about the very ideas of "statics" and "strength of materials" and how they came to be part of the engineer's life. Fully referenced, with short biographies of over 175 important engineers.
From the contents Foreword by Prof. Ekkehard Ramm Preface Preface to the first, German edition 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 discipline-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 Brief biographies Bibliography Name index Subject index
