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Kurrer, Karl-Eugen
The History of the Theory of Structures
From Arch Analysis to Computational Mechanics Foreword by Ekkehard Ramm
Translated by Thrift, Philip

1., revised and enlarged Edition - April 2008
125.- Euro
2008. 848 Pages, Hardcover
667 Fig.
- Handbook/Reference Book -
ISBN 978-3-433-01838-5 - Ernst und Sohn, Berlin




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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.

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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

 





 

        

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