Elements of Spatial Structures

Elements of Spatial Structures
Author: M. Y. H. Bangash
Publisher: Thomas Telford
Total Pages: 680
Release: 2003
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9780727731494

This excellent text highlights all aspects of the analysis and design of elements related to spatial structures, which have been carefully selected from existing structures. Analysing the design of elements of any full scale structure that contains facilities that have already been constructed makes good economic sense and avoids duplication in respect of research and development, the decision-making process and accurate design criteria for new constructed facilities.

Masonry Structures: Between Mechanics and Architecture

Masonry Structures: Between Mechanics and Architecture
Author: Danila Aita
Publisher: Birkhäuser
Total Pages: 337
Release: 2015-11-02
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 331913003X

The book aims to provide an overview of the state of the art on the mechanics of arches and masonry structures. It is addressed to an international audience, arising from the international context in which the Associazione Edoardo Benvenuto has carried out its activities in recent years, under the honorary presidency of Jacques Heyman. The book belongs to the collection Between Mechanics and Architecture, born in 1995 from the collaboration of several renowned scholars, including Edoardo Benvenuto (P. Radelet-de Grave, E. Benvenuto (eds.), Entre Mécanique et Architecture / Between Mechanics and Architecture, Birkhäuser, Basel 1995).

An Introduction to Shell Structures

An Introduction to Shell Structures
Author: Michele Melaragno
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 426
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 147570223X

Shell structures is a term defining concrete or steel vaults of present century architecture that derive from the masonry vaults and domes of the past.