Building Structures: From Concepts to Design
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| Rating | : | 4.16 (635 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0415336236 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 432 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-03-15 |
| Language | : | English |
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With over 400 pages and over 1000 user-friendly diagrams, this book is a must for anyone who has to or would like to understand the fascinating world of structures.. A thorough introduction to building for the non-expert, this book is a one-stop book reference source for knowing everything important about building structures.Readers:follow the history of structural understandinggrasp all the concepts of structural behaviour via step by step explanationsapply the concepts to a simple buildingsee how the concepts also apply to real buildings from Durham Cathedral to the Bank of Chinause the concepts to define the design processsee how the concepts inform design choicesunderstand how engineering and architecture have diverged and what effect this has hadlearn to do simple but relevant numerical calculations for actual structuresenter the world of structural theory and see how modern techniques are applied
"Examples?" according to J. Knox. The examples are non existent throughout the text (only separated in later chapters) so this book really wasn't helpful with learning how to calculate forces within structural members. It is helpful in the aspect that it teaches you what occurs within structural members as force is applied, the problem is that they do not apply numeric forces and break down how to solve it through example. This left me with a poor understanding of how to calculate action/reactionary forces within a truss or a beam or what have you.I should mention that this book was assigned to me as a text book for a beginner's college course . Conceptual theory of structures This book is excellent for understanding the underlying concepts of the theory of structures. There is information about materials, stresses, and structural analysis. A background in statics is required to understand this book. This book is NOT intended for laymen! I would not even recommend it to architects unless they have a solid structural background.The main drawback is that the analysis details are in the appendix of the book. This book is useful as a complement to an undergraduate education in structural analysis, but it is NOT a text on the subject. If I ever get to teach a course on structures, I would
Ideal for students of 1st and 2nd years.' – Lecturer, University of Liverpool. 'How I wish that, when I was introduced to the "theory of structures" and "strength of materials", Millais' book had been available to replace the dense and boring tomes that I was presented with.' – Derek Sugden, The Architects' Journal'Has someone ever urged you to "go back to first principles" but you could never find out what they were? Well, here is the book that will get you much, if not all, of the way there.' – Structural Engineer'Provides the historically-minded reader with an informative insight into structural matters, from which a better understanding of buildings should come. ' - Construction History'This book uses simple language to explain complex structural concepts and mathematical calculations