Structural Engineering Art and Approximation

"It is better to be roughly night than precisely wrong." John Maynard Keynes

LOOK INSIDE? Samples and chapter summaries may be found on the website www.struartapp.com

This book contains approximate structural calculation methods for engineers and architects. For easy reference and assimilation it is broken down into categories from simple beams to more complex examples. With numerous figures and photographs it closely relates theory to real structures. Engineering structures is mostly formally taught in a lecture room with little time devoted to real examples. On graduation an engineer has to cope with turning this eagerly acquired knowledge into reality. To make sense of this a designer needs to be able to test their ideas with a simple set of tools which involve little more than pen, paper and calculator. Architects often wonder if there is an easier way to evaluate alternative structural solutions in their designs.

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Structural Engineering Art and Approximation

"It is better to be roughly night than precisely wrong." John Maynard Keynes

LOOK INSIDE? Samples and chapter summaries may be found on the website www.struartapp.com

This book contains approximate structural calculation methods for engineers and architects. For easy reference and assimilation it is broken down into categories from simple beams to more complex examples. With numerous figures and photographs it closely relates theory to real structures. Engineering structures is mostly formally taught in a lecture room with little time devoted to real examples. On graduation an engineer has to cope with turning this eagerly acquired knowledge into reality. To make sense of this a designer needs to be able to test their ideas with a simple set of tools which involve little more than pen, paper and calculator. Architects often wonder if there is an easier way to evaluate alternative structural solutions in their designs.

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Structural Engineering Art and Approximation

Structural Engineering Art and Approximation

by Hugh Morrison
Structural Engineering Art and Approximation

Structural Engineering Art and Approximation

by Hugh Morrison

Overview

"It is better to be roughly night than precisely wrong." John Maynard Keynes

LOOK INSIDE? Samples and chapter summaries may be found on the website www.struartapp.com

This book contains approximate structural calculation methods for engineers and architects. For easy reference and assimilation it is broken down into categories from simple beams to more complex examples. With numerous figures and photographs it closely relates theory to real structures. Engineering structures is mostly formally taught in a lecture room with little time devoted to real examples. On graduation an engineer has to cope with turning this eagerly acquired knowledge into reality. To make sense of this a designer needs to be able to test their ideas with a simple set of tools which involve little more than pen, paper and calculator. Architects often wonder if there is an easier way to evaluate alternative structural solutions in their designs.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781917336864
Publisher: Hugh Morrison
Publication date: 06/12/2024
Edition description: 5th ed.
Pages: 170
Product dimensions: 8.27(w) x 11.69(h) x 0.46(d)

About the Author

Book Website: www.struartapp.com - Hugh graduated in Architectural Engineering from Leeds University in 1984. He has worked at: British Aerospace on space structures, Arup Associates and Arup in London, Anthony Hunt Associates, Stephen Morley Partnership and was a director at Scott Hughes Design. He set up Hugh Morrison Associates in 2010, a sole trading company, further developing his expertise in SIPs, timber frame and special structures such as glass staircases.

Table of Contents

Part 1 Introduction

Acknowledgements

Prologue

Chapter 1.1 Introduction



Part 2 A Visual Approach to Design with Examples

Chapter 2.1 Structural Engineering: Efficacy, Balance and Grace

Chapter 2.2 Simply Supported Chapter Beams

Chapter 2.3 Cantilever Beams

Chapter 2.4 Continuous Beams

Chapter 2.5 Framed Structures

Chapter 2.6 Trusses and Vierendeel Structures

Chapter 2.7 Tension and Suspension Structures

Chapter 2.8 Arches, Vaults and Domes

Chapter 2.9 Torsion Structures and Ring Beams

Chapter 2.10 Plate Structures

Chapter 2.11 Deep Beams, Load Carrying Walls and Diaphragms

Chapter 2.12 Dynamics

Chapter 2.13 Foundations

Part 3 A Review of Failures and Practice

Chapter 3.1 Learning from Failure

Chapter 3.2 To Conclude

Famous Structural Engineers

References



List of Figures



Full List of Photographs with Credits

Index

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