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Author:   Mario Salvadori ,  Robert Heller ,  Deborah Oakley ,  Robert Heller
Publisher:   Pearson Education (US)
Imprint:   Pearson
Edition:   4th edition
Dimensions:   Width: 10.00cm , Height: 10.00cm , Length: 10.00cm
Weight:   0.100kg
ISBN:  

9780132803205

ISBN 10:   0132803208
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   26 May 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Brief Table of Contents Part I Fundamental Concepts 1 Structure in Architecture 2 Building Loads and Codes 3 Structural Materials 4 Structural Requirements 5 Basic States of Stress Part II Structural Forms 6 Tension and Compression Structures 7 Beams 8 Frames and Arches 9 Some Fine Points of Structural Behavior Part III Beyond the Basics 10 Grids, Plates, Folded Plates, and Space-Frames 11 Membranes 12 Thin Shells and Reticulated Domes 13 Structural Failures 14 Structural Aesthetics 15 Conclusion Understanding of Structural Principles Bibliography Index Detailed Table of Contents Foreword Preface Author Biographies Part I Fundamental Concepts 1 Structure in Architecture 1.1 What is Structure 1.2 Structure in Nature 1.3 The Architect and the Engineer 1.4 Historical Development 1.5 The Present Interest in Architecture 1.6 Structures and Intuition Key Ideas Developed in This Chapter Questions and Exercises Further Reading 2 Building Loads and Codes 2.1 The Purpose of Structure 2.2 Building Loads and Codes 2.3 Dead Loads 2.4 Live, Snow, and Wind Loads 2.5 Thermal and Settlement Loads 2.6 Dynamic Loads Key Ideas Developed in This Chapter Questions and Exercises Further Reading 3 Structural Materials 3.1 The Essential Properties of Structural Materials 3.2 Material Constants and Safety Factors 3.3 Modern Structural Materials Key Ideas Developed in This Chapter Questions and Exercises Further Reading 4 Structural Requirements 4.1 Basic Requirements 4.2 Equilibrium 4.3 Stability 4.4 Strength 4.5 Functionality 4.6 Economy 4.7 Aesthetics 4.8 Optimal Structures Key Ideas Developed in This Chapter Questions and Exercises Further Reading 5 Basic States of Stress 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Simple Tension 5.3 Simp

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Robert A. Heller, PhD, PE, was educated at Columbia University, where he joined the faculty of Civil Engineering. He was a colleague and coauthor of Professor Mario G. Salvador’I’s on the first three cited editions of this book, and also served as coauthor of Video Series: Mechanics of Structures and Materials. He was Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics at Virginia Tech from 1967 to 1996 where he taught undergraduate and graduate courses. He created educational movies for the National Science Foundation and performed research for the Department Of Defense on Aircraft Fatigue, Service life Prediction of Solid Propellant Rocket Motors, Strength and Durability of New Space Age Materials. His work has been published in numerous scientific and Technical Journals. As a teacher he has received several awards and honors including an Honorary Professorship from the Technical University of Budapest, Hungary and a Fulbright Scholarship at the Technical University of Vienna, Austria. He retired in 1996. Deborah J. Oakley, AIA, PE, has been teaching structures to architecture students for nearly 20 years.  She is an associate professor at the School of Architecture at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, where she also teaches design studio classes. Uniquely qualified as both a Registered Architect and Professional Engineer, she came to academia with education and experience in fields of both civil (structural) engineering and architecture. She is a passionate crusader for the integration of architecture and structure, including associated educational endeavors in the field. She is a founding member, past president, and board member of the Building Technology Educators’ Society (BTES online.org), the only North American academic organization of architectural educators focused on construction and structural technology education and research. Prior appointments have been as an assistant professor at the University of Maryland School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation and at the Philadelphia University School of Architecture and Design. Her current work involves conducting Discipline-Based Education Research in the area of architectural structures pedagogy.

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