Why buildings stand up : the strength of architecture. (Record no. 37401)
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| fixed length control field | 02636nam a2200157Ia 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 0393306763 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 624.17 |
| Item number | SAL |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Salvadori, Mario |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Why buildings stand up : the strength of architecture. |
| Medium | Book |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | New York |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | W. W. Norton & Co. |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | 2002 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 323p. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Contents<br/>1 Structures 17<br/>The Beginning of Architecture 17 <br/>Function and Structure 18<br/>Architects and Engineers 23<br/>Structure and the Layman 24<br/>2 The Pyramids 27<br/>What Are They? 27<br/>The Building of the Pyramids 29<br/>The Social Purpose of the Pyramids 38<br/>The Death of the Pyramids 40<br/>3 Loads 43<br/>Dead Loads 43<br/>Live Loads 44<br/>Dynamic Loads 45<br/>Wind Loads 49<br/>Earthquake Loads 53<br/>Thermal and Settlement Loads 54<br/>4 Materials 59<br/>Tension and Compression 59<br/>Elasticity and Plasticity 60<br/>Safety Factors 63<br/>Steel 64<br/>Reinforced Concrete 66<br/>Plastics 70<br/>5 Beams and Columns 72<br/>Newton's Laws 72<br/>Translational Equilibrium 73<br/>Rotational Equilibrium 75<br/>Beam Action 76<br/>Shear 83<br/>Buckling 85<br/>6 Houses 90<br/>Prehistoric and Historic Houses 90<br/>The American House 94<br/>Concrete-Frame Housing 96<br/>Prefabricated Concrete Buildings 101<br/>7 Skyscrapers 107<br/>The High-Rise Building 107<br/>The Birth of a Skyscraper 109<br/>The Skyscraper Structure 116<br/>8 The Eiffel Tower 126<br/>The Symbol 126<br/>The Builder of the Tower 129<br/>The Building of the Tower 133<br/>Cranes and Elevators 136<br/>The Life of the Tower 140<br/>The Taller Towers 141<br/>9 Bridges 144<br/>Arches 144<br/>Railroad Bridges 150<br/>Concrete Bridges 157 <br/>Space Frames 160<br/>10 The Brooklyn Bridge 165<br/>The Creator of the Bridge 165<br/>The Construction of the Bridge 169<br/>Modern Suspension Bridges 176<br/>11 Form-Resistant Structures 179<br/>Grids and Flat Slabs 179<br/>Strength through Form 186<br/>Curved Surfaces 188<br/>Barrel Roofs and Folded Plates 191<br/>Saddle Roofs 195<br/>Complex Roofs 198 <br/>Thin Shell Dams 201<br/>12 The Unfinished Cathedral 206<br/>The Origin of the Gothic Cathedrals 206<br/>Gothic Spaces and Structures 209<br/>Saint Pierre at Beauvais 217<br/>13 Domes 225<br/>The Largest Roofs in the World 225<br/>The Dome as Structure 226<br/>The Pantheon 230 <br/>Santa Maria del Fiore 233<br/>Modern Domes 242<br/>14 Hagia Sophia 246<br/>The Construction of the Church 246 <br/>The Interior of the Church 248<br/>The Structure of the Church 252<br/>The Fate of Hagia Sophia 255<br/>15 Tents and Balloons 259 <br/>Tents 259<br/>Pneumatic Structures 268<br/>16 The Hanging Sky 278<br/>Domes and Dishes 278<br/>The Hanging Dish 280<br/>17 The Message of Structure 288<br/>Semiotic Messages 288<br/>Semiotic Message and Scale 297<br/>The Varying Semiotic Message 300<br/>Afterword 303<br/>Index 315 |
| 890 ## - Country | |
| Country | USA |
| 891 ## - Topic | |
| Topic | FA |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Dewey Decimal Classification |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Buildings |
| -- | Structural engineering |
| -- | Structural stability |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection code | Withdrawn status | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Cost, normal purchase price | Total Checkouts | Total Renewals | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Date last borrowed | Price effective from | Koha item type | Public note | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Cost, replacement price |
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| Faculty of Technology | CEPT Library | CEPT Library | Sch. of Building Science & Tech | 06/03/2002 | MK Book Distributers | 707.27 | 34 | 27 | 624.17 SAL | B02746 | 28/03/2024 | 14/03/2024 | 30/08/2013 | Book | Status:Catalogued;Bill No:11441 | |||||||
| Faculty of Architecture | CEPT Library | CEPT Library | 14/07/2023 | Gratis from Suresh Patel (Alumns of FA1965 and FP1972) | 0.00 | 2 | 624.17 SAL | 025165 | 24/09/2024 | 23/09/2024 | 14/07/2023 | Book | Dewey Decimal Classification | 1450.00 |