Pushing the limits : new adventures in engineering

By:

Petroski, Henry

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York Alfred A. Knopf Inc. 2004Description: xii,288,iipISBN:

1400040515

DDC classification:

620 PET

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Book	CEPT Library	Faculty of Technology	620 PET	Available	Status:Catalogued;Bill No:WORDI/2012/CRB/752		010459

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Contents Preface xi BRIDGES Art in Iron and Steel 3 Bridges of America 13 Benj amin Franklin Bridge 21 Floating Bridges 31 Confederation Bridge 42 Pont de Normandie 51 Britannia Bridge 60 Tower Bridge 71 Drawing Bridges 80 An Eye-Opening Bridge 91 Millennium Legacies 100 Broken Bridges 113 New and Future Bridges 120 AND OTHER THINGS Dorton Arena 131 Bilbao 141 Santiago Calatrava 150 Fazlur Khan 159 The Fall of Skyscrapers 169 Vanities of the Bonfire 180 St. Francis Dam 194 Three Gorges Dam 207 Fuel Cells 227 Engineers' Dreams 239 Engineers' Achievements 248 Acknowledgments and Bibliography 257 List of Illustrations and Credits 271 Index 273

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