TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kurrer, Karl-Eugen
TI  - History of the theory of structures : from arch analysis to computational mechanics. Tr. by Philip Thrift
SN  - 3433018383
U1  - 624.17 
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Berlin
PB  - Ernst & Sohn
N1  - CONTENTS Foreward  5 Preface  9 Preface to the first, German edition  11 1. The tasks and aims of a historical study of theory of structures  20 2. Learning from the history of structural analysis : 11 introductory essays 30 3. The first fundamental engineering science disciplines : theory of structures and applied mechanics  142 4. From masonry arch to elastic arch  186 5. The beginnings of a theory of structures  250 6. The discipline-formation period to theory of structures  306 7. From construction with iron to modern structural steelwork  396 8. Member analysis conquers the third dimension : the spatial framework 474 9. Reinforced concrete's influence on theory of structures496 10. From classical to modern theory of structures  570 11. Twelve scientific controversies in mechanics and theory of structures 674 12. Perspectives for theory of structures  692 Brief biographies  712 Bibliography  778 Name Index  831 Subject Index  839
ER  -