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How Structures Work
Design and Behaviour from Bridges to Buildings

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Wie funktionieren Gebäude? Yeomans gibt darauf eine Antwort und erläutert Konstruktionskonzepte auf verständliche Weise, ohne sich dabei komplexer mathematischer Berechnungen zu bedienen. Am Beispiel unzähliger historischer und zeitgenössischer Gebäude werden allgemeine Konstruktionsprinzipien und mathematische Berechnungsgrundlagen erklärt, die dem Leser die konstruktionstechnischen Merkmale von Bauwerken eingängig und verständlich näher bringen.


David Yeomans is an engineer and an historian. He taught structural design at the Oxford and Liverpool Schools of Architecture and building construction, history and building conservation at Manchester University.

He currently teaches on the MSc course in timber conservation at the Weald and Downland Museum (run on behalf of Bournemouth University) and is also Senior Research Fellow at Liverpool University. He also practices as a structural engineer specializing in timber structures - both new-build and conservation work. He is secretary of the International Scientific Committee for the Analysis and restoration of Structures of Architectural Heritage, which is an ICOMOS scientific committee.


Preface.



1 Brackets and Bridges.



Cooper's tragedy.



The Forth Bridge.



Members in compression.



The Quebec Bridge.



Forces in a bracket.



The design process.



Stresses.



2 Stiffening a Beam - Girder Bridges.



The simple truss.



Tension trusses.



Girder bridges: the Forth Bridge.



3 Arches and Suspension Bridges.



Building an arch.



Blackfriars Bridge.



Pontypridd Bridge.



The forces in an arch.



Practical issues.



Forces within the arch ring.



Edwards's failure.



An unexpected failure.



Arch with point load.



Iron and concrete arches.



The suspension bridge.



Arches in buildings - flying buttresses.



Arches in walls.



4 Bringing the Loads to the Ground - The Structural Scheme.



Introduction.



The alternatives.



Choices.



Nature of the loads.



'Flow of forces', or action and reaction.



Describing the structure.



Structures are three-dimensional.



5 Safe as Houses? - Walls.



Bricks and mortar.



Point loads and openings.



Cavity walls.



Thick walls.



Foundation loads.



Horizontal loads.



Foundation stresses.



6 Frames - A Problem of Stability.



Timber framing.



Bracing forces.



Bending in the post.



Light frame construction.



The coming of iron.



The frame today.



The multi-storey frame.



Columns.



7 Floors and Beams - Deflections and Bending Moments.



The need for science.



Floors and deflections.



The forces in the beam.



Strain.



Galileo's cantilever.



Finding the stresses.



From cantilever to beam.



Iron and steel beams.



Cast iron.



Reinforced and prestressed concrete.



Reinforced concrete beams.



Prestressing.



Two-way floors.



Other structures in bending.



8 Providing Shelter - Roofs.



Common rafter roofs.



Purlin roofs.



Longitudinal stability.



The roof truss.



The coming of iron.



Three-dimensional roofs.



9 Structures in a Three-dimensional World.



Vaults.



The pointed vault.



Elaborations on the basic vault form.



Building vaults.



Domes.



A dome analysis.



Some historical examples.



The modern three-dimensional structure.



Anticlastic forms.



Structures in tension.



Structures for their time and place.



Appendix: Some Elements of Grammar.



Glossary.



Index.

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Wie funktionieren Gebäude? Yeomans gibt darauf eine Antwort und erläutert Konstruktionskonzepte auf verständliche Weise, ohne sich dabei komplexer mathematischer Berechnungen zu bedienen. Am Beispiel unzähliger historischer und zeitgenössischer Gebäude werden allgemeine Konstruktionsprinzipien und mathematische Berechnungsgrundlagen erklärt, die dem Leser die konstruktionstechnischen Merkmale von Bauwerken eingängig und verständlich näher bringen.


David Yeomans is an engineer and an historian. He taught structural design at the Oxford and Liverpool Schools of Architecture and building construction, history and building conservation at Manchester University.

He currently teaches on the MSc course in timber conservation at the Weald and Downland Museum (run on behalf of Bournemouth University) and is also Senior Research Fellow at Liverpool University. He also practices as a structural engineer specializing in timber structures - both new-build and conservation work. He is secretary of the International Scientific Committee for the Analysis and restoration of Structures of Architectural Heritage, which is an ICOMOS scientific committee.


Preface.



1 Brackets and Bridges.



Cooper's tragedy.



The Forth Bridge.



Members in compression.



The Quebec Bridge.



Forces in a bracket.



The design process.



Stresses.



2 Stiffening a Beam - Girder Bridges.



The simple truss.



Tension trusses.



Girder bridges: the Forth Bridge.



3 Arches and Suspension Bridges.



Building an arch.



Blackfriars Bridge.



Pontypridd Bridge.



The forces in an arch.



Practical issues.



Forces within the arch ring.



Edwards's failure.



An unexpected failure.



Arch with point load.



Iron and concrete arches.



The suspension bridge.



Arches in buildings - flying buttresses.



Arches in walls.



4 Bringing the Loads to the Ground - The Structural Scheme.



Introduction.



The alternatives.



Choices.



Nature of the loads.



'Flow of forces', or action and reaction.



Describing the structure.



Structures are three-dimensional.



5 Safe as Houses? - Walls.



Bricks and mortar.



Point loads and openings.



Cavity walls.



Thick walls.



Foundation loads.



Horizontal loads.



Foundation stresses.



6 Frames - A Problem of Stability.



Timber framing.



Bracing forces.



Bending in the post.



Light frame construction.



The coming of iron.



The frame today.



The multi-storey frame.



Columns.



7 Floors and Beams - Deflections and Bending Moments.



The need for science.



Floors and deflections.



The forces in the beam.



Strain.



Galileo's cantilever.



Finding the stresses.



From cantilever to beam.



Iron and steel beams.



Cast iron.



Reinforced and prestressed concrete.



Reinforced concrete beams.



Prestressing.



Two-way floors.



Other structures in bending.



8 Providing Shelter - Roofs.



Common rafter roofs.



Purlin roofs.



Longitudinal stability.



The roof truss.



The coming of iron.



Three-dimensional roofs.



9 Structures in a Three-dimensional World.



Vaults.



The pointed vault.



Elaborations on the basic vault form.



Building vaults.



Domes.



A dome analysis.



Some historical examples.



The modern three-dimensional structure.



Anticlastic forms.



Structures in tension.



Structures for their time and place.



Appendix: Some Elements of Grammar.



Glossary.



Index.

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Table of Contents

Preface. 1 Brackets and Bridges. Cooper's tragedy. The Forth Bridge. Members in compression. The Quebec Bridge. Forces in a bracket. The design process. Stresses. 2 Stiffening a Beam - Girder Bridges. The simple truss. Tension trusses. Girder bridges: the Forth Bridge. 3 Arches and Suspension Bridges. Building an arch. Blackfriars Bridge. Pontypridd Bridge. The forces in an arch. Practical issues. Forces within the arch ring. Edwards's failure. An unexpected failure. Arch with point load. Iron and concrete arches. The suspension bridge. Arches in buildings - flying buttresses. Arches in walls. 4 Bringing the Loads to the Ground - The Structural Scheme. Introduction. The alternatives. Choices. Nature of the loads. 'Flow of forces', or action and reaction. Describing the structure. Structures are three-dimensional. 5 Safe as Houses? - Walls. Bricks and mortar. Point loads and openings. Cavity walls. Thick walls. Foundation loads. Horizontal loads. Foundation stresses. 6 Frames - A Problem of Stability. Timber framing. Bracing forces. Bending in the post. Light frame construction. The coming of iron. The frame today. The multi-storey frame. Columns. 7 Floors and Beams - Deflections and Bending Moments. The need for science. Floors and deflections. The forces in the beam. Strain. Galileo's cantilever. Finding the stresses. From cantilever to beam. Iron and steel beams. Cast iron. Reinforced and prestressed concrete. Reinforced concrete beams. Prestressing. Two-way floors. Other structures in bending. 8 Providing Shelter - Roofs. Common rafter roofs. Purlin roofs. Longitudinal stability. The roof truss. The coming of iron. Three-dimensional roofs. 9 Structures in a Three-dimensional World. Vaults. The pointed vault. Elaborations on the basic vault form. Building vaults. Domes. A dome analysis. Some historical examples. The modern three-dimensional structure. Anticlastic forms. Structures in tension. Structures for their time and place. Appendix: Some Elements of Grammar. Glossary. Index.

About the Author

David Yeomans is an engineer and an historian. He taught structural design at the Oxford and Liverpool Schools of Architecture and building construction, history and building conservation at Manchester University. He currently teaches on the MSc course in timber conservation at the Weald and Downland Museum (run on behalf of Bournemouth University) and is also Senior Research Fellow at Liverpool University. He also practices as a structural engineer specializing in timber structures -- both new-build and conservation work - and was formerly secretary of the International Scientific Committee for the Analysis and restoration of Structures of Architectural Heritage, an ICOMOS scientific committee.

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The reader can equally well read How Structures Work straight through or pick it up and wade in almost randomly. There are no two consecutive pages without some enlightenment. ( Timber Framing , December 2009)

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