Screen LibrarySuper structures：the science of bridges, buildings, dams, and other feats of engineering
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Johns Hopkins University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Baltimore, Md. |
| Publication Dates: | c2010. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | 266 p.: ill. ; 23 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780801894367 (hc : alk. paper) 9780801894374 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0801894360 (hc : alk. paper) 0801894379 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | TU3 |
| CLC: | TU3 |
| Call Number: | TU3/D412 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction: Heavyweight engineering -- Building blocks -- Truss in all things high -- Towers of strength -- Arches and domes -- A bridge too far -- Dam it -- The bigger they are, the harder they fall -- Afterword: Highbrow engineering, heavyweight art. Physicist Mark Denny looks at the large structures around us -- tall buildings, long bridges, and big dams -- and explains how they were designed and built and why they sometimes collapse, topple, or burst. |