Super structures : the science of bridges, buildings, dams, and other feats of engineering / Mark Denny.

Main entry:

Denny, Mark, 1953-

Title & Author:

Super structures : the science of bridges, buildings, dams, and other feats of engineering / Mark Denny.

Publication:

Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010.

Description:

266 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
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.

Summary:

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.

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ISBN:

9780801894367 (hc ; alk. paper)
9780801894374 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
0801894360 (hc ; alk. paper)
0801894379 (pbk. ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Structural engineering Popular works.
Technique de la construction Ouvrages de vulgarisation.
Structural engineering.

Form/genre:

Popular works.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 270237
Call No.: BIB 202928
Status: Available

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