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Author : Ted Ruddock
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1979-05-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 0521218160
This book is a comprehensive history of bridge building during the century.
Author : Ted Ruddock
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:473842897
Author : Stefka Ritchie
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2017-03-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781443879125
This book explores what remains an under-studied aspect of Samuel Johnson’s profile as a person and writer – namely, his attitude to social improvement. The interpretive framework provided here is cross-disciplinary, and applies perspectives from social and cultural history, legal history, architectural history and, of course, English literature. This allows Johnson’s writings to be read against the peculiarities of their historical milieu, and reveals Johnson in a new light – as an advocate of social improvement for human betterment. Considering the multiplicity of narrative modes that have been employed, the book points to the blurred boundaries and overlapping between history, testimony and fiction, and argues that a future biography of Samuel Johnson has to recognise that throughout his life he valued the utilitarian aspect of his manifesto as a writer to impart a more charitable attitude in the pursuit of a more caring society.
Author : John Sweetman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2019-05-23
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780429801952
First published in 1999, this book explores how, from the stone bridges of neoclassicism which soar out of wild woods to span pastoral valleys to the post-1750 engineer’s bridge with its links to the more industrial landscape, the bridge was a popular feature in painting throughout the period 1700-1920. Why did so many artists choose to portray bridges? In this lavishly illustrated and intriguing book, John Sweetman seeks to answer this question. He traces the history of the bridge in painting and printmaking through a vast range of work, some as familiar as William Etty’s The Bridge of Sighs and Claude Monet’s The Railway Bridge at Argenteuil and others less well known such as Wassily Kandinsky’s Composition IV and C.R.W. Nevinson’s Looking Through the Brooklyn Bridge. Distinctive characteristics emerge revealing the complex role of the bridge as both symbol and metaphor, and as a place of vantage, meeting and separation.
Author : Clive Melbourne
Publisher : Thomas Telford
Page : 712 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1995-04-07
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0727720481
This text brings together current knowledge on all aspects of bridge behaviour, covering developments in construction, design, analysis, repair and maintenance. Case histories are used to illustrate the methods used.
Author : A. Sinopoli
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2020-12-18
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781000150926
Modern structural engineering surprises us with the mastery and certainty with which it plans and carries out daring projects, such as the most recent metal or concrete bridges, whether they be suspension or arch bridges. On the other hand, little is yet known about the state of knowledge of construction science and techniques which, well before the arrival of modern methods based on the mechanics of deformable continua, made it possible in the past to erect the vaulted masonry structures rthat we have inherited. The fact that these have lasted through many centuries to our time, and are still in a fairly good state of conservation, makes them competitive, as far as stability and durability are concerned, with those constructed in other materials. Although it is known that the equilibrium of the arch is guaranteed by any funicular whatsoever of the loads, contained inside the profile of an arch, finding the unique solution is not such a certainty. In other words, the problem of the equilibrium of vaulted structures is 'Poleni's problem', the one for which the Venetian scientist was able to give an exemplary solution on the occasion of the assessment of the dome of St. Peter's. Arch Bridges focuses on the main aspects of the debate about the masonry arch bridge: History of structural mechanics and construction, theoretical models, analysis for assessment, numerical methods, experimental and non-destructive testing, maintenance and repair are the topics of the Conference. The breadth and variety of the contributions presented and discussed by leading experts from many countries make this volume an authoritative source of up-to-date information.
Author : David Barnard Steinman,Sara Ruth Watson
Publisher : New York : Dover Publications
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1957
Category : Bridges
ISBN : STANFORD:36105030428010
Author : Jeffrey A. Hess
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Concrete bridges
ISBN : WISC:89069565299
Author : A. W. Skempton
Publisher : Thomas Telford
Page : 952 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 072772939X
This biographical reference work looks specifically at the lives, works and careers of those individuals involved in civil engineering whose careers began before 1830.
Author : Judith A. McGaw
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 495 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2014-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780807839980
This collection of original essays documents technology's centrality to the history of early America. Unlike much previous scholarship, this volume emphasizes the quotidian rather than the exceptional: the farm household seeking to preserve food or acquire tools, the surveyor balancing economic and technical considerations while laying out a turnpike, the woman of child-bearing age employing herbal contraceptives, and the neighbors of a polluted urban stream debating issues of property, odor, and health. These cases and others drawn from brewing, mining, farming, and woodworking enable the authors to address recent historiographic concerns, including the environmental aspects of technological change and the gendered nature of technical knowledge. Brooke Hindle's classic 1966 essay on early American technology is also reprinted, and his view of the field is reassessed. A bibliographical essay and summary of Hindle's bibliographic findings conclude the volume. The contributors are Judith A. McGaw, Robert C. Post, Susan E. Klepp, Michal McMahon, Patrick W. O'Bannon, Sarah F. McMahon, Donald C. Jackson, Robert B. Gordon, Carolyn C. Cooper, and Nina E. Lerman.
Author : David P. Billington
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2022-05-17
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780691236933
An essential exploration of the engineering aesthetics of celebrated structures from long-span bridges to high-rise buildings What do structures such as the Eiffel Tower, the Brooklyn Bridge, and the concrete roofs of Pier Luigi Nervi have in common? According to The Tower and the Bridge, all are striking examples of structural art, an exciting area distinct from either architecture or machine design. Aided by stunning photographs, David Billington discusses the technical concerns and artistic principles underpinning the well-known projects of leading structural engineer-artists, including Othmar Ammann, Félix Candela, Gustave Eiffel, Fazlur Khan, Robert Maillart, John Roebling, and many others. A classic work, The Tower and the Bridge introduces readers to the fundamental aesthetics of engineering.
Author : David Featherstone Harrison
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780199272747
Medieval bridges are startling achievements of civil engineering, which prove the importance of road transport and the sophistication of the medieval economy. The Bridges of Medieval England rewrites their history, offering new insights into many aspects of the subject. It has profound implications for our understanding of pre-industrial economy and society, challenging accepted accounts of the development of medieval trade and communications and showing continuities from the Anglo-Saxon period to the eve of the Industrial Revolution.
Author : David T. Yeomans
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 693 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2017-05-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351891646
Woodworking has been one of the most important technologies from the earliest times. Carpentry was important for buildings and bridges and as an integral part of most construction processes. The history of this subject has been explored by a variety of scholars, from archaeologists who have studied medieval timber techniques to engineers who have been interested in the development of bridges. The different studies have explored the methods of carpentry, the behaviour of the structures that were built and even the economic and social histories behind the development of carpentry techniques. This book collects together a number of papers representing this full range of scholarship as well as providing a general review of work in the field.
Author : Dirk Proske,Pieter van Gelder
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2009-09-18
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783540776185
Historical stone arch bridges are still a major part of the infrastructure in many countries. Although this type of bridge has proven to be an efficient construction type, it often poses the problem of insufficient numerical models of the load bearing behavior. Therefore the book introduces methods to adapt life loads and introduces different types of numerical models of the load resistance respectively. The book continues with the introduction of specific damages and strengthening techniques. The book particularly focuses on the probabilistic safety assessment of historical arch bridges, for which often only limited material and structural data is available.
Author : R.J.M. Sutherland
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 473 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2016-12-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351897402
This book deals with the period when iron became the dominant ’high-technology’ material, increasingly taking over from timber and masonry. It was necessary for the engines and machines of the new industries, but equally vital for the vast civil engineering works which supported this industrialisation. It was these works - mills, warehouses, dockyards, and above all bridges - which so impressed the public in the early 19th century. The papers selected here trace the evolving structural uses of cast and wrought iron in frames and roofs for buildings, and look in particular at the development of bridge design and construction, in America, France, and Russia, as well as in Britain. They cover the processes of design and testing, and at the same time throw much light on the attitudes and careers of the engineers themselves.