ISBN: 9798188599164 - why bridges take the shapes they do: how forces, form, and failure forge the world's most essential structures (6 risultati)

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Why does one bridge soar on graceful cables while another marches across a valley on stubby arches Bridges are not shaped by taste alone. Their forms are dictated by an unforgiving conversation between force, material, distance, and risk.Edward Callenford unpacks the logic behind the world's most essential structures: how tension and compression decide whether you build a beam, an arch, a truss, or a suspension span; why longer crossings demand entirely different thinking; and what catastrophic failures, from Tacoma Narrows to the fall of great bridges, taught engineers about wind, resonance, and humility. Each chapter connects elegant theory to the steel and concrete you drive across every day.With original diagrams that reveal the hidden flow of forces, this is a compelling guide for anyone who wants to read a bridge the way an engineer does, and to understand why it stands.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Why does one bridge soar on graceful cables while another marches across a valley on stubby arches? Bridges are not shaped by taste alone. Their forms are dictated by an unforgiving conversation between force, material, distance, and risk.Edward Callenford unpacks the logic behind the world's most essential structures: how tension and compression decide whether you build a beam, an arch, a truss, or a suspension span; why longer crossings demand entirely different thinking; and what catastrophic failures, from Tacoma Narrows to the fall of great bridges, taught engineers about wind, resonance, and humility. Each chapter connects elegant theory to the steel and concrete you drive across every day.With original diagrams that reveal the hidden flow of forces, this is a compelling guide for anyone who wants to read a bridge the way an engineer does, and to understand why it stands. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Why does one bridge soar on graceful cables while another marches across a valley on stubby arches? Bridges are not shaped by taste alone. Their forms are dictated by an unforgiving conversation between force, material, distance, and risk.Edward Callenford unpacks the logic behind the world's most essential structures: how tension and compression decide whether you build a beam, an arch, a truss, or a suspension span; why longer crossings demand entirely different thinking; and what catastrophic failures, from Tacoma Narrows to the fall of great bridges, taught engineers about wind, resonance, and humility. Each chapter connects elegant theory to the steel and concrete you drive across every day.With original diagrams that reveal the hidden flow of forces, this is a compelling guide for anyone who wants to read a bridge the way an engineer does, and to understand why it stands. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…