Structural Engineering

Draft 5.4Flexure 121 Check (+ 
) MA= 0; (20)(16)(RC)(28)+ (RD)(28+ 28)= 320 (17:67)(28)+ (3:12)(56)= 320 494 :76 + 174:72 ...

Draft Chapter 6 Case Study II: GEORGE WASHINGTON BRIDGE 6.1 Theory. 1 Whereastheforcesin a cablecanbe determinedfromstaticsalone ...

Draft 6.1Theory 125 Hv = wx 2 2 +C 1 x+C 2 (6.6-b) andtheconstants of integrationsC 1 andC 2 canbe obtainedfromtheboundarycondit ...

Draft 6.2TheCaseStudy 127 tower supportsandarermlyanchoredin bothbanksby hugeblocks of concrete,theanchors. 14 Becausethecables ...

Draft 6.2TheCaseStudy 129 6.2.3 CableForces 20 ThethrustH(which is thehorizontalcomponent of thecableforce)is determinedfromEq. ...

Draft 6.2TheCaseStudy 131 27 Thecablestressesaredeterminedlast,Fig.6.8: Awire = D 2 4 = (3:14)(0:196) 2 4 = 0: 03017 in 2 (6.22 ...

Draft Chapter 7 A BRIEF HISTORY OF STRUCTURAL ARCHITECTURE If I havebeen ableto see a little fartherthansome others, it was beca ...

Draft 7.3Romans 135 Figure7.2:Archimed conquerorof Syracuse. 7.3 Romans 10 Sciencemademuch lessprogressundertheRomansthanunderth ...

Draft 7.4TheMedieval Period (477-1492) 137 Figure7.5:HagiaSophia dieval masons'eortsto solve theproblemsassociatedwithsupportin ...

Draft 7.5TheRenaissance 139 31 Unfortunatly, theseimportant ndings,wereburiedin hisnotes,andengineersin thefteenth andsixteent ...

Draft 7.5TheRenaissance 141 Figure7.7:Palladio'sVillaRotunda ...

Draft 7.5TheRenaissance 143 Figure7.9:Galileo was born.Hiscontractwas notrenewed in 1592,probablybecausehe contradictedAristote ...

Draft 7.6PreModernPeriod, Seventeenth Century 145 appointedGreshamProfessorof Geometryat Oxfordin 1665.AftertheGreatFireof Londo ...

Draft 7.6PreModernPeriod, Seventeenth Century 147 63 ThePrincipia'sappearancealsoinvolved Newtonin anunpleasant episode withtheE ...

Draft 7.7Thepre-ModernPeriod; Coulomb andNavier 149 7.7 Thepre-ModernPeriod; Coulomb andNavier 75 Coulomb (1736-1806)was a Frenc ...

Draft 7.8TheModernPeriod (1857-Present) 151 88 Hisfamousaxiom,Formfollowsfunctionbecamethetouchstoneformany in hisprofes- sion.S ...

Draft 7.8TheModernPeriod (1857-Present) 153 Figure7.17: Nervi'sPalazettoDelloSport neededforhightowers, eliminatedthe needforint ...

Draft 7.8TheModernPeriod (1857-Present) 155 thanmy barehandsandnofurtheradditionto my academicbackground. Afterseveralyears of g ...

Draft Chapter 8 Case Study III: MAGAZINI GENERALI Adapted from(Billington and Mark 1983) 8.1 MagazziniGenerali;OverallDimensions ...

Draft 8.3Reactions 159 ROOF q = 1.4 k/ft FRAME + q = 0.2 k/ft ROOF q = 1.4 k/ft FRAME q = 1.6 k/ftTOTAL + q = 0.2 k/ft Figure8.3 ...