STRUCTURAL DESIGN FOR ARCHITECTURE

The radius of gyration is therefore given by, (A2.9) The substitution of I = r^2 A is normally made in the Euler buckling formul ...

Structural Design for Architecture Euler formula indicates that, as would be expected, the longer an element is the smaller is t ...

same as the actual length of the hinge-ended element which has the same buckling strength and which is identical to it in every ...

Structural Design for Architecture element's cross-section. The permissible stress values which are used in practice are not bas ...

Table A2.4 Basic permissible stresses for steel [suitable for preliminary sizing of elements only. Not to be used for final desi ...

Structural Design for Architecture Table A2.5a Permissible stresses for steel compressive elements (after BS 449) Intermediate v ...

Appendix 2 A2.4.4 Triangulated elements Triangulated girders and trusses can have a variety of overall forms. The most commonly ...

Table A2.6 Effective lengths of steel compressive elements for different conditions of end restraint (after BS 449) Conditions o ...

buckling-type failure is an important consider- ation. This is dependent on slenderness. Often reinforced concrete walls or colu ...

A2.7.2 Tension elements The area of cross-section required can be determined from: Areq = P/fapp (A2.13) where: Areq = area of c ...

Index NOTE The dating convention used in this book is the following: BCE: Before the Christian Era (for BC) CE: of the Christian ...

Structural Design for Architecture Lasdun, D. 107-8 La Tourette, monastery of, 107 Le Corbusier, 29, 102, 106-8, 112 Lloyds Head ...

cable network, 10, 37, 97-8 cold-formed section, 69 diagrid, 81 fire protection, 61, 72-3 framed-tube, 95 heat-treatment, 62 hot ...

ARCHITECTURE Following on from the author's previous book, Structure and Architecture, this book is concerned with the prelimina ...