Title Building anatomy : an illustrated guide to how structures work / Iver Wahl

Published New York : McGraw-Hill, [2007] ©2007

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Description xix, 401 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm Series McGraw-Hill construction series McGraw-Hill construction series. Contents Overview -- Process -- Structural failure -- Loads -- Lateral support -- Geology and soil -- Foundations -- Cable structures -- Arches -- Post and beam -- Rigid frames -- Bearing wall and slab -- Trusses -- Space frames -- Folded plates -- Vaults -- Domes -- Shells -- Tents -- Pneumatics -- Hybrids and exotics -- Structural selection -- Structural creativity -- Quality assurance Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 377-380) and index Subject Structural stability. Building -- Details -- Pictorial works. Structural failures -- Prevention. Genre/Form Illustrated works. LC no. 2006036272 ISBN 0071432132 alkaline paper 9780071432139 alkaline paper

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