Super structures : the science of bridges, buildings, dams, and other feats of engineering /
Denny, Mark, 1953-
Super structures : the science of bridges, buildings, dams, and other feats of engineering / Mark Denny. - Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010. - 266 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Heavyweight engineering -- Building blocks -- Truss in all things high -- Towers of strength -- Arches and domes -- A bridge too far -- Dam it -- The bigger they are, the harder they fall -- Afterword: Highbrow engineering, heavyweight art.
9780801894367 (hc : alk. paper) 9780801894374 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0801894360 (hc : alk. paper) 0801894379 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2009024469
Structural engineering--Popular works.
TA633 / .D425 2010
624.1/7
Super structures : the science of bridges, buildings, dams, and other feats of engineering / Mark Denny. - Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010. - 266 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Heavyweight engineering -- Building blocks -- Truss in all things high -- Towers of strength -- Arches and domes -- A bridge too far -- Dam it -- The bigger they are, the harder they fall -- Afterword: Highbrow engineering, heavyweight art.
9780801894367 (hc : alk. paper) 9780801894374 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0801894360 (hc : alk. paper) 0801894379 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2009024469
Structural engineering--Popular works.
TA633 / .D425 2010
624.1/7