Empirical Structural Design for Architects, Engineers and Builders - Couverture souple

Boothby, Thomas

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0727762079 ISBN 13 : 9780727762078

Editeur : ICE Publishing, 2018

Synopsis

Empirical Structural Design for Architects, Engineers and Builders provides an explanation of empirical design as a practical means of making preliminary structural design decisions. The descriptive text, tables and figures assist the reader in completing a building design on the basis of proven ratios, simple rules of thumb, standard practices and acceptable minimum sizes.

Key feature of this book include

• international appeal through the inclusion of metric and customary US units
• reduction of preliminary structural decisions to simple rules
• matching building programmes to appropriate structural types
• simplified design rules that are easy to retain and easy to look up

Written to be accessible to all professionals in the building design and construction process, this book will be an essential read for students or practitioners who are at an early stage in their architectural or engineering careers. The book will also be valuable to participants in the building construction process, including engineers.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Empirical Structural Design for Architects, Engineers and Builders provides an explanation of empirical design as a practical means of making preliminary structural design decisions. The descriptive text, tables and figures assist the reader in completing a building design on the basis of proven ratios, simple rules of thumb, standard practices and acceptable minimum sizes. Key feature of this book include international appeal through the inclusion of metric and customary US units; reduction of preliminary structural decisions to simple rules; matching building programmes to appropriate structural types and simplified design rules that are easy to retain and easy to look up. Written to be accessible to all professionals in the building design and construction process, this book will be an essential read for students or practitioners who are at an early stage in their architectural or engineering careers. The book will also be valuable to participants in the building construction process, including engineers.

Biographie de l'auteur

Thomas Boothby is Professor of Architectural Engineering at The Pennsylvania State University, College of Engineering, USA.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: ICE Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0727762079
• ISBN 13: 9780727762078
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 216
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible