Simplified Design of Building Structures (Parker/Ambrose Series of Simplified Design Guides) - Softcover

Ambrose, James

 
9780471037446: Simplified Design of Building Structures (Parker/Ambrose Series of Simplified Design Guides)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0471037443 ISBN 13: 9780471037446
Publisher: Wiley, 1995

Synopsis

This book is full of examples of what designers can do once they learn the basics. This book presents an overview of the structural design process for designers with limited backgrounds in engineering analysis and mathematics. Included is information on structural systems and materials, the development of the general form and basic elements of a specific system, and construction plans and details. Included are examples of eleven different structural systems, each with an explanation of the design and a sample set of construction plans and details.

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About the Author

James Ambrose is Editor of the Parker/Ambrose Series of Simplified Design Guides. He has practiced as an architect in California and Illinois, and as a structural engineer in Illinois. He was a professor of architecture at the University of Southern California.

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Publisher
Wiley
Publication date
1995
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0471037443
ISBN 13 
9780471037446
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
3
Number of pages
288

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