245 x 165mm. pp. 201. English text. A volume examining the form and behaviour of tension structures. Black and white illustrations. Bound in original white pictorial boards. Boards and pages clean, showing just a little light wear.

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Bibliographic Details

Title

Tension Structures:Form and Behaviour

Publisher

Thomas Telford Publishing, London

Publication Date

2003

Language

English

ISBN 10

0727732366

ISBN 13

9780727732361

Binding

Hard Cover

Edition

First Hardback Edition.

Condition

Very Good

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Engineering

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Synopsis

Discusses tension structures that are predominantly roofing forms, created from pre-stressed cable nets, cable trusses and continuous membranes. This book discusses the role of stable minimal surfaces, in finding optimal shapes of membrane and cable structures. It also presents numerical modelling of the structural form.

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Wanda J. Lewis is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Engineering, University of Warwick, UK.

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