Simplified Design of Building Structures - Third Edition

Ambrose, James and Dimitry Vergun

ISBN 10: 0471037443 / ISBN 13: 9780471037446

Published by John Wiley & Sons Inc., New York, 1995

About this Item

First printing. 4to 10 1/4" tall. Blue boards stamped in gilt. 5 parts. 15 chapters. 2 appendices. Biblio. Index. x, 271 pages. Parker/Ambrose series of simplified design guides. A few fox spots on top page edges otherwise clean. Bright paper. Tightly bound. near Fine condition.

Seller Inventory # 022611

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Simplified Design of Building Structures - Third Edition
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc., New York
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0471037443
• ISBN 13: 9780471037446
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Seller catalogs:
  • General #1

About this title

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.

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.