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a International Standard Book Number 9783319002873

a Standard number or code 10.1007/978-3-319-00287-3

a Personal name Tardini, Chiara.

a Title Toward Structural Mechanics Through Wooden Bridges in France (1716-1841)

h Medium [libro electrónico] /

c Statement of responsibility, etc by Chiara Tardini.

a Place of publication, distribution, etc Cham :

b Name of publisher, distributor, etc Springer International Publishing :

b Name of publisher, distributor, etc Imprint: Springer,

c Date of publication, distribution, etc 2014.

a Extent xv, 87 p. :

b Other physical details il.

a Series statement SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology,

x International Standard Serial Number 2191-530X

a Formatted contents note Tradition and innovation: the case of the 18th and 19th century wood bridges -- Theory and tests on wood elements in the French treatises of architecture and engineering in the 19th century -- The effect of the new bending theory on wood bridges building -- Conclusion.

a Summary, etc Early applications of Navierâ_Ts beam theory to the rational design of structures are documented in the Annales of the French Ecole des Ponts et Chaussées and refer to the design of three wooden bridges built in France in the 1840's. Revisiting these examples, the book provides documentation on the progressive establishment of the new design approach, based on the theory of structural mechanics rather than empirical knowledge. The bridges concerned were built according to the structural scheme patented by Ithiel Town in the USA, witnessing the diffusion in Europe of the American advancements in bridge design, circulated by the travel reports of French engineers from the Ecole. Through the exam of French treatises discussing the progress of theoretical formulations in parallel with experimental findings in the 18th and 19th centuries, the book retraces as well the long path which led to the formulation of Navierâ_Ts theory. The relevant scientific debate dealt mainly with the specific case of wood bridges; the text outlines a brief history of bridges built in the Alpine area at the time, based on unpublished iconographic materials from various European archives.

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Engineering.

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Architecture.

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Structural mechanics.

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Engineering design.

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Architectural History and Theory.

u Uniform Resource Identifier (R) http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-00287-3

c item type EBK

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