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Nexus Network Journal: Mechanics in Architecture In memory of Mario Salvadori 1907–1997

By Kim Williams (auth.) , Kim Williams (eds.)

Book information

Publisher
Birkhäuser Basel
Year
2008
ISBN
978-3-7643-8444-9, 978-3-7643-8699-3
DOI
10.1007/978-3-7643-8699-3
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
19 MB (19738363 bytes)
Series
Nexus Network Journal 9,2
Edition
1
Pages
221\215
Time added
2014-01-18 08:00:00
generalMathematics

Description

This volume is dedicated to "Mechanics in Architecture", that is, the science of structural mechanics, including the behaviour of structures, internal forces, and deformation, as well as the development of new structural systems to resist thrusts as a result of new architectural forms. It is a field of enquiry that examines a particular aspect of the relationships between architecture and the mathematical sciences. Some of the papers in this issue were presented at the Nexus 2006 conference during a special session dedicated to mechanics. Other research papers focus on an eighteenth-century Belgian pyramid, aspects of "fractal" architecture, and properties of a family of irrational values. The issue also includes a description and evaluation of a university-level course in architecture and mathematics, Rachel Fletcher's Geometer's Angle column, and book reviews.

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