A history of civil engineering
Author | : Hans Straub |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 258 |
Release | : 1964 |
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Author | : Hans Straub |
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Total Pages | : 258 |
Release | : 1964 |
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Author | : Bernard G. Dennis |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 364 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
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This collection contains 17 papers presented at the Fifth National History and Heritage Congress at the 2004 ASCE Annual Conference and Exposition, held in Baltimore, Maryland, October 20-23, 2004.
Author | : Ronald B. Hartzer |
Publisher | : U.S. Government Printing Office |
Total Pages | : 846 |
Release | : 2014 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
"Leading the way describes how the men and women of Air Force civil engineering have provided the basing that enabled the Air Force to fly, fight, and win. This book depicts how engineers built hundreds of bases during World Wars I and II, Korea, Vietnam, the Gulf War, and Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. At the same time, these engineers operated and maintained a global network of enduring, peacetime bases. It describes the engineers' role in special projects such as the ballistic missile program, the Arctic early warning sites, and construction of the U.S. Air Force Academy. Using hundreds of sources, this detailed narrative tells the story of how civil engineers have been organized, trained, equipped, and employed for more than 100 years. From the beaches of Normandy to the mountains of Afghanistan, civil engineers have forged an unmatched record of success and built a solid foundation for today's Air Force."--Back cover.
Author | : Bill Addis |
Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 70 |
Release | : 2020-11-02 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : 3433032572 |
Physical models have been, and continue to be used by engineers when faced with unprecedented challenges, when engineering science has been non-existent or inadequate, and in any other situation when the engineer has needed to raise their confidence in a design proposal to a sufficient level to begin construction. For this reason, models have mostly been used by designers and constructors of highly innovative projects, when previous experience has not been available. The book covers the history of using of physical models in the design and development of civil and building engineering projects including bridges in the mid-18th century, William Fairbairn?s Britannia bridge in the 1840s, the masonry Aswan Dam in the 1890s, concrete dams in the 1920s, thin concrete shell roofs and the dynamic behaviour of tall buildings in earthquakes from the 1930s, tidal flow in estuaries and the acoustics of concert halls from the 1950s, and cable-net and membrane structures in the 1960s. Traditionally, progress in engineering has been attributed to the creation and use of engineering science, the understanding materials properties and the development of new construction methods. The book argues that the use of reduced scale models have played an equally important part in the development of civil and building engineering. However, like the history of engineering design itself, this crucial contribution has not been widely reported or celebrated. The book concludes with reviews of the current use of physical models alongside computer models, for example, in boundary layer wind tunnels, room acoustics, seismic engineering, hydrology, and air flow in buildings.
Author | : David Muir Wood |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 161 |
Release | : 2012-09-27 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 019957863X |
Discusses the importance of civil engineering in the history of civilization, explores problems civil engineers face each day, and outlines some modern accomplishments in the field.
Author | : G. A. Tokaty |
Publisher | : Courier Corporation |
Total Pages | : 277 |
Release | : 2013-02-20 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : 0486152650 |
Through the centuries, the intricacies of fluid mechanics — the study of the laws of motion and fluids in motion — have occupied many of history's greatest minds. In this pioneering account, a distinguished aeronautical scientist presents a history of fluid mechanics focusing on the achievements of the pioneering scientists and thinkers whose inspirations and experiments lay behind the evolution of such disparate devices as irrigation lifts, ocean liners, windmills, fireworks and spacecraft. The author first presents the basics of fluid mechanics, then explores the advances made through the work of such gifted thinkers as Plato, Aristotle, da Vinci, Galileo, Pascal, Newton, Bernoulli, Euler, Lagrange, Ernst Mach and other scientists of the 20th century. Especially important for its illuminating comparison of the development of fluid mechanics in the former Soviet Union with that in the West, the book concludes with studies of transsonic compressibility and aerodynamics, supersonic fluid mechanics, hypersonic gas dynamics and the universal matter-energy continuity. Professor G. A. Tokaty has headed the prestigious Aeronautical Research Laboratory at the Zhukovsky Academy of Aeronautics in Moscow, and has taught at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is Emeritus Professor of Aeronautics and Space Technology, The City University, London.
Author | : Matthew Wells |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 2010-03-04 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 1134343256 |
Describes and illustrates engineering design and what conditions, events, cultural influences and personalities have brought it to its present state. For professional and student architects and engineers.
Author | : Jerry R. Rogers |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 188 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : |
In an effort to encourage the development of course material and new approaches to history, presents facts, stories, and technical information on civil engineering past and present. Some of the 25 papers look at specific landmarks, including the Mosely Riveted Wrought Iron Arch. Others survey parts of the US and describe field trips or explore such topics as designing and constructing medieval cathedrals, aesthetics, underground structures, and the pyramids. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
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Publisher | : Amer Society of Civil Engineers |
Total Pages | : 264 |
Release | : 2001-01-01 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : 9780784405260 |
Author | : Straub |
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Release | : 1960 |
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