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David P. Billington

    This author focuses on exploring the influence of engineering on society and culture. Their works often delve into how architectural and infrastructural structures reflect and shape human values and aspirations. Through their writing, they offer a unique perspective on the interconnectedness of technology, art, and history. Readers will appreciate their ability to reveal deeper meanings within the very foundations of our civilization.

    Thin Shell Concrete Structures
    • Thin Shell Concrete Structures

      • 373 pages
      • 14 hours of reading

      This is a revision of the standard reference,updated and made more practical. Much theoretical material has been excised,and a multitude of applications and examples have been added. Worked-out designs for cooling towers,water tanks,and point-supported domes have been added. The emphasis is now placed on useful material on the analysis and design of concrete shells for the practicing architect and engineer. The book covers in detail the practice in designing shells developed over the last 20 years both in America and abroad and stresses the importance of most recent developments in shell design.

      Thin Shell Concrete Structures
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