Bridges

Author: David Blockley
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Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 0199543593

Bridges: The science and art of the world's most inspiring structures

The Brooklyn Bridge, London's Tower Bridge, Sydney's Harbour Bridge, San Francisco's Golden Gate--bridges can be breathtakingly monumental structures, magnificent works of art, and vital arteries that make life vastly easier. Download Bridges: The science and art of the world's most inspiring structures from rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared. br>
In Bridges, eminent structural engineer David Blockley takes readers on a fascinating guided tour of bridge construction, ranging from the primitive rope bridges (now mainly found in adventure movies), to Roman aqueducts and the timber trestle railway bridges of the American West, to today's modern marvels, such as the Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge, which has the largest span in the world. Blockley outlines the forces at work on a bridge--tension, compression, and shear--and the basic structural elements Search and find a lot of engineering books in many category availabe for free download.

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