Title |
Innovative surface structures : technology and applications / Martin Bechthold. |
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Imprint |
Abingdon [England] : Taylor & Francis, 2008 |
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Male Library
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TA660.P6 B37 2008 |
Available |
Male Library
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TA660.P6 B37 2008 c.2 |
Available |
Female Library
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TA660.P6 B37 2008 |
Available |
Description |
vi, 232 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-224) and index. |
Contents |
Surface architecture -- Lightweight design-new directions -- Quest for thinness -- Membrane structures -- Types and structural behaviour -- Form-finding and analysis -- Materials and fabrication -- Rigid surfaces -- Form and structure -- From concepts to constructs -- Material and construction approaches -- Perspectives -- Emerging technologies and systems -- Towards a new architecture of structural surfaces. |
Subject |
Plates (Engineering)
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Shells (Engineering)
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Tensile architecture
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ISBN |
9780415419673 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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