Engineering

Presents the secrets of materials science. This book explains the importance and properties of different structures.

This comprehensive pocket reference guide for professional and student structural engineers, especially those taking the IStructE Part 3 exam, gives stripped-down basic material-tables, data, facts, formulae, and rules of thumb. It delivers a compact source of job-simplifying and time-saving information.

A brief history of the design and construction of bridges in the UK from medieval times to the modern day, including famous and notable examples such as Tower Bridge and the Forth Bridge.

This is a one-stop book for knowing everything important about building structures. Self-contained and with no prerequisites needed, it is suitable for both general readers and building professionals.

Fire Safety Design for Tall Buildings provides structural engineers, architects and students with systematic introductions to fire safety design for tall buildings based on current analysis methods, design guidelines and codes.

Developed a decade ago for spectacular buildings like the Swiss Re in London, diagrid structures connect a breathtaking appearance with tangible advantages: a massive reduction in material use, a gain of available floor surface area and more flexibility. This book gives a comprehensive account of the key aspects of this structural system.

Because bridges are very often particularly prominent and symbolic ventures, architects and engineers have to find the best balance possible between statics and design. This volume presents works that represent contemporary engineering as well as the aesthetic highlights of recent years.