"In the preparation of this book the senior author's earlier Russian book ("Theory of structures,' by S. Timoshenko, 2d ed., St. Petersburg, 1926) was extensively used."--Pref. siris_sil_63560 ...

This book is based on a course of lectures given by Prof. A. J. S. Pippard to teachers in technical colleges on the use of models in the teaching of the theory of structures. After a discussion of the ...

THE first chapter of this book deals with continuous structures, and the last is devoted to rigid frames. Apart from these, the text is mainly concerned with arch types, and the applications of the ...