samedi 22 janvier 2011

More books

Today I put in an order for some books on my topic, some of which are quite general and some of which are very specific (written by university professeurs...). I am hoping that this will be usefull and will allow me to decide which specific aspects of girder bridge design I would like to test and help me formulate my hypothesis. I also plan to go to a toy shop soon and order some specific parts of meccano so that I may begin to get a feel of what will be possible with this construction medium.

The books I ordered are:
  • The strains upon bridge girders and roof trusses: including the warren, lattice, trellis, boqstring and other forms of girders, the curved roof and simple compound trusses - T.Cargill
  • Invention by design: how engineersget from thought to thing
  • Structures: or why things don't fall down
  • An introduction to the design of beams, girders, and columns in machines and structures with example

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