Masonry Structures: Between Mechanics and Architecture

Book Overview

Danila Aita, Orietta Pedemonte: Preface.- Stefano Bennati: In Memory of Piero Villaggio.- Salvatore D'Agostino: Between Mechanics and Architecture: the Quest for the Rules of the Art.- Mario Como: Statics of Historic Masonry Structures. An Essay.- Jacques Heyman: Equilibrium Analysis.- Anna Sinopoli: A Semi-analytical Approach for Masonry Arch Dynamics.- Andrea Bacigalupo, Antonio Brencich and Luigi Gambarotta: On the Statics of the Dome of the Basilica of S. Maria Assunta in Carignano, Genoa.- Patricia Radelet-de Grave: The Panth?on's Stability already questioned by Pierre Patte in 1770.- Danila Aita, Riccardo Barsotti, Stefano Bennati: Limit and Non-linear Analysis of Masonry Arches: some Contributions and Solutions.- Elio Sacco: Some Aspects in the Statics of Masonry Arches.- Massimiliano Lucchesi, Miroslav Silhav?, Nicola Zani: A Direct Approach to Membrane Reinforced Bodies.- Piero Villaggio: The Thrust of an Elastic Soil of Variable Density against a Rigid Wall.- Index of Names.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319372424
• ISBN13: 9783319372426
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: Birkhauser
• Length: 327 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"