Physical Models : Their historical and current use in civil and building engineering design / Bill Addis, ed.
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| 22/410 | 13195 | Libros modernos después de 1900 |
Physical models have been, and continue to be used by engineers when faced with unprecedented challenges, when engineering science has been non-existent or inadequate, and in any other situation when the engineer has needed to raise their confidence in a design proposal to a sufficient level to begin construction. For this reason, models have mostly been used by designers and constructors of highly innovative projects, when previous experience has not been available.
The book covers the history of using of physical models in the design and development of civil and building engineering projects including bridges in the mid-18th century, William Fairbairn?s Britannia bridge in the 1840s, the masonry Aswan Dam in the 1890s, concrete dams in the 1920s, thin concrete shell roofs and the dynamic behaviour of tall buildings in earthquakes from the 1930s, tidal flow in estuaries and the acoustics of concert halls from the 1950s, and cable-net and membrane structures in the 1960s.
Traditionally, progress in engineering has been attributed to the creation and use of engineering science, the understanding materials properties and the development of new construction methods. The book argues that the use of reduced scale models have played an equally important part in the development of civil and building engineering. However, like the history of engineering design itself, this crucial contribution has not been widely reported or celebrated.
The book concludes with reviews of the current use of physical models alongside computer models, for example, in boundary layer wind tunnels, room acoustics, seismic engineering, hydrology, and air flow in buildings.
Preface Construction History Series / by Karl-Eugen Kurrer
Foreword / by Werner Sobek)
Introduction / Bill Addis)
SECTION A
PHYSICAL MODELS FROM ANCIENT TIMES TO THE 1880s – 1. Models in civil engineering from ancient times to the Industrial Revolution / Dirk Bühler
2 Block models of the masonry arch and vault / Santiago Huerta
3 The catenary and the line of thrust as a means for shaping arches and vaults / Rainer Graefe
4 Leonhard Euler and the model tests for a 300 metre timber arched bridge in St. Petersburg / Andreas Kahlow
5 The use of models in early nineteenth-century British suspension bridge design / Dennis Smith
6 Models used during the design of the Conwy and Britannia tubular bridges / Bill Addis
SECTION B
PHYSICAL MODELS USED IN STRUCTURAL DESIGN, 1890s-1930s
7 The use of models to inform the structural design of dams, 1890-1940 / Mike Chrimes
8 Models used during the design of the Boulder Dam / Bill Addis
9 Roland May: The role of models in the early development of Zeiss-Dywidag shells
10 Model testing of structures in pre-war Italy; the School of Arturo Danusso / Mario Chiorino & Gabriele Neri
11 Eduardo Torroja and his use of models up to 1936 / Joaquin Antuña
12 Photoelastic stress analysis / Bill Addis
SECTION C
PHYSICAL MODELS USED IN STRUCTURAL DESIGN, 1940s TO 1980s
13 Structural modelling technique / Bernard Espion
14 Physical modelling at the University of Stuttgart / Christiane Weber
15 Model testing of structures in post-war Italy: the activity of ISMES 1951-1974 / Mario Chiorino & Gabriele Neri
16 Eduardo Torroja and his use of models from 1939 / Joaquin Antuña
17 Scale models for structural testing at the Cement and Concrete Association, UK: 1951-73 / Edwin Trout
18 Heinz Hossdorf: his contribution to the development of physical model testing / Pepa Cassinello
19 Soap film and soap bubble models / Berthold Burkhardt
20 The model as an ideal building: the origins of the design methods of Sergio Musmeci / Lukas Ingold
21 Heinz Isler and his use of physical models / John Chilton
22 Models for the design development, engineering and construction of the Multihalle for the 1975 Bundesgartenschau in Mannheim / Ian Liddell
SECTION D
PHYSICAL MODELS USED IN NON-STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING DISCIPLINES
23 The historical use of physical model testing in free-surface hydraulic engineering / Bill Addis
24 The historical use of physical model testing in wind engineering / Bill Addis
25 The historical use of physical model testing in earthquake engineering / Bill Addis
26 The historical use of models in the acoustic design of buildings / Raf Orlowski
27 Geotechnical centrifuge models ? a history of their role in pre-construction design / Bill Craig
SECTION E
PHYSICAL MODELLING IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY
28 Physical models as powerful weapons in structural design / Mamoru Kawaguchi
29 Physical modelling of structures for contemporary building design / Bruce Martin
30 Using physical models in the design of complex masonry structures / David Wendland
31 Physical modelling of free surface water current practice / James Sutherland
32 Boundary-layer wind tunnel model testing? current practice / Francesco Dorigatti
33 Model testing using shake tables? current practice / Armamaath Kasalanati
34 The use of physical models in acoustic design? current practice / Raf Orlowski
35 Geotechnical centrifuge modelling ¿ current practice / David White
36 Owen Connick: Water-bath modelling? small-scale simulation of natural ventilation flows / David White
37 The use of biological models for building engineering design / Jan Knippers
38 Flying a 100 metre long Jumbo Koinobori / Mamoru Kawaguchi
39 Epilogue: A future for models from the past / Dirk Bühler & Christiane Weber
APPENDICES - Earliest writings in engineering literature about scaling and the use of reduced-scale models
A1 Original source 15BC Vitruvius
A2 Original source 1638 Galileo
A3 Original source 1772 Leonard Euler
A4Original source 1801 Report on Telford?s arch bridge across the Thames
A5 Original source 1846 Short article on models in The Builder
A6 Original source 1847 Short article in Civil Engineer and Architects? Journal
A7 Original source 1887 part of paper by Osborne Reynolds.
100 AUTHOR BIOGRAPHIES
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Physical models have been, and continue to be used by engineers when faced with unprecedented challenges, when engineering science has been non-existent or inadequate, and in any other situation when the engineer has needed to raise their confidence in a design proposal to a sufficient level to begin construction. For this reason, models have mostly been used by designers and constructors of highly innovative projects, when previous experience has not been available.
The book covers the history of using of physical models in the design and development of civil and building engineering projects including bridges in the mid-18th century, William Fairbairn?s Britannia bridge in the 1840s, the masonry Aswan Dam in the 1890s, concrete dams in the 1920s, thin concrete shell roofs and the dynamic behaviour of tall buildings in earthquakes from the 1930s, tidal flow in estuaries and the acoustics of concert halls from the 1950s, and cable-net and membrane structures in the 1960s.
Traditionally, progress in engineering has been attributed to the creation and use of engineering science, the understanding materials properties and the development of new construction methods. The book argues that the use of reduced scale models have played an equally important part in the development of civil and building engineering. However, like the history of engineering design itself, this crucial contribution has not been widely reported or celebrated.
The book concludes with reviews of the current use of physical models alongside computer models, for example, in boundary layer wind tunnels, room acoustics, seismic engineering, hydrology, and air flow in buildings.
Preface Construction History Series / by Karl-Eugen Kurrer
Foreword / by Werner Sobek)
Introduction / Bill Addis)
SECTION A
PHYSICAL MODELS FROM ANCIENT TIMES TO THE 1880s – 1. Models in civil engineering from ancient times to the Industrial Revolution / Dirk Bühler
2 Block models of the masonry arch and vault / Santiago Huerta
3 The catenary and the line of thrust as a means for shaping arches and vaults / Rainer Graefe
4 Leonhard Euler and the model tests for a 300 metre timber arched bridge in St. Petersburg / Andreas Kahlow
5 The use of models in early nineteenth-century British suspension bridge design / Dennis Smith
6 Models used during the design of the Conwy and Britannia tubular bridges / Bill Addis
SECTION B
PHYSICAL MODELS USED IN STRUCTURAL DESIGN, 1890s-1930s
7 The use of models to inform the structural design of dams, 1890-1940 / Mike Chrimes
8 Models used during the design of the Boulder Dam / Bill Addis
9 Roland May: The role of models in the early development of Zeiss-Dywidag shells
10 Model testing of structures in pre-war Italy; the School of Arturo Danusso / Mario Chiorino & Gabriele Neri
11 Eduardo Torroja and his use of models up to 1936 / Joaquin Antuña
12 Photoelastic stress analysis / Bill Addis
SECTION C
PHYSICAL MODELS USED IN STRUCTURAL DESIGN, 1940s TO 1980s
13 Structural modelling technique / Bernard Espion
14 Physical modelling at the University of Stuttgart / Christiane Weber
15 Model testing of structures in post-war Italy: the activity of ISMES 1951-1974 / Mario Chiorino & Gabriele Neri
16 Eduardo Torroja and his use of models from 1939 / Joaquin Antuña
17 Scale models for structural testing at the Cement and Concrete Association, UK: 1951-73 / Edwin Trout
18 Heinz Hossdorf: his contribution to the development of physical model testing / Pepa Cassinello
19 Soap film and soap bubble models / Berthold Burkhardt
20 The model as an ideal building: the origins of the design methods of Sergio Musmeci / Lukas Ingold
21 Heinz Isler and his use of physical models / John Chilton
22 Models for the design development, engineering and construction of the Multihalle for the 1975 Bundesgartenschau in Mannheim / Ian Liddell
SECTION D
PHYSICAL MODELS USED IN NON-STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING DISCIPLINES
23 The historical use of physical model testing in free-surface hydraulic engineering / Bill Addis
24 The historical use of physical model testing in wind engineering / Bill Addis
25 The historical use of physical model testing in earthquake engineering / Bill Addis
26 The historical use of models in the acoustic design of buildings / Raf Orlowski
27 Geotechnical centrifuge models ? a history of their role in pre-construction design / Bill Craig
SECTION E
PHYSICAL MODELLING IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY
28 Physical models as powerful weapons in structural design / Mamoru Kawaguchi
29 Physical modelling of structures for contemporary building design / Bruce Martin
30 Using physical models in the design of complex masonry structures / David Wendland
31 Physical modelling of free surface water current practice / James Sutherland
32 Boundary-layer wind tunnel model testing? current practice / Francesco Dorigatti
33 Model testing using shake tables? current practice / Armamaath Kasalanati
34 The use of physical models in acoustic design? current practice / Raf Orlowski
35 Geotechnical centrifuge modelling ¿ current practice / David White
36 Owen Connick: Water-bath modelling? small-scale simulation of natural ventilation flows / David White
37 The use of biological models for building engineering design / Jan Knippers
38 Flying a 100 metre long Jumbo Koinobori / Mamoru Kawaguchi
39 Epilogue: A future for models from the past / Dirk Bühler & Christiane Weber
APPENDICES - Earliest writings in engineering literature about scaling and the use of reduced-scale models
A1 Original source 15BC Vitruvius
A2 Original source 1638 Galileo
A3 Original source 1772 Leonard Euler
A4Original source 1801 Report on Telford?s arch bridge across the Thames
A5 Original source 1846 Short article on models in The Builder
A6 Original source 1847 Short article in Civil Engineer and Architects? Journal
A7 Original source 1887 part of paper by Osborne Reynolds.
100 AUTHOR BIOGRAPHIES
