Shaping Structures: Graphical Techniques, by Joseph Iano, is the companion CD-ROM to the text Shaping Structures: Statics, by Waclaw Zalewski and Edward Allen. It provides step-by-step constructions of graphic statics diagrams and demonstrates their application to solving structural problems. Format: PDF files in a RAR archive. In Shaping Structures, an engineer and an architect, both longtime teachers of structures at major American universities, collaborate to present an inspired synthesis of the creative and the technical, explicating both the principles of statics and their application to the fascinating task of finding good form for structures. This richly visual volume * An easily understood development of the fundamentals of statics * Step-by-step demonstrations, using both numerical and graphical techniques, of simple yet powerful methods for finding form and forces for arched structures, suspended structures, cable-stayed structures, and highly efficient trusses * 120 photographs and more than 300 crisp drawings that illustrate and explain the magnificent structural triumphs of master architects and engineers -including Gustave Eiffel's famous tower, Robert Maillart's soaring bridges, Pier Luigi Nervi's landmark Turin Exhibition Hall, and many others * Calculations in both SI metric and conventional units throughout the book Requiring only the most rudimentary mathematical background yet accurate and fully functional, Shaping Structures provides an inviting point of entry to the study of structural design for engineering and architecture students -proving that the science of statics doesn't have to be lifeless, simplistic, or dull. Cd-rom Contains Illustrated And Annotated Demonstrations Of The Eight Major Techniques Featured In The Book. A Vertical Tensile Structure -- A Vertical Compressive Structure -- Forces In Many Directions -- Moments Of Forces -- Finding Forces In A Simple Truss -- Multipanel Trusses -- Fanlike Structures -- Finding Forms And Forces For Funicular Structures -- Further Design Tools For Funicular Structures -- Shaping A Cantilevered Arch Roof -- Shaping A Hanging Roof -- Shaping A Three-hinged Truss Arch -- Restraining Funicular Structures -- Shaping Efficient Trusses. Waclaw Zalewski And Edward Allen. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 404-405) And Index. The most important of structural design are embodied in even the simplest of structures, a wire hanging vertically with a weight attached to its lower end.
