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Salvadori's Structure in Architecture: The Building of Buildings, 4th edition

Published by Pearson (January 12, 2016) © 2017

  • Mario G. Salvadori
  • Robert Heller
  • Deborah Oakley

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  • The largely non-mathematical presentation is ideal for beginning students who can pick up the book at any time to begin learning the concepts.

  • Coverage of nearly every aspect of structural behavior and system provides a complete course of study of all predominate structural principles and typologies.

  • The book carries the teaching of Mario Salvadori’s, one of the greatest teachers of structures in recent memory, to a new generation.

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    • Previous line illustrations updated with over 150 full color photographs, nearly 500 new full color rendered illustrations by Deborah Oakley, and extensive new image captioning.  

    • Many completely new illustrations added throughout the book to best demonstrate fundamental concepts.

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  • NEW! Simple, mostly hands-on exercises and thought questions reinforce the concepts introduced in each chapter.

  • NEW! Suggestions for carrying the concepts further are provided in end-of-chapter suggested further reading lists and an extensive reference bibliography at the end of the book.

  • Entirely new graphics program engages today’s readers and provides a strong visual representation of chapter content.

    • Previous line illustrations updated with over 150 full color photographs, nearly 500 new full color rendered illustrations by Deborah Oakley, and extensive new image captioning.

    • Many completely new illustrations added throughout the book to best demonstrate fundamental concepts.

  • Key concept summaries at the ends of chapters aid in overall comprehension of the material’s scope.

  • Simple, mostlyhands-on exercises and thought questions reinforce the concepts introduced in each chapter.

  • Suggestions for carrying the concepts further are provided in end-of-chapter suggested further reading lists and an extensive reference bibliography at the end of the book.

Brief Table of Contents

Part I Fundamental Concepts

1 Structure in Architecture

2 Building Loads and Codes

3 Structural Materials

4 Structural Requirements

5 Basic States of Stress

Part II Structural Forms

6 Tension and Compression Structures

7 Beams

8 Frames and Arches

9 Some Fine Points of Structural Behavior

Part III Beyond the Basics

10 Grids, Plates, Folded Plates, and Space-Frames

11 Membranes

12 Thin Shells and Reticulated Domes

13 Structural Failures

14 Structural Aesthetics

15 Conclusion Understanding of Structural Principles

Bibliography

Index


Detailed Table of Contents

Foreword

Preface

Author Biographies

Part I Fundamental Concepts

1 Structure in Architecture

1.1 What is Structure

1.2 Structure in Nature

1.3 The Architect and the Engineer

1.4 Historical Development

1.5 The Present Interest in Architecture

1.6 Structures and Intuition

Key Ideas Developed in This Chapter

Questions and Exercises

Further Reading

2 Building Loads and Codes

2.1 The Purpose of Structure

2.2 Building Loads and Codes

2.3 Dead Loads

2.4 Live, Snow, and Wind Loads

2.5 Thermal and Settlement Loads

2.6 Dynamic Loads

Key Ideas Developed in This Chapter

Questions and Exercises

Further Reading

3 Structural Materials

3.1 The Essential Properties of Structural Materials

3.2 Material Constants and Safety Factors

3.3 Modern Structural Materials

Key Ideas Developed in This Chapter

Questions and Exercises

Further Reading

4 Structural Requirements

4.1 Basic Requirements

4.2 Equilibrium

4.3 Stability

4.4 Strength

4.5 Functionality

4.6 Economy

4.7 Aesthetics

4.8 Optimal Structures

Key Ideas Developed in This Chapter

Questions and Exercises

Further Reading

5 Basic States of Stress

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Simple Tension

5.3 Simp

Robert A. Heller, PhD, PE, was educated at Columbia University, where he joined the faculty of Civil Engineering. He was a colleague and coauthor of Professor Mario G. Salvador’I’s on the first three cited editions of this book, and also served as coauthor of Video Series: Mechanics of Structures and Materials. He was Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics at Virginia Tech from 1967 to 1996 where he taught undergraduate and graduate courses. He created educational movies for the National Science Foundation and performed research for the Department Of Defense on Aircraft Fatigue, Service life Prediction of Solid Propellant Rocket Motors, Strength and Durability of New Space Age Materials. His work has been published in numerous scientific and Technical Journals. As a teacher he has received several awards and honors including an Honorary Professorship from the Technical University of Budapest, Hungary and a Fulbright Scholarship at the Technical University of Vienna, Austria. He retired in 1996.

Deborah J. Oakley, AIA, PE, has been teaching structures to architecture students for nearly 20 years.  She is an associate professor at the School of Architecture at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, where she also teaches design studio classes. Uniquely qualified as both a Registered Architect and Professional Engineer, she came to academia with education and experience in fields of both civil (structural) engineering and architecture. She is a passionate crusader for the integration of architecture and structure, including associated educational endeavors in the field. She is a founding member, past president, and board member of the Building Technology Educators’ Society (BTES online.org), the only North American academic organization of architectural educators focused on construction and structural technology education and research. Prior appointments have been as an assistant professor at the University of Maryland School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation and at the Philadelphia University School of Architecture and Design. Her current work involves conducting Discipline-Based Education Research in the area of architectural structures pedagogy.

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