Structures

In a book that Business Insider noted as one of the 14 Books that inspired Elon Musk, J.E Gordon strips engineering of its confusing technical terms, communicating its founding principles in accessible, witty prose.For anyone who has ever wondered why suspension bridges don t collapse under eight lanes of traffic, how dams hold back or give way under thousands of gallons of water, or what principles guide the design of a skyscraper, a bias cut dress, or a kangaroo, this book will ease your anxiety and answer your questions Structures Or Why Things Don t Fall Down is an informal explanation of the basic forces that hold together the ordinary and essential things of this world from buildings and bodies to flying aircraft and eggshells In a style that combines wit, a masterful command of his subject, and an encyclopedic range of reference, Gordon includes such chapters as How to Design a Worm and The Advantage of Being a Beam, offering humorous insights in human and natural creation.Architects and engineers will appreciate the clear and cogent explanations of the concepts of stress, shear, torsion, fracture, and compression If you re building a house, a sailboat, or a catapult, here is a handy tool for understanding the mechanics of joinery, floors, ceilings, hulls, masts or flying buttresses.Without jargon or oversimplification, Structures opens up the marvels of technology to anyone interested in the foundations of our everyday lives. 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Gordon [ Kindle ePUB or eBook ] – kino-fada.fr Nothing has fallen on me since I read this book.What an incredible book The best layman s introduction to a scientific topic that I ve read since Feynman s QED The author is also hilariously British and doesn t waste an opportunity to rag on the French.Much of what I write below is copied verbatim from the text, but am too lazy to identify what with appropriate quotes.These notes constitute about the first 175 pages, I should get around to documenting what I learned in the back half at some point.basic definitions Streess s load area What an incredible book The best layman s introduction to a scientific topic that I ve read since Feynman s QED The author is also hilariously British and doesn t waste an opportunity to rag on the French.Much of what I write below is copied verbatim from the text, but am too lazy to identify what with appropriate quotes.These notes constitute ab...Consistently illuminating I read this book with the intention of seeing how learning about physical engineering structures would translate resonate for Organisational Development.And it does Gordon doesn t see a clear distinction between material and structure , for example which I think is...With no real relevant educational or vocational background, I came to this book for the title and inspired chapter headings Strain energy and modern fracture mechanics with a digression on bows, catapults, and kangaroos and stayed for the captivating asides All over the world bridge building used to be associated with children s dancesand with human sacrifices which are not just legends At least one child s skeleton has been discovered immured in the foundations of a bridge Along the With no real relevant educational or vocational background, I came to this book for the title and inspired chapter headings Strain energy and modern fracture mechanics with a digression on bows, catapults, and kangaroos and stayed for the captivating asides All over the world bridge building used to be associated with children s dancesand with human sacrifices wh...Overall, I liked but did not love this book.The author s purpose is to introduce the basic principles of structural engineering in a way that leaves the reader with good intuitions about how structures work, an appreciation for how the field has evolved and, in turn, how we ve evolved with it , and optimism for what the future holds On the basis of fulfilling its purpose, the author does a great job The author breaks down difficult concepts into understandable chunks He uses math judiciously Overall, I liked but did not love this book.The author s purpose is to introduce the basic principles of structural engineering in a way that leaves the reader with good intuitions about how structures work, an appreciation for how the field has evolved and, in turn, how we ve evolved with it , and optimism for what the future holds On the basis of fulfilling its purpose, the author do...Good introduction to civil engineering and mechanical engineering How objects respond to stress and strains and how to put materials together to make sturdy usable structures, buildings and machines Very good book for the amateur engineer in all of ...This book was so interesting, really really interesting, but always is a but in the unfinished books shelf isn t , well the beginning was amazing and it maintained the pace at least to 36% when i drop it but the thing that bug me was the parallelism that the autor made of how the structures work with the human anatomy I have instruction in basic mechanics I am an engineer and i love all that stuff of stress and strain in structures and objects, but when you start saying that a lot of s This book was so interesting...Structures is, in terms of classes at the University of Florida, Mechanics of Materials and its lab, as well as Mechanical Design 1 and 2 Anything that is covered in these classes is covered here with a bit less math Yet, while the textbooks for these classes may be dry and direct, Gordon is willing to make jokes, go on tangents, and explore his opinions This makes an engineering book beyond all expectations a page turner.More than one of my professors at UF used to be a consultant When th Structures is, in terms of classes at the University of Florida, Mechanics of Materials and its lab, as well as Mechanical Design 1 and 2 Anything that is covered in these classes is covered here with a bit less math Yet, while the textbooks for these classes may be dry and direct, Gordon is willing to make jokes, go on tangents, and explore his opinions This makes an engineering book beyond all expectations a page turner.More than one of my professors at UF used to be a consultant When things blew up or went wrong, it was there job to go to court and point fingers after having studied the shit out of whatever blew up And these stories were always the best stories Tension Compression Fatigue f...A really interesting look at how engineers look at structures and materials, how the properties of different building materials influence the design, the practical considerations of various architectural styles, why thi...Read this on recommendation of Elon MuskCircumferential stress is twice that of longitudinal stress so that s why the sausage bursts along the length of the sausage it gets dry about 3 5 of the way through and then he starts telling stories it s a ...

• English
• 22 October 2017
J.E. Gordon
• Paperback
• 395 pages
• 0306812835
• J.E. Gordon
• Structures