The purpose of the Structures Notebook is to explain, in the
simplest possible terms, about the structure of 'things', and to
demonstrate the fact that everything you see and touch, live in and
use, living and man-made, has a structure which is acted upon by
natural forces and reacts to these forces according to its form and
material.
The Structures Notebook was originally written by Tony Hunt as a
brief teaching aid for students at the Royal College of Art who had
very little, if any, knowledge of physics or structural behaviour.
It has now been expanded, and with this second edition, updated,
into a more comprehensive book while retaining a simple visual and
non-mathematical approach to structures.
The book is divided into seven main sections, in a logical
sequence, and is written in simple language. Each section, related
to its text, has a comprehensive set of hand-drawn sketches which
show, as simply as possible, what the text is about. The book is
almost totally non-mathematical since the author believes very
strongly that structural behaviour can be understood best by
diagrams and simple descriptions and that mathematics for the
majority of people interested in design is a barrier. The design of
structures is a combination of art and science and to achieve the
best solution, concept should always come before calculation.
* Includes a new chapter with twelve further inventive solutions
from well-known engineers
* Hundreds of illustrations communicate a clear understanding of
the subject, without mathematics
* Comprehensive coverage of key information, with examples and
insights from this influential structural engineer
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