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The History of the Theory of Structures: Searching for Equilibrium, 2nd Edition

by Karl-Eugen Kurrer , Translated by: Philip Thrift , Foreword by: Ekkehard Ramm (University of Stuttgart, Germany)
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Hardcover: Hardcover
  • ISBN13: 9783433032299
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Wiley
  • Publisher Imprint: Ernst & Sohn
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  • Pages: 1212
  • Original Price: USD 175.0
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 2250 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Civil / General

Ten years after the publication of the first English edition of The History of the Theory of Structures, Dr. Kurrer now gives us a much enlarged second edition with a new subtitle: Searching for Equilibrium. The author invites the reader to take part in a journey through time to explore the equilibrium of structures. That journey starts with the emergence of the statics and strength of materials of Leonardo da Vinci and Galileo, and reaches its first climax with Coulomb's structural theories for beams, earth pressure and arches in the late 18th century. Over the next 100 years, Navier, Culmann, Maxwell, Rankine, Mohr, Castigliano and Muller-Breslau moulded theory of structures into a fundamental engineering science discipline that - in the form of modern structural mechanics - played a key role in creating the design languages of the steel, reinforced concrete, aircraft, automotive and shipbuilding industries in the 20th century. In his portrayal, the author places the emphasis on the formation and development of modern numerical engineering methods such as FEM and describes their integration into the discipline of computational mechanics.
Brief insights into customary methods of calculation backed up by historical facts help the reader to understand the history of structural mechanics and earth pressure theory from the point of view of modern engineering practice. This approach also makes a vital contribution to the teaching of engineers.
Dr. Kurrer manages to give us a real feel for the different approaches of the players involved through their engineering science profiles and personalities, thus creating awareness for the social context. The 260 brief biographies convey the subjective aspect of theory of structures and structural mechanics from the early years of the modern era to the present day. Civil and structural engineers and architects are well represented, but there are also biographies of mathematicians, physicists, mechanical engineers and aircraft and ship designers. The main works of these protagonists of theory of structures are reviewed and listed at the end of each biography. Besides the acknowledged figures in theory of structures such as Coulomb, Culmann, Maxwell, Mohr, Muller-Breslau, Navier, Rankine, Saint-Venant, Timoshenko and Westergaard, the reader is also introduced to G. Green, A. N. Krylov, G. Li, A. J. S. Pippard, W. Prager, H. A. Schade, A. W. Skempton, C. A. Truesdell, J. A. L. Waddell and H. Wagner. The pioneers of the modern movement in theory of structures, J. H. Argyris, R. W. Clough, T. v. Karman, M. J. Turner and O. C. Zienkiewicz, are also given extensive biographical treatment. A huge bibliography of about 4,500 works rounds off the book.
New content in the second edition deals with earth pressure theory, ultimate load method, an analysis of historical textbooks, steel bridges, lightweight construction, theory of plates and shells, Green's function, computational statics, FEM, computer-assisted graphical analysis and historical engineering science. The number of pages now exceeds 1,200 - an increase of 50% over the first English edition.
This book is the first all-embracing historical account of theory of structures from the 16th century to the present day.

Dr.-Ing. Dr.-Ing. E.h. Karl-Eugen Kurrer, geboren am 10.8.1952 in Heilbronn. Nach Realschule und Maurerlehre Studium des Allgemeinen Ingenieurbaus an der Staatsbauschule Stuttgart (heute Hochschule für Technik). Anschließend Bauingenieur im Ingenieurholzbau. Studium des Bauingenieurwesens und der Physikalischen Ingenieurwissenschaften an der TU Berlin; 1982 Diplomarbeit über die Entwicklungsgeschichte der Gewölbetheorie. Danach Promotion an der TU Berlin mit der Dissertation "Zur inneren Kinematik und Kinetik von Rohrschwingmühlen" (1986) und daselbst Fortsetzung der Forschungen zur rationellen Energieverwendung in der Industrie. Entwicklungsingenieur für Antennensysteme bei Telefunken Sendertechnik GmbH in Berlin (1989-1995). Ab Mitte der 1980er-Jahre Entwicklung des wissenschaftshistorisch akzentuierten Ansatzes der Bautechnikgeschichte für die Baustatik, der später zum Konzept einer Historischen Technikwissenschaft verallgemeinert wurde. Von 1993 bis 2010 Mitarbeit an dem von Edoardo Benvenuto (Genua) und Patricia Radelet-de Grave (Louvain-la-Neuve) begründeten Netzwerk "Between Mechanics and Architecture". Seit 1996 Leiter des VDI-Arbeitskreises "Technikgeschichte" in Berlin und Begründer einer Vortragsreihe am Deutschen Technikmuseum Berlin. Chefredakteur "Stahlbau" (seit 1996) und "Steel Construction - Design and Research" (seit 2008) bei Ernst & Sohn. Chairperson des International Scientific Committee des IIIrd International Congress on Construction History (2009) an der BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg. Gründungsmitglied der deutschsprachigen Gesellschaft für Bautechnikgeschichte (2013). Für seine hervorragenden wissenschaftlichen Leistungen auf dem Gebiet der Bautechnikgeschichte wurde er am 18. Oktober 2017 von der BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg zum Dr.-Ing. E.h. promoviert.
Kurrer veröffentlichte über 180 Zeitschriftenaufsätze und Buchbeiträge sowie hunderte Rezensionen und Zeitungsartikel. Im Jahr 2002 erschien erstmals seine "Geschichte der Baustatik", der 2008 die wesentlich erweiterte "The History of the Theory of Structures" folgte. In der Tradition legendärer Arbeiten zur Geschichte der Mechanik gelten diese "opera magna" heute weltweit als moderne Standardwerke des wissenschaftsgeschichtlichen Zweiges der Bautechnikgeschichte.

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