4 ms·
I should probably enforce a limit on the number of times I'm allowed to plug this book on HN every year: J.E. Gordon's Structures, Or Why Things Don't Fall Down
by mechanical_fish 17y ago
I should probably enforce a limit on the number of times I'm allowed to plug this book on HN every year: J.E. Gordon's Structures, Or Why Things Don't Fall Down
http://www.amazon.com/Structures-Things-Dont-Fall-Down/dp/0306812835 http://www.amazon.com/Structures-Things-Dont-Fall-Down/dp/03...
It's not exactly a young book, but it's newer than the Bay Bridge...
- billswift 17y agoThis is less technical and more readable, http://www.amazon.com/Engineer-Human-Failure-Successful-Design/dp/0679734163/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1257031893&sr=8-1 http://www.amazon.com/Engineer-Human-Failure-Successful-Desi... , and Petroski describes a bridge that failed as the result of a single eyebeam failure. In that case though, there were only 4 very short eyebeams supporting the roadbed, one at each corner. He didn't actually call them eyebeams, but hangers, but from the photos, they are the same thing.
- notauser 17y agoBy the same author I can recommend The New Science of Strong Materials: Or Why You Don't Fall Through the Floor. (The section on wooden planes is particularly interesting.) http://www.amazon.co.uk/New-Science-Strong-Materials-Through/dp/0140135979/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1257098390&sr=8-1 http://www.amazon.co.uk/New-Science-Strong-Materials-Through...