Hyperbolic structures : Shukhov's lattice towers - forerunners of modern lightweight construction /

• Main Author: Beckh, Matthias, 1974-
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom : Wiley Blackwell, 2014.
• Subjects: Hyperboloid structures.; Structural frames > Design and construction.; Lattice theory.; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Civil > General.; Electronic books.

Working at the threshold of the Modern Age, Vladimir G.suchov (Shukhov) is regarded as one of the world's mostoutstanding and versatile engineers. Some of his fascinating andtechnically sophisticated structures, always so delicatelyproportioned they cannot fail to catch the eye, have no equival...