Nexus Network Journal 9,2: Architecture and Mathematics

ISBN-13: 9783764384449 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 221 str.

Kim Williams

Opis

This issue is dedicated to Mechanics in Architecture. It explores the latest findings in the science of structural mechanics, including the behavior of structures, internal forces, and deformation. It also explores the development of new structural systems designed to resist thrusts resulting from new architectural forms. Some of the papers published in this issue were presented at the Nexus 2006 during a special session dedicated to mechanics.

Spis treści

Letter from the Editor.- Mario Salvadori and Mauro Picone: From Student and Teacher to Professional Fellowship.- Milankovitch’s Theorie der Druckkurven: Good Mechanics for Masonry Architecture.- Oval Domes.- Ramparts in the Sixteenth century: Architecture, 'Mathematics' and Urban Design.- Tentare licet: The Theresian Academy Question on the Theory of Beams of 1783.- Nexorades Based on Regular Polyhedra.- A Pyramid Inspired by Mathematics.- Architecture Could Be Good for You.- Polygons, Diagonals, and the Bronze Mean.- Dynamic Root Rectangles Part One: The Fundamentals.- Mathematical Aspects in Architectural Design Course: The Concept, Design Assignments, and Follow-up.- Review of The Golden Section: Nature’s Greatest Secret by Scott Olsen.- Review of Hardy Cross: American Engineer by Leonard K. Eaton

Blurb

This volume is dedicated to "Mechanics in Architecture", that is, the science of structural mechanics, including the behaviour of structures, internal forces, and deformation, as well as the development of new structural systems to resist thrusts as a result of new architectural forms. It is a field of enquiry that examines a particular aspect of the relationships between architecture and the mathematical sciences. Some of the papers in this issue were presented at the Nexus 2006 conference during a special session dedicated to mechanics. Other research papers focus on an eighteenth-century Belgian pyramid, aspects of "fractal" architecture, and properties of a family of irrational values. The issue also includes a description and evaluation of a university-level course in architecture and mathematics, Rachel Fletcher's Geometer's Angle column, and book reviews.