Structural and Civil Engineering Design

The importance of design has often been neglected in studies considering the history of structural and civil engineering. Yet design is a key aspect of all building and engineering work. This volume brings together a range of articles which focus on the role of design in engineering. It opens by considering the principles of design, then deals with the application of these to particular subjects including bridges, canals, dams and buildings (from Gothic cathedrals to Victorian mills) constructed using masonry, timber, cast and wrought iron.

Introduction
Design Rules and Methods: The mechanisation of design in the 16th century: the structural formulae of Rodrigo Gil de Hontañón
Designing the beam: from rules of thumb to calculations
History of retaining wall design
The use of models in nineteenth-century British suspension bridge design
Brunel and the design of the Clifton Suspension Bridge
History of building foundations in Chicago
Theoretical Justification in Design: The Gothic cathedral: design and meaning
Stability concepts from the Renaissance to today
The place of Sir Christopher Wren in the history of structural engineering
The origin of iron beams
Thomas Tredgold (1788-1829): some aspects of his work (part 2: carpentry)
Thomas Tredgold (1788-1829): some aspects of his work (part 3: cast iron)
The birth of stress: a historical review
Progress in Engineering Design: The genesis of engineering: theory and practice
The functions of engineering research in the university
The design of structural ironwork, 1850-1890: education, theory and practice
Structural design by observation of failures: how the Gothic master masons determined the dimensions of their structures
The Britannia Tubular Bridge: a paradigm of failure driven design
Structural failures and the growth of engineering knowledge
The evolution of structural engineering design procedures: a history for that skill called design
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