DVD
Understanding the world's greatest structures [videorecording] : science and innovation from antiquity to modernity / Stephen Ressler.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781598037258
- ISBN: 1598037250
- ISBN: 9781598037265
- ISBN: 1598037269
- Physical Description: 4 videodiscs (approximately 12 hours) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inches + 1 course guidebook (vi, 204 pages ; 19 cm) and 1 transcript book (vi, 490 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).
- Publisher: Chantilly, Virginia : Teaching Co., 2011.
- Copyright: ©2011.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Title from container. "Course no. 1153"--Container. 24 lectures, 30 minutes per lecture. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | disc 1. Learning to see and understand structure -- The science of structure: forces in balance -- Internal forces, stress, and strength -- From wood to steel: properties of materials -- Building up: columns and buckling -- Building across: beams and bending. disc 2. Trusses: the power of the triangle -- Cables and arches: the power of the parabola -- Loads and structural systems -- Egypt and Greece: pyramids to the Parthenon -- The glory of Rome in arches and vaults. disc 3. Three great domes: Rome to the Renaissance -- How iron and science transformed arch bridges -- Suspension bridges: the battle of the cable -- Suspension bridges: the challenge of wind -- Great cantilever bridges: tragedy and triumph -- The rise of iron- and steel-framed buildings. disc 4. The great skyscraper race -- The beauty and versatility of modern concrete -- Amazing thin shells: strength from curvature -- Vast roof systems of iron and steel -- The incredible lightness of tension structures -- Strategies for understanding any structure. |
| Participant or Performer Note: | Presenter, Stephen Ressler. |
| System Details Note: | DVD. |
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| Subject: | Structural design. Structural engineering. |
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Available copies
- 3 of 3 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
- 3 of 3 copies available at Prince Rupert Library.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 3 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prince Rupert Library | GCDVD 624.17 Unde GC067 (Text) | 33294002074391 | DVDs | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Prince Rupert Library | GCDVD 624.177 Unde GC067 (Text) | 33294002074409 | DVDs | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Prince Rupert Library | GCDVD 624.177 Unde GC067 (Text) | 33294002074417 | DVDs | Available | - |
