Creating shapes in civil and naval architecture : a cross-disciplinary comparison /

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The design, construction and fabrication of complex two- and three-dimensional shapes in civil and naval architecture have always been a particularly demanding part of the art of engineering. This volume presents a comparative knowledge history in these two distinct branches of construction engineer...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Nowacki, H. (Horst), Lefèvre, Wolfgang, 1941-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.
Series:History of science and medicine library ; v. 11.
Subjects:
Naval architecture > Design and construction > History.
Hulls (Naval architecture) > Design and construction > History.
Shape theory (Topology)
Structural optimization.
Shipbuilding > History.
Théorie de la forme (Topologie)
Optimisation des structures.
Construction navale > Histoire.
TRANSPORTATION > Ships & Shipbuilding > Pictorial.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Marine & Naval.
Hulls (Naval architecture) > Design and construction.
Naval architecture > Design and construction.
Shipbuilding.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:The design, construction and fabrication of complex two- and three-dimensional shapes in civil and naval architecture have always been a particularly demanding part of the art of engineering. This volume presents a comparative knowledge history in these two distinct branches of construction engineering.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxii, 398 pages, 47 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789047426912
9047426916
ISSN:1872-0684 ;

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