TY  - BOOK
AU  - Heyman,Jacques
TI  - The stone skeleton: structural engineering of masonry architecture 
SN  - 9781107050310 (ebook)
AV  - TA676 .H49 1995
U1  - 693/.1 20
PY  - 1995///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Building, Stone
KW  - Structural analysis (Engineering)
KW  - Plastic analysis (Engineering)
N1  - Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
N2  - What is the timescale for the settlement and cracking of an old stone building? How do the elegant flying buttresses of a Gothic cathedral safely transfer thrust to the foundations? And what is the effect of wind on a stone spire, or bell-ringing on a church tower? These and many other questions pertinent to the upkeep of old stone structures are answered in this clear and authoritative guide. With a firm scientific basis, but without the use of complex mathematics, the author provides a thorough and intuitive understanding of masonry structures. The basis of masonry analysis is introduced in the first two chapters, after which individual structures - including piers, pinnacles, towers, vaults and domes - are considered in more detail. This lucid and informative text will be of particular interest to structural engineers, practising architects and others involved in the renovation and care of old stone buildings
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107050310
ER  -