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The stone skeleton : structural engineering of masonry architecture / Jacques Heyman.

By: Heyman, Jacques.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1995Description: x, 160 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780521629638.Subject(s): Building, Stone | Structural analysis (Engineering) | Plastic analysis (Engineering) | Buildings -- Repair and reconstruction | House and Home | Mechanical engineering | Building construction & materialsDDC classification: 693.1 HEY Summary: With a firm scientific basis, but without the use of complex mathematics, Heyman provides a thorough, intuitive understanding of masonry structures in an informative text aimed at all those involved in the renovation and care of old stone buildings.
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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.

Originally published: 1995.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-158) and index.

With a firm scientific basis, but without the use of complex mathematics, Heyman provides a thorough, intuitive understanding of masonry structures in an informative text aimed at all those involved in the renovation and care of old stone buildings.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Preface (p. ix)
  • 1 Introduction (p. 1)
  • 1.1 Structural criteria (p. 3)
  • 1.2 Modern analysis (p. 5)
  • 1.3 The elastic solution (p. 8)
  • 1.4 Plastic theory (p. 10)
  • 2 Structural Theory of Masonry (p. 12)
  • 2.1 The voussoir arch (p. 15)
  • 2.2 The geometrical factor of safety (p. 20)
  • 2.3 The master 'safe' theorem (p. 22)
  • 2.4 Settlement and cracking (p. 23)
  • 2.5 Time scale for settlement (p. 24)
  • 2.6 Models (p. 25)
  • 3 Domes (p. 27)
  • 3.1 The dome as a membrane (p. 28)
  • 3.2 Stresses in shells (p. 30)
  • 3.3 The uniform hemispherical dome (p. 31)
  • 3.4 Cracking of domes (p. 35)
  • 3.5 The minimum thickness of a hemispherical dome (p. 39)
  • 3.6 Incomplete hemispheres (p. 41)
  • 3.7 Segmental domes (p. 46)
  • 4 The Masonry Vault (p. 48)
  • 4.1 The barrel vault (p. 48)
  • 4.2 The cross-vault (p. 51)
  • 4.3 Vault thrusts (p. 55)
  • 4.4 Ungewitter's tables (p. 62)
  • 4.5 The pathology of the quadripartite vault (p. 66)
  • 4.6 Superimposed loads on vaulting (p. 71)
  • 4.7 The sexpartite vault (p. 73)
  • 4.8 The fan vault (p. 75)
  • 5 Some Structural Elements (p. 83)
  • 5.1 The wall (p. 83)
  • 5.2 The pier (p. 86)
  • 5.3 The pinnacle (p. 88)
  • 5.4 The flying buttress (p. 91)
  • 5.5 The tas de charge (p. 106)
  • 6 Towers and Bells (p. 109)
  • 6.1 The Campanile in Venice (p. 109)
  • 6.2 Collapses at Beauvais, 1284 and 1573 (p. 111)
  • 6.3 The crossing tower (p. 118)
  • 6.4 The effects of bell-ringing (p. 121)
  • 6.5 Wind loads (p. 125)
  • 7 Spires (p. 127)
  • 7.1 The spire tip (p. 129)
  • 7.2 The spire as a conical shell (p. 131)
  • 7.3 The octagonal spire (p. 133)
  • 7.4 Leaning spires (p. 136)
  • 7.5 Timber spires (p. 137)
  • 8 Some Historical Notes (p. 139)
  • 8.1 Villard de Honnecourt(1) (p. 139)
  • 8.2 Before Villard (p. 141)
  • 8.3 Villard(2) (p. 143)
  • 8.4 The expertises at Milan (p. 143)
  • 8.5 The Renaissance (p. 150)
  • Bibliography (p. 155)
  • Index (p. 159)

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CHOICE Review

This is one of the most fascinating books on structural engineering that this reviewer has read in recent years. Heyman provides answers to many questions: What is the time scale 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? What is the effect of wind on a stone spire, or bell-ringing on a church tower? With a firm scientific bias, 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 elements--including piers, pinnacles, towers, vaults, and domes--are considered in more detail. Heyman, retired head of the Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, is a fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers and the Royal Academy of Engineering, and also consults for a number of English cathedrals. This informative book will be of particular interest to structural engineers, practicing architects, and others involved in the renovation and care of old stone buildings. Upper-division undergraduate through professional. S. C. Anand; Clemson University