Composite Structures for Civil and Architectural Engineering by D-H Kim?Ebook?
By: D-H Kim
Publisher: routledge
Print ISBN: 9780419191704, 0419191704
eText ISBN: 9781482271430, 1482271435
Edition: 1st
Copyright year: 1994
A thorough and understandable guide to the properties and design of structural composites. It derives from the author?s many years of experience of research, industrial development and teaching.
D u r i n g the long history of h u m a n civilization, four basic construction and
structural components/systems have evolved. They are beams and columns,
stone arches, wooden trusses and m o d e r n reinforced concrete and steel structures.
The development of these basic construction systems is consistent with
the materials available at the time and the theories developed that were
applicable in the utilization of such materials. Historical ages are even referred
to in terms of materials of construction: stone age, bronze age, iron age, and
so on. The present age is the age of flexibility of choice. M o d e r n science and
technology have produced, and will continue to produce, n u m e r o u s advanced
new materials, applicable theories and methods for their utilization. It is
therefore not possible n o r appropriate to characterize the present age by any
one single material. The right material could be often selected and used at the
right time in the right place. This situation, however, requires optimal selection
of materials, structural forms and configurations, manufacturing and fabrication
methods, compared to situations where n o material choices were possible.
Because of the diversity in m o d e r n material properties, the engineer or designer
must now be able to select and design the materials. The new structural concept
includes the determination of a structural system and the selection of a material
best suited for this system in consideration of all relevant conditions.
