Shaping Structures: Statics
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WACLAW ZALEWSKI is Professor Emeritus of Structural Design at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

EDWARD ALLEN, architect, taught for many years at MIT and is on the faculty of the Yale University School of Architecture. His books are read and used in universities and professional offices throughout the world.

JOSEPH IANO is a practicing architect in Seattle, Washington.

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A Vertical Tensile Structure.

A Vertical Compressive Structure.

Forces in Many Directions.

Moments of Forces.

Finding Forces in a Simple Truss.

Multipanel Trusses.

Fanlike Structures.

Finding Forms and Forces for Funicular Structures.

Further Design Tools for Funicular Structures.

Shaping a Cantilevered Arch Roof.

Shaping a Hanging Roof.

Shaping a Three-Hinged Truss Arch.

Restraining Funicular Structures.

Shaping Efficient Trusses.

Unit Conversions.

Standard Sizes of Steel Reinforcing Bars.

Selected References.

Index.
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