Wind Wizard : : Alan G. Davenport and the Art of Wind Engineering / / Siobhan Roberts.
With Wind Wizard, Siobhan Roberts brings us the story of Alan Davenport (1932-2009), the father of modern wind engineering, who investigated how wind navigates the obstacle course of the earth's natural and built environments--and how, when not properly heeded, wind causes buildings and bridges...
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Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2012] ©2013 |
Year of Publication: | 2012 |
Edition: | Course Book |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (288 p.) :; 63 halftones. 20 line illus. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- I. Sowing Wind Science
- II. Tall and Taller Towers
- III. Long and Longer Bridges
- IV. Project Storm Shelter
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Interview Sources
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index