Planning Industrial Structures
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Edition: 3rd pr.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good condition
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: Previous owner
For the engineer confronting the formidable challenge of translating industrial ambition into enduring, functional structures, Planning Industrial Structures stands as an authoritative and comprehensive guide. Written by Clarence W. Dunham — Associate Professor of Civil Engineering at Yale University and a seasoned consulting structural engineer — this essential text details the systematic principles and practical methodologies required to design factories, plants, and industrial facilities with precision and efficiency. It presents a rigorous framework covering structural design, material selection, load analysis, and spatial planning, instructing practitioners on how to align engineering integrity with industrial operational demands. The third impression of the fourth edition attests to its enduring relevance and widespread adoption across the profession. Dunham's work stands as a landmark contribution to applied civil and structural engineering literature, illustrating how sound planning at the earliest stages of a project determines the safety, economy, and longevity of industrial buildings. His authoritative prose is grounded in decades of real-world consulting experience, lending the text a rare combination of academic rigour and field-tested credibility. The breadth of professional affiliations listed — from the American Society of Civil Engineers to the American Concrete Institute — underscores the work's reception as a professional standard. Whether you are a practising engineer, an architecture student, or a researcher in industrial construction history, this volume raises the compelling question: how much of the industrial world around us was shaped by the principles within these pages?
Author: Clarence W. Dunham
Format: Hardback
Published: 1948, McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc.
Genre: Engineering
Edition: 3rd pr.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good condition
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: Previous owner
For the engineer confronting the formidable challenge of translating industrial ambition into enduring, functional structures, Planning Industrial Structures stands as an authoritative and comprehensive guide. Written by Clarence W. Dunham — Associate Professor of Civil Engineering at Yale University and a seasoned consulting structural engineer — this essential text details the systematic principles and practical methodologies required to design factories, plants, and industrial facilities with precision and efficiency. It presents a rigorous framework covering structural design, material selection, load analysis, and spatial planning, instructing practitioners on how to align engineering integrity with industrial operational demands. The third impression of the fourth edition attests to its enduring relevance and widespread adoption across the profession. Dunham's work stands as a landmark contribution to applied civil and structural engineering literature, illustrating how sound planning at the earliest stages of a project determines the safety, economy, and longevity of industrial buildings. His authoritative prose is grounded in decades of real-world consulting experience, lending the text a rare combination of academic rigour and field-tested credibility. The breadth of professional affiliations listed — from the American Society of Civil Engineers to the American Concrete Institute — underscores the work's reception as a professional standard. Whether you are a practising engineer, an architecture student, or a researcher in industrial construction history, this volume raises the compelling question: how much of the industrial world around us was shaped by the principles within these pages?