The discipline of architectural statics deals with the mechanical interpretation of architectural structures in order to describe their behavior with respect to their dead load as well as the stresses imposed on them. The primary concerns of architectural statics are statics and the mechanics of materials. In the course of the 18th century, static analysis of structures became an integral element of the training of engineers. In…
Statics, architectural(2,420 words)
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Becchi, Antonio and Popplow, Marcus, “Statics, architectural”, in: Encyclopedia of Early Modern History Online, Editors of the English edition: Graeme Dunphy, Andrew Gow. Original German Edition: Enzyklopädie der Neuzeit. Im Auftrag des Kulturwissenschaftlichen Instituts (Essen) und in Verbindung mit den Fachherausgebern herausgegeben von Friedrich Jaeger. Copyright © J.B. Metzlersche Verlagsbuchhandlung und Carl Ernst Poeschel Verlag GmbH 2005–2012. Consulted online on 03 October 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2352-0272_emho_COM_017398>
First published online: 2015
First print edition: 20180208
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