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Correlating Off-Axis Tension Tests to Shear Modulus of Wood-Based Panels
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: The weakness of existing relationships correlating off-axis modulus of elasticity
Hershey Arena: Anton Tedesko’s Pioneering Form
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: Civil engineering structures are part of our cultural heritage. The story of who we are can be told, in part, by what we have built. There have been pivotal moments in civil engineering design history wherein a master ...
Finite-Element Limit Analysis of the Tucker High School Gymnasium Roof Failure
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: The Randolph Tucker High School gymnasium roof failure of 1970 has received much scholarly attention. This study will provide a conclusion to a large body of previously published works by means of limit state analysis of ...
Tedesko’s Philadelphia Skating Club: Refinement of an Idea
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: This paper presents new aspects of Anton Tedesko’s design for an important thin shell concrete roof. The study of this roof results from the examination of original engineering drawings and calculations which we present ...
Simplicity, Scale, and Surprise: Evaluating Structural Form
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: Aesthetic and ethical issues of building design are presented here to encourage meaningful discussion among today’s architectural engineering students and practitioners. The evaluative aesthetic ideas of scale, simplicity, ...