The Experimental Study of Structures

Abstract

This book is based on a course of lectures given by Prof. A. J. S. Pippard to teachers in technical colleges on the use of models in the teaching of the theory of structures. After a discussion of the function of experiments in structural teaching and research and a brief summary of certain fundamental theorems, Prof. Pippard limits himself, in spite of the rather sweeping title of the book, to a description of the equipment and teaching programme of the excellent Model Structures Laboratory at the Imperial College. Chapters follow on direct experimental methods, applications of the reciprocal theorem, strain energy and moment distribution methods, experiments on voussoir arches and experiments with sand. The Experimental Study of Structures By Prof. A. J. S. Pippard. Pp. viii + 114. (London: Edward Arnold and Co., 1947.) 9s. net.