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This book is about the design and analysis of structures in the commonly used structural materials. This chapter starts by looking at what we mean by these words, and then goes on to explain the process that designers perform in order to successfully evolve solutions to structural problems. Finally two distinct approaches or ‘design philosophies’ are explained — the traditional permissible stress method, and the more modern limit state method.
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© 1994 Derek W. Seward
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Seward, D. (1994). Design. In: Understanding Structures. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-12083-3_1
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