Description
Book SynopsisThrough case studies from North America, Europe and Asia, Empirical Design in Structural Engineering shows that empirical design is practised much more widely than is generally understood,that it can make a valuable contribution to structural engineering design, and can be found embedded within the procedures of rational engineering design.
Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Philosophical Empiricism and Rationalism
Chapter 3. Engineering Empiricism and Rationalism
Chapter 4. Purely Empirical Builders and Their Products
Chapter 5. An empiricist review of contemporary building codes
Chapter 6. Ethical issues in the application of empirical design
Chapter 7. Case study I. The application of empirical design to engineering for historic preservation
Chapter 8. Case study II. Forensic Engineering
Chapter 9. Case study III. Design of a wood frame building by empirical rules and justification
Chapter 10. Case study IV. Design of a reinforced concrete foundation by empirical rules and justification
Chapter 11. Further Contemporary Uses of Empirical Design
Chapter 12. Conclusions
