Structural Analysis of Historic Buildings Restoration, Preservation, and Adaptive Reuse Applications for Architects and Engineers

by Rabun, J. Stanley

• ISBN13: 9780471315452
• ISBN10: 0471315451
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-02-21
• Publisher: Wiley
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Summary

Structural Analysis of Historic Buildings offers the most' complete, detailed, and authentic data available on the materials, calculation methods, and design techniques used by architects and engineers of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It provides today's building professionals with information needed to analyze, modify, and certify historic buildings for modern use. Among the many important features of this book not available in any other single volume are: * More than 350 line drawings and diagrams taken directly from original sources such as the Carnegie Steele Company's Pocket Companion (1893) and Frank Kidder's The Architect's and Builder's Pocketbook (1902) * Hard-to-find data on period structural components, such as cast-iron columns and beams, wrought-iron columns and beams, and fireproof terra cotta floor arches * Methods for determining what kind of loads structural components were originally designed to bear and methods to determine if they are still capable of performing as intended * Extensive coverage of historical foundation systems and empirical design methods for load-bearing masonry buildings For any building professional involved in the rapidly growing field of restoring, preserving, and adapting historic buildings, Structural Analysis of Historic Buildings is an invaluable structural handbook.

Author Biography

<b>J. STANLEY RABUN, PhD, PE, NCARB</b>, is a registered engineer and registered architect and Professor of Architecture at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. He has taught courses in historic preservation, preservation technology, and architectural structures for more than twenty years. A respected consulting architect and structural engineer, Professor Rabun was recently presented with a prestigious research award from Architecture magazine.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Assessment Methodology: Material Chronology, Early Building Laws, and Loads	1	(52)
Foundation Systems of American Historic Buildings	53	(64)
Historic American Building Systems: Walls and Columns	117	(140)
Historic American Floor Systems---Beams	257	(130)
Historic American Roof Systems: Lateral Bracing of Buildings	387	(66)
The Historic Material Assessment	453	(40)
Bibliography	493	(4)
Index	497