Writing for Publication in Nursing and Healthcare : Getting It Right

by Holland, Karen; Watson, Roger

• ISBN13: 9780470657829
• ISBN10: 0470657820
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-10-15
• Publisher: Wiley

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 todays 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 Companys Pocket Companion (1893) and Frank Kidders The Architects and Builders 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

Karen Holland is a Research Fellow in the School of Nursing, Midwifery Social Work at the University of Salford. She is the Subject Chair for Nursing/Health Professions on the international Content Selection and Advisory Board (CSAB) of SCOPUS Elsevier and has a varied publishing background. She is Editor of the journal Nurse Education in Practice and an author/editor of published articles and books. Roger Watson is Professor of Nursing at the University of Hull. He is also Honorary Professor in the School of Nursing, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Professor in the School of Nursing and Midwifery at the University of Western Sydney, Australia, Visiting Professor in the Tzu-Chi College of Technology, Taiwan, and Honorary Professor in the School of Nursing and Midwifery at the University of Queensland, Australia. He is Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Advanced Nursing.

Table of Contents

Assessment Methodology: Material Chronology, Early Building Laws, and Loads

Foundation Systems of American Historic Buildings

Historic American Building Systems: Walls and Columns

Historic American Floor Systems - Beams

Historic American Roof Systems: Lateral Bracing of Buildings

The Historic Material Assessment

Bibliography

Index

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