Author: Matthew Myerscough
4 January 2016
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Matthew Myerscough
The Structural Engineer, Volume 94, Issue 1, 2016, Page(s) 50-51
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Letters this month raise concerns about the forces cited in an article published in May 2015 on assessing the capacity of the Grand Parade stone balustrade in Bath, UK; as well as considering structural safety margins and code discrepancies in relation to steel web buckling.
Chris Shaw finds this to be a well-presented and useful book, but one that is let down by a series of omissions which he would like to see addressed in the next edition.
This book provides a valuable snapshot of the recent state-of-the-art in this important field, says John Bungey, and will be useful to students, researchers and forward-thinking practising engineers alike.