Design for Lateral Forces

by Dimitry Vergun and James Ambrose

A unique contribution to the field and the best single reference study for the architects exam. Deals with design for effects of lateral forces on buildings, primarily wind and earthquakes, and also includes effects of soil pressure, thermal change, and structural actions such as thrust of arches. Provides basic definitions and fully explained basic concepts, and proceeds to their application to ordinary problems of design encountered in practice...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471848891
• ISBN13: 9780471848899
• Release Date: April 1987
• Publisher: Wiley-Interscience
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.3" x 10.3"