Science and the City: The Mechanics Behind the MetropolisCities are a big deal. More people now live in them than don't, and with a growing world population, the urban jungle is only going to get busier in the coming decades. But how often do we stop to think about what makes our cities work? Cities are built using some of the most creative and revolutionary science and engineering ideas – from steel structures that scrape the sky to glass cables that help us communicate at the speed of light – but most of us are too busy to notice. Science and the City is your guidebook to that hidden world, helping you to uncover some of the remarkable technologies that keep the world's great metropolises moving. Laurie Winkless takes us around cities in six continents to find out how they're dealing with the challenges of feeding, housing, powering and connecting more people than ever before. In this book, you'll meet urban pioneers from history, along with today's experts in everything from roads to time, and you will uncover the vital role science has played in shaping the city around you. But more than that, by exploring cutting-edge research from labs across the world, you'll build your own vision of the megacity of tomorrow, based on science fact rather than science fiction. Science and the City is the perfect read for anyone curious about the world they live in. |
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Skyscrapers must do a bit of everything: they support their own weight and that of the stuff they house, they resist wind (and, occasionally, earthquakes) and protect occupants from fires or floods. They must also be eye-catching, ...
Skyscrapers must do a bit of everything: they support their own weight and that of the stuff they house, they resist wind (and, occasionally, earthquakes) and protect occupants from fires or floods. They must also be eye-catching, ...
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Breeze The single biggest consideration when designing skyscrapers is the wind. ... Humans are very sensitive to motion and, in a badly designed structure, can actually suffer from motion sickness during high winds.
Breeze The single biggest consideration when designing skyscrapers is the wind. ... Humans are very sensitive to motion and, in a badly designed structure, can actually suffer from motion sickness during high winds.
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If you've ever seen a streetlamp oscillating in high winds, you're already familiar with this kind of turbulence. ... While most structures can withstand some random wind buffeting, the issue with vortices is that they are not random ...
If you've ever seen a streetlamp oscillating in high winds, you're already familiar with this kind of turbulence. ... While most structures can withstand some random wind buffeting, the issue with vortices is that they are not random ...
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When I interviewed Baker about the Burj Khalifa, we spent a lot of time discussing the design considerations that were led by the wind. The building's triple-winged footprint truly confuses the wind because it effectively points in six ...
When I interviewed Baker about the Burj Khalifa, we spent a lot of time discussing the design considerations that were led by the wind. The building's triple-winged footprint truly confuses the wind because it effectively points in six ...
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direction, those potentially damaging wind loads disappeared. All of the modelling, wind-tunnel testing and clever structural design means that the Burj Khalifa is the most stable skyscraper in the world. Aerodynamics is just one way to ...
direction, those potentially damaging wind loads disappeared. All of the modelling, wind-tunnel testing and clever structural design means that the Burj Khalifa is the most stable skyscraper in the world. Aerodynamics is just one way to ...
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| Naslov | Science and the City: The Mechanics Behind the Metropolis |
| Autor | Laurie Winkless |
| Izdanje | ponovljeni tisak |
| Izdavač | Bloomsbury Publishing, 2016 |
| ISBN | 1472913221, 9781472913227 |
| Duljina | Broj stranica: 288 |
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