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Section A Physical models from ancient times to the 1880s
Models in civil engineering from ancient times to the Industrial Revolution / Dirk Bühler
Block models of the masonry arch and vault / Santiago Huerta
The catenary and the line of thrust as a means for shaping arches and vaults / Rainer Graefe
Leonhard Euler and the model tests for a 300-metre timber arch bridge in St. Petersburg / Andreas Kahlow
The use of models in early nineteenth-century British suspension bridge design / Denis Smith
Models used during the design of the Conway and Britannia tubular bridges / Bill Addis
Section B Physical models used in structural design, 1890s-1930s
The use of models to inform the structural design of dams, 1890s-1930s / Mike Chrimes
Models used during the design of the Boulder Dam / Bill Addis
The role of models in the early development of Zeiss-Dywidag shells / Roland May
Model testing of structures in pre-war Italy: the School of Arturo Danusso / Mario Alberto Chiorino, Gabriele Neri
Eduardo Torroja and his use of models up to 1936 / Joaquín Antuña
Photoelastic stress analysis / Bill Addis
Section C Physical models used in structural design, 1940s to 1980s
Structural modelling technique / Bernard Espion, Bill Addis
Physical modelling at the University of Stuttgart / Christiane Weber
Model testing of structures in post-war Italy. The activity of ISMES, 1951-1974 / Mario Alberto Chiorino, Gabriele Neri
Eduardo Torroja and his use of models from 1939 / Joaquín Atuña
Scale models for structural testing at the Cement and Concrete Association, UK: 1951-1973 / Edwin Trout
Heinz Hossdorf: his contribution to the development of physical model testing / Pepa Cassinello
Soap-film and soap-bubble models / Berthold Burkhardt
The model as a concept: the origins of the design methods of Sergio Musmeci / Lukas Ingold
Heinz Isler and his use of physical models / John Chilton
Models for the design development, engineering and construction of the Multihalle for the 1975 Bundesgartenschau in Mannheim / Ian Liddell
Section D Physical models used in non-structural engineering disciplines
The historical use of physical model testing in free-surface hydraulic engineering / Bill Addis
The historical use of physical model testing in wind engineering / Bill Addis
The historical use of physical model testing in earthquake engineering / Bill Addis
The historical use of models in the acoustic design of buildings / Raf Orlowski
Geotechnical centrifuge models - a history of their role in pre-construction design / William H Craig
Section E Physical modelling in the twenty-first century
Physical models as powerful weapons in structural design / Mamoru Kawaguchi
Physical modelling of structures for contemporary building design / Bruce Martin
Models in the design of complex masonry structures / David Wendland
Physical modelling of free surface water - current practice / James Sutherland
Boundary layer wind tunnel model testing - current practice / Francesco Dorigatti
Model testing using shake tables - current practice / Amarnath Kasalanati
Geotechnical centrifuge modelling - current practice / David White
The use of physical models in acoustic design - current practice / Raf Orlowski
Water-bath modelling - small-scale simulation of natural ventilation flows / Owen Connick
The use of biological models for building engineering design / Jan Knippers
Flying a 100-metre long Jumbo Koinobori / Mamoru Kawaguchi
Epilogue: A future for models from the past / Dirk Bühler, Christiane Weber
Appendices
Appendix A.1
Appendix A.2
Appendix A.3
Appendix A.4
Appendix A.5
Appendix A.6
Appendix A.7
Author biographies.
Models in civil engineering from ancient times to the Industrial Revolution / Dirk Bühler
Block models of the masonry arch and vault / Santiago Huerta
The catenary and the line of thrust as a means for shaping arches and vaults / Rainer Graefe
Leonhard Euler and the model tests for a 300-metre timber arch bridge in St. Petersburg / Andreas Kahlow
The use of models in early nineteenth-century British suspension bridge design / Denis Smith
Models used during the design of the Conway and Britannia tubular bridges / Bill Addis
Section B Physical models used in structural design, 1890s-1930s
The use of models to inform the structural design of dams, 1890s-1930s / Mike Chrimes
Models used during the design of the Boulder Dam / Bill Addis
The role of models in the early development of Zeiss-Dywidag shells / Roland May
Model testing of structures in pre-war Italy: the School of Arturo Danusso / Mario Alberto Chiorino, Gabriele Neri
Eduardo Torroja and his use of models up to 1936 / Joaquín Antuña
Photoelastic stress analysis / Bill Addis
Section C Physical models used in structural design, 1940s to 1980s
Structural modelling technique / Bernard Espion, Bill Addis
Physical modelling at the University of Stuttgart / Christiane Weber
Model testing of structures in post-war Italy. The activity of ISMES, 1951-1974 / Mario Alberto Chiorino, Gabriele Neri
Eduardo Torroja and his use of models from 1939 / Joaquín Atuña
Scale models for structural testing at the Cement and Concrete Association, UK: 1951-1973 / Edwin Trout
Heinz Hossdorf: his contribution to the development of physical model testing / Pepa Cassinello
Soap-film and soap-bubble models / Berthold Burkhardt
The model as a concept: the origins of the design methods of Sergio Musmeci / Lukas Ingold
Heinz Isler and his use of physical models / John Chilton
Models for the design development, engineering and construction of the Multihalle for the 1975 Bundesgartenschau in Mannheim / Ian Liddell
Section D Physical models used in non-structural engineering disciplines
The historical use of physical model testing in free-surface hydraulic engineering / Bill Addis
The historical use of physical model testing in wind engineering / Bill Addis
The historical use of physical model testing in earthquake engineering / Bill Addis
The historical use of models in the acoustic design of buildings / Raf Orlowski
Geotechnical centrifuge models - a history of their role in pre-construction design / William H Craig
Section E Physical modelling in the twenty-first century
Physical models as powerful weapons in structural design / Mamoru Kawaguchi
Physical modelling of structures for contemporary building design / Bruce Martin
Models in the design of complex masonry structures / David Wendland
Physical modelling of free surface water - current practice / James Sutherland
Boundary layer wind tunnel model testing - current practice / Francesco Dorigatti
Model testing using shake tables - current practice / Amarnath Kasalanati
Geotechnical centrifuge modelling - current practice / David White
The use of physical models in acoustic design - current practice / Raf Orlowski
Water-bath modelling - small-scale simulation of natural ventilation flows / Owen Connick
The use of biological models for building engineering design / Jan Knippers
Flying a 100-metre long Jumbo Koinobori / Mamoru Kawaguchi
Epilogue: A future for models from the past / Dirk Bühler, Christiane Weber
Appendices
Appendix A.1
Appendix A.2
Appendix A.3
Appendix A.4
Appendix A.5
Appendix A.6
Appendix A.7
Author biographies.