On the Shoulders of Giants—Part IV
Publication: Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice
Volume 125, Issue 4
Abstract
The education of future civil engineers is incomplete without an appreciation of the men who created the profession of civil engineering in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. This paper is a “history module” designed to introduce the history and heritage of civil engineering into existing course work. The fourth in a series, this module traces our understanding of column behavior and the development of a range of equations used to analyze and design columns of various lengths and materials. It begins in the time of Euler and has no end, since engineers have not yet adopted a single equation that covers all lengths and materials. The first three modules dealt with the development of the truss, the Manning formula, and the flexure formula. It is my hope that additional modules will be written and packaged by ASCE for distribution to engineering faculty around the country.
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Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice
Volume 125 • Issue 4 • October 1999
Pages: 138 - 146
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Received: Jan 8, 1998
Published online: Oct 1, 1999
Published in print: Oct 1999
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