ABSTRACT

The follow-up to the 2000 Golden Pen Award-winning Structural Design for the Stage, this second edition provides the theater technician with a foundation in structural design, allowing an intuitive understanding of "why sets stand up." It introduces the basics of statics and the study of the strength of materials as they apply to typical scenery, emphasizing conservative approaches to real world examples. This is an invaluable reference for any serious theatre technician throughout their career, from the initial study of the fundamental concepts, to the day-to-day use of the techniques and reference materials.

Now in hardcover, with nearly 200 new pages of content, it has been completely revised and updated to reflect the latest recommended practices of the lumber and steel industries, while also including aluminum design for the first time.

chapter 1|4 pages

Overview

chapter 2|18 pages

Force, Stress, and Strain

chapter 3|36 pages

Stress Analysis for Beams

chapter 4|28 pages

Geometric Properties

chapter 5|42 pages

Sawn Lumber - Introduction and Beam Design

chapter 6|24 pages

Sawn Lumber - Column Design

chapter 7|18 pages

Sawn Lumber - Combined Loading Design

chapter 8|44 pages

Steel - Introduction and Beam Design

chapter 9|22 pages

Steel - Column and Tension Member Design

chapter 10|26 pages

Steel - Combined Loading Design

chapter 11|25 pages

Aluminum - Introduction and Tension Design

chapter 12|35 pages

Aluminum - Beam Design

chapter 13|29 pages

Aluminum - Column Design

chapter 14|38 pages

Plywood Design

chapter 15|44 pages

Truss Design

chapter 16|16 pages

Cable Design