How the Gateway Arch got its shape

Nexus Network Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 167-189

  Osserman, Robert ^a  

^a MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Catenary; Eero Saarinen; Galileo Galilei; Gateway Arch; History of mechanics; Parabola; Robert Hooke; Weighted catenary

Indexed keywords

EID: 76749127236     PISSN: 15905896     EISSN: 15224600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00004-010-0030-8     Document Type: Article

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