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  • The latter. Dunno why I said concrete really.
    Concrete arches really get me going, especially when bridges.
    Interested really in why the curved shapes are so good and how their properties of the curves affect their strengths and thrusts etc.

    Preferably explained without the general waffle of most engineeringy books I've read.

  • Dunno where you'll find a textbook without waffle, the bibliography of Wikipedia is a good place to start, maybe a particularly technical page. This seems like another good starting place (at a glance), follow the reference trail!

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