Physical models: their historical and current use in civil and building engineering design

Abstract

flows, by Owen Connick; The use of biological models for building engineering design, by Jan Knippers; and, Flying a 100-metre long Jumbo Koinobori, by Mamoru Kawaguchi. The last chapter in this section, Epilogue: A future for models from the past, by Dirk B € uhler and Christiane Weber, explores the historical study, preservation and display of engineering models. It notes that most of the models from the twentieth century have not survived and that those that have are often in storage or forgot-ten