PHYSICAL MODELS: Their historical and current use in civi...
Addis, Bill / Kurrer, Karl-Eugen / Lorenz, Werner
Physical models have been, and continue to be used by engineers when faced with unprecedented challenges, when engineering science has been non-existent or inadequate, and in any other situation when the engineer has needed to raise their confidence in a design proposal to a sufficient level to begin construction. For this reason, models have mostly been used by designers and constructors of highly innovative projects, when previous experience...