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Construction Manual for Polymers + Membranes : Materials, Semi-Finished Products, Form Finding, Design.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Knippers, Jan
Otros Autores: Cremers, Jan, Gabler, Markus, Lienhard, Julian
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Basel/Berlin/Boston : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2012.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro; Preface; Part A Polymers and membranes in architecture; The discovery and development of polymers; The dream of the polymer house; Development of tensile surface structures; Structures with transparent and translucent envelopes; Potential, trends and challenges; Part B Materials; 1 Polymers; 2 Fibres; 3 Adhesives and coatings; 4 Natural fibre-reinforced polymers and biopolymers; Part C Semi-finished products; 1 Primary products; 2 Fibre-reinforced polymers; 3 Semi-finished polymer products; 4 Foil; 5 Textile membranes; 6 Building physics and energy aspects.
  • 7 Environmental impact of polymersPart D Planning and form-finding; 1 Loadbearing structure and form; 2 Detailed design aspects; Part E Building with polymers and membranes; 1 Building with semi-finished polymer products; 2 Building with free-form polymers; 3 Building with foil; 4 Building with textile membranes; 5 Complex building envelopes; Part F Case studies; Examples 1 to 23; Part G Appendix; Statutory instruments, directives, standards; Bibliography; Authors; Picture credits; Abbreviations for polymers; Index; Index of names.