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Modern construction handbook /

Das "Modern Construction Handbook" hat sich zu einem Klassiker der Baukonstruktions-Literatur entwickelt. In den USA ist es die Grundlage vieler Architektur-Studiengänge. Systematisch erschließt es die Materie und ermöglicht dem Leser eine effiziente Orientierung. Ein Großteil der 3D-Dar...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Watts, Andrew, 1957- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Basel, Switzerland : Birkhauser, [2016]
Edición:Fourth edition.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • Introduction to fourth edition
  • Structure and envelope
  • Parametric design
  • 1. Materials
  • Steel
  • Aluminium
  • Copper, zinc, lead
  • Stone
  • Glass
  • Concrete
  • Fibre reinforced concrete
  • Ceramics
  • Timber
  • Polymers
  • Material testing
  • 2. Walls
  • Trends in facade design
  • Generic wall types
  • Metal
  • Glass systems
  • Concrete
  • Masonry
  • Fibre reinforced polymers
  • Timber
  • 3. Roofs
  • Trends in roof design
  • Metal roofs
  • Glass roofs
  • Concrete roofs
  • Timber roofs
  • Fibre reinforced polymer roofs
  • Fabric systems
  • 4. Structure
  • Material systems for structures
  • Elements of structures
  • Braced frames
  • Portal frames
  • Loadbearing boxes
  • Trusses
  • Arches and shells
  • Space grids
  • Floor structures
  • Stairs
  • 5. Environment
  • Environmental studies for envelopes
  • Analysis for design
  • Low energy material systems
  • Active design
  • Support services
  • Performance testing of facade material systems
  • Performance testing of roof material systems
  • 6. Applications
  • 1 Working with industry: manufacturers and fabricators
  • 2 Triangular panels for twisted facades
  • 3 Twisted panels with flat glass for curved facades
  • 4 Solar shading louvres
  • 5 Double-skin facades
  • 6 Precast concrete panels for facades of complex geometry
  • 7 Exoskeleton facades of complex geometry
  • 8 Diagrid structures
  • 9 Hybrid systems forming facades of complex geometry
  • 10 Opaque cladding interface with full-height glazing
  • 11 Complex curved glazed roofs
  • 12 Large-scale glazed facades
  • 13 Panelisation of complex building surface geometry
  • 14 Opaque rainscreen cladding
  • 15 Full-height glazing with GRP-clad structural frame
  • 16 GRC cladding interfaces
  • 17 Full-height entrance glazing
  • 18 GRP louvres on stick glazing system
  • 19 GRC cladding
  • 20 Windows in GRC cladding
  • 21 Windows and unitised glazing with GRC cladding
  • 22 Unitised glazing with GRC cladding
  • 23 Complex glazed roofs with supporting steel structure
  • 24 Glazed roofs with complex geometry
  • 25 Louvres and stick glazing
  • 7. References
  • Glossary of terms
  • Authorship
  • Photo credits
  • Index
  • Backmatter.