Textiles, polymers and composites for buildings /
Textiles, polymers and composites are increasingly being utilised within the building industry. This pioneering text provides a concise and representative overview of the opportunities available for textile, polymer and composite fibres to be used in construction and architecture.
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge :
Woodhead Publishing Ltd,
2010.
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Colección: | Woodhead publishing in textiles ;
95. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Part 1 Main types of textiles and polymers used in building and construction: Types and production of textiles used for building and construction-- Technical characteristics and requirements of textiles used for building and construction-- Fibre reinforced polymer composite materials for building and construction-- Developing and testing textiles and coatings for tensioned membrane structures-- Polymer foils used in construction. Part 2 Applications of textiles and polymers in construction: Tensile structures
- textiles for architecture and design-- The role, properties and applications of textile materials in sustainable buildings-- Learning from nature: lightweight constructions using the 'technical plant stem'-- The role of textiles in providing biomimetic solutions for construction-- Smart textile and polymer fibres for structural health monitoring-- Textiles for insulation systems, control of solar gains and thermal losses and solar systems-- Sustainable buildings: Biomimicry and textile applications-- Challenges in using textile materials in architecture: the case of Australia-- Innovative composite-fibre components in architecture.