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Nonconventional and vernacular construction materials : characterisation, properties and applications /
Nonconventional and Vernacular Construction Materials: Characterisation, Properties and Applications provides a comprehensive repository of information on materials science and the modern structural engineering application of ancient, vernacular, and nonconventional building materials, with leading...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, MA :
Woodhead Publishing,
[2016]
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| Colección: | Woodhead Publishing series in civil and structural engineering ;
no. 57. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Related titles; Nonconventional and Vernacular Construction Materials; Copyright; Contents; List of contributors; Woodhead Publishing Series in Civil and Structural Engineering; Preface; One
- Nonconventional materials and vernacular construction; 1
- What we learn from vernacular construction; 1.1 Bam; 1.2 Vernacular; 1.2.1 "Vernacular" defined; 1.3 Vernacular architecture; 1.4 The "vernacular" of industrial architecture; 1.5 Srinagar, Kashmir, India; 1.6 The great 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire; 1.7 Skeleton-frame construction; 1.8 Frames and solid walls.
- 1.9 Conclusion: the "ecology" of the vernacularSources of further information; References; 2
- Introduction to nonconventional materials and an historic retrospective of the field; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Natural materials in historic construction; 2.3 Reinforced adobes as energy-saving construction materials; 2.3.1 Adobe attributes and properties; 2.3.2 Improvement of physical and mechanical properties (fabrication stage); 2.3.3 Effective use of adobes in building construction (building construction stage); 2.4 Bamboo material for the 21st century.
- 2.4.1 Efficiency of bamboo compared with other materials2.4.2 Scientific research of the application of bamboo in engineering; 2.4.3 Bamboo as a functionally graded composite material; 2.4.4 Mapping of physical and mechanical properties of full-culm bamboo; 2.4.4.1 Dimensions of the bamboo culm; 2.4.4.2 Data for the selection of bamboo for engineering projects; 2.5 Application of natural and alternative materials in modern bridge construction; 2.6 Concluding remarks; Acknowledgements; References; 3
- Future directions for nonconventional and vernacular material research and applications.
- 3.1 Introduction3.2 Analyzing potential for sustainable scale; 3.2.1 Life cycle approach; 3.2.2 Factors for sustainable-scale design; 3.2.2.1 Technical factors; Disassembly; Closed-loop manufacturing; Supply chains; Resilience; Cost; 3.2.2.2 Systemic factors; Cultural significance; Localization of resources, materials, and processes; Sophistication of processing; Industrialization and quality control; 3.3 Deciding between materials; 3.3.1 Pareto optimality; 3.3.2 Intersectional innovation; 3.4 Conclusion; Acknowledgments; References; Two
- Natural fibres.
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- Characterization of vegetable fibers and their application in cementitious composites4.1 Introduction; 4.1.1 Availability and potential of vegetable fibers; 4.1.2 Vegetable fibers as reinforcement for brittle matrices; 4.2 Characterization of vegetable fibers for engineering applications; 4.2.1 Macrofibers; 4.2.2 Pulp fibers; 4.2.3 Organosolv pulp production and properties; 4.2.4 Nanofibrillated cellulose; 4.2.5 Nanofibrillated cellulose obtained by the grinding method; 4.2.6 Properties of nanofibrillated cellulose; 4.3 Characterization of vegetable fiber composites.