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Modern construction handbook / Andrew Watts.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Basel, Switzerland : Birkhauser, [2016]Copyright date: �2016Edition: Fourth editionDescription: 1 online resource (503 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9783035607710
  • 3035607710
  • 9783035607659
  • 3035607656
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Modern construction handbook.DDC classification:
  • 721 23
LOC classification:
  • TH151
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: Das "Modern Construction Handbook" hat sich zu einem Klassiker der Baukonstruktions-Literatur entwickelt. In den USA ist es die Grundlage vieler Architektur-Studieng�ange. Systematisch erschlie�t es die Materie und erm�oglicht dem Leser eine effiziente Orientierung. Ein Gro�teil der 3D-Darstellungen wurde aktualisiert, ebenso sind die technischen Informationen. Ein kompaktes Handbuch, das sich an Studenten wie an junge Praktiker richtet.
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Previous edition: 2013.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

Das "Modern Construction Handbook" hat sich zu einem Klassiker der Baukonstruktions-Literatur entwickelt. In den USA ist es die Grundlage vieler Architektur-Studieng�ange. Systematisch erschlie�t es die Materie und erm�oglicht dem Leser eine effiziente Orientierung. Ein Gro�teil der 3D-Darstellungen wurde aktualisiert, ebenso sind die technischen Informationen. Ein kompaktes Handbuch, das sich an Studenten wie an junge Praktiker richtet.

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