Timber Construction Manual / / Thomas Herzog, Julius Natterer, Roland Schweitzer, Michael Volz, Wolfgang Winter.
This manual is a comprehensive and indispensable reference work in the specialist literature on timber. Chapters cover the significance of timber with particular reference to ecology is also investigated. Timber as a load-bearing material is considered, and topics such as new methods of joining, tra...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Basel : : Birkhäuser, , [2012] ©2004 |
| Year of Publication: | 2012 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | DETAIL Construction Manuals
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Part 1 Cultural dimensions
- The material
- Tradition and diversity
- Wood as a building material – from the beginnings to the 19th century
- Part 2 Fundamentals
- The material
- Species of wood
- Solid wood and solid wood products
- Wood-based products
- Building with wood is building for the future
- Development of building components
- Construction principles
- Part 3 Basis for planning
- Grading and improvement of solid timber products
- Protecting wood
- Thermal performance of buildings
- Sound insulation
- Fire protection
- Prefabrication and erection
- Part 4 Timber engineering
- The tasks of the structural engineer
- Structural engineering
- Material variations and cross-section forms for components
- Connectors and methods of connection
- Stability elements
- Part 5 Built examples: structures
- Structures
- Part 6 Built examples: facades
- The diversity of the modern age
- Facades – built examples in detail
- Appendix