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Das Modern Construction Handbook wurde durch seine regelmäßigen Überarbeitungen zum Klassiker der avancierten Baukonstruktionsliteratur, nicht zuletzt aufgrund seines klaren Aufbaus mit den Kapiteln „Material", „Wand", „Dach", „Tragwerk", „Umwelt" und „Anwendungen". Für...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus eBook-Package 2019
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Watts, Andrew,
Place / Publishing House:Basel : : Birkhäuser, , [2018]
©2019
Year of Publication:2018
Edition:5th ed.
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (504 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • 1. MATERIALS
  • Steel
  • Aluminium
  • Copper, zinc, lead
  • Stone
  • Glass
  • Concrete
  • Fibre-reinforced concrete
  • Ceramics
  • Timber
  • Polymers
  • Material testing
  • 2. WALLS
  • Trends in facade design
  • Trends in facade design
  • Glass systems
  • Concrete
  • Masonry
  • Fibre reinforced polymers
  • Timber
  • 3. ROOFS
  • Trends in roof design
  • Metal roofs
  • Glass roofs
  • Concrete
  • 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
  • Stairs
  • 5. ENVIRONMENT
  • Environmental studies for envelopes
  • Analysis for design
  • Low energy material systems
  • Active design
  • Support services
  • Performance testing
  • Performance testing
  • 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 structure
  • 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
  • Photo credits
  • Index

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