Building construction and materials Books

This book provides a novel approach to building pathology in current buildings. Drawing on the available literature, hands-on experience and fieldwork inspections, it presents a systematic perspective on the pathology of the building envelope. The book...

This book focuses on important mathematical considerations in describing the synthesis of original mechanisms for generating curves. The synthesis is manual and not based on the use of computer tools. Kinematics is applied to confirm the drawing of the...

This book presents a comprehensive introduction to the field of structural vibration reduction control, but may also be used as a reference source for more advanced topics. The content is divided into four main parts: the basic principles of structural...

This book is the result of recent research that deals with the built environment and innovative materials, carried out by specialists working in universities and centers of research in different professional fields ─ architecture, engineering, physics ─...

This book gathers selected, extended and revised papers presented at the 5th Iberian-Latin American Congress on Fire Safety, CILASCI 5, held on 15-17 July 2019, in Porto, Portugal. The respective chapters address experimental efforts and the...

This book presents a step by step Asset Health Management Optimization Approach Using Internet of Things (IoT). The authors provide a comprehensive study which includes the descriptive, diagnostic, predictive, and prescriptive analysis in detail. The...

This book focuses on solar energy conversion systems that can be implemented in the built environment, at building or at community level. The quest for developing a sustainable built environment asks for specific solutions to provide clean energy...

This book discusses how climate change and heat islands are a main contributor to water related problems in urban areas in Košice, Slovakia. Green roofs are used as a tool to assist in solving these water related issues. The need to provide...

This textbook presents the principal methods of stress analysis for the design of frame structures, beginning with a description of the basic criteria for probabilistic safety verification used in modern codes. The Force Method and the Displacement...

This book provides a step-by-step guidance on how to implement analytical methods in project risk management. The text focuses on engineering design and construction projects and as such is suitable for graduate students in engineering,...

This book offers a new calculation procedure of the structural behavior of grouped layout of silos, easy to use and with satisfactory responses.Groups of reinforced concrete silos are structures commonly used in the food industry, where it is usually...

This book provides a comprehensive, hands-on approach to bioclimatic building design in Africa. Bioclimatic design is at the core of urban sustainability, and is a critical issue in Africa, where "imported" building typologies are being used at an...

This book proposes an economic and environmental assessment tool to help private and public building designers and owners determine the global sustainability value of green buildings from a life cycle perspective. As it demonstrates, sustainable life...

This book presents a new approach to building renovation, combining aspects of various professional disciplines, integrating green building design, structural stability, and energy efficiency. It draws attention to several often-overlooked qualities of...

This book describes the development of a system dynamics-based model that can capture the future trajectories of housing energy and carbon emissions. It approaches energy and carbon emissions in the housing sector as a complex socio-technical problem...

This book addresses the hazard of gas explosions in sealed underground coal mines, and how the risk of explosion can be assessed, modeled, and mitigated. With this text, coal mine operators and managers will be able to identify the risks that lead to...

Edward Leedskalnin est aujourd’hui connu pour être l’architecte du château de Corail à Homstead, en Floride aux États-Unis. Je m’efforce avec ce premier ouvrage de mettre à jour les travaux d’un...

The book offers a general introduction to timber poles as a construction material. Timber poles have served throughout history as a low-cost, environmentally friendly and structurally efficient building resource. As a result of the establishment of both...

Methane or biogas is a colourless, odourless, flammable gas and the main constituent, 85% to 90%, of the piped natural gas that we use in our homes in the UK, Europe and the USA.Methane can be made using simple apparatus and a process known as anaerobic...

This book describes the use of free air cooling to improve the efficiency of, and cooling of, equipment for use in telecom infrastructures. Discussed at length is the cooling of communication installation rooms such as data centers or base stations, and...

Architecture of Brazil: 1900-1990 examines the processes that underpin modern Brazilian architecture under various influences and characterizes different understandings of modernity, evident in the chapter topics of this book...

Reset Control Systems addresses the analysis for reset control treating both its basic form, and some useful variations of the reset action and reset condition. The issues regarding reset control - concepts and motivation; analysis tools; and the...

Base isolation technology offers a cost-effective and reliable strategy for mitigating seismic damage to structures. The effectiveness of this new technology has been demonstrated not only in laboratory research, but also in...

Meant to complement rather than compete with the existing books on the subject, this book deals with the project performance and control phases of the project life cycle to present a detailed investigation of the project's time performance measurement...

Constructional Engineering and Ecological Environment contains papers presented at the 4th International Symposium on Architecture Research Frontiers and Ecological Environment (ARFEE 2022, Guilin, China, 23-25 December, 2022). With a focus on hot...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2019 im Fachbereich Ingenieurwissenschaften - Bauingenieurwesen, Note: 1,0, Technische Universität Carolo-Wilhelmina zu Braunschweig, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Heutzutage tauchen bei Umbauten und Sanierungen von...

Bachelorarbeit aus dem Jahr 2017 im Fachbereich Ingenieurwissenschaften - Bauingenieurwesen, Note: 1,7, Fachhochschule Regensburg, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Ziel der vorliegenden Bachelorarbeit ist die Massenermittlung und eine anschließende...

Thesis (M.A.) from the year 2016 in the subject Engineering - Civil Engineering, grade: Very Good, , course: Master's Thesis Work, language: English, abstract: Expansive soils are the most problematic soils due to their property of swelling and expansion...

In his compelling book, Stephen H. Dalton, AIA, shares examples from his 45 years in the construction field to show that it is your personality and character that determine your success, not your education or standardized procedures taught in school...

Monica Randall grew up on the Gold Coast of Long Island and was fascinated by the massive estates and their tantalizing stories. Millionaire F. W. Woolworth built Winfield, the grandest of its manors in the 1910s. On a clear day, you can see the New York...

How can Millennials become successful in the construction trades?Young people are often told they must go to college to have a great career. Millennials' Guide to the Construction Trades presents readers with alternatives. Consider the higher learning of...

My Father-in-law, a retired general contractor, always tells people, when asked about his career that he was a fighter. They look at him for a second imagining UFC or professional boxing, and then he says, "I was a general contractor. I had to fight to...

<p><b> A Practical Exam Guide for the ARE 5.0 Programming & Analysis (PA) Division!</b></p>  <br /><p> The second edition of Programming & Analysis (PA) ARE 5.0 Exam Guide with 120 pages of new...

Incorporates Worked-Out Real-World ProblemsSteam Generators and Waste Heat Boilers: For Process and Plant Engineers focuses on the thermal design and performance aspects of steam generators, HRSGs and fire tube, water tube waste heat boilers including...

""A Concise Glossary Of Terms Used In Grecian, Roman, Italian And Gothic Architecture"" is a book written by John Henry Parker in 1866. The book is a comprehensive guide to the terminology and vocabulary used in the field of architecture, specifically...

A Complete Ready Reckoner For The Admeasurement Of Land is a book written by Abraham Arman in 1884. The book is a comprehensive guide that provides readers with all the necessary information and tools to accurately measure land. It covers a wide range of...

Die Tempel zu Tivoli bei Rom: Und das altchristliche Privathaus auf dem Monte Celio (1899) ist ein Buch von Gustav Adolf M�����ller. In diesem Buch werden die Tempel von Tivoli bei Rom und das altchristliche Privathaus auf dem Monte Celio beschrieben...

In dem Buch ""Die Pal�����ste des homerischen Epos mit R�����cksicht auf die Ausgrabungen Heinrich Schliemanns"" von David Joseph aus dem Jahr 1894 wird die Arch�����ologie der griechischen Antike und die Entdeckungen Heinrich Schliemanns behandelt. Der...

Liber ""De Compositione Titulorum Christianorum Sepulcralium In Corpore Inscriptionum Graecarum Editorum"" auctore Ritter, Iulius, anno MDCCCLXXVII editus est. Hoc opus tractat de inscriptionibus sepulcralibus Christianorum quae in Graeca lingua scriptae...

De Forhistoriska Folken i Europa: En Handbok i J�����mf������rande Fornkunskap �����r en bok skriven av Hans Hildebrand och publicerad 1880. Boken handlar om de forntida folken i Europa och ger en ������versikt ������ver deras kultur och historia...

""Cartilla Pr�����ctica sobre Elaboraci������n de las Minas y Reconocimiento y Beneficio de los Metales"" es un libro escrito por Juan Berdegal De La Cuesta y publicado en 1838. Este libro es una gu������a completa sobre c������mo extraer y procesar...

Das Buch ""Beschreibung Und Abbildung Mehrerer Dampf-Apparate Zur Benutzung Der Wasserdampfe, Zum Kochen Und Heizen"" wurde im Jahr 1818 von Johann Gottfried Dingler ver������ffentlicht. Es handelt sich um eine detaillierte Beschreibung und Abbildung von...

Beschreibung der meteorologischen Instrumente (1815) von Augustin Stark ist ein Handbuch, das sich mit den verschiedenen Instrumenten besch�����ftigt, die in der Meteorologie verwendet werden. Das Buch bietet eine detaillierte Beschreibung jedes...

""Edifices De Rome Moderne: Ou Recueil Des Palais, Maisons, Eglises, Couvents"" est un livre �����crit par Paul Marie Le Tarouilly en 1868. Ce livre est une collection de photographies et de descriptions des b�����timents les plus remarquables de Rome,...

Voyages en Egypte et en Nubie V2 (1821) est un livre �����crit par Giovanni Battista Belzoni. Il s'agit d'un r�����cit de voyage d�����taill����� de ses explorations en Egypte et en Nubie au d�����but du XIXe si�����cle. Le livre est divis����� en...

""Versuche �����ber Leistung und Arbeits-Verbrauch der Werkzeugmaschinen"" ist ein Buch von Ernst Hartig, das im Jahr 1873 ver������ffentlicht wurde. Das Buch besch�����ftigt sich mit der Untersuchung der Leistung und des Energieverbrauchs von...