Building with Infra-lightweight Concrete
Building with Infra-lightweight Concrete

Author: Claudia Lösch

Publisher: Birkhäuser

Published: 2020-02-10

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13: 3035619263

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Infra-lightweight concrete combines the structural and thermal insulation functions of the building envelope in one monolithic material, thus providing new design options. The handbook is a practical guide to building with this new type of material. The architects and structural engineers of the interdisciplinary team of authors combine their findings from many years of research, including from a project in which the team investigated the architectural and structural potential of infra-lightweight concrete in multi-story residential buildings. In addition to essential information on designing with the material, including construction details, and an overview of the building physics properties, practical advice on building details is provided in the form of sizing tables and numerous details from various projects.

Building Simply
Building Simply

Author: Florian Nagler

Publisher: Birkhäuser

Published: 2021-11-08

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 3035624666

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Innovation durch Reduktion Wie kann Architektur mit baulichen Mitteln und möglichst geringer Technik ein angenehmes Raumklima erzeugen? Forschende aus vier Lehrgebieten der TU München haben gemeinsam mit Transsolar Energietechnik in einem Projekt integrale Strategien für energieeffizientes, einfaches Bauen untersucht. Die entwickelten Maßnahmen konnte das Büro Florian Nagler Architekten an drei Forschungshäusern aus Massivholz, Mauerwerk und Leichtbeton in monolithischer Bauweise umsetzen: Anhand dieser exemplarischen Wohngebäude erklärt der Leitfaden anschaulich die sechs Prinzipien des einfachen Bauens. Exemplarische Analyse von drei Wohnhäusern Monolithische Bauweisen in Holz, Leichtbeton und Mauerwerk Resultate eines interdisziplinären Forschungsprojekts der TU München Auch auf Englisch erhältlich

Cementitious Materials
Cementitious Materials

Author: Herbert Pöllmann

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Published: 2017-12-18

Total Pages: 518

ISBN-13: 3110473720

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Aside from water the materials which are used by mankind in highest quantities arecementitious materials and concrete. This book shows how the quality of the technical product depends on mineral phases and their reactions during the hydration and strengthening process. Additives and admixtures infl uence the course of hydration and the properties. Options of reducing the CO2-production in cementitious materials are presented and numerous examples of unhydrous and hydrous phases and their formation conditions are discussed. This editorial work consists of four parts including cement composition and hydration, Special cement and binder mineral phases, Cementitious and binder materials, and Measurement and properties. Every part contains different contributions and covers a broad range within the area. Contents Part I: Cement composition and hydration Diffraction and crystallography applied to anhydrous cements Diffraction and crystallography applied to hydrating cements Synthesis of highly reactive pure cement phases Thermodynamic modelling of cement hydration: Portland cements – blended cements – calcium sulfoaluminate cements Part II: Special cement and binder mineral phases Role of hydrotalcite-type layered double hydroxides in delayed pozzolanic reactions and their bearing on mortar dating Setting control of CAC by substituted acetic acids and crystal structures of their calcium salts Crystallography and crystal chemistry of AFm phases related to cement chemistry Part III: Cementitious and binder materials Chemistry, design and application of hybrid alkali activated binders Binding materials based on calcium sulphates Magnesia building material (Sorel cement) – from basics to application New CO2-reduced cementitious systems Composition and properties of ternary binders Part IV: Measurement and properties Characterization of microstructural properties of Portland cements by analytical scanning electron microscopy Correlating XRD data with technological properties No cement production without refractories

Multilayered
Multilayered

Author: Schlaich Bergermann Partner

Publisher: Birkhäuser

Published: 2019-11-18

Total Pages: 358

ISBN-13: 3035615020

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The firm schlaich bergermann partner has been designing and building ambitious civil engineering projects around the world for more than thirty years. Its portfolio ranges from long-span support structures and bridges to high-rises, special-use buildings and leading-edge solar power stations. The wellspring of the firm’s innovative work lies in its unique planning culture. Beneath the Surface showcases this culture through sketches, drawings, photographs and texts from a wide selection of projects realized by schlaich bergermann partner. This impressive, richly illustrated volume brings into relief the firm’s philosophy and the methods of its interdisciplinary engineers as they work together on equal footing with architects.

Fabricate 2024
Fabricate 2024

Author: Bob Sheil

Publisher: UCL Press

Published: 2024-04-04

Total Pages: 163

ISBN-13: 1800086342

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Fabricate 2024: Creating Resourceful Futures is the fifth volume in the series of Fabricate publications. The first conference – ‘Making Digital Architecture’ – explored the ways in which technology, design and industry are shaping the world around us. Since then, we have become finely attuned to the negative impacts of this shaping. The 2024 conference, hosted in Copenhagen, sets focus on the pressing need to develop new models for architectural production that rethink how resource is deployed, its intensity, its socio-ecological origins and sensitivity to environment. This book features the work of designers, engineers and makers operating within the built environment. It documents disruptive approaches that reconsider how fabrication can be leveraged to address our collective and entangled challenges of resource scarcity, climate emergency and burgeoning demand. Exploring case studies of completed buildings and works-in-progress, together with interviews with leading thinkers, this edition of Fabricate offers a plurality of tangible models for design and production that set a creative and responsible course towards resourceful futures.

Infrared Thermography for Building Moisture Inspection
Infrared Thermography for Building Moisture Inspection

Author: Eva Barreira

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2018-09-26

Total Pages: 71

ISBN-13: 331975386X

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This book presents the state-of-the-art in infrared thermography (IRT) applications with a focus on moisture assessment in buildings. It also offers practical discussions of several case studies, including comparisons of IRT with other surface temperature measurement techniques. In closing, it demonstrates how IRT can be used to assess capillary absorption, and addresses moisture in walls due to wind-driven rain infiltrations, and the drying process. The book equips readers with a deeper understanding of the ideal conditions for accurate IRT assessment and offers practical recommendations.

Engineered Transparency 2021
Engineered Transparency 2021

Author: Bernhard Weller

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2021-07-06

Total Pages: 626

ISBN-13: 343303320X

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This book contains more than 70 articles and presents international trends in structural glazing and facade construction. Renowned authors from all over the world report on current research results and innovative construction projects.

Building Simply: Wooden Windows
Building Simply: Wooden Windows

Author: Judith Resch

Publisher: Birkhäuser

Published: 2023-09-04

Total Pages: 144

ISBN-13: 3035625778

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Versatile wooden windows In her book, the trained carpenter and architect Judith Resch looks at what scope still exists in modern window design and construction. The process of simplification is more difficult to achieve for windows than for most building components, since windows, due to their function, must meet high technical specifications. She presents a variety of window design projects that have one thing in common: they pursue a singular design concept using the simplest possible means. All projects are presented in detail with technical drawings and photographs. 10 simple wooden window designs From retrofitting historical windows to the possibilities of DIY design Precisely designed, handcrafted, highly repairable windows