Building the Future : Innovation in design, materials and construction /: Innovation in design, materials and construction. (2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Editors, G.S.T. Armer, J.L. Clarke, F.K. Garas.
• Editors: Armer, G. S. T; Clarke, J. L; Garas, F. K
• Contents: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Part One: General Principles And Philosophy; Chapter 1: Macromaterials; Chapter 2: Development of skill models as an aid to buildability in design; Chapter 3: Durability design: form, materials and detailing; Chapter 4: Some aspects of the possibilities and perspectives in non-destructive testing in civil engineering; Chapter 5: Validating innovation: a graphic aid for designers; Chapter 6: A direct coupling of experiment and analysis; a hybrid complete-matrix formulation Chapter 7: Expert system: design of tank structures (TASDE)Chapter 8: Non-linear behaviour of grillage slab 'Ortho'; Chairman's remarks; Part Two: Timber; Chapter 9: Application of modern wood based composites in construction; Chapter 10: Behaviour of Glulam beams in fire; Chapter 11: Structural grade chipboard; Chapter 12: New developments in reinforced timber joints; Part Three: New Structural Materials; Chapter 13: Constitutive modelling of structural plastics: the role of physical testing Chapter 14: New development of a porous wearing course for steel orthotropic bridge decks based on synthetic materialsChapter 15: A new type of hollow brick element 'Ortho' for grillage and ribbed slabs; Chapter 16: New techniques and design possibilities with cast metals; Chapter 17: New materials and methods of testing dynamic resisting elements on the new generation of shaped aircraft hangers; Part Four: New Concrete Materials; Chapter 18: Fibre composites for the reinforcement of concrete Chapter 19: Flexural behaviour of carbon fibre reinforced cement composites with conventional steel reinforcementChapter 20: Developing FRC through integrated material-structure optimization; Chapter 21: Fibre reinforced composite materials for reinforced concrete construction; Chapter 22: Application of palm tree fronds in building heat-insulating houses; Chapter 23: The testing of a mass concrete arch bridge; Chapter 24: The concept of concrete cover design in reinforced concrete columns; Part Five: New Concrete Techniques And Masonry Structures Chapter 25: Utilization of an industrial waste product to develop a corrosion protective coating to steel reinforcement in concreteChapter 26: Hyrib: looks to reduce pressure on form work; Chapter 27: Structural steel shearheads for concrete slabs; Discussion; Chapter 28: Combined numerical-experimental development of innovative structural concrete connections; Chapter 29: An assessment of improved resistance to dynamic loads imposed on ordinary dwellings; Chapter 30: Innovative development in masonry; Chapter 31: Treatment of foundation movement damage using the Helibar remedial system
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 620.110287; Building; Structural engineering; Building; Structural engineering; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781482271263; 1482271265
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