Building materials. Building technology

Case Studies in Building Constructions

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The book presents recent research and a collection of case studies and real-world experiences relating to building construction. Covering building rehabilitation, building diagnostics, service-life prediction and life-cycles, and hygrothermal behaviour, it bridges the gap betwee…

Smart Technologies for Sustainable Development: Select Proceedings of SMTS 2019

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This book presents select papers from the International Conference on Smart Materials and Techniques for Sustainable Development (SMTS) 2019. The contents focus on a wide range of methods and techniques related to sustainable development fields like smart structures and material…

Space Habitats and Habitability: Designing for Isolated and Confined Environments …

by Häuplik-Meusburger, Sandra, Bishop, Sheryl

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This book explores creative solutions to the unique challenges inherent in crafting livable spaces in extra-terrestrial environments. The goal is to foster a constructive dialogue between the researchers and planners of future (space) habitats. The authors explore the diverse co…

Hemp and Sustainability

by Muthu, Subramanian Senthilkannan, Dhondt, Fieke

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This book highlights the positive and negative impacts that hemp fibre and textiles have on environment, while studying the effects of climate change on the growth of fibre hemp. Human-induced climate change challenge the availability of textile fibres, whereas today's apparel i…

Rock and Pop Venues: Acoustic and Architectural Design

by Adelman-Larsen, Niels Werner

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Popular music plays a substantial role in most people's life. The demand and financial revenue of Rock and Pop concerts is large and still increasing with the decreased revenue on recorded music. Based on the first ever scientific investigations on recommendable acoustics for am…

Nonlinear Analysis of Thin-Walled Smart Structures

by Zhang, Shun-Qi

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This book focuses on nonlinear finite element analysis of thin-walled smart structures integrated with piezoelectric materials. Two types of nonlinear phenomena are presented in the book, namely geometrical nonlinearity and material nonlinearity. Geometrical nonlinearity mainly …

Proceedings of 1st International Conference on Structural Damage Modelling and Assessment: SDMA 2020, 4-5 August 2020, Ghent University, Bel…

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This book comprises the select proceedings of Structural Damage Modelling and Assessment (SDMA 2020) presented online on 4-5 August 2020. It discusses the recent advances in fields related to damage modelling, damage detection and assessment, non-destructive testing and evaluati…

3D Printing Architecture: Workflows, Applications, and Trends

by Bañón, Carlos, Raspall, Félix

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This book investigates how architectural design advances as a result of the rapid developments in 3D Printing. As this technology become more powerful, faster and cheaper, novel workflows are becoming available and revolutionizing all stages of the design process, from early spa…

Experiment-Based Structural Mechanics

by Shin, Kyung-Jae, Lee, Swoo-Heon

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This textbook demonstrates theoretical principles and actual cases of structural mechanics. This book explains basic definitions of beam, frame, and truss which are widely used in the field of structure mechanics and also shows important engineering tests such as moment distribu…

Recent Advances in Computational Mechanics and Simulations: Volume-I: Materials to Structures

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This book presents selected papers from the 7th International Congress on Computational Mechanics and Simulation, held at IIT Mandi, India. The papers discuss the development of mathematical models representing physical phenomena and apply modern computing methods to analyze a b…

Structural Analysis of Concrete-Filled Double Steel Tubes

by ZHANG, YUFEN, Guo, Degang

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This book offers a clear and comprehensive overview of both the theory and application of fundamental aspects of concrete-filled double steel tubes (CFDST). Many analysis and design applications are presented, which involve mechanical components and structural members often enco…

Proceedings of International Conference on Thermofluids: KIIT Thermo 2020

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This book presents selected and peer-reviewed proceedings of the International Conference on Thermofluids (KIIT Thermo 2020). It focuses on the latest studies and findings in the areas of fluid dynamics, heat transfer, thermodynamics, and combustion. Some of the topics covered i…

Sustainability and Automation in Smart Constructions: Proceedings of the International Conference on Au…

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This book gathers outstanding papers presented at the Conference on Automation Innovation in Construction (CIAC-2019). In recent years, there have been significant transformations in the construction sector regarding production and the use of computers and automation to create s…

Recent Developments in Sustainable Infrastructure: Select Proceedings of ICRDSI 2019

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This book comprises select peer-reviewed proceedings of the International Conference on Recent Developments in Sustainable Infrastructure (ICRDSI) 2019. The topics span over all major disciplines of civil engineering with regard to sustainable development of infrastructure and i…

Trends in Civil Engineering and Challenges for Sustainability: Select Proceedings of CTCS 2019

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This book comprises selected papers from the International Conference on Civil Engineering Trends and Challenges for Sustainability (CTCS) 2019. The book presents latest research in several areas of civil engineering such as construction and structural engineering, geotechnical …

The Networked Health-Relevant Factors for Office Buildings: The Planned Health

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People who work in an office spend at least a third of their lifetime in these spaces. The planning of office and administration buildings can therefore contribute a great deal to the satisfaction and well-being of future users. The book looks at the health-relevant factors that…

Advances in Civil Engineering: Select Proceedings of ARICE 2019

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This volume comprises select peer reviewed papers presented at the international conference - Advanced Research and Innovations in Civil Engineering (ARICE 2019). It brings together a wide variety of innovative topics and current developments in various branches of civil enginee…

ICSECM 2019: Proceedings of the 10th International Conference …

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This book highlights current research and developments in the area of Structural Engineering and Construction Management, which are important disciplines in Civil Engineering. It covers the following topics and categories of Structural Engineering. The main chapters/sections of …

Recent Trends in Civil Engineering: Select Proceedings of ICRTICE 2019

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This book presents the selected peer-reviewed proceedings of the International Conference on Recent Trends and Innovations in Civil Engineering (ICRTICE 2019). The volume focuses on latest research and advances in the field of civil engineering and materials science such as desi…

Advances in Structural Technologies: Select Proceedings of CoAST 2019

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This book comprises select proceedings of the National Conference on Advances in Structural Technology (CoAST 2019). It brings together different applied and technological aspects of structural engineering. The main topics covered in this book include solid mechanics, composite …