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Winner of the Inaugural Journal of Bridge Structures Book Award

Continually increasing demands on infrastructure mean that maintenance and renewal require timely, appropriate action that maximizes benefits while minimizing cost. To be as well informed as possible, decision-makers must have an optimal understanding of an infrastructure s condition what it is now, and what it is expected to be in the future. Written by two respected engineers, Infrastructure Health in Civil Engineering is presented in two corresponding volumes...

The building shell is the interface with the outside world, it offers protection and at the same time represents its owners or occupants. But what are the criteria for choosing a specific shell? Why is a particular material used on a particular undercoat? The fifth volume of the SCALE series, Enclose - Build, is not about the curtain, the dressing of the facade that surrounds a building, but rather on a causal level about the exterior termination of a building, the wall, the facade, which can be made of various materials, surfaces, and achieves different design effects.

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Strain-Hardening Fibre-Reinforced Cement-Based Composites (SHCC) were named after their ability to resist increased tensile force after crack formation, over a significant tensile deformation range. This book details SHCC and includes field applications.

Computational methods within structural acoustics, vibration and fluid-structure interaction are powerful tools for investigating acoustic and structural-acoustic problems in many sectors of industry; in the building industry regarding room acoustics, in the car industry and aeronautical industry for optimizing structural components with regard to vibrations characteristics etc. It is on the verge of becoming a common tool for noise characterization and design for optimizing structural properties and geometries in order to accomplish a desired acoustic environment. The book covers the...

The requirements confronting our workplaces have recently undergone a dramatic transformation. Constantly shifting workspace populations and varying uses of workspace call for flexible spatial structures, and so do new professions and innovative working methods. The plannung of workspaces is influenced by the digitalization of our storage media as well as by new materials and building technologies. And yet for all the importance of flexibility and technology, the ultimate focus isstill on human beings. How, then can the multilayered concepts of indoor climate, lighting, acoustics, and...

Ob als transluzente Platten, weit gespannte Membranen, luftgefulltes Folienkissen oder in organisch geschwungener Gestalt: In den unterschiedlichsten Formen und Anwendungsbereichen finden Kunststoffe Verwendung in der Architektur. Innovative technische Entwicklungen verbessern stetig seine Materialeigenschaften, gleichzeitig wachst ein neues Bewusstsein fur dieses Material als Baustoff. Wurden Kunststoffe fruher hauptsachlich als preisgunstige Variante zu traditionellen Baustoffen eingesetzt, erfreuen sie sich heute im Bauwesen zunehmend einer ernstzunehmenden Alternative, sei es als...

Bioklimatisch sinnvolle Gebaude konnen in Zukunft nicht die Ausnahme sein, sondern werden den Planern schlicht abverlangt. Dieses Buch dient durch seine hohe Dichte an Fakten als konkrete Entwurfs- und Planungshilfe: Anhand des Planungsprozesses begleitet es den Planer vom Stadtebau uber die Fassadenkonzeption bis hin zur Raumkonditionierung und Energieerzeugung. . Die bauspezifischen Charakteristika der verschiedenen Klimazonen bilden dabei die Grundlage fur die mageschneiderte Entwicklung von ganzheitlichen Gebaudekonzepten. Durchdachte Grafiken veranschaulichen die Planungszusammenhange...

Ob als transluzente Platten, weit gespannte Membranen, luftgefulltes Folienkissen oder in organisch geschwungener Gestalt: In den unterschiedlichsten Formen und Anwendungsbereichen finden Kunststoffe Verwendung in der Architektur. Innovative technische Entwicklungen verbessern stetig seine Materialeigenschaften, gleichzeitig wachst ein neues Bewusstsein fur dieses Material als Baustoff. Wurden Kunststoffe fruher hauptsachlich als preisgunstige Variante zu traditionellen Baustoffen eingesetzt, erfreuen sie sich heute im Bauwesen zunehmend einer ernstzunehmenden Alternative, sei es als...

Textile Architektur begeistert die Menschheit weltweit schon seit vielen Jahrhunderten. In den letzten Jahrzehnten und Jahren konnten durch innovative Materialien neue Moglichkeiten geschaffen werden, diesen faszinierenden Werkstoff in der Architektur, im Bauwesen und auch im Design einzusetzen.
Textilien faszinieren wegen der besonderen Formen, die diese Gewebestrukturen ermoglichen und aufgrund ihres aussergewohnlichen Charakters als weiche Materialien. Gemeinsam mit ihren funktionalen und konstruktiven Eigenschaften bieten sie ein Leistungsspektrum, das bei spektakularen, wie auch...

• practically oriented reference volume on soft soil engineering
• contains case studies of soft soil techniques from all over the world

New Techniques on Soft Soils covers a wide range of updated techniques related to site investigation, vertical drains, surcharge, piled embankment, granular piles, deep mixing, monitoring and performance. An essential reference for designers and practitioners involved in soft soil construction, it provides a comprehensive view of current experiences and opinions of researchers and professionals from different parts of the world...

In an overall and innovative approach to the reality of working with steel, the book takes a new look both at the state of tried-and-tested techniques and at emerging projects. Hundreds of steel structures have been, analyzed and appraised. In-depth construction photographs by the author are complemented by technical illustrations and by drawings supplied by fabricators allowing insight into a method of working with digital drawing tools.

What is the process of forming rooms, which elements are used and how are room-shaping components defined? The fourth volume in the SCALE series, Furnishing - Zoning, deals with the relationships between building typology and building structure, and between spatial composition and interior design. The relationship between the briefing and the catalogue of requirements, and between shell construction and fit-out, is elucidated. Connections at walls, ceilings and floors are explained in detail and illustrated with case studies of selected projects. In addition, the authors...