Modern Construction Handbook
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Owing to regular revision, the Modern Construction Handbook has become a classic in advanced building construction literature, not least because of its clear structure covering the chapters "Material", "Wall", "Roof", "Structure", "Environment", and "Applications".
For the fifth edition, a large part of the 3D presentations has been redrawn, all six chapters have been revised and updated.
New standards have been established for this handbook, which is a basic resource for many architectural study courses, by adding more component details, new examples with a focus on sustainability and energy consumption, and a major update on finite element analysis (FEA) and computational fluid dynamics (CFD).
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Content
- Intro
- CONTENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- 1. MATERIALS
- Steel
- Aluminium
- Copper, zinc, lead
- Stone
- Glass
- Concrete
- Fibre-reinforced concrete
- Ceramics
- Timber
- Polymers
- Material testing
- 2. WALLS
- Trends in facade design
- Trends in facade design
- Glass systems
- Concrete
- Masonry
- Fibre reinforced polymers
- Timber
- 3. ROOFS
- Trends in roof design
- Metal roofs
- Glass roofs
- Concrete
- Timber roofs
- Fibre reinforced polymer roofs
- Fabric systems
- 4. STRUCTURE
- Material systems for structures
- Elements of structures
- Braced frames
- Portal frames
- Loadbearing boxes
- Trusses
- Arches and shells
- Space grids
- Stairs
- 5. ENVIRONMENT
- Environmental studies for envelopes
- Analysis for design
- Low energy material systems
- Active design
- Support services
- Performance testing
- Performance testing
- 6. APPLICATIONS
- 1. Working with industry: manufacturers and fabricators
- 2. Triangular panels for twisted facades
- 3. Twisted panels with flat glass for curved facades
- 4. Solar shading louvres
- 5. Double-skin facades
- 6. Precast concrete panels for facades of complex geometry
- 7. Exoskeleton facades of complex geometry
- 8. Diagrid structure
- 9. Hybrid systems forming facades of complex geometry
- 10. Opaque cladding interface with full-height glazing
- 11. Complex curved glazed roofs
- 12. Large-scale glazed facades
- 13. Panelisation of complex building surface geometry
- 14. Opaque rainscreen cladding
- 15. Full-height glazing with GRP-clad structural frame
- 16. GRC cladding interfaces
- 17. Full-height entrance glazing
- 18. GRP louvres on stick glazing system
- 19. GRC cladding
- 20. Windows in GRC cladding
- 21. Windows and unitised glazing with GRC cladding
- 22. Unitised glazing with GRC cladding
- 23. Complex glazed roofs with supporting steel structure
- 24. Glazed roofs with complex geometry
- 25. Louvres and stick glazing
- 7. REFERENCES
- Glossary of terms
- Authorship &
- photo credits
- Photo credits
- Index
