Building construction and materials

Das Werk bietet die Grundlagen zur Lichtverschmutzung und ihrer Auswirkung auf Organismen.

When Seon (Zen) Buddhism was first introduced to Korea around Korea's late Silla and early Goryeo eras, the function of the "e;beopdang"e; (Dharma hall) was transfused to the lecture hall found in ancient Buddhist temples, establishing a pivotal area within the temple compound called the "e;upper monastic area.

Both professionals and students are increasingly committed to achieving high-performance metrics in the design, construction and operation of residential buildings.

This book contains selected papers presented at the 9th edition of the official triennial conference of the International Association of Building Physics (IABP), held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on 25-27 July, 2024.

The interaction between engineering and the law is undergoing dramatic changes.

Autopsy as a field is enjoying an unexpected renaissance as new and improved uses are found for postmortem examination in quality improvement, education, and research.

This is the foremost guide to hydraulically designing sprinkler systems for commercial and residential buildings.

This handbook reports fundamentals, industrial practices and new aspects for the formation and control solution of non-metallic inclusions in different grades of steels.

This handbook provides a comprehensive and detailed framework for the implementation of "e;Continuous Improvement"e; and Lean Six Sigma in a professional project management environment.

In recognition that no single country possesses all the answers to the critical scientific, institutional and legal questions associated with combating nuclear and radiological terrorism, the 2005 Workshop and these proceedings were structured to promote wide-ranging, multi-national exploration of critical technology needs and underlying scientific challenges to reducing the threat of nuclear/radiological terrorism; to illustrate through country-specific presentations how resulting technologies were used in national programs; and to outline the role of legal, policy and institutional frameworks in countering nuclear/radiological terrorism.

THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE AND CURRENT GUIDE TO THE PROPERTIES, BEHAVIOR, AND TECHNOLOGY OF CONCRETEThis thoroughly updated edition contains new information on: Recently built construction projects worldwideShrinkage-reducing admixturesSelf-consolidating concrete, pervious concrete, internal curing, and other cutting-edge innovationsModeling of ice formation and alkali-aggregate reaction in concreteEnvironmental impact of concreteEach chapter begins with a preview of the contents and ends with a self-test and a guide for further reading.

Smart Buildings Systems for Architects, Owners and Builders is a practical guide and resource for architects, builders, engineers, facility managers, developers, contractors, and design consultants.

The word conservation, when used in the context of the preservation of built heritage, implies an intrinsically complex concept that evolved over time, since it has been influenced by the perception of history throughout time.

The success of every construction project begins with reading and understanding the contract.

This book discusses systems of damage detection and structural health monitoring in mechanical, civil, and aerospace structures.

The Water Reactor Fuel Performance Meeting (WRFPM) held in Asia has merged with TopFuel in Europe and LWR Fuel Performance in the United States to form the globally most influential conference in the field of nuclear fuel research.

As a specialist in disaster preparation, you have huge responsibilities: a failure to prepare for natural and human-induced disasters costs lives and money.

This book focuses on nonlinear finite element analysis of thin-walled smart structures integrated with piezoelectric materials.

This book provides methods and concepts which enable engineers to design mass and cost efficient products.

This book focuses on the permeability of the foundation of dams, how to determine their state and how to tighten permeable rock to achieve safe foundations for large dams.

Small wind turbines utilize wind energy to produce power with rated capacities of 100 kilowatts or less.

This book presents the proceedings of the 20th Congress of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA 2018), held on August 26-30, 2018, in Florence, Italy.

This book provides practical and buildable solutions for the design of foundations for housing and other low-rise buildings, especially those on abnormal or poor ground.

Global construction data is vital for contractors, governments, international organisations, policy makers, academic researchers and statisticians.

Starting from the purchase of heavy equipment and following through to the end of its economic life, this manual explains how to efficiently maintain and operate different types of heavy equipment.

Experimental Methods in Heat Transfer and Fluid Mechanics focuses on how to analyze and solve the classic heat transfer and fluid mechanics measurement problems in one book.

This book presents recent applications and approaches as well as challenges in digital forensic science.

This book proposes new control and protection schemes to improve the overall stability and security of future wide-area power systems.

This book is based on many years of research and practical pedagogical experiences around cross-cultural and multidisciplinary design for healthy ageing.

This book comprises select proceedings of the annual conference of the Indian Geotechnical Society.

This comprehensive monograph addresses crucial issues in the protection of railway systems, with the objective of enhancing the understanding of railway infrastructure security.

This book explores membrane materials as a means of translating natural and renewable resources into a more flexible, dynamic, and reactive architectural skin.

Occupational Safety and Hygiene II contains selected papers from the International Symposium on Occupational Safety and Hygiene (SHO2014, Guimar Portugal, 13-14 February 2014), which was organized by the Portuguese Society for Occupational Safety and Hygiene (SPOSHO).

This book showcases the cross-disciplinary and "e;systemic"e; relationships among climate change, resilience, and cultural heritage.

This book reports on an architectural conservation and reuse project in Anipemza, an Armenian Soviet-era village on the Turkish border, just a few steps away from the important Yererouyk archaeological site.

This book provides a step-by-step guidance on how to implement analytical methods in project risk management.

This book gathers the proceedings of the 11th International Conference of Ar.

This book comprises the proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Canadian Society of Civil Engineering 2021.

The appearance of ugly staining early in a buildings life, ruins an otherwise pleasing appearance, tarnishes the image of the owners and gives rise to costly refurbishment works.

The book explores advanced building-facade daylighting design practices based on diverse energy and human-factor performance metrics.

This book presents methods and results that cover and extend beyond the state-of-the-art in structural dynamics and earthquake engineering.

This thesis studied the effect of aging of intumescent coatings (ICs) on the reliability of protected steel columns in fire condition and developed a probabilistic approach to assess the service life of ICs applied on steel columns.

The book provides background information about technical solutions, processes and methodology to develop future automated mobility solutions.

Reducing and managing humanity's demand for energy is a fundamental part of the effort to mitigate climate change.

Thisbook focuses on topics in the entire spectrum of fire safety science, targetingresearch in fires, explosions, combustion science, heat transfer, fluiddynamics, risk analysis, structural engineering, and other subjects.

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