Amending Section 10 of act extending homestead laws and providing for right of way for railroads in the District of Alaska. February 28, 1927. -- Ordered to be printed

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910716680703321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: [Washington, D.C.] : , : [U.S. Government Printing Office], , 1927
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (2 pages)
• Collana: Senate report / 69th Congress, 2nd session. Senate ; ; no. 1688; [United States congressional serial set] ; ; [serial no. 8685.]
• Altri autori (Persone): StanfieldRobert Nelson <1877-1945> (Republican (OR))
• Soggetti: Homestead law; Legislative amendments; Public land sales; Right of way; Legislative materials.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
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Design and construction of bioclimatic wooden greenhouses . Volume 2 : design of construction: structure and systems / / Gian Luca Brunetti

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910831077403321
• Autore: Brunetti Gian Luca
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London, England ; ; Hoboken, New Jersey : , : ISTE, Ltd. : , : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, , [2023]; ©2023
• ISBN: 1-394-19213-4; 1-394-19211-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (275 pages)
• Disciplina: 728.96
• Soggetti: Greenhouses - Design and construction
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Light Frames (Wooden Frames) -- 1.1. Commonest solution: platform-frame-like or balloon-frame-like curtain walls framed with studs/mullions -- 1.2. Types of connections in wooden construction -- 1.2.1. Head-to-head butt joint -- 1.2.2. Head-to-side butt joint -- 1.2.3. Lap joints -- 1.2.4. Nailed connections -- 1.2.5. Screwed connections -- 1.2.6. Bolted connections -- 1.2.7. Tooth plate connections -- 1.2.8. Glued connections -- 1.3. Types of connections between structural sub-systems -- 1.3.1. Interfacing the frames of the front façade and the roof -- 1.3.2. Interfacing the frames of the side walls and the roof -- 1.3.3. Gable walls -- 1.3.4. Opaque enclosures -- 1.3.5. Back walls -- 1.3.6. Connection between the roof of a building and the roof of the greenhouse attached to it -- 1.4. Alternative structural solution: light-frame curtain walls supported by horizontal purlins -- 1.5. Alternative structural solution: trussed light-frame structures -- 1.5.1. Trusses and trussed portals or semi-portals orthogonal to the front façade -- 1.5.2. Light-frame trussed portals parallel to the front façade -- 1.6. Criteria for the construction of light-frame trusses and trussed portal frames -- 1.6.1. Chords, diagonals and uprights overlapped on different planes -- 1.6.2. Chords, diagonals and uprights on the same plane -- 1.6.3. Transversal ; connection of portal frames -- 1.6.4. Bracing strategies in light frames -- 1.7. Intermixing parts of timber frames into light frames -- 1.8. Analogies with cold-rolled light frames -- 1.9. Arched and vaulted construction in light frames -- 1.9.1. Lamella vaults -- 1.9.2. Geodesic domes -- Chapter 2. Timber Frames -- 2.1. Intermixing light-frame parts into timber frames -- 2.1.1. Light frame completely additional to the timber frame.; 2.1.2. Combining timber frames and light frames -- 2.2. Connections in timber-frame greenhouses -- 2.2.1. Traditional connections in timber frames -- 2.2.2. Modern connections in timber frames -- 2.3. Structural solutions with the primary beams of the frames orthogonal to the front façade -- 2.3.1. Post-and-beam greenhouses with primary beams perpendicular to the front façade -- 2.3.2. Trussed post-and-beam greenhouses with primary beams perpendicular to the front façade -- 2.3.3. Portal frames perpendicular to the front façade -- 2.3.4. Spans of the secondary structural elements in greenhouses having the principal beams orthogonal to the main façades -- 2.3.5. Frames or portal frames, solid or trussed, parallel to the front façade -- 2.4. Pole construction -- 2.4.1. Treating timber poles for a longer life span -- 2.4.2. Solutions for cantilevering the poles from the ground -- 2.4.3. Solutions for connecting girders or beams to the poles -- 2.4.4. Pole greenhouse construction -- 2.5. Bracing strategies in timber frames -- 2.5.1. Bracing with cables or rods -- 2.5.2. Bracing with short massive diagonals -- 2.5.3. Bracing the bays with full-length diagonals connected with butt joints by means of steel plates -- 2.5.4. Bracing with full-length lap-joined diagonals -- Chapter 3. Foundations -- 3.1. Foundation walls and foundation sills -- 3.2. Construction strategies for foundation walls -- 3.2.1. Preparing the ground for a foundation wall -- 3.2.2. Boulders-and-mortar wall foundation -- 3.2.3. Brick masonry wall foundation -- 3.2.4. Conventionally mortared hollow concrete block wall foundation -- 3.2.5. Parged hollow concrete block wall foundations -- 3.2.6. Concrete foundation walls -- 3.2.7. Wooden-frame foundations -- 3.2.8. Timber foundations -- 3.2.9. Pier foundations -- 3.2.10. Insulation of the foundation wall.; 3.2.11. The foundation wall as a sill -- 3.3. Drainage around the foundation wall -- 3.4. Pavements -- 3.5. Platform frame floors raised above the ground -- Chapter 4. Heating and Cooling Systems -- Watering Systems -- 4.1. Heating and cooling plants -- 4.1.1. Air-based systems -- 4.1.2. Water-based systems -- 4.2. Heat recovery via air-to-air heat exchangers -- 4.3. Passive and low-energy heating and cooling solutions based on the thermal exchange with the ground -- 4.3.1. GAHT systems -- 4.3.2. Ground-air heat exchangers - Canadian wells -- 4.3.3. Considerations about the transfer of heat to remote masses by convection -- 4.3.4. Surface air-to-ground heat exchange (experimental) -- 4.4. Auxiliary heating systems -- 4.4.1. Electric heating -- 4.4.2. Common stoves -- 4.4.3. Rocket mass stoves -- 4.4.4. Water systems coupled with burners or heat pumps -- 4.4.5. Active systems using renewable energy sources -- 4.4.6. Heat pumps -- 4.5. Auxiliary cooling systems -- 4.6. Integration of photovoltaic panels in greenhouses -- 4.7. Integration of passive solar heating panels in greenhouses -- 4.8. Watering systems -- 4.8.1. Most common water sources -- 4.8.2. Water containers -- 4.8.3. Water distribution -- 4.9. Solutions for water catchment and storage suitable for self-building -- 4.9.1. Creation of low-cost ponds -- 4.9.2. Rainwater collection -- Conclusion -- References -- Index -- Summaries of other volumes -- EULA.