The vertical transportation handbook [[electronic resource] /] / George R. Strakosch and Robert Caporale, editors

• Pubblicazione: New York, NY, : John Wiley & Sons, c2010
• Edizione: 4th ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (626 p.)
• Disciplina: 621.8/77
• Soggetto topico: Elevators; Escalators
• Altri autori: StrakoschGeorge R CaporaleBob
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: THE VERTICAL TRANSPORTATION HANDBOOK; CONTENTS; Preface; Acknowledgments; Contributors; 1 The Essentials of Elevatoring; 2 The Basis of Elevatoring a Building; 3 Passenger Traffic Requirements; 4 IncomingTraffic; 5 Two-Way Traffic; 6 Outgoing Traffic; 7 Elevator Operation and Control; 8 Space and Physical Requirements; 9 Escalators and Moving Walks; 10 Elevatoring Commercial Buildings; 11 Elevatoring Residential Buildings; 12 Elevatoring Institutional Buildings; 13 Service and Freight Elevators; 14 Nonconventional Elevators, Special Applications, and Environmental Considerations ; 15 Automated Materials-Handling Systems16 Codes and Standards; 17 Elevator Specifying and Contracting; 18 Economics, Maintenance, and Modernization; 19 Traffic Studies and Performance Evaluation Using Simulation; 20 The Changing Modes of Horizontal and Vertical Transportation; Appendix: Literature on Elevators and Escalators; Index of Tables and Charts; Index of Examples; Subject Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This new edition of a one-of-a-kind handbook provides an essential updating to keep the book current with technology and practice. New coverage of topics such as machine-room-less systems and current operation and control procedures, ensures that this revision maintains its standing as the premier general reference on vertical transportation. A team of new contributors has been assembled to shepherd the book into this new edition and provide the expertise to keep it up to date in future editions. A new copublishing partnership with Elevator World Magazine ensures that the quality of the rev
• Titolo autorizzato: The vertical transportation handbook
• ISBN: 0-470-91973-6; 1-282-81710-8; 9786612817106; 0-470-94981-3; 0-470-91971-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910140750803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II