Advances in building technology . Volume 1 : proceedings of the International Conference on Advances in Building Technology, 4-6 December, 2002, Hong Kong, China / / edited by M. Anson, J. M. Ko, E. S. S. Lam

• Pubblicazione: Oxford, [England] : , : Elsevier Science Ltd, , 2002; ©2002
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (1844 p.)
• Disciplina: 624
• Soggetto topico: Civil engineering - Technological innovations; Building - Technological innovations
• Altri autori: AnsonM KoJ. M LamE. S. S
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: e9780080441009v1; Front Cover; ADVANCES IN BUILDING TECHNOLOGY; Copyright Page; Preface; International Advisory Committee; Organizing Committee; Executive Committee; CONTENTS; PART 1: KEYNOTE PAPERS; Chapter 1. Advances in Materials and Mechanics; Chapter 2. Advances in Concrete Technology; Chapter 3. Human Requirements in Future Air-Conditioned Environments; Chapter 4. Creating Competitive Advantage and Profits with Technology in the Construction Sector; Chapter 5. Advances in IT for Building Design ; Chapter 6. Information Technology Support to Improved Construction Processes: Inter-Disciplinarity in Research and PracticeChapter 7. Recent Topics in Wind Engineering Focusing on Monitoring Techniques; Chapter 8. A Conception of Casualty Control Based Seismic Design for Buildings; Chapter 9. Thermal Radiation Effects and Their Determination in Room Fires; PART 2: TEAM PRESENTATION: Advances in Panel Systems; Chapter 1. Wood Frame Shear Walls with Metal Plate Connected Framework; Chapter 2. Toward Engineering Design of Gypsum Board Fire Barriers ; Chapter 3. Barrier Materials to Reduce Contaminant Emissions from Structural Insulated PanelsChapter 4. Novel Microcellular Plastics for Lightweight and Energy Efficient Building Applications; Chapter 5. Long-Term Creep Response of Borate-Modified Oriented Strandboard; Chapter 6. Mechanical, Physical, and Biological Properties of Borate-Modified Oriented Strandboard; PART 3: TEAM PRESENTATION: Commissioning and Energy Management; Chapter 1. Re-commissioning of an Air Handling Unit; Chapter 2. Automated Commissioning of Air-Handling Units Using Fuzzy Air Temperature Sensors ; Chapter 3. Modeling of Package Air-Conditioning EquipmentChapter 4. Automatic Diagnosis and Commissioning of Central Chilling Systems; PART 4: TEAM PRESENTATION: Composite Construction; Chapter 1. Design of Simply-Supported and Continuous Beams in Steel-Concrete Composite Construction; Chapter 2. Innovations in Composite Slabs Incorporating Profiled Steel Sheeting; Chapter 3. Web-Side-Plate Framing Connections in Both Steel and Composite Construction; Chapter 4. Novel New Reinforcing Components for Composite Beams ; Chapter 5. The Influence of Material Properties on the Local Buckling of Concrete Filled Steel TubesPART 5: TEAM PRESENTATION: Composites for Housing; Chapter 1. Low-Cost, Bio-Based Composite Materials for Housing Applications; Chapter 2. Durability of Pulp Fiber-Cement Composites to Wet/Dry Cycling; Chapter 3. Extruded Fiber-Reinforced Composite; Chapter 4. Reversed In-Plane Cyclic Behavior of Post-Tensioned Clay Brick Masonry Walls for High Performance Modular Housing; Chapter 5. An All-Natural Composite Material Roof System for Residential Construction ; Chapter 6. Comparison of Optimal Designs for Stick-Frame Wall Assemblies of Different Bay Sizes
• Sommario/riassunto: This set of proceedings is based on the International Conference on Advances in Building Technology in Hong Kong on 4-6 December 2002. The two volumes of proceedings contain 9 invited keynote papers, 72 papers delivered by 11 teams , and 133 contributed papers from over 20 countries around the world. The papers cover a wide spectrum of topics across the three technology sub-themes of structures and construction, environment, and information technology. The variety within these categories spans a width of topics, and these proceedings provide readers with a good general overview of recent a
• Titolo autorizzato: Advances in building technology
• ISBN: 1-281-05400-3; 9786611054007; 0-08-052663-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910821560603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II