Table of Contents
Chapter 1- Low-Energy House
Chapter 2 - Zero-Energy Building
Chapter 3 - Passive House
Chapter 4 - Heat Recovery Ventilation
Chapter 5 - Building Automation
Chapter 6 - Over-Illumination
Chapter 7 - Compact Fluorescent Lamp
Chapter 8 - Cool Roof
Chapter 9 - Green Roof
Chapter 10 - Daylighting
Chapter 11 - Earth Sheltering
Chapter 12 - Techniques & Practices of Low Energy Building Engineering
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MEDICINE BY DESIGN - THE ARCHITECT AND THE MODERN HOSPITAL
Author: annmarie adams | Size: 14.60 MB | Format:PDF | Publisher: university of minnesota press, minneapolis • london | Year: 2008 | pages: 198 | ISBN: -
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As the book’s title is intended to suggest, Medicine by Design is about the complex teams of experts and users who made the early-twentieth-century hospital. It is a case study approach to a single building type.
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Author: Francesco Carrasco | Size: 2.9 MB | Format:PDF | Publisher: The English Press | Year: 2011 | pages: 102 | ISBN: 9789381157633
Hydropower, hydraulic power or water power is power that is derived from the force or energy of moving water, which may be harnessed for useful purposes. Prior to the widespread availability of commercial electric power, hydropower was used for irrigation, and operation of various machines, such as watermills, textile machines, sawmills, dock cranes, and domestic lifts.
Another method used a trompe to produce compressed air from falling water, which could then be used to power other machinery at a distance from the water. In hydrology, hydropower is manifested in the force of the water on the riverbed and banks of a river. It is particularly powerful when the river is in flood. The force of the water results in the removal of sediment and other materials from the riverbed and banks of the river, causing erosion and other alterations.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1- Introduction to Hydropower
Chapter 2 - Tidal Power
Chapter 3 - Hydroelectricity
Chapter 4 - Run of the River Hydroelectricity
Chapter 5 - Pumped-Storage Hydroelectricity
Chapter 6 - Small, Micro and Pico Hydro
Chapter 7 - Marine Energy
Chapter 8 - Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion
Chapter 9 - Wave Power
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Hybrid-stress models for elastic–plastic analysis by the initial-stress approach
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Proceedings of the 15th African Regional Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering: Resource and Infrastructure Geotechnics in Africa: Putting Theory into Practice
This volume contains 94 papers and 3 keynote lectures presented at the 15th African Regional Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, held in Maputo, Mozambique on 18-21 July 2011. The general theme of the conference was Resource and
Infrastructure Geotechnics in Africa: Putting Theory into Practice. The papers are divided into the following sections: Dams, Environmental Engineering, Foundations, Lateral Support and Retaining Structures, Materials Testing, Roads, Site Characterisation and Slopes. This publication is of interest to academics and practitioners in the field of soil mechanics, geotechnical and ground engineering.
IOS Press is an international science, technical and medical publisher of high-quality books for academics, scientists, and professionals in all fields.
Some of the areas we publish in:
-Biomedicine
-Oncology
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Hi guys, I need the following papers, please I don't know how to find them, if you could help me I'd be grateful, thanks in advance:
Huang, E. Y., “A Test for Evaluating the Geometric Characteristics of Coarse
Aggregate Particles,” ASTM Proceedings, Vol 62, 1962, pp. 1223–1242.
Huang, E. Y., Auer, A., and Triffo, R. P., “Effect of Geometric Characteristics
of Coarse Aggregates on Strength of Soil-Aggregate Mixtures,” ASTM Proceedings,
Vol 64, 1964, pp. 922–933.
McLeod, Norman W., and McLean, J. A., “A Laboratory Investigation of the
Compaction of Dense Graded Asphalt Concrete,” paper presented at the 19th
Annual Conference of the Canadian Technical Asphalt Association, Regina
Saskatchewan, Canada, 1974.
McLeod, Norman W., and Davidson, J. Keith, “Particle Index Evaluation of
Aggregate Paving Mixtures,” Proceedings, Association of Asphalt Paving Technologies,
Vol 50, 1981, pp. 251–290.
This book is about computing eigenvalues, eigenvectors, and invariant subspaces of matrices. Treatment includes generalized and structured eigenvalue problems and all vital aspects of eigenvalue computations. A unique feature is the detailed treatment of structured eigenvalue problems, providing insight on accuracy and efficiency gains to be expected from algorithms that take the structure of a matrix into account.
Editorial Reviews
From the reviews of the first edition: "This book deals with the numerical methods for general and structured eigenvalue problems. … These lecture notes provide a detailed treatment and an updated account on the various eigenvalue algorithms and related topics … . In today’s world of computing, it is certainly a valuable reference and tool for anyone using methods of numerical linear algebra." (Amin Boumenir, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1079, 2006)
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This fully revised edition of the pocket book includes everyday information which the architect/designer normally has to find from a wide variety of sources and which is not always easily to hand. The book is of use to the student as well as the experienced practitioner. There is no similar compendium currently available.
The book includes data about planning, structure, services, building elements, materials and addresses, and is intended to be used both at the drawing board and on site.
The selection of the material by the author is based on many years' experience of architectural practice in both public and private offices.
Now fully updated to take into account the new 2002 editions to the Building Regulations documents H, J, L1 and L2.
Charlotte Baden-Powell was trained at the Architectural Association in London and has practised as an architect for 38 years. She began by working for British Rail and later for Sir Denys Lasdun. Since then she has run her own practice in London and Bath, dealing with new works as well as the restoration and extension of old buildings. She has written and lectured about the design of kitchens and bathrooms and is the author of Fireplace Design and Construction.
* Saves you time by gathering together essential, useful and practical information for both the student and practising architect
* Invaluable to students whose theoretical courses do not prepare them for the practicalities of professional practice
* Keeps you up to date by including 36 pages of new information looking at a broad range of current issues from bicycle parking spaces to types of paint
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