Structural Detailing: For Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering Students
Author(s)/Editor(s): Peter H. Newton | Size: 17.5 MB | Format:PDF | Quality:Unspecified | Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan | Year: 174 | pages: 1991 | ISBN: ISBN-10: 033355471X ISBN-13: 978-0333554715
Structural detailing consists of transforming the work of a structural engineer into working drawings for the use of the builder. The intended reader of this book is young and inexperienced and has not yet mastered bending moments and shearing forces, principal stresses and limit states, areas of steel and equivalent lengths. For this reason the book has been written for the reader with little or no prior knowledge of structural mechanics and simple explanations are given of the behaviour of structural components in service. Similarly it is assumed that the reader will have had little or no site experience and, in any case, will have little real understanding of the processes that are going on. Here, again, an attempt has been made to describe the construction process, insofar as it affects the work of the detailer. Throughout the text appropriate clauses and tables are quoted and, in part III, extracts are given, which will enable the reader to practice detailing other structures in stell, concrete and timber, following the examples given in each chapter.
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This book provides the means for a better control and purposeful consideration of Architecturally Exposed Structural Steel (AESS). It deploys a detailed categorization of AESS uses according to design context, building typology and visual exposure. In a rare combination, this approach makes high-quality benchmarks compatible with economies in terms of material use and workforce. The author ranks among the world's best scholars on this topic.
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Please, I urgently need this textbook "Fundamentals of Building Construction: Materials and Methods, 6th Edition" by Edward Allen and Joseph Iano. The 5th edition is available in the database.
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This book presents extensive information on structural health monitoring for suspension bridges. During the past two decades, there have been significant advances in the sensing technologies employed in long-span bridge health monitoring. However, interpretation of the massive monitoring data is still lagging behind. This book establishes a series of measurement interpretation frameworks that focus on bridge site environmental conditions, and global and local responses of suspension bridges. Using the proposed frameworks, it subsequently offers new insights into the structural behaviors of long-span suspension bridges. As a valuable resource for researchers, scientists and engineers in the field of bridge structural health monitoring, it provides essential information, methods, and practical algorithms that can facilitate in-service bridge performance assessments.
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I'm seeking drafting standards for construction drawings. Any of the ISO standards from
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ISO/TC 10/SC 8 committee would be appreciated, especially the following :
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ISO 128-23:1999 - General principles of presentation -- Part 23: Lines on construction drawings
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ISO 128-33:2018 - General principles of presentation -- Part 33: Representation of views, sections and cuts in construction drawings
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ISO 128-43:2015 - General principles of presentation -- Part 43: Projection methods in building drawings
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ISO 4157-1:1998 - Construction drawings -- Designation systems -- Part 1: Buildings and parts of buildings
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ISO 4172:1991 - Construction drawings -- Drawings for the assembly of prefabricated structures
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ISO 9431:1990 - Construction drawings -- Spaces for drawing and for text, and title blocks on drawing sheets
Alternatively, I'm also open to suggestions if someone knows (and can get) an alternate construction drafting standard (such as the NCS); I am not bound to a particular standard organization.
Provides structural engineers with the knowledge and practical tools needed to perform structural designs for wind that incorporate major technological, conceptual, analytical and computational advances achieved in the last two decades
With clear explanations and documentation of the concepts, methods, algorithms, and software available for accounting for wind loads in structural design, it also describes the wind engineer's contributions in sufficient detail that they can be effectively scrutinized by the structural engineer in charge of the design.
Wind Effects on Structures: Modern Structural Design for Wind, 4th Edition is organized in four sections. The first covers atmospheric flows, extreme wind speeds, and bluff body aerodynamics. The second examines the design of buildings, and includes chapters on aerodynamic loads; dynamic and effective wind-induced loads; wind effects with specified MRIs; low-rise buildings; tall buildings; and more. The third part is devoted to aeroelastic effects, and covers both fundamentals and applications. The last part considers other structures and special topics such as trussed frameworks; offshore structures; and tornado effects.
Offering readers the knowledge and practical tools needed to develop structural designs for wind loadings, this book:
Points out significant limitations in the design of buildings based on techniques such as the high-frequency force balance
Discusses powerful algorithms, tools, and software needed for the effective design for wind, and provides numerous examples of application
Discusses techniques applicable to structures other than buildings, including stacks and suspended-span bridges
Features several appendices on Elements of Probability and Statistics; Peaks-over-Threshold Poisson-Process Procedure for Estimating Peaks; estimates of the WTC Towers' Response to Wind and their shortcomings; and more
Wind Effects on Structures: Modern Structural Design for Wind, 4th Edition is an excellent text for structural engineers, wind engineers, and structural engineering students and faculty.
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Article/eBook Full Name: Construction Methods and Management (8th Edition)
Author(s): Stephens W. Nunnally
Edition: 8th
Publish Date: 2010
ISBN: 0135000793; 978-0135000793
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Shows two uncoated, rusted steel surfaces (Conditions C and D) before and after wet abrasive blast cleaning. Photographs illustrate two degrees of cleaning (WAB 6 and WAB 10) for each initial condition, with additional photos that depict the appearance of light, moderate, and heavy flash rust after cleaning. Also contains a written guide to the use of reference photographs and additional explanatory notes. Cleanliness requirements for conditions depicted are defined by the joint SSPC/NACE surface preparation specifications for commercial (SP 6/NACE 3) and near-white blast cleaning (SP 10/NACE 2). Photos of commercial and near-white surfaces achieved by dry abrasive blast cleaning can be found in SSPC-VIS 1.
Author(s)/Editor(s): S. K. Duggal | Size: 134 MB | Format:PDF | Quality:Scanner | Publisher: McGraw Hill Education | Year: 2009 | pages: 862 | ISBN: ISBN-13: 978-0070260689 ISBN-10: 0070260680
The revision of this hallmark text on Design of Steel Structures has been done keeping in mind the current scenario in the area. Several changes have been made to make the book more useful and lucid. Three new chapters, many new topics, solved and unsolved problems have been added and reorganization of chapters has been made to cater to the changing requirements of the students. It is still the best choice for a book on the subject.
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