A Pressing Need for College Education in Prestressed Concrete
Fromy Rosenberg
Prestressed Concrete Saves Energy
Y. Miyazaki
Energy Saving Precast Concrete Buildings
Alan H. Mattock, Christopher Mattock, Roger Bryenton, and Kenneth Cooper
Double Tee Roof System Supports Solar Collectors
Precast Prestressed Concrete Houses Solar-Heated Oil Recovery Center
Modular Precast Blocks Post-Tensioned for Safe-Deposit Vaults
Shu-t'ien Li
Ductility of Prestressed and Partially Prestressed Concrete Beam Sections
Kevin J. Thompson and Robert Park
Full-Scale Tests on Horizontal Joints of Large Panel Precast Concrete Buildings
Harry G. Harris and Srikanth Iyengar
Reflections on the Beginnings of Prestressed Concrete in America - Part 9 (cont)
Charles C. Zollman
Highlights of Recent Projects
Reader Comments
Ruck-A-Chucky Bridge
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Sandwich panels are being used increasingly as the cladding of buildings like factories, warehouses, cold stores and retail sheds. This is because they are light in weight, thermally efficient, aesthetically attractive and can be easily handled and erected. However, to date, an authoritative book on the subject was lacking. This new reference work aims to fill that gap.
The designer, specifier and manufacturer of sandwich panels all require a great deal of information on a wide range of subjects. This book was written by a group of European experts under the editorship of a UK specialist in lightweight construction. It provides guidance on:
* materials used in manufacture
* thermal efficiency and air- and water-tightness
* acoustic performance
* performance in fire
* durability
* special problems of sandwich panels in cold stores and chill rooms
* architectural and aesthetic considerations
* structural design at the ultimate and serviceability limit states
* additional structural considerations including fastenings, the effect of openings and the use of sandwich panels as load-bearing walls
* test procedures
The book concludes with some numerical design examples and is highly illustrated throughout.
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ISBN-10: 0471214612
ISBN: 9780471214618
Hardcover
552 pages
December 2007
A comprehensive, state-of-the-art guide to pavement design and materials
With innovations ranging from the advent of Superpave™, the data generated by the Long Term Pavement Performance (LTPP) project, to the recent release of the Mechanistic-Empirical pavement design guide developed under NCHRP Study 1-37A, the field of pavement engineering is experiencing significant development. Pavement Design and Materials is a practical reference for both students and practicing engineers that explores all the aspects of pavement engineering, including materials, analysis, design, evaluation, and economic analysis.
Historically, numerous techniques have been applied by a multitude of jurisdictions dealing with roadway pavements. This book focuses on the best-established, currently applicable techniques available.
Pavement Design and Materials offers complete coverage of:
* The characterization of traffic input
* The characterization of pavement bases/subgrades and aggregates
* Asphalt binder and asphalt concrete characterization
* Portland cement and concrete characterization
* Analysis of flexible and rigid pavements
* Pavement evaluation
* Environmental effects on pavements
* The design of flexible and rigid pavements
* Pavement rehabilitation
* Economic analysis of alternative pavement designs
The coverage is accompanied by suggestions for software for implementing various analytical techniques described in these chapters. These tools are easily accessible through the book’s companion Web site, which is constantly updated to ensure that the reader finds the most up-to-date software available.
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National Centre for the Performing Arts (China) and colloquially described as The Egg, is an opera house in Beijing, People's Republic of China. The Centre, an ellipsoid dome of titanium and glass surrounded by an artificial lake, seats 5,452 people in three halls and is almost 12,000 m² in size. It was designed by French architect Paul Andreu. Construction started in December 2001 and the inaugural concert was held in December 2007.
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This text is intended for the concerned reader - whether engineer, architect, builder, or student - who wants to know more about why and how the parts of concrete buildings move and change shape, and how these changes can be controlled. Temperature and moisture changes are always at work, changing the length, width, and thickness of concrete, masonry, and other building materials. Gravity pulls, bends, and twists the parts of a building as do wind, rain, snow, and earthquake. Chemical actions sometimes occur and cause movements that must be anticipated. These individual movements are minute, but they can have noticeable effects as the building adjusts itself into balance with its environment. When they are recognized and understood, they are easier to cope with. Although the causes of the movements, fractures, and distress encountered in buildings can be complex, the remedies are usually quite simple. Ways are shown for controlling these movements within the state of the art. If such preventive measures are included in the planning stages, the builder as well as the user can have confidence that the building will be attractive, comfortable, and safe.
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Claims in construction contracts are on the increase. As more emphasis is put on time and money, many contracts get off to a bad start because of lack of pre-planning or just bad advice on the method of procurement of form of contract to be used. Both the initiator and recipient of claims are often partially responsible for claim situations escalating into expensive disputes. Many disputes can be avoided or settled amicably if the parties to them recognise the fundamental causes of claims and how they should be addressed. This book confronts all of the difficult problems that arise in claims situations in the UK and internationally. Extensive reference to UK and international case law and a systematic approach to various types of claims assisted by helpful and explanatory diagrams makes this book second to none as a 'trouble shooting' guide to presentation of, response to, and negotiation and settlement of claims. In addition to the general principles of law and contract in the UK and internationally and how they relate to construction claims, there are a number of examples which are specific to a wide range of UK, international and foreign forms of contract. The latest FIDIC international forms of contract and their problems are featured and some important pitfalls and comparisons with the Engineering and Construction Contract (NEC) add a new dimension to this edition. The author's extensive experience of the legal and practical aspects of construction law and claims in over 30 countries with diverse laws and legal codes is evident in this book. It is essential reading for those wishing to fully understand this important field so that they are better prepared to deal with the problems which arise with confidence and success. A graduate of the University of Aston, Reg Thomas has extensive experience in many aspects of construction in the UK and internationally. He has held senior posts in lecturing in Jamaica and Hong Kong. He is a former contracts director of the Shui On Group of Companies in Hong Kong. Reg joined James R. Knowles in 1986, where, after a number of years in overseas postings he pioneered the international growth of the company. He organised, supervised and executed a number of complex international construction claims in all sectors of building, shipbuilding and engineering and he earned and international reputation in construction claims and as a lecturer on diverse subjects. Since retiring from James R. Knowles at the end of 1998, Reg has continued to provide consultancy services to the Group and remains a director of a number of the Group's overseas companies.
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