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Engineering (R0) eBook Series

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  • Lightweight Energy

    Membrane Architecture Exploiting Natural Renewable Resources

    Edited by Alessandra Zanelli, Carol Monticelli, Nebojsa Jakica, Zhengyu Fan ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    This book explores membrane materials as a means of translating natural and renewable resources into a more flexible, dynamic, and reactive architectural skin. It represents the first time that energy-saving design has been addressed systematically in relation to lightweight building systems and tensile membranes. Understanding of the energetic behavior of membranes and foils used as a building ... Read more

    $107.09 USD

  • Lightweight Landscape

    Enhancing Design through Minimal Mass Structures

    Edited by Alessandra Zanelli, Luigi Spinelli, Carol Monticelli, Paolo Pedrali ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    This book explains how lightweight materials and structures can be deployed in buildings to meet high environmental and aesthetic standards and emphasizes how the concept of lightness in building technology and design dovetails with the desire to enhance landscape. The first part of the book, on lightweight construction, aims to foster the use of membranes within the specific climatic context and ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

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  • Systemic Circular Economy Solutions for Fiber Reinforced Composites

    Edited by Marcello Colledani, Stefano Turri ...
    Series series Digital Innovations in Architecture, Engineering and Construction
    This open access book provides an overview of the work undertaken within the FiberEUse project, which developed solutions enhancing the profitability of composite recycling and reuse in value-added products, with a cross-sectorial approach. Glass and carbon fiber reinforced polymers, or composites, are increasingly used as structural materials in many manufacturing sectors like transport, ... Read more

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  • Eleventh International Conference on the Bearing Capacity of Roads, Railways and Airfields

    Volume 2

    Edited by Inge Hoff, Helge Mork, Rabbira Saba ...
    Innovations in Road, Railway and Airfield Bearing Capacity – Volume 2 comprises the second part of contributions to the 11th International Conference on Bearing Capacity of Roads, Railways and Airfields (2022). In anticipation of the event, it unveils state-of-the-art information and research on the latest policies, traffic loading measurements, in-situ measurements and condition surveys, ... Read more

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  • Life-Cycle of Structures and Infrastructure Systems

    PROCEEDINGS OF THE EIGHTH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON LIFE-CYCLE CIVIL ENGINEERING (IALCCE 2023), 2-6 JULY, 2023, POLITECNICO DI MILANO, MILAN, ITALY

    Edited by Fabio Biondini, Dan M. Frangopol ...
    Life-Cycle of Structures and Infrastructure Systems collects the lectures and papers presented at IALCCE 2023 – The Eighth International Symposium on Life-Cycle Civil Engineering held at Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy, 2-6 July, 2023. This Open Access Book contains the full papers of 514 contributions, including the Fazlur R. Khan Plenary Lecture, nine Keynote Lectures, and 504 technical ... Read more

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  • Design and Manufacture of Plastic Components for Multifunctionality

    Structural Composites, Injection Molding, and 3D Printing

    by Vannessa Dr Goodship, Bethany Middleton, Ruth Cherrington ...
    Series series Plastics Design Library
    Design and Manufacture of Plastic Components for Multifunctionality: Structural Composites, Injection Molding, and 3D Printing presents the latest information on how plastics manufacturers are increasingly being driven towards carbon emission reduction, lightweighting, and cost savings through process integration. These technologies have the potential to revolutionize future products with built-in ... Read more

    $161.99 USD

  • Stand-Alone and Hybrid Wind Energy Systems

    Technology, Energy Storage and Applications

    Edited by J K Kaldellis ...
    Series series Woodhead Publishing Series in Energy
    Wind power is fast becoming one of the leading renewable energy sources worldwide, not only from large scale wind farms but also from the increasing penetration of stand-alone and hybrid wind energy systems. These systems are primarily of benefit in small-scale applications, especially where there is no connection to a central electricity network, and where there are limited conventional fuel ... Read more

    $260.99 USD

  • Materials that Change Color

    Smart Materials, Intelligent Design

    by Marinella Ferrara, Murat Bengisu ...
    Series series Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
    This book presents a design-driven investigation into smart materials developed by chemists, physicists, materials and chemical engineers, and applied by designers to consumer products. Introducing a class of smart materials, that change colors, the book presents their characteristics, advantages, potentialities and difficulties of applications of this to help understanding what they are, how they ... Read more

    $53.99 USD

  • Smart-ECO Buildings towards 2020/2030

    Innovative Technologies for Resource Efficient Buildings

    by Giuliana Iannaccone, Marco Imperadori, Gabriele Masera ...
    Series series Energy (R0)
    The book aims to provide a basis for design and construction of resource-efficient buildings. The main concepts follow the vision of a European Sustainable Building as defined in the 2-years Smart-ECO research project funded by European Commission under the Sixth Framework Program. The focus is concentrated on innovations enabling the building sector to meet the requirements originating from the ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Sustainable Manufacturing

    Edited by J. Paulo Davim ...
    According to the NACFAM (National Council for Advanced Manufacturing, USA) Sustainable Manufacturing is defined "as the creation of manufactured products that use processes that are non-polluting, conserve energy and natural resources, and are economically sound and safe for employees, communities, and consumers." The book covers Sustainable Manufacturing techniques such as materials and ... Read more

    $142.00 USD

  • Innovative Materials and Techniques in Concrete Construction

    ACES Workshop

    Edited by Michael N. Fardis ...
    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
    Recent years have seen enormous advances in the technology of concrete as a material, through which its strength, compactness and ductility can reach levels never dreamed of before. Thanks to these improved material properties, the strength and durability of concrete structures is greatly improved, their weight and dimensions reduced, the scope of concrete as a structural material is widened and – ... Read more

    $188.09 USD

  • Bio-based Building Skin

    by Anna Sandak, Jakub Sandak, Marcin Brzezicki, Andreja Kutnar ...
    Series series Environmental Footprints and Eco-design of Products and Processes
    This book provides a compendium of material properties, demonstrates several successful examples of bio-based materials’ application in building facades, and offers ideas for new designs and novel solutions. It features a state-of-the-art review, addresses the latest trends in material selection, assembling systems, and innovative functions of facades in detail. Selected case studies on buildings ... Read more

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