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This book explores wind-adaptive architectural design blending the parametric design with digital simulations and suggests a novel approach for specific, even extreme conditions, as the first step in creating architecture that can act in response to the nature around. The chapters propose an urban and architectural design that emerges from the specific wind microclimate of the design site and responds to the changes in the ambient wind conditions. The book looks closely at A) the interdisciplinary wind-driven design method for architects, engineers, and urbanists employing open-source software for CFD analysis and B) the tensegrity-membrane adaptive building façades. The main questions the authors try to answer are: How does the wind-driven methodology enhance the wind comfort around buildings? How can it contribute to the reduction of wind surface loads acting on buildings?

Building materials. Building technology --- bouwmaterialen --- Architecture --- Building materials. --- Winds and architecture. --- Environmental aspects.

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This new book on the fracture mechanics of concrete focuses on the latest developments in computational theories, and how to apply those theories to solve real engineering problems. Zihai Shi uses his extensive research experience to present detailed examination of multiple-crack analysis and mixed-mode fracture.Compared with other mature engineering disciplines, fracture mechanics of concrete is still a developing field with extensive new research and development. In recent years many different models and applications have been proposed for crack analysis; the author assesses these in

Materials sciences --- Building materials. Building technology --- Reinforced concrete --- Cracking. --- Fracture. --- Engineering --- Civil Engineering --- Ferrocement --- Structural concrete --- Building materials --- Concrete

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This book presents an innovative and environmentally friendly type of excavated earth-based building material, called Shot-Earth. The use of a common excavated earth as a construction material (both for structural and non-structural applications) has many important advantages, the main one being that the soil can be used as a zero kilo and zero cost material, being used in the same place where it is excavated. This volume collects the main results obtained by the research units in the FIRS2019-00245 research project, funded by the Italian Ministry of Research (MUR) and dedicated to the study of Shot-Earth materials. Many of the exposed contributions concern the optimization of the mixture and application technique, which consists in the application of the mixture sprayed on a support (that serves as formwork), with or without reinforcements, by using a pressure pipe (that is by a high-speed projection). This new construction technique allows to quickly realise a variety of structural systems, even with a complex geometry (like vaults, arches, shells, tunnel coatings, underground tanks, waterproofing of walls for landfills and waste storages, slope stabilization, etc.). An additional feature of Shot-Earth is that it can be used to realise high energy-efficient buildings. In particular, this innovative technology can improve the capacity of a building to auto-regulate its interior heat and humidity, increasing indoor environment quality and energy performance and reducing building gas emissions.

Relation between energy and economics --- Building design --- Building materials. Building technology --- hernieuwbare energie --- bouwkunde --- Building materials. --- Soils. --- Sustainable construction.

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The SFPE Guide to Fire Risk Assessment provides guidance to qualified practitioners in developing, selecting, and using fire risk assessment methodologies for the design, construction, and operation of buildings, facilities, or processes. It also addresses fire risk acceptability, the role of fire risk assessment and fire risk management in the fire safety design process, and associated communication/ monitoring of fire risk. The guide Includes a new flow chart that outlines the risk assessment process. It also includes new information related to: Risk Perception F-N curves Risk communication Residual risk management Risk monitoring Sensitivity analysis The guide also provides clear guidance on conducting qualitative and quantitative analysis. It also uses examples that reinforce topics discussed. Provides an introduction for the fire safety community: fire protection engineers, designers, and code authorities; Considers the requirements documented in standards governing the development and maintenance of a fire risk assessment; Organizes in one source advances reported in research publications, not necessarily written for and available to most.

Hygiene. Public health. Protection --- Production management --- Building design --- Building materials. Building technology --- bouwkunde --- brandpreventie --- risk management --- bouwmaterialen --- Fire risk assessment

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