Wentworth
Institute of Technology
Construction Manual for Polymers + Membranes : Materials, Semi-Finished Products, Form Finding, Design.
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Basel/Berlin/Boston :
Walter de Gruyter GmbH,
2012.
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Full text (Wentworth users only) |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- Intro; Preface; Part A Polymers and membranes in architecture; The discovery and development of polymers; The dream of the polymer house; Development of tensile surface structures; Structures with transparent and translucent envelopes; Potential, trends and challenges; Part B Materials; 1 Polymers; 2 Fibres; 3 Adhesives and coatings; 4 Natural fibre-reinforced polymers and biopolymers; Part C Semi-finished products; 1 Primary products; 2 Fibre-reinforced polymers; 3 Semi-finished polymer products; 4 Foil; 5 Textile membranes; 6 Building physics and energy aspects.
- 7 Environmental impact of polymersPart D Planning and form-finding; 1 Loadbearing structure and form; 2 Detailed design aspects; Part E Building with polymers and membranes; 1 Building with semi-finished polymer products; 2 Building with free-form polymers; 3 Building with foil; 4 Building with textile membranes; 5 Complex building envelopes; Part F Case studies; Examples 1 to 23; Part G Appendix; Statutory instruments, directives, standards; Bibliography; Authors; Picture credits; Abbreviations for polymers; Index; Index of names.