Building Construction Illustrated

Building Construction Illustrated

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ching, Francis D. K.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Newark : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2014.
Series:New York Academy of Sciences Ser.
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Online Access: Full text (Wentworth users only)
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Building Construction Illustrated
  • CONTENTS
  • PREFACE
  • 1 THE BUILDING SITE
  • 1.02 BUILDING IN CONTEXT
  • 1.03 SUSTAINABILITY
  • 1.04 GREEN BUILDING
  • 1.05 LEED® GREEN BUILDING RATING SYSTEM
  • 1.06 THE 2030 CHALLENGE
  • 1.07 SITE ANALYSIS
  • 1.08 SOILS
  • 1.09 SOIL MECHANICS
  • 1.10 TOPOGRAPHY
  • 1.12 PLANT MATERIALS
  • 1.13 TREES
  • 1.14 SOLAR RADIATION
  • 1.16 PASSIVE SOLAR DESIGN
  • 1.18 SOLAR SHADING
  • 1.19 DAYLIGHTING
  • 1.20 PRECIPITATION
  • 1.21 SITE DRAINAGE
  • 1.22 WIND
  • 1.23 SOUND & VIEWS
  • 1.24 REGULATORY FACTORS
  • 1.25 ZONING ORDINANCES
  • 1.26 SITE ACCESS & CIRCULATION
  • 1.27 PEDESTRIAN CIRCULATION
  • 1.28 VEHICULAR CIRCULATION
  • 1.29 VEHICULAR PARKING
  • 1.30 SLOPE PROTECTION
  • 1.31 RETAINING WALLS
  • 1.34 PAVING
  • 1.36 THE SITE PLAN
  • 1.38 SITE DESCRIPTION
  • 2 THE BUILDING
  • 2.02 THE BUILDING
  • 2.03 BUILDING SYSTEMS
  • 2.05 BUILDING CODES
  • 2.06 TYPES OF CONSTRUCTION
  • 2.07 OCCUPANCY CLASSIFICATION
  • 2.08 LOADS ON BUILDINGS
  • 2.09 WIND LOADS
  • 2.10 EARTHQUAKE LOADS
  • 2.11 STRUCTURAL FORCES
  • 2.12 STRUCTURAL EQUILIBRIUM
  • 2.13 COLUMNS
  • 2.14 BEAMS
  • 2.15 BEAM SPANS
  • 2.16 TRUSSES
  • 2.17 FRAMES & WALLS
  • 2.18 PLATE STRUCTURES
  • 2.19 STRUCTURAL UNITS
  • 2.20 STRUCTURAL SPANS
  • 2.21 STRUCTURAL PATTERNS
  • 2.22 LATERAL STABILITY
  • 2.24 HIGH-RISE STRUCTURES
  • 2.25 ARCHES & VAULTS
  • 2.26 DOMES
  • 2.27 SHELL STRUCTURES
  • 2.28 CABLE STRUCTURES
  • 2.29 MEMBRANE STRUCTURES
  • 2.30 JOINTS & CONNECTIONS
  • 3 FOUNDATION SYSTEMS
  • 3.02 FOUNDATION SYSTEMS
  • 3.04 TYPES OF FOUNDATION SYSTEMS
  • 3.06 UNDERPINNING
  • 3.07 EXCAVATION SUPPORT SYSTEMS
  • 3.08 SHALLOW FOUNDATIONS
  • 3.09 SPREAD FOOTINGS
  • 3.10 FOUNDATION WALLS
  • 3.16 COLUMN FOOTINGS
  • 3.17 FOUNDATIONS ON SLOPING GROUND
  • 3.18 CONCRETE SLABS ON GRADE
  • 3.22 POLE FOUNDATIONS
  • 3.24 DEEP FOUNDATIONS
  • 3.25 PILE FOUNDATIONS
  • 3.26 CAISSON FOUNDATIONS
  • 4 FLOOR SYSTEMS
  • 4.02 FLOOR SYSTEMS
  • 4.04 CONCRETE BEAMS
  • 4.05 CONCRETE SLABS
  • 4.08 PRESTRESSED CONCRETE
  • 4.10 CONCRETE FORMWORK & SHORING
  • 4.11 PRECAST CONCRETE FLOOR SYSTEMS
  • 4.12 PRECAST CONCRETE UNITS
  • 4.13 PRECAST CONCRETE CONNECTIONS
  • 4.14 STRUCTURAL STEEL FRAMING
  • 4.16 STEEL BEAMS
  • 4.17 STEEL BEAM CONNECTIONS
  • 4.19 OPEN-WEB STEEL JOISTS
  • 4.20 OPEN-WEB JOIST FRAMING
  • 4.22 METAL DECKING
  • 4.23 LIGHT-GAUGE STEEL JOISTS
  • 4.24 LIGHT-GAUGE JOIST FRAMING
  • 4.26 WOOD JOISTS
  • 4.28 WOOD JOIST FRAMING
  • 4.32 WOOD SUBFLOORING
  • 4.33 PREFABRICATED JOISTS & TRUSSES
  • 4.35 WOOD BEAMS
  • 4.36 WOOD BEAM SUPPORTS
  • 4.37 WOOD POST-BEAM CONNECTIONS
  • 4.38 WOOD PLANK-AND-BEAM FRAMING
  • 4.40 WOOD DECKING
  • 5 WALL SYSTEMS
  • 5.02 WALL SYSTEMS
  • 5.04 CONCRETE COLUMNS
  • 5.06 CONCRETE WALLS
  • 5.07 CONCRETE FORMWORK
  • 5.09 CONCRETE SURFACING
  • 5.10 PRECAST CONCRETE WALLS
  • 5.11 PRECAST CONCRETE WALL PANELS & COLUMNS
  • 5.12 PRECAST CONCRETE CONNECTIONS
  • 5.13 TILT-UP CONSTRUCTION
  • 5.14 MASONRY WALLS

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