Structural Design of Buildings: Elemental Design is the essential reference for all structural engineers involved in the design of buildings and other structures. The book forms part of the Structural Design of Buildings series and focuses on the introduction of building elements and materials.
Structural Design of Buildings: Elemental Design is the essential reference for all structural engineers involved in the design of buildings and other structures. The book forms part of the Structural Design of Buildings series and focuses on the introduction of building elements and materials. It also introduces retrofitting and materials for thermal upgrade of existing buildings.
Broken down into the key areas for understanding and undertaking structural design, and with a fully international approach, this book features coverage of
- concrete
- steel
- timber
- masonry
- aluminium
- glass
- thermal upgrading and life cycle impacts
The book provides a comprehensive and practical guide to the design of buildings from a structural perspective. It is a timely and essential read for consultants, designers, technicians and contractors tasked with a holistic approach to structural design.
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgements
About the Editors
About the Contributors
Introduction
Chapter
1. Structural design of reinforced concrete elements to EC2; Owen
Brooker and Ashraf Ashour
1.1 Introduction
1.2 System selection
1.3 Preliminary sizing
1 .4 Stability
1.5 Detailed design
1.6 Conclusions
Chapter
2. Steelwork; John Rushton
2.1 Introduction
2.2 What is a successful steel design?
2.3 Design responsibility
2.4 Design/Analysis/Detail design-a virtuous circle
2.5 Preliminary structural steelwork arrangements
2.6 Challenges and opportunities
2.7 Reconstruction of a 1920s steel framed office building
2.8 Conclusion
Chapter
3. Timber and wood-based products; Bernardino DAmico
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Timber for structural use
3.3 Solid timber and engineered wood products
3.4 Mechanical properties of timber and engineered wood products
3.5 Design rules for ultimate limit states
3.6 Design rules for serviceability limit states
3.7 Connections
3.8 Glued composite sections
3.9 Conclusions
Chapter
4. Masonry; Andrew Rolf
4.1 Introduction
4.2 System Selection
4.3 Preliminary Sizing
4.4 Final Design
4.5 Design Examples
4.6 Other Aspects of Final Design
Chapter
5. Aluminium in Civil Engineering structures; Federico Massimo
Mazzolani
5.1 Birth of Aluminium
5.2 The first applications
5.3 Why Aluminium in Structural Engineering
5.4. Aluminium alloys for structural use
5.5. The development of Eurocode
5.6. Some relevant features of Eurocode 9
5.7. Real examples of Aluminium Structures
Chapter
6. Glass in Façades and Other Applications; Mauro Overend
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Manufacture and Mechanical Properties
6.3 Use of glass in buildings
6.4. Engineering design of glass
6.5 Use of glass in buildings;
6.6 Engineering design of glass
6.7 Designing environmentally sustainable glass.
Chapter
7. Retrofitting, materials for the thermal upgrade of existing
building and life cycle impacts; Chiara Piccardo
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Energy efficiency standards
7.3 Measures for energy-efficient renovations
7.4 Materials for energy-efficient renovations
7.5 Life cycle of energy-efficient renovations
7.6. Energy and carbon implications of renovations
Feng Fu Ph.D., MBA, CEng, FIStructE, FASCE, FICE, FHEA is a Chartered Structural Engineer and Associate Professor of Structural Engineering at the School of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences, City, University London, UK.
David Richardson BEng(Hons) CEng FIStructE FHEA is a Chartered Structural Engineer and Associate Professor of Structural Design at the School of Civil Engineering, University of Leeds, UK.
