Sustainable Masonry – Stability and Behavior of Structures
Stability and Behavior of Structures
Samenvatting
This book covers the impact of sustainable masonry on the environment, touting the many benefits of utilizing local and/or low embodied energy materials in the construction of sustainable buildings.
Specificaties
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<p>1. Introduction to Sustainable Masonry.</p>
<p>2. Earth and Stone Materials.</p>
<p>3. Blocks: The Elements of Masonry.</p>
<p>4. Arrangement of Blocks.</p>
<p>Part 2. Graphic Statics</p>
<p>5. The Foundations of Graphic Statics.</p>
<p>6. Reduction and Equilibrium of a System of Forces in a Plane.</p>
<p>7. Funicular Polygons.</p>
<p>8. Projective Properties and Duality.</p>
<p>Part 3.Yield Design Applied to Masonry</p>
<p>9. Principles of Yield Design.</p>
<p>10. Stability of Curvilinear Masonry.</p> 11. Homogenization and Yield Design of Masonry.