دانلود کتاب Glass Structures: Design and Construction of Self-supporting Skins

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Foreword by Graham Dodd\nPreface and Acknowledgments\n1 INTRODUCTION\n2 SPANS OF GLASS\n 2.1 FROM LEAFY ARBOUR TO CLIMATE SKIN - THE SEARCH FOR PARADISE\n Early period and Christian sacred architecture\n The modern era\n 2.2 THE GLASS ROOF: FORM, FUNCTION AND CONSTRUCTION\n3 FLAT GLASS AS A CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL\n 3.1 PROPERTIES OF GLASS\n Flat glass as a load-bearing material\n Flat glass as a building skin material\n 3.2 BASIC GLASS - FLOAT GLASS, ROLLED GLASS AND DRAWN GLASS\n Manufacturing processes\n Implications for design and construction\n Implications for building skins\n 3.3 THE MECHANICAL PROCESSING OF GLASS - CUTTING, DRILLING AND GRINDING\n 3.4 THE THERMAL TREATMENT OF GLASS - TEMPERING, ENAMELLING, BENDING AND SURFACE TEXTURING\n Tempering\n Enamelling and printing on glass\n Thermal bending of glass\n “Texturing” glass\n 3.5 LAYERING AND BONDING OF PANES: LAMINATED GLASS AND LAMINATED SAFETY GLASS\n Manufacture and finishing\n Implications for design and construction\n Implications for the building skin\n 3.6 COATING THE PANES AND SEALING THE EDGES: INSULATING GLASS\n Surface coatings\n The build-up of insulating glass\n Implications for design and construction\n Implications for building skins\n4 DESIGN AND CONNECTIONS\n 4.1 DESIGNING WITH GLASS\n Flat glass as a building skin and construction element\n Connections\n Design calculation procedures\n 4.2 THE USE OF GLASS PANES IN BUILDING SKINS\n Glazing types\n Residual load-bearing capacity of panes\n Connections\n 4.3 THE USE OF GLASS PLATES AND BEAMS IN STRUCTURES\n Plates loaded in compression\n Shear plates\n Columns, glass fins and beams\n Residual load-bearing capacity of glass\n Connections\n5 FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS\n 5.1 OVERVIEW\n User demand profiles\n 5.2 SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS FOR BUILDING SKIN GEOMETRIES\n The glass courtyard - the flat or inclined roof\n The glass band - the curved or folded roof\n The glass core - the double-curved roof\n6 GLASS STRUCTURES\n 6.1 FORMS OF LOAD-BEARING STRUCTURES IN FLAT GLASS\n 6.2 DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION PARAMETERS\n Grid geometry\n Redundancy: safety in non-hierarchical structures\n The safe design of glass structures loaded in compression\n Modules and planes of connection\n 6.3 LOAD-BEARING GLASS STRUCTURES\n Beams and trusses\n Plate structures\n Cellular structures\n7 PROJECTS\n 7.1 BACKGROUND OF RECENT DEVELOPMENTS\n 7.2 THE GLASS COURTYARD - PLANAR LOAD-BEARING SYSTEMS\n 7.3 THE GLASS BAND - CURVED LOAD-BEARING SYSTEMS\n 7.4 THE GLASS CORE - DOUBLE-CURVED LOAD-BEARING SYSTEMS\n8 OUTLOOK\n APPENDIX\n BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES\n PICTURE CREDITS\n PARTNERS