Plastics : in architecture and construction /
Plastics in architecture: a comprehensive introduction.
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Basel :
Birkhauser,
[2010]
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Table of Contents:
- PREFACE; 1 THE DEVELOPMENT OF PLASTIC ARCHITECTURE; PRINCIPLES; 2 MATERIAL PROPERTIES OF PLASTICS; Forming characteristics and the manufacture of building elements; Resistance to environmental effects; Mechanical properties; Thermal properties; Flammability and fire performance; Additives, fillers and reinforcing materials; 3 BASICS OF PLASTICS; Polymer structure; The morphology of macromolecules; The classification of plastics according to their degree of cross-linking; Synthesising techniques; 4 Plastics and their MANUFACTURE; Elastomers; Thermoplastics; Types; Manufacture; Working methods
- Recycling Thermosets; Material components; Manufacture; Properties; CONSTRUCTION; 5 Finished and semi-finished products; Solid sheets and panels; Profiled sheets and panels; Sandwich panels; Foams; Profiles; Special products; 6 BUILDING WITH PLASTICS; Thermoplastics; Screwing; Clamping; Bonding; Welding; Thermosets; Screwing; Bonding; Dimensioning; Stability and durability; CASE STUDIES; 7 Plastics as building envelope; Chanel Mobile Art Pavilion; BMW Bubble; Kunsthaus Graz; Emsdetten railway station; Idee Workstation; Reiss Headquarters; Fiberline Composites factory and offices
- Farben des KonsumsLaban Creekside; Terminal V; Forum Soft; Polymer Engineering Centre; Dornier Museum; Badajoz congress centre and auditorium; 8 PLASTICS AS BUILDING STRUCTURE; Plastic tower sculpture; D-Turm; Hoofddorp bus station; Roof Yitzhak Rabin Centre; GRP/Glass Pavilion; Plastic folded shell structure; 9 PLASTICS AS BUILDING STRUCTURE AND ENVELOPE; Clip-On; Eiertempel; Five Bubbles; fg 2000; Futuro; MYKO; Novartis Campus reception building; 10 FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS; High-performance material for supporting structures; High-performance material for building envelopes; Composite materials
- Reinforcement of supporting structures Joining technologies appropriate to the material; New production methods; Technology transfer; Glossary; Bibliography; About the authors; Acknowledgements; Name and building index; Subject index; Illustration credits