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Building Technology Materials and Construction

Building Technology Materials and Construction

Building Technology Materials and Construction

This note offers an introduction to the history, theory, and construction of basic structural systems as well as an introduction to energy issues in buildings. It emphasizes basic systematic and elemental behavior, principles of structural behavior, and analysis of individual structural elements and strategies for load carrying. Topics covered includes: Introduction to Sustainable Design Issues, Architecture Structures, Active Statics, Exterior Envelopes, Masonry, Metals, Concrete.

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