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  title info:
    title: Nonconventional and vernacular construction materials
    sub title: characterisation, properties and applications
  name:
    name part: Harries, Kent A. (Kent Alexander)
    name part: 1967-
    role:
      role term: editor.
  name:
    name part: Sharma, Bhavna
    role:
      role term: editor.
  name:
    name part: ScienceDirect (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  genre: Electronic books.
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: mau
    date issued: 2016
    copyright date: 2016
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource : illustrations (chiefly color)
  abstract: Nonconventional and Vernacular Construction Materials: Characterisation, Properties and Applications provides a comprehensive repository of information on materials science and the modern structural engineering application of ancient, vernacular, and nonconventional building materials, with leading experts contributing chapters that focus on current applications and the engineering of these construction materials. Opening with a historic retrospective of nonconventional materials, Part One includes a review of vernacular construction and a discussion of the future directions for nonconventional and vernacular materials research and applications. Chapters in Part Two focus on natural fibers, including their application in cementitious composites, non-cementitious composites, and strawbale construction. In Part Three, chapters cover the use of industrial by-products and natural ashes in cement mortar and concrete, and construction using soil-cement blocks, clay-based materials, adobe and earthen materials, and ancient stone masonry. Timber, bamboo, and paper construction materials are investigated in the final section of the book.
  table of contents: Front Cover; Related titles; Nonconventional and Vernacular Construction Materials; Copyright; Contents; List of contributors; Woodhead Publishing Series in Civil and Structural Engineering; Preface; One -- Nonconventional materials and vernacular construction; 1 -- What we learn from vernacular construction; 1.1 Bam; 1.2 Vernacular; 1.2.1 "Vernacular" defined; 1.3 Vernacular architecture; 1.4 The "vernacular" of industrial architecture; 1.5 Srinagar, Kashmir, India; 1.6 The great 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire; 1.7 Skeleton-frame construction; 1.8 Frames and solid walls.
  table of contents: 1.9 Conclusion: the "ecology" of the vernacularSources of further information; References; 2 -- Introduction to nonconventional materials and an historic retrospective of the field; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Natural materials in historic construction; 2.3 Reinforced adobes as energy-saving construction materials; 2.3.1 Adobe attributes and properties; 2.3.2 Improvement of physical and mechanical properties (fabrication stage); 2.3.3 Effective use of adobes in building construction (building construction stage); 2.4 Bamboo material for the 21st century.
  table of contents: 2.4.1 Efficiency of bamboo compared with other materials2.4.2 Scientific research of the application of bamboo in engineering; 2.4.3 Bamboo as a functionally graded composite material; 2.4.4 Mapping of physical and mechanical properties of full-culm bamboo; 2.4.4.1 Dimensions of the bamboo culm; 2.4.4.2 Data for the selection of bamboo for engineering projects; 2.5 Application of natural and alternative materials in modern bridge construction; 2.6 Concluding remarks; Acknowledgements; References; 3 -- Future directions for nonconventional and vernacular material research and applications.
  table of contents: 3.1 Introduction3.2 Analyzing potential for sustainable scale; 3.2.1 Life cycle approach; 3.2.2 Factors for sustainable-scale design; 3.2.2.1 Technical factors; Disassembly; Closed-loop manufacturing; Supply chains; Resilience; Cost; 3.2.2.2 Systemic factors; Cultural significance; Localization of resources, materials, and processes; Sophistication of processing; Industrialization and quality control; 3.3 Deciding between materials; 3.3.1 Pareto optimality; 3.3.2 Intersectional innovation; 3.4 Conclusion; Acknowledgments; References; Two -- Natural fibres.
  table of contents: 4 -- Characterization of vegetable fibers and their application in cementitious composites4.1 Introduction; 4.1.1 Availability and potential of vegetable fibers; 4.1.2 Vegetable fibers as reinforcement for brittle matrices; 4.2 Characterization of vegetable fibers for engineering applications; 4.2.1 Macrofibers; 4.2.2 Pulp fibers; 4.2.3 Organosolv pulp production and properties; 4.2.4 Nanofibrillated cellulose; 4.2.5 Nanofibrillated cellulose obtained by the grinding method; 4.2.6 Properties of nanofibrillated cellulose; 4.3 Characterization of vegetable fiber composites.
  note: edited by Kent A. Harries and Bhavna Sharma.
  note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
  subject:
    topic: Building materials
  subject:
    topic: Construction
    topic: Matériaux
  subject:
    topic: building materials
  subject:
    topic: TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING
    topic: Engineering (General)
  subject:
    topic: TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING
    topic: Reference
  subject:
    topic: Building materials
  classification: TA403.6
  classification: 620.11
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    title info:
      title: Nonconventional and vernacular construction materials : characterisation, properties and applications
    origin info:
      publisher: Amsterdam, [Netherlands] : Elsevier, ©2016
    physical description:
      extent: xviii, 496 pages
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    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng