Introduction and Overview -- Introduction to Restoration Engineering and its Applications in Various Ecosystems -- Foundations for Green Building Materials -- Unearthing Ecological Wisdom from Nature for Green Building Materials -- Application of Biomineralization for Sustainable Construction. .This book focuses on ecological wisdom inspired restoration engineering through theories, hypotheses,…
Dedication -- Present use of Geofoam -- Expanded Polystyrene -- Material properties and modeling -- Design specifications -- Construction applications -- New concepts and special topics.These proceedings of the EPS 2018: 5th International Conference on Geofoam Blocks in Construction Applications, held in Kyrenia, Northern Cyprus on May 9 to 11, 2018, present a collection of contributions on the…
State-of-the-art in building facades -- Biomaterials for building skins -- Designing building skins with biomaterials -- Best practices -- Service life performance -- Portfolio of bio-based façade materials -- Future perspectives.Open AccessThis book provides a compendium of material properties, demonstrates several successful examples of bio-based materials’ application in building facades,…
Global Perspectives on Structural Health Monitoring of Civil Structures -- Are Civil Structural Engineers “Risk Averse”? Can Civionics Help? -- Monitoring Technologies for Maintenance and Management of Urban Highways in Japan -- The Role of Sensing and Measurement in Achieving FHWA’S Strategic Vision for Highway Infrastructure -- Recent Development of Bridge Health Monitoring System in Ko…
to Light Gauge Metal Structures -- Peculiar Problems in Cold-formed Steel Design Part 1 -- Recent Advances and Progress in Design Codes: Instability Problems -- Recent Advances and Progress in Design Codes: Connections -- Stainless Steel Structures -- High Strength Steel Structures -- Residential Buildings -- Industrial and Non-residential Buildings -- 9: Pallet Racking.The aim of this book is …