Thesis (M.Arch.)--University of Hong Kong, 2002. / Includes special report study. Includes bibliographical references. Also available in print.

<p>In this work a study has been performed to show the different kinds of insulated balcony connections exists on the market. In the work there is also a short description of thermal bridges concerning balconies. A description of older solutions for balcony connections is given as well as a calculation of the difference in energy costs for a insulated balcony connection compared to the standard connection. The work includes a short description of the different products. After that there is a short information about their insulation properties, durability, acoustic performance, assembly, computer programme and a short analyses for each product.</p>

In this work a study has been performed to show the different kinds of insulated balcony connections exists on the market. In the work there is also a short description of thermal bridges concerning balconies. A description of older solutions for balcony connections is given as well as a calculation of the difference in energy costs for a insulated balcony connection compared to the standard connection. The work includes a short description of the different products. After that there is a short information about their insulation properties, durability, acoustic performance, assembly, computer programme and a short analyses for each product.

With the development of free-economy relations and with the changes in the social life of Russia that continue to this day, a construction boom in the low-storied housing market, which began in 1991, continues. However, despite the rapid development of the low-storied market itself, the construction industry was unable to adapt to the new economic relations and the high consumer demands being placed on it. This led to an increase in prices for low-storied housing and made it unaffordable for most strata of the population. / This paper will consider the peculiarities of applying new construction technologies in the market for low-storied housing in Russia, with the aim of reducing the cost of construction. The paper concentrates on studying previous experience in industrial construction in Russia, as well as on studying the peculiarities of today's low-storied housing market. / As a result of this research, the author identifies a number of specific peculiarities which new construction technology should possess in order to be able to adapt itself more rapidly and neatly on the Russian low-storied housing market.

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O presente trabalho visa contribuir para o desenvolvimento sustentável de produtos elaborados com materiais de base florestal e de fontes renováveis, no projeto, na produção e na montagem de componentes pré-fabricados de madeira e seus produtos derivados aplicáveis à arquitetura e construção civil. Isso se deve ao fato da atual necessidade de utilização de materiais e produtos de forma mais coerente através de tecnologias ecologicamente adaptadas para o uso de fontes energéticas renováveis, assegurando um desenvolvimento econômico socialmente responsável, com a finalidade de promover uma maior sustentabilidade no uso dos recursos naturais, principalmente no que diz respeito à construção de edificações. A base conceitual está delimitada por três aspectos fundamentais. O primeiro faz referência à problemática atual que envolve o desenvolvimento de produtos e arquitetura sustentável, considerando uma crescente preocupação quanto à possibilidade de limitação de recursos naturais disponíveis para a produção de bens materiais e os efeitos das mudanças climáticas decorrentes da degradação do meio ambiente diretamente ligada às atividades humanas. O segundo aspecto trata da importância do emprego de materiais locais de fontes renováveis na produção de produtos mais sustentáveis. Neste sentido, aborda as características e as possibilidades do emprego da madeira de floresta plantada e materiais derivados da madeira, com o objetivo de incentivar a produção local sustentável. Também são abordados neste item, os conceitos de pré-fabricação e coordenação modular; racionalização em projeto visando a minimização do desperdício e consequentemente a geração de resíduos. Por fim, é abordada a pré-fabricação de componentes em madeira com caráter sustentável no projeto de interfaces entre componente estruturais em madeira destinados à construção de edificações. / This work aims to contribute to the sustainable development of products made with forest-based materials and renewable sources in the design, production and assembly of prefabricated components of wood and its derivatives products applicable to architecture and construction. This is because of the current need to use materials and products more consistently through ecologically technologies adapted to the use of renewable energy sources, ensuring socially responsible economic development, with the aim of promoting more sustainable use of natural resources, particularly with regard to the construction of buildings. The conceptual basis is defined by three fundamental aspects. The first refers to the current problems involving product development and sustainable architecture, considering a growing concern about the possibility of limitation of natural resources available for the production of material goods and the effects of climate change resulting from environmental degradation directly linked to human activities. The second aspect deals with the importance of using local renewable materials in the production of products \"more\" sustainable. In this sense, it discusses the features and possibilities of the use of planted forest wood and materials derived from wood, in order to encourage sustainable local production. They are also covered in this item, the prefabrication of modular concepts and coordination; rationalization project aimed at minimizing waste and consequently the generation of waste. Finally, it addressed the prefabrication of wood components with sustainable character in interface design between structural component of wood for the construction of buildings.

Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1985. / MICROFICHE COPY AVAILABLE IN ARCHIVES AND ROTCH. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 246-254). / Designing facades is one of the most important and delicate problems in contemporary architecture. The facade is the changing zone par excelience within which the structural elements of technology meld into refined details of art and together constitute Architecture. The facade is also an interface. or link, between two faces 1 and phases: the facade reflects the evolution of the plan for the private interior side. and is also the expression of the plan on the public exterior side. Very strong tensions. defined spatially. temporally, and architecturally are generated and constantly renewed by interior and exterior forces. Resolving these forces architecturally and artistically through building systems design. modern technology. and a vocabulary meaningful to users is tremendously problematic in the evaluation and critic of three case studies. This will be the subject of this thesis. in which the aspect of repetition in facades will be a dominant aspect. / by Jacques Plante. / M.S.

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Prefabricated vertical drains represent a soil improvement technique that achieves liquefaction mitigation by decreasing the drainage path length and hence expediting the dissipation of excess pore pressures. When evaluating the required spacing between vertical drains to achieve the desired reduction in pore pressure response, simplified design charts or more sophisticated finite element analyses are used to predict the pore pressure response. These charts and programs have not been evaluated in terms of their accuracy because there exists little data with which to compare the numerical predictions. More recently, the effectiveness of prefabricated vertical drains for liquefaction mitigation has been evaluated via small – scale centrifuge testing performed on untreated soil deposits and on soil deposits treated with vertical drains. In particular, the performance of the soil deposits subjected to sinusoidal motions and actual earthquake recordings was tested. The main goal of this research is to compare the experimental observations of pore pressure response from the centrifuge experiments with the numerical predictions. The comparison focuses on the average excess pore pressure ratio (r_(u,avg)) that was developed in the location of a vertical pore pressure array in both the untreated and drain – treated sides of the models. In parallel, a parametric study is performed for the numerical predictions in order to study the effect of each input parameter that influences the pore pressure prediction, namely the effect of soil properties, ground motion characteristics and drain parameters. The numerical predictions are found to provide reliable predictions of the pore pressure response despite the simplicity of the constitutive model employed. The numerical predictions of r_(u,avg) time – histories are generally in good agreement with the recorded values in the centrifuge experiments. In most of the cases, the numerical model managed to predict the same maximum average excess pore pressure ratio, which is the parameter that is used in drain design. To incorporate any uncertainty on the soil properties or on the characteristics of shaking, the use of a smaller pore pressure threshold for drain design is recommended. / text