Structural Design of Buildings

Feng Fu Ph.D., MBA, CEng, FIStructE, FASCE, FICE, FHEA is a Chartered Structural Engineer and Associate Professor of Structural Engineering at the School of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences, City, University London, UK.David Richardson BEng(Hons) CEng FIStructE FHEA is a Chartered Structural Engineer and Associate Professor of Structural Design at the School of Civil Engineering, University of Leeds, UK.

• Foreword PrefaceAcknowledgementsAbout the EditorsAbout the ContributorsIntroductionChapter 1. Structural design of reinforced concrete elements to EC2; Owen Brooker and Ashraf Ashour1.1 Introduction1.2 System selection1.3 Preliminary sizing1 .4 Stability1.5 Detailed design1.6 ConclusionsChapter 2. Steelwork; John Rushton2.1 Introduction2.2 What is a successful steel design?2.3 Design responsibility2.4 Design/Analysis/Detail design-a virtuous circle2.5 Preliminary structural steelwork arrangements2.6 Challenges and opportunities2.7 Reconstruction of a 1920s steel framed office building2.8 ConclusionChapter 3. Timber and wood-based products; Bernardino D’Amico3.1 Introduction3.2 Timber for structural use3.3 Solid timber and engineered wood products3.4 Mechanical properties of timber and engineered wood products3.5 Design rules for ultimate limit states3.6 Design rules for serviceability limit states3.7 Connections3.8 Glued composite sections3.9 ConclusionsChapter 4. Masonry; Andrew Rolf4.1 Introduction4.2 System Selection4.3 Preliminary Sizing4.4 Final Design4.5 Design Examples4.6 Other Aspects of Final DesignChapter 5. Aluminium in Civil Engineering structures; Federico Massimo Mazzolani5.1 Birth of Aluminium5.2 The first applications5.3 Why Aluminium in Structural Engineering5.4. Aluminium alloys for structural use5.5. The development of Eurocode 5.6. Some relevant features of Eurocode 95.7. Real examples of Aluminium StructuresChapter 6. Glass in Façades and Other Applications; Mauro Overend6.1 Introduction6.2 Manufacture and Mechanical Properties6.3 Use of glass in buildings6.4. Engineering design of glass6.5 Use of glass in buildings;6.6 Engineering design of glass6.7 Designing environmentally sustainable glass.Chapter 7. Retrofitting, materials for the thermal upgrade of existing building and life cycle impacts; Chiara Piccardo7.1 Introduction7.2 Energy efficiency standards7.3 Measures for energy-efficient renovations7.4 Materials for energy-efficient renovations7.5 Life cycle of energy-efficient renovations7.6. Energy and carbon implications of renovations