Mitchell's Introduction to Building

749 Pages·2012·23.766 MB·English

by  Roger Greeno

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Introduction to Building
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Mitchell’s Building Series
IFinftht erditoiodn uction to Building
Derek Osbourn
Dip Arch [Hons], RIBA, MSIAD
Roger Greeno
BA [Hons], FCIOB, FCIPHE, FRSA
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First published by B.T. Batsford 1985
Second edition published under the Addison Wesley
Longman imprint 1997
Third edition published 2002
Fourth edition published 2007
Fifth edition published 2013
Published 2014 by Routledge
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© Derek Osbourn 1985, 1989
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Notices
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ISBN 13: 978-0-273-73804-6 (pbk)
British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data
A catalogue record for the print edition is available from the
British Library
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Osbourn, Derek.
Introduction to Building / Derek Osbourn, Dip Arch [Hons],
RIBA, MSIAD, Roger Greeno,
BA [Hons], FCIOB, FCIPHE, FRSA. -- Fifth edition.
pages cm -- (Mitchell’s Building Series)
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Includes index.
ISBN 978-0-273-73804-6 (pbk.)
1. Building--Textbooks. I. Greeno, Roger. II. Title.
TH145.O726 2012
690--dc23
2012028709
Typeset by 35 in 9/11pt Times
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Contents
Preface to the fifth edition
Acknowledgements
SI units
Introduction
Part A An analysis of a building in terms of what it is
expected to do: its function and performance
1 The requirements of a building
CI/SfB (E)/(Y)
1.1 Materials and technical ability
1.2 Functional requirements
1.3 Performance requirements
Further specific reading
2 Appearance
CI/SfB (G)
2.1 Aesthetic aims or fashions
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2.2 Relationship to other performance requirements
2.3 Weathering and maintenance
Further specific reading
3 Durability
CI/SfB (R8)
3.1 Changes in appearance
3.2 Physical deterioration
3.3 Intended life span
Further specific reading
4 Dimensional suitability
CI/SfB (F4)
4.1 Movement
4.2 Irreversible and reversible movement
4.3 Softening and freezing
4.4 Shrinkage
4.5 Loading
4.6 Appropriate sizes
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4.7 Dimensional coordination
4.8 Modular coordination
4.9 Jointing and tolerances
Further specific reading
5 Strength and stability
CI/SfB (J)
5.1 Dead, live and wind loads
5.2 Structural organisation
5.3 Continuous structures
5.4 Framed structures
5.5 Panel structures
5.6 Membrane structures
5.7 Slenderness ratio
5.8 Diagonal bracing
Further specific reading
6 Weather exclusion
CI/SfB (H1)
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