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Books > Professional & Technical > Civil engineering, surveying & building > Building construction & materials > Conservation of buildings & building materials
This book provides a methodological framework to set properly the
thermal enhancement and energy efficiency in historical buildings
during a renovation process. It describes the unique thermal
features of historical properties, closely examining how the
building materials, structural elements, and state of conservation
can impact energy efficiency, including sample calculations and
results. It also describes means and aims of several fundamental
steps to improve energy efficiency in historical buildings with an
experimentation on a case study. This timely text also introduces
leading-edge technologies for enhancing the energy performance of
historical buildings, including the potential for integration of
co- ad tri-generation though micro-turbines, photovoltaics and
solar collectors and their compatibility with architectural
preservation.
Communities have witnessed a fundamental shift in the ways they
interact with heritage sites. Much of this change has been driven
by the rapid democratization and widespread adoption of enabling
technologies. As expediency is embraced in the collection and
analysis of data, there may also be a certain amount of intimacy
lost with both the tangible and intangible vestiges of the past.
Analysis, Conservation, and Restoration of Tangible and Intangible
Cultural Heritage is a collection of innovative research on the
quantitative methods and digital workflows transforming cultural
heritage. There is no contesting the value of advanced
non-destructive diagnostic imaging techniques for the analysis of
heritage structures and objects. Highlighting topics including 3D
modeling, conservation, and digital surveying, this book is ideally
designed for conservation and preservation specialists,
archaeologists, anthropologists, historians, academicians, and
students seeking current research on data-driven, evidence-based
decision making to improve intervention outcomes.
Long-Term Performance and Durability of Masonry Structures:
Degradation Mechanisms, Health Monitoring and Service Life Design
focuses on the long-term performance of masonry and historical
structures. The book covers a wide range of related topics,
including degradation mechanisms in different masonry types,
structural health monitoring techniques, and long-term performance
and service life design approaches. Each chapter reflects recent
findings and the state-of-the-art, providing practical guidelines.
Key topics covered include the theoretical background, transport
properties, testing and modeling, protective measures and standards
and codes. The book's focus is on individual construction
materials, the composite system and structural performance.
This book presents the state-of-the-art in infrared thermography
(IRT) applications with a focus on moisture assessment in
buildings. It also offers practical discussions of several case
studies, including comparisons of IRT with other surface
temperature measurement techniques. In closing, it demonstrates how
IRT can be used to assess capillary absorption, and addresses
moisture in walls due to wind-driven rain infiltrations, and the
drying process. The book equips readers with a deeper understanding
of the ideal conditions for accurate IRT assessment and offers
practical recommendations.
Offering readers essential insights into the relationship between
ancient buildings, their original and current indoor microclimates,
this book details how the (generally) virtuous relationship between
buildings and their typical microclimate changed due to the
introduction of new heating, ventilation, and air conditioning
(HVAC) systems in historic buildings. The new approach to the study
of their Historic Indoor Microclimate (HIM) put forward in this
book is an essential component to monitoring and evaluating
building and artefact conservation. Highlighting the advantages of
adopting an indoor microclimatic approach to the preservation of
existing historic materials by studying the original conditions of
the buildings, the book proposes a new methodology linking the
preservation/restoration of the historic indoor microclimate with
diachronic analysis for the optimal preservation of historic
buildings. Further, it discusses a number of frequently overlooked
topics, such as the simple and well-coordinated opening and closing
of windows (an example extracted from a real case study). In turn,
the authors elaborate the concept of an Historic Indoor
Microclimate (HIM) based on "Original Indoor Microclimate" (OIM),
which proves useful in identifying the optimal conditions for
preserving the materials that make up historic buildings. The
book's main goal is to draw attention to the advantages of an
indoor microclimatic approach to the preservation of existing
historic materials/manufacture, by studying the original conditions
of the buildings. The introduction of new systems in historic
buildings not only has a direct traumatic effect on the actual
building and its components, but also radically changes one of its
vital immaterial elements: the Indoor Microclimate. Architects,
restorers and engineers will find that the book addresses the
monitoring of the indoor microclimate in selected historic
buildings that have managed to retain their original state due to
the absence of new HVAC systems, and reflects on the advantages of
a renewed attention to these aspects.
This book identifies novel advanced materials that can be utilized
as protective agents for the preservation of stone. The innovative
solutions to stone conservation presented here result in increased
sustainability, reduced environmental impact, and increased social
and economic benefits. It provides an overview of recent trends and
progress in advanced materials applied to stone protection. It also
explores the scientific principles behind these advanced materials
and discusses their applications to diff erent types of stone
preservation efforts. Essential information as well as knowledge on
the availability and applicability of advanced nanostructured
materials is also provided, with focus placed on the practical
aspects of stone protection. Th e book highlights an
interdisciplinary eff ort regarding novel applications of
nanostructured materials in the advancement of stone protection. It
provides insight towards forthcoming developments in the fi eld.
Advanced nanostructured materials are designed and developed with
the aim of being chemically, physically, and mechanically
compatible with stone. Advanced materials for stone conservation
that are characterized by several functional properties are
considered in this book. These include the physico-chemical,
protective, and morphological properties, eco-toxicity, and
mechanisms of degradation. The authors present a thorough overview
of cutting-edge discoveries, detailed information on recent
technological developments, breakthroughs in novel nanomaterials,
utilization strategies for applications in cultural heritage, and
the current status and future outlook of the topic to address a
wide range of scientific communities.
This book expounds on progress made over the last 35 years in the
theory, synthesis, and application of triboluminescence for
creating smart structures. It presents in detail the research into
utilization of the triboluminescent properties of certain crystals
as new sensor systems for smart engineering structures, as well as
triboluminescence-based sensor systems that have the potential to
enable wireless, in-situ, real time and distributed (WIRD)
structural health monitoring of composite structures. The sensor
component of any structural health monitoring (SHM) technology -
measures the effects of the external load/event and provides the
necessary inputs for appropriate preventive/corrective action to be
taken in a smart structure - sits at the heart of such a system.
This volume explores advances in materials properties and
structural behavior underlying creation of smart composite
structures and sensor systems for structural health monitoring of
critical engineering structures, such as bridges, aircrafts, and
wind blades.
This book includes keynote presentations, invited speeches, and
general session papers presented at the 7th International Symposium
on Environmental Vibration and Transportation Geodynamics (formerly
the International Symposium on Environmental Vibration), held from
October 28 to 30, 2016 at Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China. It
discusses topics such as the dynamic and cyclic behaviors of soils,
dynamic interaction of vehicle and transportation infrastructure;
traffic-induced structure and soil vibrations and wave propagation;
soil-structure dynamic interaction problems in transportation;
environmental vibration analysis and testing; vehicle, machine and
human-induced vibrations; monitoring, evaluation and control of
traffic induced vibrations; transportation foundation deformation
and deterioration induced by vibration; structural safety and
serviceability of railways, metros, roadways and bridges; and
application of geosynthetics in transportation infrastructure. It
is a valuable resource for government managers, scientific
researchers, and engineering professionals engaged in the field of
geotechnical and transportation engineering.
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