Книга: Structures & Architecture: ICSA 2010 - 1st International Conference on Structures & Architecture, July 21-23 July, 2010 in Guimaraes, Portugal

Set of book of abstracts and full paper, searchable CD-ROM on research and development merging architecture and structural engineering. The selected contributions deal with recent advances in the art and practice of designing and building infrastructures in which the structural and architectonic values are consciously combined and the contribution of each other is mutually enhanced. It includes sections on: concrete, masonry, steel, composite, glass and timber structures lightweight and membrane structures, new materials, complex forms computer and experimental methods emerging technologies, innovation and special structures and design in architecture and structural engineering. Intended researchers and practitioners with a background in architecture, construction and structural engineering.