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Download or read book Construcci n de estructuras met licas written by Pascual Urbán Brotóns and published by Editorial Club Universitario. This book was released on 2010-02-25 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: El objetivo que se pretende alcanzar con esta publicación es la exposición, de forma sencilla y detallada, de un conjunto de criterios sobre el funcionamiento de las estructuras de acero, enfocando estrictamente, hacia su construcción, sin entrar en el estudio de los cálculos. El libro se ha adaptado, en los apartados que ha sido posible, a la Instrucciones EA-95, a la Instrucción EAE, al Eurocódigo 3, a la Instrucción EHE, y a la Norma Sismorresistente NCSE-02, y se ha concebido pensando los estudiantes de Arquitectura Técnica, sin olvidarla posible utilidad para otros estudios relacionados con la Construcción de Edificios. El acero es el material estructural por excelencia para grandes alturas, puesto que resuelve con éxito los planteamientos estructurales de: soportar el peso con pilares de dimensiones reducidas, resistir el empuje ante el vuelco y evitar movimientos debidos a la acción del viento, auxiliado en ocasiones por algún núcleo de hormigón armado. En el contenido del libro se incluyen gran número de perspectivas y detalles constructivos que, unidos al texto escrito, ayudan a comprender el funcionamiento de la estructura y con ello tener la oportunidad de elegir las opciones idóneas para resolver cada encuentro, de acuerdo a las exigencias estructurales. Se analiza la estructura completa del edificio, tanto si es un edificio industrial como si es para uso administrativo o de viviendas. Se estudia el encuentro del edificio con la cimentación, las placas de anclaje, pilares, jácenas, forjados, vigas de celosía, cubiertas con estructura metálica, analizando y detallando las uniones y arrostramientos, completando su contenido con un amplio apartado sobre estructuras mixtas.

Download or read book Today and Tomorrow written by Henry Ford and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-01-22 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2003 Shingo Prize! Henry Ford is the man who doubled wages, cut the price of a car in half, and produced over 2 million units a year. Time has not diminished the progressiveness of his business philosophy, or his profound influence on worldwide industry. The modern printing of Today and Tomorrow features an introduction by James J.

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Download or read book Form Follows Finance written by Carol Willis and published by Princeton Architectural Press. This book was released on 1995-11 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In contrast to standard histories that counterpose the design philosophies of the Chicago and New York "schools," Form Follows Finance shows how market formulas produced characteristic forms in each city - "vernaculars of capitalism" - that resulted from local land-use patterns, municipal codes, and zoning. Refuting some common cliches of skyscraper history such as the equation of big buildings with big business and the idea of a "corporate skyline," this book emphasizes the importance of speculative development and the impact of real estate cycles on the forms of buildings.