Titre et auteur:

Glass in building : a guide to modern architectural glass performance : Pilkington / David Button [and others] ; editors, David Button and Brian Pye.

Publication:

Oxford, England ; Boston : Butterworth Architecture, 1993.

Description:

xi, 372 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm

Notes:
"Pilkington Glass Ltd., Flachglas AG, Libbey Owens Ford, Pilkington Floatglas AB, Pilkington (Australia) Ltd. with Butterworth Architecture."
Includes bibliographical references (page 365) and index.
Pilkington Glass Companies -- Ch. 1. Introduction to the History of Architectural Glass -- Ch. 2. Manufacturing Processes and Window Glass Functions -- Ch. 3. Introduction to Heat and Light -- Ch. 4. View Out and View In -- Ch. 5. Daylight -- Ch. 6. Appearance -- Ch. 7. Introduction to Thermal Comfort -- Ch. 8. Heat Loss -- Ch. 9. Heat Gain -- Ch. 10. Heat Balance -- Ch. 11. Durability of Glass -- Ch. 12. Strength of Glass -- Ch. 13. Resistance to Wind and Snow -- Ch. 14. Resistance to Water Loading -- Ch. 15. Resistance to Thermal Stress -- Ch. 16. Resistance to Human Impact -- Ch. 17. Resistance to Explosive Loading -- Ch. 18. Resistance to Bullet Impact -- Ch. 19. Resistance to Burglar Attack -- Ch. 20. Electromagnetic Shielding -- Ch. 21. Fire Resistance -- Ch. 22. Sound Insulation -- Appendix A Structural Glass Systems -- Appendix B Glass and the Environment -- Appendix C Glass Terms, Products and Processes.

ISBN:

0750605901
9780750605908

Sujet:

Glass construction.
Construction en verre.

Vedettes secondaires:

Button, David.
Pye, Brian.
Pilkington Glass Ltd.

Exemplaires:

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 108595
Cote: ID NA4140.G57; ID:94-B3041
Statut: Disponible