Structural Design of Buildings: Fundamentals in Design, Management and Sustainability
About this ebook
Broken down into the key areas for understanding and undertaking structural design and with a fully international approach, this book features coverage of
- design considerations
- sustainability in the built environment
- BIM
- Risk management
- different types of loadings
- finite element
- computational design
- materials science
- concrete technology.
The book contains information on collaboration with other professionals, design objectives, leadership in design, use of software and a sustainable approach to design. It is a timely and essential read for consultants, designers, technicians and contractors tasked with structural design of buildings.
About the author
Feng Fu Ph.D., MBA, CEng, FIStructE, FASCE, FICE, FHEA is a Chartered Structural Engineer and Associate Professor of Structural Engineering at the School of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences, City, University London, UK.
David Richardson BEng(Hons) CEng FIStructE FHEA is a Chartered Structural Engineer and Associate Professor of Structural Design at the School of Civil Engineering, University of Leeds, UK.
