Construction Science & Materials is designed to cover topics studied at levels 2 – 5 on Construction HND courses and is also suitable for first year undergraduates on construction courses as well as Building surveying, Architectural Technology and Quantity Surveying. It is an essential text for those who have done no science since their GCSEs.
Divided into 17 chapters, each with written explanations supplemented by solved examples and relevant diagrams to substantiate the text. Chapters end with numerical questions covering a range of problems and their answers are given at the end of the book and on the book’s website.
Divided into 17 chapters, each with written explanations supplemented by solved examples and relevant diagrams to substantiate the text. Chapters end with numerical questions covering a range of problems and their answers are given at the end of the book and on the book’s website.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
About the companion Website1 Introduction to physics
2 Introduction to chemistry
3 Effects of chemicals and atmosphere on materials
4 Electricity
5 Introduction to construction technology
6 Introduction to building services
7 Thermal energy 1
8 Thermal energy 2
9 Forces and structures 1
10 Forces and structures 2
11 Forces and structures 3
12 Fluid mechanics
13 Sound
14 Light
15 Human comfort
16 Construction materials
17 Assignments
Index
Über den Autor
About the AuthorSURINDER SINGH VIRDI is a lecturer in construction at South and City College Birmingham and visiting lecturer at City of Wolverhampton College. He worked as a civil and structural engineer for a number of years before starting his career in further and higher education. He has been teaching construction science, environmental science, mathematics, ICT and CAD on BTEC National and Higher National courses for over 25 years.
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Sprache Englisch ● Format PDF ● Seiten 352 ● ISBN 9781119245087 ● Dateigröße 14.9 MB ● Verlag John Wiley & Sons ● Erscheinungsjahr 2017 ● Ausgabe 2 ● herunterladbar 24 Monate ● Währung EUR ● ID 5040981 ● Kopierschutz Adobe DRM
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