Manual of Architectural Curtain Wall Engineering. Middle Volume

Author: Zhao Xian
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Publish Date: 2002-12-01
Features: The book is divided into three volumes (Upper, Middle, and Lower), comprehensively introducing technical and management knowledge related to the construction, design, construction, and management of various types of building curtain walls. The middle volume covers the architectural design, structural construction, engineering examples, and curtain wall testing of framed curtain walls, full-glass curtain walls, point-supported glass curtain walls, other forms of curtain walls, and skylights. The book includes numerous detailed drawings, typical construction drawings, and design calculation books for reference. To adapt to the popularization and application of new technologies, Chapter 15 of this book specifically provides necessary introductions to newly researched and applied types of curtain walls such as double-layer ventilated curtain walls, photovoltaic curtain walls, and smart curtain walls.