Kalyan Kumar Ganguly

Designing with Alternative Building Materials and Review of Building Materials (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book explains possible alternative building materials along with the test results including review of common building materials, earth engineering and construction, suitable soil, soil mechanics and production, masonry construction, rammed earth construction, use of ferro-cement units for projects, and fibre reinforced concrete.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 704
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Juni 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040154021
• Artikelnr.: 73900526

Autorenporträt

Kalyan Kumar Ganguly (Gangopadhyay) received his BE in civil engineering from Jadavpur University in 1964. He is a qualified Chartered Engineer (London) and obtained his PhD from Teesside, UK, in 1972. He has more than 57 years of experience in India and the UK, covering design, site supervision, project management, research, and teaching. The spectrum of projects includes bridges, power projects, fertilizer projects, chemical plants, heavy civil engineering projects, university complexes, hotels and resorts, research centres, housing and commercial complexes. Some of the special projects involving alternative building materials will include ferro-cement, compressed earth blocks, rammed earth construction, etc. He has also handled repair and rehabilitation projects on buildings, bridges, and heritage structures.

Inhaltsangabe

1. General Items and Brief Comments on Building Materials and Earth Technology 2. Earth/Clay
Alternative Building Materials
Cob
Wattle-and-Daub
and Some Other Methods 3. Compressed Earth Blocks (CEB)
Soil/Earth
Stabilisers
Fibres
and Applications 4. Adobe
Clay
Fly Ash-Lime Bricks
and Masonry Construction 5. Rammed Earth Construction 6. Ferro-Cement 7. Fibre-Reinforced Concrete 8. Brief Comments on Building Materials 9. Concrete as a Building Material 10. Steel Structures 11. Computer-Aided Work
Education
Training
Quality
Reliability
and Communication 12. Sustainability/Resilience
Hazards
Risks
and Structural and Site Safety 13. Construction
Supervision
Site Accidents
Project
and Risk Management 14. Repair Work to Structures 15. Construction Photographs from Projects 16. Summary and Comments from Review on Alternative Building Materials