Standard Handbook of Architectural Engineering : A Practical Manual for Architects, Engineers, Contractors & Related Professions & Occupations

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Standard Handbook of Architectural Engineering : A Practical Manual for Architects, Engineers, Contractors & Related Professions & Occupations
by Robert Brown Butler

Hardcover - 1120 pages Bk & Disk edition (March 1998)
McGraw Hill Text
ISBN: 0079136923
Dimensions (in inches): 1.95 x 9.34 x 6.31

From Book News, Inc.
A sizeable compendium of structural, mechanical, plumbing, electrical, lighting, and acoustical design data. With 450 universal design scenarios, walks readers through the steps of designing, selecting, and sizing almost any functional component of a building. Introduces two fundamentally new approaches toward the sizing of functional components: parameter design, which involves determining the optimal dimensions of a component's outermost characteristics regardless of its inner details; and the gauging equation, an algebra to determine a component's size by some practical or experimental criteria when a scientifically articulated method either does not exist or is needlessly complex. The CD-ROM, for IBM compatibles, includes over 900 formulas and nearly 100 design tools, has a quick search component, and can be incorporated into CAD. Book News, Inc.®, Portland.

Book Description
Design, select and size any building component faster! You can design any functional component... for any architectural project... anywhere in the world! Robert Brown Butler's Standard Handbook of Architectural Engineering, and its accompanying disk, place at your fingertips 450 surefire design scenarios for all parts of a building. With each scenario, you'll receive a description of its component... explore a design example... get the right algebraic formula... and arrive at the computed...