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Showing 1 to 20 of 60 for “"roofing"”.
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Performance evaluation of mechanically attached roofing systems
Roofing system is an integral part of a building envelope. Keeping the roofs in place against high wind events is a challenging task for architects and roof designers. There are two stages in the design process: first, a comprehensive understanding of the wind induced loads on the roof system and, …
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Assessment of failure mechanisms for built-up roofing systems
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil Engineering, 1987.
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A Decision-Making Framework for Vegetated Roofing System Selection
… or past experience. But since vegetated roofing is a relatively complex and comparatively new technology to many practitioners, a rational, explicit method to help organize and rank the trade-offs made during the design process is useful. This research comprises the creation of a …
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Flexible manufacturing of ribbed roofing panels : process layout and rib orientation
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 1994.
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A BIM Interoperable Web-Based DSS for Vegetated Roofing System Selection
… BIM interoperable web-based DSS for vegetated roofing system selection. The prototype development can be considered a part of an ongoing research agenda focusing on the development of the integrated web-based DSS for holistic building design conducted within the College of Architecture and …
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Cost-benefit analysis of a Building Integrated Photovolatic roofing system for a school located in Blacksburg, Virginia
… of the building integrated photovoltaic roofing system when connected to the utility grid when compared to a conventional roofing system. The analysis is applied to a school building located in Blacksburg, Virginia. Using the current utility rates and the energy consumption data, the …
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Replaying the past: establishing a 3D simulation methodology for the analysis of roofing and alignments in Neolithic Malta
… – 2400 BC), and investigate the orientation and roofing of temple structures. Overall, the thesis introduces a new theoretical basis for 3D simulation that has repercussions on wider digital techniques in archaeology. At the same time, the Test Cases provide new data and observations that …
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Worker's Behavioral Adaptation to Safety Interventions and Technologies: Empirical Evidence and Theoretical Considerations Through The Case of Simulated Residential Roofing Task
On-the-job injuries that occur even after implementing safety interventions highlight the need for identifying the limitations in them and for making future safety interventions and technological advances more effective. One possible reason for this lower-than-expected-safety returns is the latent …
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Green Roofs in the Garden City: Exploring the Opportunities for Green Roof Policies in Missoula, Montana
… the practice of green, or vegetative, roofing has been promoted through policy measures by a number of cities in the United States and abroad. This project explores green roofing and the policies used to encourage the practice with the goal of recommending what kind of green roof …
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Green Roofs in the Garden City: Exploring the Opportunities for Green Roof Policies in Missoula, Montana
… the practice of green, or vegetative, roofing has been promoted through policy measures by a number of cities in the United States and abroad. This project explores green roofing and the policies used to encourage the practice with the goal of recommending what kind of green roof …
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Waterproofing of roofs
Roofing as an element of architecture and construction presents a challenging topic. This challenge, always present in the history of architecture, is now being met by dramatic new technological developments both in materials and systems. In the past decade these have made possible a revolution in …
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How Technology Diffuses through Construction User Culture: An Innovation Design to Improve Safety Technology Adoption
… training intervention for residential roofing subcontractors. The proposed innovation analytic and design framework was based on the traditional systems-engineering process: Requirement Analysis, Prototype Development, and Summative Evaluation. Rogers’ Theory of Innovation Diffusion and …
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Usability of Fall Arrest Harnesses
… Many construction fall fatalities occur during roofing, and may be prevented by proper use of fall protection. A prevalent option for fall protection is a personal fall arrest system (PFAS). However, full adaption of PFAS is hindered by usability issues, particularly in the harness component. …
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Development of space truss systems in timber
… such systems in timber for non-traditional roofing applications, the challenge lies in developing structurally sound, visually neat and economically reproducible connectors for 3-dimensional configurations of timber members. The research aimed at developing a new connector for double and …
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Industry Usage, Stakeholder Perceptions, and Usability Characteristics of Hazard Controls Leading to the Development of a Design Process and Taxonomy for Large Handheld Powered Equipment.
… emission control technologies in the asphalt roofing trade. Study 3 used the information from studies 1 and 2 to select a tool for further evaluation. The handheld cutoff concrete saw was chosen. An iterative design process was utilized to evaluate the saw. The design process and subsequent …
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The Impact of Different Passive Roof Construction Types on Building Thermal Performance / Experimental Method for Optimizing the Thermal Performance of Building Enclosures
… that changed among the STCs. Four types of roofing technologies, Exterior Reflective Cool Coating (ERCC), Radiant Barrier (RB), Interior Radiation Control Coating (IRCC) and Phase Change Material (PCM) were individually applied to each STC. The STCs were tested under two scenarios: (1) …
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In-situ monitoring of an Omni directional roof vent on a low slope single ply roof to identify most efficient porous underlayment for maximum pressure propagation
… omni-directional roof vent on low slope membrane roofing systems. The newly designed and patented low-pressure roof vent works on Bernoulli and Venturi air flow principals and helps prevent uplift and detachment of the roofing membrane during storm or high wind conditions by creating a negative …
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Thermal Conductivity of foamed concrete
… effective thermal insulation material to be for roofing systems on buildings.
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Seeing. Feeling. Remembering: The Making of an Appalachian Place
… block, raw and galvanized structural steel and roofing. The re-seeing of material is enabled through an understanding of the physical and metaphorical characteristics of chosen materials: chemical and physical properties, appearance, composition, regional presence, interaction with climate, …
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