9/9/13 Check whether we were approved Adaptation and Control Overview of Key themes Traditional Climate-adapted Architecture Large climate screens (From a historical perspective) How to read a psychometric chart Traditional Climate-adapted Architecture Vernacular adapted architecture In contrast to the resource-oriented architecture of the 21st century Should be the 1st thing we attempt to do to adapt the building to the climate Then look at high-tech approaches to skinning the building
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the preferred wirestripping method. 2. State the reason the ends of the wire are clamped down after a Western Union splice has been made. 3. Explain the major advantage of the crimped terminal over the soldered terminal. 4. Name the two types of insulation commonly used for noninsulated splices and terminal lugs. 5. State an advantage of using preinsulated terminal lugs and the color code used for each. 6. Explain the procedures for crimping terminal lugs with a hand crimp tool. 7. Recall the physical
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WANKEL ENGINE The Wankel engine‚ invented by German engineer Felix Wankel‚ is a type of internal combustion engine which uses a rotary design to convert pressure into a rotating motion instead of using reciprocating pistons. Its four-stroke cycle takes place in a space between the inside of an oval-like epitrochoid-shaped housing and a rotor that is similar in shape to a Reuleaux triangle but with sides that are somewhat flatter. This design delivers smooth high-rpm power from a compact size. Since
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Calculate the total resistance and the heat flow through the composite. (0.46‚ 173.9 W) 2. Consider a 1.2-m high and 2-m-wide glass window whose thickness is 6 mm and thermal conductivity is k= 0.78W/m. 0C. Determine the steady rate of heat transfer through this glass window and the temperature of its inner surface for a day during which the room is maintained at 24 0C while the temperature of the outdoors is -5 0C. Take
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Building and the Environemnt Introduction A berm house is a house that is banked with earth. The design and building methods that are used aid the building to require less energy being put into the building when construction is complete and the building is being used as its intended. Construction The Caer Llan berm house was “designed to be “massive” rather than “lightweight”. The use of vast quantities of block‚ concrete‚ etc‚ is intended to act as a stabiliser‚ both structurally
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New Building Materials & Technologies 2010 CONSTRUCTION BLOCKS SYNOPSIS Criteria for selection of walling elements: Economy Non- erodability Low thermal conductivity Color & Texture Least amount of consumption of raw material Construction block technology offers a speedier‚ cost effective‚ environmentally sound alternative to conventional walling materials. It is based on the principle of densification of a lean concrete mix to make a regular shaped‚ uniform‚ high performance
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present no effects on human health. Asbestos is resistant to heat and most chemicals‚ the fibres do not evaporate in air and they are insoluble in water. It is non-flammable and has a tensile strength which is stronger than steel. It has tremendous thermal and electrical resistance‚ and once combined with other insulating materials‚ creates an ideal material for construction use. There are three main types of asbestos used commercially‚ Chrysotile‚ Crocidolite and Amosite. Chrysotile‚ commonly known
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strength makes ceramics good structural materials (bricks in houses and stones blocks in pyramids) * High voltage insulators and spark plugs are made from ceramics due to its electrical conductivity properties * Because of their good thermal insulation‚ ceramics are used as tiles in ovens and as exterior tiles on the shuttle orbiter. * Hardness abrasion resistance‚ imperviousness to high temperatures and extremely caustic conditions allow ceramics to be used in special applications where
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information in a laptop computer and the thermodynamic properties of a system that can implement it‚ and outline the features of a unified theory of the degrees of freedom in a laptop computer. If we get plenty of laptops‚ we can use them as insulation if they surround the thermodynamic process. If we turn them on‚ they could produce heat. If we set them on fire‚ they will produce even more heat (at least short term). Alternatively we can use laptop(s) to perform computations and analysis of the
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Electrochromatic glass with an ultra-thin Nano coating needs only to be switched once to change state‚ gradually changing to a darkened yet transparent state. At present the maximum dimension of glazing panels is limited. 6. Vacuum insulation panels 7. Thermal
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