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Design of Integrally-Attached Timber Plate Structures

Design of Integrally-Attached Timber Plate Structures

Design of Integrally-Attached Timber Plate Structures outlines a new design methodology for digitally fabricated spatial timber plate structures presented with examples from recent construction projects. It proposes an innovative and sustainable design methodology algorithmic geometry processing structural optimization and digital fabrication; technology transfer and construction are formulated and widely discussed. The methodology relies on integral mechanical attachment whereby the connection between timber plates is established solely through geometric manipulation without additional connectors such as nails screws dowels adhesives or welding. The transdisciplinary design framework for spatial timber plate structures brings together digital architecture computer science and structural engineering covering parametric modeling and architectural computational design geometry exploration the digital fabrication assembly of engineered timber panels numerical simulations mechanical characterization design optimization and performance improvement. The method is demonstrated through different prototypes physical models and three build examples focusing specifically on the design of the timber-plate roof structure of 23 large span arches called the Annen Headquarters in Luxembourg. This is useful for the architecture engineering and construction (AEC) sector and shows how new structural optimization processes can be reinvented through geometrical adaptions to control global and local geometries of complex structures. This text is ideal for structural engineering professionals and architects in both industry and academia and construction companies.

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'The Contending Kingdoms' France and England 1420–1700

'The Contending Kingdoms' France and England 1420–1700

The kingdoms of France and England were for many centuries military economic cultural and colonial rivals. This is particularly true of the early modern period which witnessed the rise of French military hegemony and the expansion of English commerce. Dealing with the period 1420-1700 this collection offers a snapshot of Anglo-French relations across the three centuries from established historians and younger scholars from France Britain and Luxembourg. Based broadly on 'diplomatic' history but incorporating wider perspectives from cultural and social or gender history; each essay uncovers the fascinating and complex arrangements that characterize Anglo-French relations in this period. Competition and hostility between the two kingdoms there certainly was but it took a surprising variety of forms and often proved intellectually productive for one side or the other and sometimes for both. The chapters mix treatments of broad themes and particular circumstances or individuals and each makes specific comparisons with French and English experience across the early-modern period. In so doing they elaborate and go beyond the evidence of Anglo-French hostility to explore evidence of political co-operation and cultural influences highlighting just how close early modern England's connections with France were even at times of crisis. | 'The Contending Kingdoms' France and England 1420–1700

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