Thermal Delight in Architecture
Title | Thermal Delight in Architecture PDF eBook |
Author | Lisa Heschong |
Publisher | MIT Press |
Pages | 100 |
Release | 1979-12-05 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN | 9780262580397 |
Our thermal environment is as rich in cultural associations as our visual, acoustic, olfactory, and tactile environments. This book explores the potential for using thermal qualities as an expressive element in building design. Until quite recently, building technology and design has favored high-energy-consuming mechanical methods of neutralizing the thermal environment. It has not responded to the various ways that people use, remember, and care about the thermal environment and how they associate their thermal sense with their other senses. The hearth fire, the sauna, the Roman and Japanese baths, and the Islamic garden are discussed as archetypes of thermal delight about which rituals have developed—reinforcing bonds of affection and ceremony forged in the thermal experience. Not only is thermal symbolism now obsolete but the modern emphasis on central heating systems and air conditioning and hermetically sealed buildings has actually damaged our thermal coping and sensing mechanisms. This book for the solar age could help change all that and open up for us a new dimension of architectural experience. As the cost of energy continues to skyrocket, alternatives to the use of mechanical force must be developed to meet our thermal needs. A major alternative is the use of passive solar energy, and the book will provide those interested in solar design with a reservoir of ideas.
Thermal Engineering
Title | Thermal Engineering PDF eBook |
Author | R.K. Rajput |
Publisher | Firewall Media |
Pages | 1708 |
Release | 2005 |
Genre | Heat engineering |
ISBN | 9788170088349 |
THERMAL FLYING
Title | THERMAL FLYING PDF eBook |
Author | BURKHARD. MARTENS |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2021 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781838017361 |
Oxidative Behavior of Materials by Thermal Analytical Techniques
Title | Oxidative Behavior of Materials by Thermal Analytical Techniques PDF eBook |
Author | Alan T. Riga |
Publisher | ASTM International |
Pages | 242 |
Release | 1997 |
Genre | Lubrication and lubricants |
ISBN | 080312483X |
Very Good,No Highlights or Markup,all pages are intact.
Thermal Physics
Title | Thermal Physics PDF eBook |
Author | Ralph Baierlein |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 444 |
Release | 1999-07-15 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 9780521658386 |
Exercise problems in each chapter.
Improving the Thermal Processing of Foods
Title | Improving the Thermal Processing of Foods PDF eBook |
Author | P Richardson |
Publisher | Woodhead Publishing |
Pages | 536 |
Release | 2004-07-16 |
Genre | Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | 9781855737303 |
It has long been recognised that thermal technologies must ensure the safety of food without compromising food quality.
Handbook of Applied Thermal Design
Title | Handbook of Applied Thermal Design PDF eBook |
Author | Eric C. Guyer |
Publisher | CRC Press |
Pages | 710 |
Release | 1999-02-01 |
Genre | Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | 9781560328117 |
Gives a foundation to the four principle facets of thermal design: heat transfer analysis, materials performance, heating and cooling technology, and instrumentation and control. The focus is on providing practical thermal design and development guidance across the spectrum of problem analysis, material applications, equipment specification, and sensor and control selection.