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Informationen zum Autor J.M. Davies DSc, PhD, FREng, FICE, FIStructE is Professor of Structural Engineering at the University of Manchester. He has spent a lifetime carrying out research and consultancy into many aspects of steel construction and has written more than 150 technical papers. In recent years, he has concentrated on aspects of lightweight construction, including cladding and its supporting members. Sandwich construction has been an important part of his work. At the University of Manchester, he has a large fire engineering laboratory and has developed an increasing interest in the performance of lightweight construction in fire. He is a joint author of Plastic Design to BS 5950 , written for the Steel Construction Institute and published by Blackwell Science, and also The Manual of Stressed Skin Diaphragm Design . Klappentext Sandwich panels are being used increasingly as the cladding of buildings such as factories, warehouses, cold stores and retail sheds as they are light in weight, thermally efficient, aesthetically attractive and can be easily handled and erected. However, to date, an authoritative book on the subject has been lacking and this new reference work aims to fill that gap. The designer, specifier and manufacturer of sandwich panels require a great deal of information on a wide range of subjects. This book has been written by a group of European experts under the editorship of a UK specialist in lightweight construction and provides guidance on: materials used in manufacture. thermal efficiency and air-and water- tightness. acoustic performance. performance in fire. durability. special problems of sandwich panels in cold stores and chill rooms. architectural and aesthetic considerations. structural design at the ultimate and serviceability limit states. additional structural considerations including fastenings, the effect of openings and the use of sandwich panels as load-bearing walls. test procedures. The book concludes with some numerical design examples and is highly illustrated throughout. Zusammenfassung Sandwich panels are being used increasingly as the cladding of buildings like factories! warehouses! cold stores and retail sheds. This is because they are light in weight! thermally efficient! aesthetically attractive and can be easily handled and erected. However! to date! an authoritative book on the subject was lacking. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Contributors xii Preface xiii 1 Introduction 1 1.1 The origins of sandwich technology 1 1.2 Principles of sandwich construction 2 1.3 Requirements for sandwich cladding panels 4 1.4 Wall panels 5 1.5 Panels for cold stores 6 1.6 Roof panels 7 1.7 Methods of manufacture 8 1.7.1 Manufacture of facings 8 1.7.2 Panels with bonded cores 8 1.7.3 Foamed cores 9 1.8 Design requirements for structural sandwich panels 10 1.9 Structural design of sandwich panels 11 1.10 Layout of this book 12 2 Materials 14 2.1 Introduction 14 2.2 Facing materials 14 2.2.1 Steel facings 15 2.2.2 Aluminium sheeting 20 2.2.3 Other metal face materials 22 2.2.4 Other facing materials 24 2.3 Core materials 26 2.3.1 Rigid plastic foam materials 28 2.3.2 Characteristic properties of rigid foams 33 2.3.3 Inorganic core material 36 2.3.4 Characteristic properties of mineral wools 38 2.4 Honeycomb cores 39 2.5 Adhesives and other components 40 2.5.1 Mechanical properties 41 2.6 Fasteners and other components 41 2.7 References 41 3 Thermal Performance and Water-Tightness 43 3.1 Introduction 43 3.2 Insulation theory 43 3.2.1 Factors influe...
