THE
BUILDING ENCLOSURE AND ITS RELEVANCE FOR ENGINEERS—PROJECTS AND PROJECTS OVER
THE LAST 10 YEARS
by
Professor
Department of Civil &
Environmental Engineering
Pennsylvania State
University
This
talk will focus on the building enclosure—in particular wall and roof systems.
The primary objective is to illustrate:
·
firstly, that the building enclosure is a very
important engineered component of a building
·
secondly, that a building designer (architect, architectural
engineer or structural engineer) must have some knowledge, if not the ability
to design or assess enclosure systems.
·
thirdly, that there is lots of opportunity for
research and development.
In doing so, I will
discuss the following projects with which I have been associated:
·
The development of the Royal Building System
·
The design of the Skydome Roofing System
·
The development of a polymer modified, fabric
reinforced, two-ply roofing membrane
·
The evaluation of a Pultruded FRP Wall System
·
The evaluation and use of stainless steel
helical reinforcement