Building Technology Program: Recent submissions
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Catalan vaulting in advanced material : new approaches to contemporary compressive form
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)The translation of traditional building methods to modern construction techniques offers unexplored opportunities for material and form in architecture. Recent innovations in cellular ceramics married with traditional ... -
A standard simulation testbed for the evaluation of control algorithms & strategies related to variable air volume HVAC systems
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1995)The parameters for a dynamic, computer simulation model were developed. The parameters characterize the physical and geometric properties of a building shell, the internal and external building loads, the buildings secondary ... -
Equilibrium analysis of masonry domes
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)This thesis developed a new method to analyze the structural behavior of masonry domes: the modified thrust line analysis. This graphical-based method offers several advantages to existing methods. It is the first to account ...
