About the Book
Design Fundamentals for Low-Voltage Distribution and Control provides practical guidelinesfor all aspects of this vital topic. Linking theoretical principles with real hardware designs,the book will help engineers meet safety and regulatory standards, reduce redesign costs,shorten product development and testing cycles, and develop more reliable, efficientequipment.This outstanding reference highlights the determination of reactance and resistances of conductors... discusses heat transfer problems in industrial apparatus . .. and considers shortcircuit and ground fault calculations as well as temperature rise and forces occurring underfault conditions.Design Fundamentals for Low-Voltage Distribution and Control applies thermodynamicprinciples to electrical equipment, including coverage of heat transfer equations, calculationexamples for conductor sizes, and insulation. It provides empirical models to show howhigher order theoretical equations can be practically approximated . . . and includes samplecalculations for magnet size, circuit breakers, fault current, arc interruption, and other propertiesand equipment.In addition, the book compares design requirements for both U.S. and European equipment.Featuring numerous equations, graphs, tables, test procedures, and diagrams, Design Fundamentalsfor Low-Voltage Distribution and Control is an invaluable practical guide for electricaland electronics, design, project, and power engineers involved with the design andapplication of electrical apparatus; and graduate students of electrical engineering, powerengineering, and electro technology.
Table of Contents:
1: Plenary lectures; 1: Markers of earthen construction modern revival; 2: The geography of earth building; 2: Vernacular earthen architecture; 3: A sustainable repair process for heritage buildings in historic Jeddah; 4: Santal mud dwellings: Materials, construction and space typology; 5: The study and analysis of the adaptation of earthen constructions in Hadhramaut (Yemen); 6: Vernacular houses of Stratonikeia: Architectural typology, materials and techniques; 7: Ksar Taghit: Earthen architecture between authenticity and changes; 8: Supplemented rammed earth in the northwestern regions of Valencia; 9: Earth construction in prehistoric settlements of southern Portugal; 10: Vernacular construction techniques and earth employ in Arg-e-Bam (Iran); 11: Vernacular heritage in Mendoza (Cuyo region, Argentina); 12: Comparative evolution of vernacular mudbrick houses in the Nile Delta and Qurna (Luxor); 13: Tapiabrick : A digital platform on brick-supplemented rammed earth walls; 14: The ancient caves from El Alguacilejo. Vernacular habitat and landscape of Gran Canaria, Spain; 15: Interpretation of sustainable desert architecture in Ghadames city, Libya; 16: Thermal performance and comfort of vernacular earthen buildings in Egypt and Portugal; 17: Earthen construction in Ourense, Galicia (Spain); 18: Earthen vernacular architecture in Cuneo’s territories (Piedmont, Italy); 19: Vernacular earthen architecture and its restoration in the region of La Manchuela in Albacete (Spain); 20: Earthen elements in the Iberian Peninsula: Cataloging and preliminary study; 21: Vernacular architecture in El Khorbat, Morocco. Evolution of the Igrems; 22: Examination of structural decay processes in adobe vernacular architecture in Spain; 23: Mid-century earthen architecture in Aotearoa New Zealand—a new vernacular?; 24: Stone, clay and turf in architectural construction; 25: Transforming Kasena houses and indigenous building technology in Burkina Faso; 26: Earth and gypsum: From theory to practice in Spanish vernacular architecture; 27: Earthen roofs in the region of Murcia, Spain: La Azohía; 28: Material and typological characterization of the tighremt n’Aït Makhat (Morocco); 29: Mud architecture: Sustaining communities in cold desert regions of Northern India; 30: Earthen heritage in the USA: Approximation to constructive techniques; 31: SOSTierra Project. Initial results; 32: A method of cataloguing for the earthen architectural heritage in Santo Domingo neighborhood in Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas, Mexico; 33: Study and appreciation of earthen architecture in Valencia’s southern farmland; 34: Mestizo and hybrid typologies. Vernacular rural housing in Colombia; 35: Mexico’s central area earthen architecture. Rammed earth construction: Use and technique; 36: Domestic wineries in the Urz-Vidriales countryside (Spain); 37: Scottish earth building materials; 38: Thinking about historic resources: A proposed guidance document; 39: Historic cob structures in Moravia; 40: A study of pit houses with soil-covered roofs in a humid climate in Japan; 41: Traditional earthen architecture in Aragon, Spain; 42: The use of natural materials and ancient building techniques: The case for rammed earth construction; 43: Wind and dwellings in the villages of Rincón de Ademuz, Valencia (Spain); 3: Rehabilitation of vernacular earthen architecture; 44: Thermal insulation for a sustainable rehabilitation of traditional buildings; 45: Thermal assessment of the behavior of retrofitted rammed earth in central Catalonia; 46: Using machine-dismantled cotton seed hulls in the making of light earth blocks; 47: The systemic approach in the intervention on earthen architecture; 48: Kasbah Taourirt: Conserving earthen heritage in Morocco; 49: Consumption study and energy optimization of a typical Valencian house; 50: Maps, actors & local policies around earth buildings in Auvergne Rhône-Alpes; 51: Rammed earth buildings to meet Italian thermal regulation: Monitoring and sample tests; 52: A pilot project, a tool for conserving the historic city of Cuenca, Ecuador; 53: Vernacular change in Brazil southeast region; 54: Investigating the preservation of vernacular earthen buildings of Louroujina (Akincilar) in North Cyprus; 55: Campiña Segoviana’s earthen heritage and conservation clues from Isère; 56: Transformation in the Kasena’s large earthen compound houses in Burkina Faso; 4: Contemporary earthen architecture; 57: Hassan Fathy’s humane considerations in design and the significance of New Gourna; 58: A temporary pavilion as a way to experiment with mud. The case of Roly Poly; 59: A home with roots. Construction process of an adobe contemporanean house; 60: A minus carbon eco-cycle earthen refugee shelter: A feasibility study; 61: Net Zero Energy straw bale & rammed earth design; cold climate case study; 62: Natural clay plasters: Checking regulations to characterization tests; 63: Terra nova—earthen architecture and modernity; 64: The school of Baasneere, the process of international cooperation; 65: CEB Factory for seismic resistant earthen architecture design in Nepal; 66: CEB production in social insertion workshops. An experience in Algemesí (Spain); 67: A case-study project of reinterpretation of local traditional techniques; 5: Restoration of monumental earthen architecture; 68: Restoration method on the southern wall of the Medieval access road to the Generalife; 69: The keep of the Alcázar of Carmona (Sevilla, Spain). Materials for the restoration of rammed earth walls; 70: Rammed earth and formworks in Medieval fortifications in Castilla-La Mancha, Spain; 71: The Islamic wall of Mula (Spain): 3D reconstruction, restoration and musealization; 72: The use of lime, an example of good practices in the conservation of cultural heritage built on earth; 73: Earth in historical fortifications. Pedro de Lucuze’s method; 74: PREFORTI project: The preventive conservation of historic rammed-earth; 75: 3D modelling for the interpretation of watchtowers between capes of San Antonio and La Nao (Alicante, Spain); 76: Earthen architecture, appreciation and landscape: The oasis of Ferkla (Morocco); 77: New technology for analysis of the chapel of Santa María, Coahuila, Mexico; 78: Implementing a GIS for cataloguing Medieval defensive earth architecture; 79: The defense of the technique of rammed earth made by Giovanni Battista Antonelli in 1560; 80: An approach to earthen fortifications in villages of La Serranía (Valencia, Spain); 81: The first rammed earth wall in America. Earth in 16th-century Dominican architecture; 82: The preservation of the Nubian earthen architecture; 83: Constructive analysis of the rammed earth walls in the Petrés Castle (Valencia, Spain); 84: Seismic Retrofitting Project: On-site retrofitting techniques workshops; 6: Lessons from vernacular heritage for a sustainable contemporary architecture; 85: Conservation of vernacular architecture, the case of the old town of Nablus/Palestine; 86: The habitat of the nomadic shepherds in the Jbel Saghro, Morocco; 87: Vernacular nomadic architecture in the Mgoun Valley, High Atlas (Morocco); 88: Casa de los Cinteros : Constructive analysis of a traditional house in northern Valencia; 89: S. Jerónimo de Cotalba. Strategies for the preservation of the monastic complex; 90: Life cycle assessment for the earthen heritage center (Pabillonis, Sardinia); 91: The Tiburtino II district in Rome (Italy). Proposals for preserving the modern architecture; 92: Vernacular tradition and modernity. New scenarios in urban living; 93: Sustainable proposal for the conservation of Castillejo of Monteagudo (Murcia, Spain); 94: Perceptions of earth in the age of global architecture; 95: Is it useless rubble or recyclable building material?; 96: Understanding the vernacular heritage to design sustainable habitats in Asni, Morocco; 97: A survey of Danish earthen heritage for sustainable building; 98: Lessons of sustainability from the survey of the Valencian barraca; 99: Restoration of the church of the Immaculate Conception in El Llano, Alajuela, Costa Rica; 100: When the neo-vernacular architecture inspires the contemporary conception; 101: Characteristics of earthen architecture in A?lasun; 102: The painted facades and the urban landscape of Bisceglie, Italy. Notes of history and restoration; 103: Set of nine cave houses in La Algueña, Alicante (Spain). Renewal proposal; 104: The influence of rice cultivation in the architecture of Sueca’s village (Valencia, Spain); 105: In situ monitoring and characterisation of earthen envelopes: A review; 106: Study of the situation of traditional constructive techniques and materials in Spain; 107: Vernacular housing and transformations at the Cordillera de Sama (Bolivia); 108: Built heritage as catalysts of environmental sustainability: A pragmatic paradigm for Anthropocene; 109: Adobe vernacular heritage in Mexicali, Mexico; 110: Balconies in traditional urban architecture through typology and solar radiation; 111: The Chilean adobe as a seismic vernacular technology, the study of the “Norte Chico” area; 112: Tracking down constructive techniques: Farmhouses preliminary studies; 113: Water-related built heritage in Campania, Italy. Knowledge for conservation of a sustainable vernacular architecture; 114: From vernacular to contemporary: Kilwa (Tanzania) and Albreda (The Gambia) tourist information centres; 115: Passive design principles in vernacular architecture of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain; 116: Local pre-industrial communities in Tuscany and the exploitation of water; 117: Contemporary earthen architecture in the northern temperate climate; 118: Sustainability of rammed earth building tradition in Tepeyahualco, Mexico; VII: Structural analysis of vernacular architecture; 119: Structural assessment of earthen walls using damage tests and models; 120: Planning for acceptable contemporary earth construction in South Africa; 121: Main church of the Cartuja de Vall de Christ, Altura (Spain). Analysis of the interventions; 122: Thermal orthophotos and vernacular architecture: Surveying half-timber walls in Béjar, Spain; 123: The influence of ambient conditions into rammed earth compressive strength; 124: Acoustic test on adobe and rammed earth walls; 125: Experimental study of adobe walls with geogrid reinforced mud plaster; 126: A preliminary study of CIPS as a consolidant for earthen cultural materials; 127: Low-cost adobe structures with bamboo additives and bamboo frames. Strength tests; 128: Experimental analysis of compressive mechanical behavior of adobe masonry; 129: Stabilisation of earthen surfaces using carob ( Ceratonia siliqua L .); 130: Advanced study of the mechanical properties of compressed earth block; 131: Seismic analysis of Portuguese adobe buildings; 132: Improved 2nd order holder. Method for heat transfer calculation for walls; 133: Schematic analysis of traditional Vietnamese houses under the influence of Han culture
