Technical English for Engineers and Struсtural Designers

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Введение
PART I. STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING
Text 1. Civil engineering
Text 2. Structural engineering
Text 2a. Need for and use of structures
Text 3. Structural designer’s work
Text 4. Conceptual design, innovation and planning
Text 5. Aims and factors considered in designing
Text 6. Integration of cost, quality and time
Text 7
Text 8. Automation and robotics in construction
Text 9. Building robots
Test for self-examination
ROLE PLAYING “Build your city”
PART II. BUILDING MATERIALS
Text 1. Building materials
Text 2. Timber
Text 3. Cement and concrete
Text 3a. Durability, workability, and waterproofness
Text 4. Metals
Text 5. Building stone
Text 6. Brick
Text 7. Glass
Text 8. Plastics
Text 9. The options of using timber, concrete and steel
Test for self-examination
PART III. PARTS AND ELEMENTS OF A BUILDING
Text 1. Types of structures
Text 2. Steel frames
Text 2a. The use of steel frame structures
Text 3. Tall buildings
Text 4. Constructing a skyscraper
Text 5. Shell and wide span structures
Text 6. Parts and elements of a building
Text 7. Foundations
Text 7a. Classification of foundations
Text 8. Floor systems
Text 8a. Basic floor types
Text 9. Exterior walls
Text 10. An external wall insulation
Text 11. Finishing of exterior walls
Text 12. Roof design
Text 13. Shape of roofs
Text 14. Roof materials
Text 15. Shell roof
Test for self-examination
ROLE PLAYING “My new home”
ADDITIONAL READING
Text 1. Eiffel Tower
Text 2. The Highest Skyscraper in the World
Text 3. New York’s Empire State Building
Text 4. Housing in Britain and the USA
Text 5. Housing in Russia
VOCABULARY