The Role of Advance Composite material In Contemporary Buildings

Abstract

Composite materials have been used from the earliest times, from wood, which is a naturally occurring composite of lignin and cellulose, through straw reinforced clay bricks to reinforced concrete. In the 20th century, a new breed of composite materials was developed using polymer matrices with high performance reinforcement fibres. The great effect and uncompromising properties of advance composite materials has enabled the emergence of composites cut across all fields of application and all areas or work, just to mention a few aeronautic engineering, automobile engineering, and medicine, military and building construction. Therefore, with emphasis on building construction, advance composite material has played a vital role in today's contemporary building construction method, by presenting its self as an alternative building construction material, its application has made the contemporary building construction much more flexible and achievable, compare to traditional building materials and its methods of construction. It further offers the building construction industry the technical know-how of having new possibilities of design styles, shapes and forms. Therefore, advance composite material proves it's self to be a better and a new alternative building construction material that remains construction friendly and flexible based on its properties. This study therefore tends to provide an overview on advance composite material, its application as well as its role in today's contemporary building.

The Influence of the Thermal Conduction and Detail Development Process in Architecture

“…Apart from these standpoints, a handful of authors researched the notion of thermal conduction. Throughout this research, we will focus on the following concepts of the design development process: material science, the importance of material research [7], the relation between thermal aspects, and solar energy storage [8], energy and smart city initiatives [9], local climate and residential design [10], thermal comfort in buildings [11], and the climate and the city [12]. Besides the importance of materiality in the architectural design process outlined above, it is also, important to note that the issue of heat flow is part of national and international standards.…”