- Author
- Raufaste, N. J., Jr. | Olmert, M.
- Title
- Building Technology Project Summaries, 1981-1982.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Washington, DC
- Report
- NBS SP 446-6, September 1982,
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Keywords
- construction industry; buildings; research projects; construction management; structural design; environmental engineering; building codes; service life; quality assurance; thermal analysis; lighting equipment; acoustics; heating equipment; plumbing | thermal analysis
- Identifiers
- earthquake engineering; energy conservation; Hyatt Regency Hotel (walkway collapse), Kansas City, Missouri, July 17, 1981
- Abstract
- Center for Building Technology programs address building construction productivity, structural and geotechnical engineering, building materials, building physics, and building equipment. Typical CBT activities include: investigating failures, such as the Kansas City Hyatt Regency Hotel skywalk collapse, to determine needs for improved design and construction practices; improving measurement techniques, such as development and calibration of a hot-box to accurately determine heat transfer in full-scale complex-work assemblies; defining characteristics of building performance, such as predicting service-life of polymers (a group of materials expected to see much more use during the 21st century); and developing methods to predict the energy performance of new refrigerant mixtures for heat pumps. This report summarizes CBT's research for 1981-1982. Each summary lists the project title, its progress, point of contact within CBT, and sponsor.