Search for dissertations about: "concrete dissertation"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 75 swedish dissertations containing the words concrete dissertation.

2. 6. Early age properties of self-compacting concrete - Effects of fine aggregate and limestone filler

   Author : Oskar Esping; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; pore pressure; autogenous deformation; self-compacting concrete; plastic shrinkage; BET; specific surface area; rheology; limestone filler;

   Abstract : Self-compacting concrete (SCC) is a sensitive mix, strongly dependent on the composition and the characteristics of its constituents. It has to possess the incompatible properties of high flowability together with high segregation resistance, a balance made possible by the dispersing effect of water-reducing admixture combined with cohesiveness produced by a high concentration of fine particles. READ MORE

4. 7. Off-site manufacturing systems development in timber house building : Towards mass customization-oriented manufacturing

   Author : Djordje Popovic; Mats Winroth; Jönköping University; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER; AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES;

   Abstract : The need for housing in Sweden has been showing a constant increase over the past couple of years. However, this situation might change in 2018 since there are indications that the increase in demand will reach its peak. READ MORE

5. 8. Concrete Fashion: Dress, Art, and Engagement in Public Space

   Author : Kajsa G. Eriksson; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; fashion design; contemporary art; performance; dressed body; documentation; artistic research; engagement; public space; identity; fashion design;

   Abstract : This dissertation is an example of artistic research that explores the border between fashion design and contemporary art, in order to place situated bodily practices within the larger field of exploration and ideology, and to discover new formats. The activities engaged in explore the dressed body as a contemporary art medium, and the performances are carried out in public space and within everyday life. READ MORE

6. 9. The Absent Meaning of Concrete Form in Theory of Architecture

   Author : Cecilia Häggström; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; body; aesthetic theory; architecture; practical knowledge; artifacts; environmental theory; building function; architectural theory; phenomenology; aesthetic theory;

   Abstract : The aim of this dissertation is to discuss architecture as forming practical conditions for our way-of-being, and to clarify that which prevents traditional theory of architecture from dealing with these practical conditions as such. The dissertation investigates a theoretical problem concerning the nature of the relation between human being and the built environment. READ MORE

7. 10. Åke Hodell. Art and Writing in the Neo-Avant-Garde

   Author : Johan Gardfors; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Åke Hodell; neo-avant-garde; concrete poetry; illegibility; archive; conceptual writing; materiality; visual poetry; text-sound-composition; intermedia; technology and writing;

   Abstract : Åke Hodell and the Art of Illegibility provides the first in-depth discussion in English of the concrete poet and neo-avant-garde artist Åke Hodell’s works from the 1960s. Throughout the study, Hodell’s artistic practice is contextualized by way of comparison with examples from the earlier avant-gardes, as well as with contemporaneous writers and artists, indicating how the avant-garde and modernist legacies are preserved and transformed in the works of Hodell. READ MORE