scholarly journals UTILIZING SMART TEXTILES IN INTERIOR DESIGN TO REPLACE CONVENTIONAL ARCHITECTURAL FINISHES

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 105-109
Author(s):  
AMNA KHALID QURESHI
Keyword(s):  
Interior Design ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Indoor Climate ◽  
Smart Textiles ◽  
Textile Materials ◽  
Design Concepts ◽  
Competitive Price ◽  
Smart Textile ◽  
Fabric Structures ◽  
Present World

Many architects and designers coincide that fabric structures have an imperative role to play in creating an ecofriendly future. In recent years, the use of smart textiles has been particularly popular in the construction practices. These are hailed as environmentally friendly, deliberated as architecturally aesthetic and are usually cost effective. There is a growing demand for hybrid textile materials that combine strength and functionality in a lightweight product at a competitive price. These materials are developed with advanced technical interventions. This paper aims to conceptualize the idea of using smart textiles in the interior architecture to ensure sustainability by replacing the conventional architectural finishes. The use of smart textiles that fetches the possibilities offered by both textile and interior design in the present world has been highlighted with examples. Studies illustrate that the use of smart textile materials have several benefits in the built environment in terms of weight, transparency, adaptability, indoor climate, atmosphere and acoustics. Examples are taken from the superlative case studies from all across the world. The research combines the versatile information and explores the diversity of smart textiles, presenting a framework of future prospects for the utilization of the materials in the modern interior design concepts.

scholarly journals Designing for health and wellbeing: various concepts, similar goals

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 13-31
Author(s):  
Theo van der Voordt
Keyword(s):  
Interior Design ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Sick Building Syndrome ◽  
Building Design ◽  
End Users ◽  
Health Care Facilities ◽  
Indoor Climate ◽  
Design Concepts ◽  
Health And Wellbeing ◽  
The Impact

The last decades show a growing interest in the impact of buildings, facilities and services on health and wellbeing. This paper aims to present different design concepts that have been developed to support health and wellbeing of the end users, such as healing environments and healthy offices, or to avoid negative impacts, such as the Sick Building Syndrome and toxic workplaces. Each concept is supported by a selection of references to available evidence of its influence. The paper is based on an extensive narrative literature review of buildings and facilities related publications on how to provide healthy environments, with a focus on offices and health care facilities. The discussed design concepts have much in common, but also different focus points,   Overall it is shown that a variety of building design characteristics - spatial layout, indoor climate, interior design, finishing, contact with nature - affect  the health and wellbeing of building users. Facilities such as desk bikes and plants and services such as healthy food and drinks or healthy behaviour stimulating programs have a positive impact as well. As a consequence, the design and management of healthy environments needs a multidisciplinary approach and collaboration between designers, corporate real estate and facility managers, human resource managers, IT specialists, and the involvement of different stakeholder such as clients and end users.  

scholarly journals Smart Textile for Building and Living

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Georgios Priniotakis ◽  
Laetitia Marrot ◽  
Urszula Stachewicz ◽  
Aleksandra Krstic-Furundzic ◽  
Enrico Venturini ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Glass Fiber ◽  
Polyvinyl Chloride ◽  
European Network ◽  
Smart Textiles ◽  
Cost Action ◽  
Textile Materials ◽  
Research And Innovation ◽  
Smart Textile

Abstract In construction, textiles can be used either for reinforcing the structure or for finishing design. When we talk about function, the interior is no less important than the exterior and architecture of the building. Thus using textiles to reinforce the structure of buildings, textiles often perform a desired function of reinforcing the “finish.” Building textile materials include fibers that are mixed with concrete, fiberglass reinforcement meshes, insulators, etc. Textile architecture covers permanent tensile structures based on polyester or glass fiber fabrics, with polyvinyl chloride (PVC) or polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) coating and awnings generally supported by polyester or polyolefin fabrics, with or without coating, especially for gardening. All above topics are covered within this perspective with the experts from the group of smart textiles for building and living within COST Action CA17107 European Network to Connect Research and Innovation Efforts on Advanced Smart Textiles (CONTEXT) [1].

Regulatory Issues in Pakistan Telecommunication

1998 ◽  
Vol 37 (4II) ◽  
pp. 873-882 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarfaraz Khan Quershi
Keyword(s):  
National Economy ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Market Forces ◽  
Global Trends ◽  
Regulatory Issues ◽  
Competitive Price ◽  
Modern Services ◽  
A Company ◽  
Telecom Infrastructure

Growth in telecom infrastructure and provision of modern telecom services to consumers at a cost based tariff helps growth of national economy. Modern telecoms serve as the engine of growth of national economy. Following the global trends of liberalisation and deregulation in telecoms monopolies which have thus far been providing inefficient communication at a greedily high tariffs are falling apart. Mergers in telecoms are not for increasing the size of the monopoly but to provide more efficient and cost effective services to the consumers. In Pakistan the erstwhile T&T department played a needful role at its time. Conversion of the department into a corporation and then into a company were steps necessary for following the global trends. Need now is to continue this trend further, eliminate the monopolistic approach by allowing more players in the field thus permitting the market forces to decide the provision of better quality of modern services at competitive price.

Simultaneous Thermochromic Pigment Printing and Se-NP Multifunctional Finishing of Cotton Fabrics for Smart Childrenswear

2020 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. 182-195
Author(s):  
Tarek M. Abou Elmaaty ◽  
Shereen A. Abdeldayem ◽  
Nashwa Elshafai
Keyword(s):  
Cotton Fabrics ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Textile Materials ◽  
Smart Textile ◽  
Screen Printing Technique ◽  
Printing Technique ◽  
Flat Screen ◽  
Ultraviolet Protection ◽  
Escherichia Coli Bacteria ◽  
Optimum Formula

Thermochromic (TC) pigments offer significant potential for functional and aesthetic design of smart textile materials. In this study, TC (blue and red) pigments were applied to cotton fabrics and printed on especially designed childrenswear by flat screen printing technique. The antibacterial and ultraviolet protection functionalities have been implemented into the fabrics under study by using selenium nanoparticles. The factors affecting the printing process were studied and the optimum formula was screen printed to produce the pattern’s designs of childrenswear. After conducting several tests, the results showed a significant color-changing effect depending on temperature, the color fastness properties to light, wash, and rubbing were excellent. Antibacterial activity of printed fabrics was very good against Bacillus cereus and Escherichia coli bacteria and the anti-ultraviolet protection was found to be very good. The printed fabrics can be as protective childrenswear as shown in this work.

scholarly journals The Application of Wood in Modern Interior Design

2015 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 103-107 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chang Lin
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Interior Design ◽  
Central Element ◽  
Design Principles ◽  
Natural Material ◽  
Human Society ◽  
Actual Situation ◽  
Design Concepts

Wood, which is well known as the most natural material, has been playing a very important role in the development of human society. The design concepts of promoting greens environmental protection have influenced the current society profoundly. As a culture carrier, the designing manner of using wood as the central element is very popular. The author is trying to dissect the beauty and the connotation of wood from the angle of Philosophy through this article. Then she will analyze the current use of wood in the modern interior design with examples. At last, the corresponding design principles and decoration methods will be summed up to combine with the actual situation of modern interior design.

Successful Moveable Bridges

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kjeld Thomsen ◽  
Christian Riis Petersen
Keyword(s):  
Operation Time ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Modern Technology ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Maintenance Cost ◽  
Hydraulic Systems ◽  
Design Concepts ◽  
Electrical Systems ◽  
Low Weight ◽  
Selection Of

<p>The present paper describes developments in the design of the most common types of movable bridges – Bascule bridges and Swing Bridges. The selection of design concepts is influenced by span, foundation conditions as well as environmental issues. Application of modern hydraulic systems and innovative bearing types for swing bridges facilitate the creation of outstanding designs. Recently built moveable bridges in Denmark exemplifies the trend and how application of modern technology and creativity can lead to outstanding solutions. There are many governing parameters such as the span, free opening height and loading conditions. Equally important issues such as surroundings, landscape, foundation conditions, requirement to low weight, achievable tolerances and from a mechanical point of view, the operation time. Risk assessment, mechanical- and electrical systems and the requirement to operation time and maintenance cost, will have influence on the selection of machinery and the architectural and structural design. For each of the moveable bridges described, it is shown how innovative application of modern bearing concepts and hydraulic systems can lead to elegant and cost-effective solutions.</p>

scholarly journals Development of Smart Textile Materials with Shape Memory Alloys for Application in Protective Clothing

Materials ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 689 ◽  
Author(s):  
Grażyna Bartkowiak ◽  
Anna Dąbrowska ◽  
Agnieszka Greszta
Keyword(s):  
Shape Memory Alloys ◽  
Shape Memory ◽  
Smart Materials ◽  
Protective Clothing ◽  
Radiant Heat ◽  
Textile Material ◽  
Material System ◽  
Molten Metals ◽  
Textile Materials ◽  
Smart Textile

The latest directions of research on the design of protective clothing concern the implementation of smart materials, in order to increase its protective performance. This paper presents results on the resistance to thermal factors such as flames, radiant heat, and molten metals, which were obtained for the developed smart textile material with shape memory alloys (SMAs). The laboratory tests performed indicated that the application of the designed SMA elements in the selected textile material system caused more than a twofold increase in the resistance to radiant heat (RHTI24 = 224 s) with an increase of thickness of 13 mm (sample located vertically with a load), while in the case of tests on the resistance to flames, it was equal to 41 mm (sample located vertically without a load) and in the case of tests on the resistance to molten metal, it was 17 mm (sample located horizontally).

The effect of the combination of multiple woven fabric and nonwoven on acoustic absorption

2019 ◽  
pp. 152808371985877 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pilar Segura-Alcaraz ◽  
Jorge Segura-Alcaraz ◽  
Ignacio Montava ◽  
Marilés Bonet-Aracil
Keyword(s):  
Absorption Coefficient ◽  
Sound Absorption ◽  
Woven Fabric ◽  
Sound Absorption Coefficient ◽  
Acoustic Absorption ◽  
Experimental Conditions ◽  
Resistive Layer ◽  
Textile Materials ◽  
Acoustic Absorption Coefficient ◽  
Fabric Structures

Textile materials can be used as acoustic materials. In this study, the acoustic absorption coefficient of multilayer fabrics with 60 ends/cm and 15, 30, 45, and 60 picks/cm is measured when the fabric is added as a resistive layer on top of a polyester nonwoven, in order to study the influence of the fabric spatial structure in the acoustic absorption of the assembly. Five different fabric structures are used. Design of experiments and data analysis tools are used to describe the influence of two manufacturing factors on the sound absorption coefficient of the ensemble. These factors are the fabric weft count (picks/cm) and the thickness of the nonwoven (mm). The experimental conditions under which the maximum sound absorption coefficient is achieved are found. The influence of each factor and a mathematical model are obtained. Results of statistical and optimization analysis show that for the same fabric density, sound absorption coefficient increases as the number of layers decreases.

Steel Bridges with Double-Composite Action: Innovative Design

2000 ◽  
Vol 1696 (1) ◽  
pp. 299-309 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven L. Stroh ◽  
Rajan Sen
Keyword(s):  
Cost Savings ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
The United States ◽  
South Florida ◽  
Steel Bridge ◽  
Innovative Design ◽  
Composite Action ◽  
Design Concepts ◽  
Negative Moment ◽  
Composite Bridge

Bridge engineers are continually faced with the challenge of providing efficient and cost-effective structures. In particular, the Florida Department of Transportation has recognized the need to develop economical bridge configurations in the medium-span range of 200- to 400-ft (60.96-to 121.92-m) spans and authorized a research project at the University of South Florida to identify and develop innovative design concepts within this span range. The study identified the concept of a steel bridge with double-composite action as an innovative bridge concept with the potential for significant cost savings compared with conventional modes of construction. This bridge type has been used with good success in Europe, but to the authors’ knowledge it has not been used in the United States. In addition to a composite concrete top slab, the double-composite bridge concept utilizes a composite concrete bottom slab in the negative moment regions. The result is provision of a design meeting compact requirements throughout, increased stiffness with corresponding decrease in fatigue stress range and deflections, savings in cross frames, and savings in flange material. The design implications of this system are examined, including redistribution effects due to creep and shrinkage, implications of different construction sequences, and strength and serviceability issues. Trial designs are presented, including both plate and box girder type structures, and design considerations are discussed. A prototype structure is identified for further development of the double-composite concept.

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