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Optimizing the Selection of Materials for Structure Separating Walls in Buildings

Marcela Halirova
Transactions of the VSB - Technical University of Ostrava, Civil Engineering Series
2011, Volume 11, Issue 1, Pages 33-40
Doi: 10.2478/v10160-011-0005-z
Engineering structures are subject to many substantial requirements. The requirements relating to the construction elements and constructions are constructive technical, technological, economic, esthetical and all-societal. Today these enhanced requirements are translated into norms and laws and apply to all structures, even for non-bearing interior walls. The multi-criterion optimization method seem to be an effective tool a quick and responsible choice of a separating wall material. This method can be used as early as during the design and preparation of project documentation for construction.
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