Lifts, Elevators And Moving Walkways/travelators

Lifts, Elevators, Escalators and Moving Walkways/Travelators provides an extensive overview of specifications, analyses and designs of various types of lifts (elevators), escalators and travelators (moving walkways). The book comprises of three sections starting, in section I, with a general introduction to types of lifts, escalators and travelators, together with international symbols used in various practices throughout the world.Section II deals with the planning, analysis and design of components and elements of lifts/elevators, with numerous examples and the introduction of the Finite Element technique.Section III covers the analysis of structural elements of escalators, moving walks or travelators, including general instructions and specifications.Design analysis of the elements of escalators is introduced and is fully explained with many design examples. The finite element technique forms a prominent part in this section, fully supported by appendices I, II and III.The book has the flexibility to include additional analytical and design topics and case studies. This book can be used by engineers, technologists, specialists in lifts, escalators or moving walkways. The book is readily available for bureaus who are involve in computer aided works and finite element modeling of steel structures under static and dynamic loads. Civil/structural and mechanical engineers can take advantage of this text and can (re)-design their own installations and other structures. This book is also useful for post graduate engineering courses and seminars. The architects will use the data to plan their architectural drawings and detailing.Bangash, T. is the author of 'Lifts, Elevators And Moving Walkways/travelators ', published 2007 under ISBN 9780415364379 and ISBN 041536437X.