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Index Terms Links<br />

Euler load 5.58 5.59 8.14 8.15<br />

Evaporators 13.4<br />

Excavation 6.98 6.100 6.101 6.103 6.104<br />

(See also Caissons; Drills; Walls, slurry<br />

trench)<br />

Exits (see Doors; Egress, emergency; Stairs)<br />

Expansion, coefficient of 5.22<br />

Extrados 5.116 9.133 9.134<br />

Fabrics:<br />

geosynthetic (see Geosynthetics)<br />

waterproofing 3.23 4.98<br />

Fans 13.31 13.32<br />

Fast-track (accelerated building) 17.34<br />

Fat 11.49<br />

Fatigue 5.141<br />

Faucets 14.6 14.12<br />

Feasibility studies 2.10<br />

Feather edge 11.49<br />

Fees (see Architects; Contractors)<br />

Felts 3.23 4.97 4.98<br />

Ferrite 4.52 4.53<br />

Ferrophosphorous 4.14<br />

Fiber reinforcement 4.18 4.19<br />

Fills:<br />

earth:<br />

allowable bearing pressure on 6.38<br />

settlement damage from 6.22<br />

for soil improvement 6.17<br />

at walls 6.64<br />

(See also Earth pressure; Soils)<br />

floor 5.5<br />

Filters; air 13.32<br />

Finisher 11.49<br />

Finite-element methods:<br />

displacement (stiffness) 5.110 5.111 5.114 5.115<br />

elements in:<br />

bars 5.112<br />

beams 5.112 5.113<br />

types of 5.111 5.112<br />

force (flexibility) 5.111<br />

matrix 5.111<br />

(See also Matrices)<br />

Fire:<br />

building classifications for (see <strong>Building</strong>s)<br />

causes of 3.30<br />

classes of 3.34<br />

communication during 3.30<br />

detection of 3.30 3.38<br />

electrical 3.35

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