Building construction and materials

This book discusses the proceedings of the National Conference on GeoPractices for Sustainable Infrastructure (GeoPractices 2024), focusing on the sustainable aspects of geotechnical engineering practices, particularly in highway construction and related ground improvement techniques.

This book presents a design research on the basalt fiber, a natural mineral material with important characteristics, and investigates the material's properties, production techniques, and most common uses, while also delving into aspects yet to be improved.

This book provides guidance and insight into the development process for safety indicators to comply with general classification rule requirements.

This book explores Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) in India, addressing the challenges and proposing solutions for the conservation of these critical ecosystems.

This book summarizes the advanced intelligent pipeline management technologies.

This book reviews the recent scientific developments on mining and metallurgical wastes-based alkali-activated materials (MMWAAMs).

This book is a compilation of selected papers from the 3rd International Symposium on Software Reliability, Industrial Safety, Cyber Security and Physical Protection of Nuclear Power Plants, held in Harbin, China on 15th-17th August 2018.

The Dictionary of Concrete Technology is a thorough resource encapsulating the progressions in concrete technology, which connects traditional methodologies with contemporary innovations.

Exploring random maintenance models, this book provides an introduction to the implementation of random maintenance, and it is one of the first books to be written on this subject.

This book addresses various aspects of knowledge management and technological advances that are driving the ongoing industrial revolution.

The ELFNET Book on Failure Mechanisms, Testing Methods, and Quality Issues of Lead-Free Solder Interconnects is the work of the European network ELFNET which was founded by the European Commission in the 6th Framework Programme.

Dynamics of Civil Structures, Volume 2:  Proceedings of the 42nd IMAC, A Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics, 2024, the second volume of ten from the Conference brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering.

"e;Recent Advances in Reliability and Quality in Design"e; presents the latest theories and methods of reliability and quality, with emphasis on reliability and quality in design and modelling.

Model Validation and Uncertainty Quantification, Volume 3:  Proceedings of the 42nd IMAC, A Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics, 2024, the third volume of ten from the Conference brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering.

This monograph is written based on the author's research on the assessment, control, and repair of cracking of early-age concrete in the recent decade.

This book introduces the reader to the history, materials properties, and manufacturing methods of transparent wood biocomposites.

Offshore Risk Assessment was the first book to deal with quantified risk assessment (QRA) as applied specifically to offshore installations and operations.

This book provides a clear and concise understanding of the principles and applications of HVACR using a rigorous, yet, easy to follow presentation.

This book gathers the peer-reviewed papers presented at the 5th International Conference on Protection of Historical Constructions (PROHITECH), held in Naples, Italy, on March 26-28, 2025.

This book provides an overview of various methods of concrete reinforcement against corrosion.

Modern product development means problem solving by teams in complex working environments.

Multiple Criteria Decision Support in Engineering Design examines some of the underlying issues and related modelling strategies, with a view to exploring the rich potential of a generalised multiple-criteria approach to design decision-making.

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This book reviews the recent scientific developments on mining and metallurgical wastes-based alkali-activated materials (MMWAAMs).

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This book gathers the proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Civil Engineering and Buildings Services (CIBv), held in Brasov, Romania, on November 7–8, 2024.

Fatigue has long been recognized as a mechanism that can provoke catastrophic material failure in structural applications and researchers are now turning to the development of prediction tools in order to reduce the cost of determining design criteria for any new material.

This book discusses geopolymer concrete, an innovative and sustainable alternative to traditional Portland cement concrete.

This book offers comprehensive coverage on the most important aspects of audio watermarking, from classic techniques to the latest advances, from commonly investigated topics to emerging research subdomains, and from the research and development achievements to date, to current limitations, challenges, and future directions.

Data Science in Engineering, Volume 10: Proceedings of the 42nd IMAC, A Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics, 2024, the tenth volume of ten from the Conference brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering.

This book brings together a wide range of current research to create a holistic understanding of fouling.

This book presents peer-reviewed and selected papers from the 1st International Conference on Recent Advancements in Materials Science and Technology held at Karpagam Academy of Higher Education in Coimbatore, India, on 29-30 January 2024.

The book provides theoretical methods of connecting discrete-variable quantum information processing to continuous-variable one.

This book highlights the residual strength of the CFDST column, that can be used to determine the most suitable repair method in order to retrofit the column.

This book focuses on the study of electric arc furnace (EAF) steelmaking with submerged injection.

This book aims to introduce the knowledge, tests, and designs of materials in civil engineering.

This book focuses on low-carbon sustainable cement production, performance, environmental efficiency, and other topics linked to calcined clays for sustainable concrete.

This book presents select proceedings of the Indian International Conference on Air Quality Management (IICAQM) and examines the latest advancements in theories, technologies, and applications in the area of air quality management and health impacts.

This book presents selected papers from the 11th International Symposium on Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (ISHVAC 2019), with a focus on HVAC techniques for improving indoor environment quality and the energy efficiency of heating and cooling systems.

This book highlights the basic properties of round bamboo and bamboo strips of various species worldwide.

This proceedings volume presents new scientific works of the research workers and experts in the field of Wood Science & Fire.

This book discusses the proceedings of the National Conference on GeoPractices for Sustainable Infrastructure (GeoPractices 2024), focusing on the sustainable aspects of geotechnical engineering practices, particularly in highway construction and related ground improvement techniques.

The book presents practical information about the design and construction of building projects by addressing the principles of each method, unveiling background factors for requirements, and state-of-the-art application details.

This book represents a significant step toward a new contribution in the process of developing the seismic vulnerability index.

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The safe operation of computer systems continues to be a key issue in many applications where people, environment, investment, or goodwill can be at risk.

This book presents cutting-edge research and forward-looking strategies from the International Conference on Advances in Health, Safety, Fire, Environment, Allied Sciences and Sustainability (HSFEAS – 2023).