Building construction and materials

This book comprises select proceedings of the International Conference on Advancement in Energy, Drives, and Control.

This book covers the details of computer-aided tools & techniques for improving work culture and minimizing accidents.

This book contains selected articles from the third International Conference on Geotechnical Engineering-Iraq 2022 (3ICGE-2022) held on May 29-31, 2022, at the University of Baghdad/Baghdad/Iraq.

This book discusses the principles, approaches, concepts and development programs for integrated aircraft avionics.

This book highlights operation principles for Air Traffic Control Automated Systems (ATCAS), new scientific directions in design and application of dispatching training simulators and parameters of ATCAS radio equipment items for aircraft positioning.

This book focuses on human adaptive thermal comfort in the building environment and the balance between reducing building air conditioning energy and improving occupants' thermal comfort.

This book highlights the importance of incorporating coal bottom ash (CBA) into self-compacting concrete exposed to aggressive conditions.

This book provides full-scale field tests of different types of pile foundations.

This book introduces the core concepts of bloodstain pattern analysis that help to understand and make independent contributions to crime scenes accurately.

This book provides a solution to "e;rare event"e; problems without using the classical theory of reliability and theory of probability.

This book is a compilation of selected papers from the Sixth International Symposium on Software Reliability, Industrial Safety, Cyber Security and Physical Protection of Nuclear Power Plant, held in October 2021 in Zhuji, Zhejiang, China.

This book comprises select proceedings of the international conference ETAEERE 2020, and focuses on contemporary issues in energy management and energy efficiency in the context of power systems.

This volume comprises the proceedings of the Third International Conference on Calcined Clays for Sustainable Concrete held in New Delhi, India in October 2019.

This book presents the features of manufactured sand (MS) and its application in concrete as the fine aggregate.

This book describes a new control design technique called Coefficient Diagram Method (CDM), whereby practical control engineers without deep control theories and mathematics background can design a good controller for their specific plants.

This book provides information on characterizing the microstructure and mechanical properties of cementitious materials at microscale.

 This book presents recent research in the field of nonconventional and renewable energy, and energy efficiency in the context of thermal power.

This book describes principles, industry practices and evolutionary methodologies for advanced safety studies, which are helpful in effectively managing volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous (VUCA) environments within the framework of quantitative risk assessment and management and associated with the safety and resilience of structures and infrastructures with tolerance against various types of extreme conditions and accidents such as fires, explosions, collisions and grounding.

This book presents peer-reviewed articles from the 1st International Conference on Dam Safety Management and Engineering (ICDSME 2019), organized by the Malaysian National Committee on Large Dams (MYCOLD), Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB), Department of Irrigation and Drainage (DID) and Universiti Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN).

This book highlights the acoustic performance of concrete made with Coal Bottom Ash (CBA) that has contributed to environmental issues.

This book focuses on software fault detection and correction processes, presenting 5 different paired models introduced over the last decade and discussing their applications, in particular to determining software release time.

This book is a compilation of selected papers from the fifth International Symposium on Software Reliability, Industrial Safety, Cyber Security and Physical Protection of Nuclear Power Plant, held in November 2020 in Beijing, China.

This book gathers the latest advances and innovations in the field of sustainable reuse of built heritage, as presented by international researchers at the conference "e;ReUSO - Documentation, Restoration and Reuse of Heritage"e;, held on November 2-4, 2022, at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP), Porto, Portugal.

This text covers R program coding for the implementation of two essential data analytics for practical construction problems.

This book constitutes state-of-the-art research covering a wide range of topics including climate change and carbon emissions, air quality and pollution control, urbanism, land and circular economy, sustainable transport, energy, water, biodiversity and greenery, environmental services, housing, and construction with respect to the built environment.

This book describes the application of mathematical and fundamental theory as stated in the relevant standards, namely EYM and NDS.

This book constitutes state-of-the-art research covering a wide range of topics including climate change and carbon emissions, air quality and pollution control, urbanism, land and circular economy, sustainable transport, energy, water, biodiversity and greenery, environmental services, housing, and construction with respect to the built environment.

This book highlights the qualitative and quantitative sequential changes in microstructure of P91 steel under various stress and temperature conditions.

This text covers R program coding for the implementation of two essential data analytics for practical construction problems.

This book describes the application of mathematical and fundamental theory as stated in the relevant standards, namely EYM and NDS.

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

This book presents a comprehensive introduction to an advanced beam theory applicable to thin-walled beams of rectangular and arbitrarily-shaped cross-sections.

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

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

This book provides a comprehensive review of past studies that have investigated the effects of Silica Fume (SF) on the properties of geopolymers in its three different forms: as an additive to the precursor, as part of an activator, or as a foaming agent.

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

This book provides a comprehensive review of past studies that have investigated the effects of Silica Fume (SF) on the properties of geopolymers in its three different forms: as an additive to the precursor, as part of an activator, or as a foaming agent.

This book presents unified design approach for strengthening concrete members with different techniques such as concrete, steel, and FRP jacketing.

This book highlights the qualitative and quantitative sequential changes in microstructure of P91 steel under various stress and temperature conditions.

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

This book presents a comprehensive introduction to an advanced beam theory applicable to thin-walled beams of rectangular and arbitrarily-shaped cross-sections.

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

This book compiles the latest research, development, and application of VRF systems with contributions from various experts who pioneered and contributed to the development of the VRF system.

This book contains extensive data about tandem wing aircraft.

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 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 focuses on the risk modeling, analysis and control of multi-energy systems considering cross-sectorial failure propagation.

This book highlights the latest advances, innovations, and applications in cement-based materials (CBM) and concrete structures, as presented by leading international researchers and engineers at the International RILEM Conference on synergizing expertise toward sustainability and robustness of CBM and concrete structures (SynerCrete), held in Milos Island, Greece, on June 14-16, 2023.

This book focuses on the risk modeling, analysis and control of multi-energy systems considering cross-sectorial failure propagation.

This book presents a theoretical framework for the quantitative calculation of casualties and damage from jet fires caused by high-pressure gas leaks in pressure vessels or pipelines.