Building construction and materials

The study of fracture mechanics of concrete has developed in recent years to the point where it can be used for assessing the durability of concrete structures and for the development of new concrete materials.

This volume describes fire behavior and fire protection of timbers in outdoors and indoors application mainly in construction industry.

Surge Control of Active-magnetic-bearing-suspended Centrifugal Compressors sets out the fundamentals of integrating active magnetic bearing (AMB) rotor suspension technology in compressor systems, and describes how this relatively new bearing technology can be employed in active control of compressor surge initiation.

This book gathers peer-reviewed contributions presented at the 3rd RILEM Spring Convention and Conference, held at Guimaraes and hosted by the University of Minho, Portugal, on March 9-14, 2020.

Safety of VVER-440 Reactors endeavours to promote an increase in the safety of VVER-440 nuclear reactors via the improvement of fission products limitation systems and the implementation of special non-destructive spectroscopic methods for materials testing.

This book gathers selected contributions in the field of civil and structural engineering, as presented by international researchers and engineers at the International Conference "e;Modern Problems in Construction: Setting Tasks and Ways to Solve Them"e; (MPC), held in Kursk, Russia on November 18-19 2021.

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This book discusses the scientific framework of thermoplastic deformation of structural metallic materials, in particular dual-phase steels and intermetallic alloys, emphasizing the attainment of desired alloy structures and properties through enhanced production techniques.

Concise, visual explanations of code provisions that apply to seismic loadsThis practical guide provides engineers with a visual overview of the code provisions pertinent to seismic loads.

Concise, practical and entertaining to read, this excellent introduction to project management is an indispensable book for professionals and students working in or studying project management in business, engineering or the public sector.

Buildings influence people.

Although contemporary practice in urbanism has many sources of design guidelines, it lacks theory to provide a flexible approach to the complexities of most urban situations.

This book highlights the latest advances, innovations, and applications in the field of resilience and adaptation of buildings and cities to climate change, as presented by international researchers at the VI International Conference on Recovery, Maintenance and Rehabilitation of Buildings (CIRMARE 2023), held in Covilha, Portugal, on December 5-7, 2023.

Despite policy directives, standards and guidelines, indoor environmental quality is still poor in many cases.

Data Science in Engineering, Volume 9:  Proceedings of the 40th IMAC, A Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics, 2022, the nineth volume of nine from the Conference brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering.

This book gathers the latest innovations and applications in the field of resource-saving technologies and advanced materials in civil and environmental engineering, as presented by leading international researchers and engineers at the 2nd International Scientific Conference EcoComfort and Current Issues of Civil Engineering, held in Lviv, Ukraine on September 16-18, 2020.

This book describes the latest molecular insights needed to understand the chemical and biological (CB) agents and their associated biotechnologies.

This essential book unravels the link between regional cultures, adaptive reuse of existing buildings and sustainability.

Building Education and Research explores this new active area of research in a series of papers by internationally acclaimed experts, presented at the CIB W89 International Conference on Building Education and Research held in July 1998 (BEAR `98) in Brisbane, Australia.

Conserving historic buildings continues to excite and inflame opinion.

This book offers the basics of embodied and operational carbon while discussing the inclusion of carbon emission in the GBRS at global and national level.

This book describes all the principal methods of arranging letting building contracts for conservation work.

Die Betonkernaktivierung wird als innovative und kostengünstige Methode zur Temperaturregelung von Gebäuden immer interessanter.

Das Buch behandelt die physikalischen und physiologischen Grundlagen, Probleme der Raumakustik und der Meßtechnik (einschließlich der relevanten Normen und Richtlinien), die bei der täglichen Arbeit auf diesem Gebiet benötigt werden.

This book presents select peer-reviewed proceedings of the International Conference on Innovation in Smart and Sustainable Infrastructure (ISSI2022).

The Chair on Ecodesign for buildings and infrastructures was created by ParisTech in partnership with VINCI with the aim of developing evaluation and simulation tools that integrate all ecodesign aspects (e.

This book contains selected papers presented at the 9th edition of the official triennial conference of the International Association of Building Physics (IABP), held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on 25-27 July, 2024.

Somewhere, between character and caricature, there exists an authentic-a truly unique-urban place, that blends global and local, old and new.

Für die praktische Arbeit im Betrieb oder Ingenieurbüro wie in der Ausbildung bietet das Werk einen umfassenden Überblick, zahlreiche Beispiele und eine Fülle von Abbildungen.

The book presents new technologies for easy and economical construction of light concrete structures saving materials and CO2.

Für Energiesparmaßnahmen im Wohnung​sbestand gibt es zahlreiche Möglichkeiten.

This general treatise on precast concrete reflects Maurice Levitt's extensive experience in the construction industry and as a researcher and consultant.

This book addresses the reader interested in vehicular traffic phenomena, who have not learned about them before.

The Light Metals symposia at the TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition present the most recent developments, discoveries, and practices in primary aluminum science and technology.

This book addresses the key security challenges in the big data centric computing and network systems, and discusses how to tackle them using a mix of conventional and state-of-the-art techniques.

This volume highlights the latest advances, innovations, and applications in the field of sustainable concrete structures, as presented by scientists and engineers at the RILEM International Conference on Numerical Modeling Strategies for Sustainable Concrete Structures (SSCS), held in Marseille, France, on July 4-6, 2022.

RSMeans Cost Data RSMeans Cost Data for Students RSMeans Cost Data, Student Edition provides a thorough introduction to cost estimating in a self-contained print and online package.

All the cost data you need to keep your estimating accurate, competitive and profitable.

This book presents select proceedings of the International Conference on Advances in Civil Infrastructure and Construction Materials (CICM) and provides a compendium of cutting-edge research and innovative solutions in civil engineering from around the world.

This textbook imparts a firm understanding of the behavior of prestressed concrete and how it relates to design based on the 2014 ACI Building Code.

Licensing law is a wide ranging , detailed and complex body of law within the UK.

This book contains select papers from the International Conference on Geotechnical Engineering Iraq discussing the challenges, opportunities, and problems of application of geotechnical engineering in projects.

This book sheds light on environmental control in buildings from the 17th century onwards.

Sustainable Design and Build provides a complete reference for engineers and scientists who want to conduct sustainability research.

This is the first comprehensive book to address in-situ mechanics approach, which relies on real-time imaging during mechanical measurements of materials.

The third book in this series is written by a team of interdisciplinary teachers and professionals, led by Mike Waterhouse and Geoff Crook, is aimed at students and professionals in the built environment who wish to develop their management and business skills.

This textbook provides practical and concrete guidance for the step-by-step implementation of decision-making for infrastructure asset management.

This French-English and English-French dictionary lists over 20,000 specialist terms, covering architecture, building, civil engineering and property.