Building construction and materials

This book covers the basic scientific theory and related application technologies of the pantograph-catenary system, including research findings on pantograph/catenary contact resistance, pantograph interface thermal effect, laws and characteristics of current-carrying friction and wear, the main research methods for pantograph arcs, the effects of arcs on pantograph systems and onboard equipment, and the materials used for pantographs and contact wires.

Bassett's Environmental Health Procedures is a long-standing, must-have reference book for practising environmental health officers in local government and in private practice.

The transformative power of urban design in shaping our experiences within high-rise cities takes center stage in Humanizing the High-Rise City: Podiums, Plazas, Parks, Pedestrian Networks, and Public Art.

This book elaborates on different aspects of the decision making process concerning the management of climate risk in museums and historic houses.

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 book focuses on using plants in spatial design to reduce the infectiousness of viruses in different working and living spaces.

This book explores recent developments in electrically conducting graphene-containing polymer composites for electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding and flame-retardant applications.

A retro-fit offers many benefits: cutting electricity and heating bills, increasing the resale value of homes, slashing carbon emissions and creating a healthier place to live.

This encyclopedia presents an all-embracing collection of analytical surface classes.

Whole life costing has been a subject waiting to come of age for many years.

This book brings together over 40 papers presented at the 1992 International Construction Conflict Management & Resolution Conference held in Manchester, UK.

In recent years, there has been an upsurge in the number of forced displacements due to natural disasters, armed conflicts, and pandemics, which has favoured an increase in the number of temporary accommodations.

This unique and established guide to the management of design and designers has been comprehensively reimagined and updated.

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS WITH THE FINITE ELEMENT METHODLinear StaticsVolume 1 : The Basis and SolidsEugenio OnateThe two volumes of this book cover most of the theoretical and computational aspects of the linear static analysis of structures with the Finite Element Method (FEM).

This book examines the fire-resistant design of fixed offshore platforms.

Spon's Construction Resource Handbook is the first book to present critical information about materials, labour and plant constants required for the estimating process under one cover.

The book presents the selected and peer reviewed papers of 2023 6th International Conference on Civil Engineering and Architecture (ICCEA 2023), held in Bali Island, Indonesia on December 16-18, 2023.

This book provides a comprehensive introduction to recent advances in frequency domain nonlinear vibration features utilized for fault diagnosis in complex structures in the field of mechanical, civil, aeronautical and aerospace engineering.

Construction in Indonesia presents an in-depth analysis of the construction sector and suggests pathways to further improve the performance and efficiency of the industry.

This handbook aims at modernizing the current state of civil engineering and firefighting, especially in this era where infrastructures are reaching new heights, serving diverse populations, and being challenged by unique threats.

In zahlreichen Beiträgen namhafter Autoren aus Wissenschaft und Praxis werden aktuelle Fragestellungen rund um das Themengebiet Denkmal und Energie beleuchtet.

This book systematically studies how game theory can be used to improve security in chemical industrial areas, capturing the intelligent interactions between security managers and potential adversaries.

This proceedings of the 13th World Congress on Engineering Asset Management covers a range of topics that are timely, relevant and practically important in the modern digital era towards safer, cost effective, efficient, and secure engineered assets such as production and manufacturing plants, process facilities, civil structures, equipment, machinery, and infrastructure.

This book introduces a number of recent developments on connectivity of communication networks, ranging from connectivity of large static networks and connectivity of highly dynamic networks to connectivity of small to medium sized networks.

This book discusses the different energy sources bringing about fires, explosions, and detonations in combustibles under different levels of confinement.

In Understanding and Negotiating EPC Contracts, Volume 1, Howard M.

Serenity is becoming alarmingly absent from our daily existence, especially within the urban context.

Aeroform: Designing for Wind and Air Movement provides a comprehensive introduction to applying aerodynamic principles to architectural design.

Thisbook focuses on topics in the entire spectrum of fire safety science, targetingresearch in fires, explosions, combustion science, heat transfer, fluiddynamics, risk analysis, structural engineering, and other subjects.

This textbook has been written for the engineering students.

This book revisits many aspects of current social science theories, such as actor-network theory and the French school of science and technology studies, to test how the theories apply in a specific situation, in this case after 1991 in the city of Cherepovets in Russia, home of Russia's second biggest steel producer, Severstal.

This book is a comprehensive introductory text on electrical power, encompassing generation, electrical machines, motors, electrical materials, etc.

This book gathers the latest advances and innovations in the field of quality control and improvement of bridges and structures, as presented by international researchers and engineers at the 1st Conference of the European Association on Quality Control of Bridges and Structures (EUROSTRUCT 2021), held in Padua, Italy on August 29 - September 1, 2021.

A practical guide for facility engineers and managers to understand the impact of environmental regulations when applied to operating equipment in any industry or facility.

This book systematically presents these findings for the first time, focusing on the composition, force mode, structural characteristics, performance advantages, and calculation methods for each new structural system, and comparing each one with traditional structural systems.

This book presents the latest research in the fields of reliability theory and its applications, providing a comprehensive overview of reliability engineering and discussing various tools, techniques, strategies and methods within these areas.

This textbook teaches the fundamentals of building energy modeling and analysis using open source example applications built with the US DOE's OpenStudio modeling platform and EnergyPlus simulation engine.

Providing a concise overview of lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery energy storage systems (ESSs), this book also presents the full-scale fire testing of 100 kilowatt hour (kWh) Li-ion battery ESSs.

This timely book introduces architects, engineers, builders, and urban planners to a range of contemporary community design concepts and illustrates them with outstanding case studies from around the world.

This key text presents students with a holistic view of the building design process, bridging the gap between the theory and practice of constructing and assembling buildings.

This book documents research activities and design experimentation carried out within the scope of a project addressing conservation, urban regeneration, responsible use of resources, and sustainable development in a truly exceptional place: the city of Luxor.

Do you need a concise, jargon-free and compact guide to the UK building regulations?

Managing the Complexities of Real Estate Development provides a concise summary of the real estate development process, allowing the reader to learn the fundamentals and details of development outside of the sink-or-swim environment of a particular project.

This volume gives an overview on recent developments for various applications of modern engineering design.

This book collects selected high quality articles submitted to the 2nd International Conference on Natural Fibers (ICNF2015).

This book presents the proceedings of the 20th Congress of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA 2018), held on August 26-30, 2018, in Florence, Italy.

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.