Structural engineering

This book explores these and many other related subjects.

This volume contains peer-reviewed papers from the Fourth World Landslide Forum organized by the International Consortium on Landslides (ICL), the Global Promotion Committee of the International Programme on Landslides (IPL), University of Ljubljana (UL) and Geological Survey of Slovenia in Ljubljana, Slovenia from May 29 to June 2, 2017.

Introducing the physical principles of rock physics, this upper-level textbook includes problem sets, focus boxes and MATLAB exercises.

When Fertl's first book, Abnormal Formation Pressures, was published by Elsevier in 1976, the topic was relatively new in book form.

This book includes keynote presentations, invited speeches, and general session papers presented at the 7th International Symposium on Environmental Vibration and Transportation Geodynamics (formerly the International Symposium on Environmental Vibration), held from October 28 to 30, 2016 at Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.

Structural Mechanics and Design of Metal Pipes: A systematic approach for onshore and offshore pipelines presents a unified and systematic approach to understanding and analyzing the structural behavior of onshore and offshore metallic pipelines.

This handbook provides a complete and detailed overview of piling systems and their application.

Although Rock Mechanics addresses many of the rock mechanics issues which arise in underground mining engineering, it is not a text exclusively for mining applications.

This monograph studies optimization problems for rigid punches in elastic media and for high-speed penetration of rigid strikers into deformed elastoplastic, concrete, and composite media using variational calculations, tools from functional analysis, and stochastic and min-max (guaranteed) optimization approaches with incomplete data.

This book gathers selected papers from the 8th International Field Exploration and Development Conference (IFEDC 2018) and addresses a broad range of topics, including: Reservoir Surveillance and Management, Reservoir Evaluation and Dynamic Description, Reservoir Production Stimulation and EOR, Ultra-Tight Reservoirs, Unconventional Oil and Gas Resources Technology, Oil and Gas Well Production Testing, and Geomechanics.

This fully revised and updated edition of Construction Contracts: Questions and Answers includes 300 questions and incorporates 42 new judicial decisions, the JCT 2016 updates and the RIBA Building Contracts and Professional Services Contracts 2018 updates.

This monograph deals with the problem of dynamic behaviour and seismic response of structures which are designed and constructed in seismic regions.

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This volume presents selected papers presented during the 4th International Conference on Transportation Geotechnics (ICTG).

The book drawing on the author's nearly half a century of energetic materials research experience intends to systematically review the global researches on liquid explosives.

Adhesive bonding is often effective, efficient, and often necessary way to join mechanical structures.

This book collects the selected papers of the XIV Congress of the International Association for Engineering Geology and the Environment held in Chengdu, Sichuan, China from September 21st - 27th, 2023, with the theme of Engineering Geology for a Habitable Earth.

The plastic analysis method has been used extensively by engineers for designing steel structures.

This book systematically introduces the new technology used in the construction of underwater large slurry shields under complex conditions.

This book provides an overview of facts, theories and methods from hydrology, geology, geophysics, law, ethics, economics, ecology, engineering, sociology, diplomacy and many other disciplines with relevance for concepts and practice of water resources management.

This book is quite simply about contract administration using the JCT contracts.

This textbook employs a technical and quantitative approach to explain subsurface hydrology and hydrogeology, and to offer a comprehensive overview of groundwater-related topics such as flow in porous media, aquifer characterization, contaminant description and transport, risk assessment, and groundwater remediation.

Mineral processing technologies have been used for decades to protect the environment and many examples of such applications are given here.

This book provides the basis for calculations of composite structures, using continuum mechanics to facilitate the treatment of more elaborate theories.

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This book presents in-depth coverage of laboratory experiments, theories, modeling techniques, and practices for the analysis and design of rock slopes in complex geological settings.

The Finite Element Method in Engineering, Sixth Edition, provides a thorough grounding in the mathematical principles behind the Finite Element Analysis technique-an analytical engineering tool originated in the 1960's by the aerospace and nuclear power industries to find usable, approximate solutions to problems with many complex variables.

* This information-rich reference book provides solutions to the architectural problem of vibrations in beams, arches and frames in bridges, highways, buildings and tunnels* A must-have for structural designers and civil engineers, especially those involved in the seismic design of buildings* Well-organized into problem-specific chapters, and loaded with detailed charts, graphs, and necessary formulas

This book comprises the proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Canadian Society of Civil Engineering 2022.

This book focuses on different applications of multimedia with supervised and unsupervised data engineering in the modern world.

This book provides an in-depth treatment of the study of the stability of engineering structures.

This book highlights the key role of green infrastructure (GI) in providing natural and ecosystem solutions, helping alleviate many of the environmental, social, and economic problems caused by rapid urbanization.

An accessible, clear, concise, and contemporary course in geotechnical engineering design.

This book explains the hypoplastic modelling framework.

This book provides an overview on the latest advances in the synthesis, properties and applications of geopolymers reinforced with natural fibres such as pulp fibre, cotton, sisal, flax and hemp.

In this edited volume on advances in forensic geotechnical engineering, a number of technical contributions by experts and professionals in this area are included.

Residential Property Appraisal, Volumes 1 and 2 are essential handbooks not only for students studying surveying but also for surveyors and others involved in the appraisal of residential property.

Selected chapters from the German concrete yearbook are now being published in the new English "e;Beton-Kalender Series"e; for the benefit of an international audience.

This book includes peer-reviewed articles from the 7th International Conference on Geotechnics, Civil Engineering and Structures (CIGOS 2024) held on April 4-5 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

This book explains the basic technologies, concepts, approaches, and terms used in relation to reservoir rocks.

In this volume, top seismic experts and researchers from Europe and around the world, including the George E.

Reeds Marine Surveying is aimed at students of marine surveying, professional marine surveyors, boatyard operators and technically-minded boat owners, and covers the latest marine surveying technology, including analysis of the mechanical behaviour of materials, failure analysis, stress concentration, fatigue and fracture, corrosion, wood-damaging organisms, polymer chemistry, and the composition and characteristics of common plastics, metal, alloys and composite materials.

Die Neuauflage des Handbuchs zeigt den erreichten Stand der Technik und spiegelt die aktuelle Vorschriftenlage wieder.

Written by global leaders and pioneers in the field, this book is a must-have read for researchers, practicing engineers and university faculty working in SHM.

Proven and new: practical compendium for masonry for 40 years and counting: basics, examples, code commentaries - current and firsthand.

This book covers developing trends and changes occurring in the quantity surveying profession.

Dieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfängen des Verlags von 1842 erschienen sind.

An earthquake is a powerful surface acoustic wave (SAW) generated by a seismic event, such as a volcano or motion of the Earth's layers, that propagates on the Earth's surface.