Structural engineering

Although theoretical in character, this book provides a useful source of information for those dealing with practical problems relating to rock and soil mechanics - a discipline which, in the view of the authors, attempts to apply the theory of continuum to the mechanical investigation of rock and soil media.

Traditionally society has regulated hazardous industries by detailed references to engineering codes, standards and hardware requirements.

This book gathers the proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Maintenance and Rehabilitation of Pavements (MAIREPAV10), held in Guimaraes, Portugal on July 24-26, 2024.

Fluvial Hydrosystems provides a unified approach to the study of running waters and aims to provide a scientific basis for sustainable management of rivers.

This book focuses on skeleton-degradable soils, including three typical degradation processes of soil skeletons: soil particle breakage, chemical degradation, and biochemical degradation.

This book presents a comprehensive experimental investigation, consisting of element scale-triaxial and simple shear tests and model scale-shaking table tests, to examine the monotonic and cyclic behavior of Skopje sand.

This book deals with the attempts made by the scientists, researchers and practitioners to address different emerging issues in transportation and geotechnical engineering.

This book comprises the select proceedings of the Indian Geotechnical Conference (IGC) 2022.

The third edition of the popular Structural and Stress Analysis provides the reader with a comprehensive introduction to all types of structural and stress analysis.

The 16 contributions to Geographical Information Systems in Assessing Natural Hazards report on GIS investigations into landslides, floods, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes and groundwater pollution hazards.

Specifically written for contractors and small businesses carrying out small works, this second edition of Spon's Estimating Cost Guide to Small Groundworks, Landscaping Work and Gardening contains accurate information on thousands of rates, each broken down to labour, material overheads and profit.

Now in its 42nd edition, Spon's External Works and Landscape Price Book 2023 offers the only comprehensive source of information for detailed external works and landscape costs.

This book comprises the peer-reviewed proceedings of the 1st Conference on Georesources, Geomaterials, Geotechnologies and Geoenvironment (4GEO), Porto, Portugal, on November 7-8, 2019.

Geologische Prozesse und Erscheinungsformen, die für den Tätigkeitsbereich eines Bauingenieurs wichtig werden können, werden anhand von Einzelbeispielen aus der Praxis vorgestellt und erläutert.

This book will present the select proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics (8ICRAGEE) held at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati between December 11 and 14, 2024.

Shallow Foundations: Discussions and Problem Solving is written for civil engineers and all civil engineering students taking courses in soil mechanics and geotechnical engineering.

In the heart of big cities, a less obvious challenge exists right under our feet.

This book includes a collection of research and practical papers aiming with key priority for improving the infrastructural sustainability for our well-being and day-to-day lives through novel developments.

This is the first book to fully present, analyse and interpret the Dubai real estate market.

This classic and well-respected textbook provides the most comprehensive coverage of the process of design for structural elements and features a wealth of practical problems and real-world examples.

This book evaluates the seismic performance of concrete gravity dams, considering the effects of strong motion duration, mainshock-aftershock seismic sequence, and near-fault ground motion.

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) defines soil health as the continued capacity of soil to function as a vital living ecosystem that sustains plants, animals, and humans, and healthy soil gives us clean air and water.

Nonlinear Structural Dynamics Using FE Methods emphasises fundamental mechanics principles and outlines a modern approach to understanding structural dynamics.

The choice of structural design and material is essential in preventing the external walls of a vessel from buckling under pressure.

This book addresses the problems involved in the modelling and simulation of shale gas reservoirs, and details recent advances in the field.

Worldwide, integral type bridges are being used in greater numbers in lieu of jointed bridges because of their structural simplicity, first-cost economy, and outstanding durability.

Health Assessment of Engineered Structures has become one of the most active research areas and has attracted multi-disciplinary interest.

Das Thema ist besonders interessant für die Problemstellungen des Grundbaus.

This book compiles selected papers from the 14th International Field Exploration and Development Conference (IFEDC 2024).

This volume gathers the latest advances and innovations in the field of operational modal analysis and structural health monitoring, as presented at the 10th International Operational Modal Analysis Conference (IOMAC), held in Naples, Italy on May 22-24, 2024.

Structural control represents a high technology proposal for civil engineering innovation.

Civil engineers must assure that buildings have long and durable lives, and therefore structural assessment and repair are routinely required and must be performed with the utmost accuracy and professionalism.

Presents numerical methods for reservoir simulation, with efficient implementation and examples using widely-used online open-source code, for researchers, professionals and advanced students.

Advances in Rock Mechanics is a publication presenting the state of the art in the field of rock mechanics.

This new edition of Spon's Irish Construction Price Book, edited by Franklin + Andrews, is the only complete, tailored and up-to-date source of cost data for the Irish construction industry.

Construction innovation is an important but contested concept, both in industry practice and academic reflection and research.

The subject of thermo-hydro-mechanical coupled processes in fractured rock masses has close relevance to energy-related deep earth engineering activities, such as enhanced geothermal systems, geological disposal of radioactive waste, sequestration of CO2, long-term disposal of waste water and recovery of hydrocarbons from unconventional reservoirs.

This book presents state-of-the-art information on seismic ground response analysis, and is not only very valuable and useful for practitioners but also for researchers.

This book is focused on the theoretical and practical design of reinforced concrete beams, columns and frame structures.

A comprehensive, one-stop synthesis of landslide science, for researchers and graduate students in geomorphology, engineering geology and geophysics.

Any structural system in service is subject to age-related deterioration, leading to potential concerns regarding maintenance, health & safety, environmental and economic implications.

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This volume gathers the latest advances, innovations, and applications in the field of GIS and geo-spatial technologies, as presented by leading researchers and engineers at the International Conference on Geoinformatics for Spatial-Infrastructure Development in Earth & Allied Sciences (GIS-IDEA), held in Hanoi, Vietnam on November 7-9 2023.

This book covers the latest advances in the popular research areas in Earthquake Engineering: Seismic Protection, Non-Destructive Testing and Structural Health Monitoring, as well as Seismic Performance Assessment.

Provides structural engineers with the knowledge and practical tools needed to perform structural designs for wind that incorporate major technological, conceptual, analytical and computational advances achieved in the last two decades.

This proceedings brings together one hundred and ten selected papers presented at the 2nd International Conference on Advanced High Strength Steel and Press Hardening (ICHSU2015), which was held in Changsha, China, during October 15-18, 2015.