Structural engineering

Widely used in civil, mechanical and automotive engineer ing since the early 1980s, multilayer rubber bearings have been used as seismic isolation devices for buildings in highly seismic areas in many countries.

This new textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to every aspect of the technology of low-rise construction.

Soil properties such as water retention, salinity and acidity are not just issues for agriculture and forestry.

The edited book deals with climate change and its response to river system which is one of the most burning issues of the Global environment.

The definitive guide to the critical issue of slope stability and safety Soil Strength and Slope Stability, Second Edition presents the latest thinking and techniques in the assessment of natural and man-made slopes, and the factors that cause them to survive or crumble.

Advancement in design and construction to embrace the impact of rapid global urbanization growth in infrastructure development is inevitable.

What is Computational Hydraulics?

Das Thema Nachhaltigkeit, der bewusste und schonende Umgang mit Ressourcen bei Neubau und dem Bauen im Bestand werden im Beton-Kalender 2021 unter dem besonderen Blickwinkel des Bauens mit Fertigteilen und des Ertüchtigens beleuchtet.

Pipeline Rules of Thumb Handbook: A Manual of Quick, Accurate Solutions to Everyday Pipeline Engineering Problems, Ninth Edition, the latest release in the series, serves as the "e;go-to"e; source for all pipeline engineering answers.

Highlights the Economies and Construction Industries of the Asia-Pacific Region Spon's Asia-Pacific Construction Costs Handbook: Fifth Edition provides overarching construction cost data for 16 countries: , Brunei, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailan

Dieses Buch bietet eine umfassende, praxisbezogene und auf dem neuesten Wissensstand basierende Beschreibung der für die Sanierung von Entsorgungskanälen eingesetzten Werkstoffe und Verfahren.

Since the early 1960s, coupled instabilities - also called compound buckling, simultaneous buckling or interactive buckling - have been a topic that was studied by many researchers.

This book presents select proceedings of the Indian Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering Conference (IGGEC-21).

This book provides recent developments and improvements in the modeling as well as application examples and is a complementary work to the previous Lecture Notes Vols.

The study ofthree-dimensional continua has been a traditional part of graduate education in solid mechanics for some time.

Fracture and Fatigue Characterisation of Cortical Bone Tissue is a key guide to bone fracture and fatigue, focusing on quasi-static and fatigue-fracture characterisation of cortical bone tissue.

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 objective of this book is to help readers better understand the links between fossil fuel, greenhouse gas, and climate change in a clear, explanatory format.

First published in 1984.

This book provides a new design and evaluation framework based on slope Stochastic Dynamics theory to probabilistic seismic performance for slope engineering.

This book presents recent research into developing and applying computational tools to estimate the performance and safety of hydraulic structures from the planning and construction stage to the service period.

This volume elucidates the design criteria and principles for steel structures under seismic loads according to Eurocode 8-1.

This 2007 book concerns the vibration and the stability of slender structural components.

This book presents the outcomes of the workshop sponsored by the National Natural Sciences Foundation of China and the UK Newton Fund, British Council Researcher Links.

The definitive guide to steel connection design-fully revised to cover the latest advancesFeaturing contributions from a team of industry-recognized experts, this up-to-date resource offers comprehensive coverage of every type of steel connection.

This book comprises the select peer-reviewed proceedings of the Indian Geotechnical Conference (IGC) 2021.

The studies presented in this volume cover new approaches of geotechnical engineering introduced by researchers, engineers and scientists to address contemporary issues in geotechnical engineering such as the usage of sustainable materials in soil, soil characterization with new methods, and numerical simulations to predict material properties, etc.

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.

The thirty papers published in this book represent the latest developments in Discontinuous Deformation Analysis (DDA).

Local communities have adapted for centuries to challenging surroundings, resulting from unforeseen natural hazards.

In the last few decades, a considerable amount of experimental and analytical research on the seismic behaviour of masonry walls and buildings has been carried out.

Basic Structures provides the student with a clear explanation of structural concepts, using many analogies and examples.

This book comprises the proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering 2023.

This book presents a simplified approach to earthquake engineering by developing the fragility curve for regular and irregular moment-resisting frames based on different types of structural material, height, and ground motion records.

The use of secondary data for research can offer benefits, particularly when limited resources are available for conducting research using primary methods.

This book begins with the dynamic characteristics of the covering layerbedrock type slope, containing monitoring data of the seismic array, shaking table tests, numerical analysis and theoretical derivation.

First book to discuss the analysis of structural steel connections by Finite Element Analysis which provides fast, efficient, and flexible checking of these vital structural components The analysis of steel structures is complex much more so than the analysis of similar concrete structures.

This book comprises the proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Canadian Society of Civil Engineering 2021.

Das sechsbändige Handbuch ist ein hochwertiges Werk über die Geodäsie unserer Zeit.

This book assesses the state of the art of coatings materials and processes for gas-turbine blades and vanes, determines potential applications of coatings in high-temperature environments, identifies needs for improved coatings in terms of performance enhancements, design considerations, and fabrication processes, assesses durability of advanced coating systems in expected service environments, and discusses the required inspection, repair, and maintenance methods.

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

This book provides essential insights into recent developments in fundamental geotechnical engineering research.