Structural engineering

A thorough and understandable guide to the properties and design of structural composites.

This book presents a complete and unified treatment of the fundamental themes of structural mechanics, ranging from the traditional to the most advanced topics, covering mechanics of linear elastic solids, theory of beam systems, and phenomena of structural failure.

A wide ranging and up-to-date review of experience of tunnelling contracts, particularly those for sewerage and drainage tunnels.

This book contains the invited contributions to the 1993 Henderson Colloquium organised by the British Group of IABSE (International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering).

A state-of-the-art summary of recent developments in the behaviour, analysis and design of seismic resistant steel frames.

This book examines the recent developments in computerized structural analysis and finite element analysis to re-appraise existing approximate techniques and to define their scope and limits more accurately.

This book introduces practising engineers and post-graduate students to modern approaches to seismic design, with a particular focus on reinforced concrete structures, earthquake resistant design of new buildings and assessment, repair and strengthening of existing buildings.

This book forms the Proceedings of the International Conference held in Vienna in November 1992 dealing with ageing, fatigue and fracture of concrete and concrete structures.

The Channel Tunnel may be the greatest engineering project in Europe this century.

Geomembranes are increasingly being used in transportation, environmental and geotechnical applications to control gas and liquid movement.

Much of the infrastructure of modern society is buried below ground.

The aim of this book is to provide professional engineers and students of engineering with a sound working knowledge of the finite element method for engineering analysis and engineering design.

Structural dynamics is a complex and increasingly important field of civil/structural engineering.

This book examines the ways in which aluminium and its alloys satisfy the requirements of civil engineering structures and the applications in which they compete with steel.

CESSM 3 Explained provides a detailed and highly illustrated guide to the use of the new civil engineering standard methods of measurements.

This book describes the underlying behaviour of steel and concrete bridge decks.

This seasoned textbook introduces geology for civil engineering students.

There is a pressing need for rationalization and standardization of test procedures for metals for use in all types of structure.

This book presents a series of integrated computer programs in Fortran-90 for the dynamic analysis of structures, using the finite element method.

The costs of inadequate earthquake engineering are huge, especially for reinforced concrete buildings.

Develop a Greater Understanding of How and Why Surface Wave Testing WorksUsing examples and case studies directly drawn from the authors' experience, Surface Wave Methods for Near-Surface Site Characterization addresses both the experimental and theoretical aspects of surface wave propagation in both forward and inverse modeling.

Detailing is an essential part of the design process.

Building on the author's Structural Mechanics Fundamentals, this text presents a complete and uniform treatment of the more advanced topics in structural mechanics, ranging from beam frames to shell structures, from dynamics to buckling analysis, from plasticity to fracture mechanics, from long-span to high-rise civil structures.

This richly-illustrated reference guide presents innovative techniques focused on reducing time, cost and risk in the construction and maintenance of underground facilities:A primary focus of the technological development in underground engineering is to ease the practical execution and to reduce time, cost and risk in the construction and mai

Compiled especially for small and medium contractors and for all those involved in building traditional extensions or converting lofts, Spon's House Improvement Price Book provides detailed and reliable cost data.

Various underpinning methods exist, and choosing a particular method or selection of methods is the job of the engineer.

This book provides a thorough review of this powerful and sophisticated technique for modelling soil structure interactions.

Lightweight aggregate concrete is undergoing something of a renaissance.

Innovative Shear Design presents a new, rational and economical design procedure that offers increased protection against shear for all types of structures.

Steel and Composite Structures: Behaviour and Design for Fire Safety presents a systematic and thorough description of the behaviour of steel and composite structures in fire, and shows how design methods are developed to quantify our understanding.

In geomechanics, existing design methods are very much dependent upon sophisticated on-site techniques to assess ground conditions.

Examining the fundamental differences between design and analysis, Robert Benaim explores the close relationship between aesthetic and technical creativity and the importance of the intuitive, more imaginative qualities of design that every designer should employ when designing a structure.

The material properties, spatial configuration and variation in the construction of steel structures means they often have the potential for reconstruction.

This book summarizes advances in a number of fundamental areas of optimization with application in engineering design.

Compares currently used methods in determining concrete toughness and presents recommended test procedures with theories and models for describing cracking and fracturing phenomena.

Testing of materials and manufactured items is a key element in the process from standard specifications though control and verification during manufacture to trade in actual products.

Steel and composite steel-concrete structures are widely used in modern bridges, buildings, sport stadia, towers, and offshore structures.

The first single work on DEM providing the information to get started with this powerful numerical modelling approach.

Because of their complexity and scale, metro structures capture all the essential aspects of a cut-and-cover structure, and so are given primary focus in this book.

This book describes the enormous depth of work carried out since the early 1970s on the Messina Strait Bridge, up to the recent award of the detailed design and construction contract.

In the last few years, remarkable technological advances have been achieved in bridge engineering technology.

This book presents a detailed overview of 20 cases of famous and other highly interesting bridge collapses over the last two centuries.

Demolishing and rebuilding is becoming less and less of an option, and developing trends such as the growth of PFI are directing attention to whole life costing.

Using steel and concrete together utilizes the beneficial material properties of both elements.

Specially written for contractors and small businesses carrying out small works, Spon's Estimating Cost Guide to Finishings contains accurate information on thousands of rates, each broken down to labour, material overheads and profit.

A well-illustrated and comprehensive account of various aspects of local buckling in bridges, this book covers the theory and background of buckling, presenting simple design calculations which address this intriguing phenomenon.

Dynamics is increasingly being identified by consulting engineers as one of the key skills which needs to be taught in civil engineering degree programs.

The aim of this book, by the Commission on Wall Structures of the International Council for Building (CIB), is to select certain countries or regions, and examine enclosure masonry walls which are perceived as being typical.

The mechanisms by which buildings and infrastructures degrade are complex, as are the procedures and methods for inspection and for rehabilitation.

Today's biggest structural engineering challenge is to design better structures, and a key issue is the need to take an integrated approach which balances control of costs with the requirement for handling earthquakes and other dynamic forces.