Structural engineering

Bridging the gap between theoretical texts and the massive and expensive software packages, this handbook covers finite element programming in a wide range of problems in mechanical, civil, aeronautical and electrical engineering.

This text delivers a fundamental coverage for advanced undergraduates and postgraduates of structural engineering, and professionals working in industrial and academic research.

The book approaches the basic theory of structures from a different perspective from standard pedagogy.

This updated version covers the considerable work on research and development to determine elastic properties of materials undertaken since the first edition of 1987.

Underground pipelines transporting liquid petroleum products and natural gas are critical components of civil infrastructure, making corrosion prevention an essential part of asset-protection strategy.

Earthquakes represent a major risk to buildings, bridges and other civil infrastructure systems, causing catastrophic loss to modern society.

Advanced fibre-reinforced polymer (FRP) composites have become essential materials for the building of new structures and for the repair of existing infrastructure.

Buildings should not only be functional but aesthetically pleasing.

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

Service life estimation is an area of growing importance in civil engineering both for determining the remaining service life of civil engineering structures and for designing new structural systems with well-defined periods of functionality.

From long-standing worries regarding the use of lead and asbestos to recent research into carcinogenic issues related to the use of plastics in construction, there is growing concern regarding the potential toxic effects of building materials on health.

This book provides designers, welding engineers and metallurgists with the essential information for understanding the welding operation and for applying the processes in production.

The construction of earth buildings has been taking place worldwide for centuries.

BIM: Contractual and Legal Perspectives is a guide to the legal and contractual issues that need to be considered when operating under Building Information Modelling (BIM).

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

Increasingly, neural networks are used and implemented in a wide range of fields and have become useful tools in probabilistic analysis and prediction theory.

On the morning of May 9, 1980, harbor pilot John Lerro was guiding a 600-foot freighter, the Summit Venture, into Tampa Bay.

This book contains the best papers accepted for presentation at the 3rd Springer Conference of the Arabian Journal of Geosciences (CAJG-3).

Service life estimation is an area of growing importance in civil engineering both for determining the remaining service life of civil engineering structures and for designing new structural systems with well-defined periods of functionality.

Designing successfully for people in the world's coldest climates demands a broad understanding of site conditions and their unique social context.

The construction of earth buildings has been taking place worldwide for centuries.

Advances in Structural Adhesive Bonding, Second Edition reviews developments in adhesive bonding for a range of advanced structural engineering applications.

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.

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

Guidelines for Open Pit Slope Design is a comprehensive account of the open pit slope design process.

Guidelines for Surveying Soil and Land Resources promotes the development and implementation of consistent methods and standards for conducting soil and land resource surveys in Australia.

Based on the construction of Nanjing Weisan Road Yangtze River Tunnel, this book comprehensively introduces the new technology of large-diameter shield tunnel construction crossing circular air shafts.

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.

The book develops a practical understanding of the fundamental scientific principles and logic underlying the art of turf pitch preparation, measuring, analysing, and interpreting pitch surface behaviour.

This book provides a detailed step-by-step guide to taking off building work.

This book provides a detailed step-by-step guide to taking off building work.

For engineers, applied scientists and students working in flow-induced instability and vibration in wind and ocean engineering and the power industry.

A brief yet complete textbook for a first course in mechanical vibrations with more than sixty exercise problems where using MATLAB® is emphasized.

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

A synthesis of soils for researchers and students of soil science, geography and landscape ecology.

This is a one-semester engineering textbook on linear structural dynamics analysis for advanced students, first published in 2006.

A comprehensive account of ancient surveying instruments together with translations of all the ancient sources.

Processing the vast amounts of data on the Earth's land surface environment generated by NASA's and other international satellite programs is a significant challenge.

State-of-the-art coverage of modern computational methods for the analysis and design of beams Analysis and Design of Elastic Beams presents computer models and applications related to thin-walled beams such as those used in mechanical and aerospace designs, where thin, lightweight structures with high strength are needed.

On the First Edition: "e;The book is a success in providing a comprehensive introduction to the use of aluminum structures .

Risk and reliability analysis is an area of growing importance in geotechnical engineering, where many variables have to be considered.

In Foundation Design: Theory and Practice, Professor N.

While numerous books have been written on earthquakes, earthquake resistance design, and seismic analysis and design of structures, none have been tailored for advanced students and practitioners, and those who would like to have most of the important aspects of seismic analysis in one place.

Bayesian methods are a powerful tool in many areas of science and engineering, especially statistical physics, medical sciences, electrical engineering, and information sciences.

Sandwich panels are being used increasingly as the cladding of buildings like factories, warehouses, cold stores and retail sheds.

This manual for civil and structural engineers aims to simplify as much as possible a complex subject which is often treated too theoretically, by explaining in a practical way how to provide uncomplicated, buildable and economical foundations.

This major handbook covers the structural use of brick and blockwork.

Geomembranes are flexible polymeric sheets which are used as relatively impermeable liners to contain liquid and vapour.

Earthquake Resistant Design and Risk Reduction, 2nd edition is based upon global research and development work over the last 50 years or more, and follows the author s series of three books Earthquake Resistant Design, 1st and 2nd editions (1977 and 1987), and Earthquake Risk Reduction (2003).

This book provides a practical guide to the basic essentials of earthquake engineering with a focus on seismic loading and structural design.