Civil engineering, surveying and building

This book provides a fresh look at Alvar Aalto's regional and community planning work, particularly the ways in which he incorporated sustainability, resiliency, energy, and health, and examines how contemporary architects and planners can learn from this approach for the betterment of 21st-century urban design and our future cities.

This is the first critical history of the sixteenth- and seventeenth-century monuments of Westminster Abbey.

This book provides a comprehensive examination of sintering technology and the crucial role it plays in the steelmaking process.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Second International Conference on Artificial Intelligence Security and Privacy, AIS&P 2024, held in Guangzhou, China, during December 6-7, 2024.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Second International Conference on Artificial Intelligence Security and Privacy, AIS&P 2024, held in Guangzhou, China, during December 6-7, 2024.

This book is the first overview book on video surveillance issues within airport grounds.

This book is the first overview book on video surveillance issues within airport grounds.

This book presents cutting-edge research on the impact of energy dependence and strategies to mitigate it.

This book presents the impact of digital transformation and other megatrends on the steel industry, focusing on the digitization of processes, and the automation and robotization of operations in steel companies.

This book offers a systemic introduction and summarization of nanoscale characterization techniques on cementitious materials.

This book presents the impact of digital transformation and other megatrends on the steel industry, focusing on the digitization of processes, and the automation and robotization of operations in steel companies.

This book focuses on achieving precision guidance and timely arrival in flight.

This book focuses on achieving precision guidance and timely arrival in flight.

The book discusses some of the issues related to proximity, challenges an acritical use of the concept and highlights several dimensions that may better frame the actual contribution of proximity to urban and mobility planning in different places.

The book discusses some of the issues related to proximity, challenges an acritical use of the concept and highlights several dimensions that may better frame the actual contribution of proximity to urban and mobility planning in different places.

This book introduces the process principle of the new generation of controlled rolling and controlled cooling with ultra fast cooling technology as the core, the latest research progress of ultra fast cooling technology and its industrial application.

This book introduces the process principle of the new generation of controlled rolling and controlled cooling with ultra fast cooling technology as the core, the latest research progress of ultra fast cooling technology and its industrial application.

This book discusses the scientific framework of thermoplastic deformation of structural metallic materials, in particular dual-phase steels and intermetallic alloys, emphasizing the attainment of desired alloy structures and properties through enhanced production techniques.

This book discusses the scientific framework of thermoplastic deformation of structural metallic materials, in particular dual-phase steels and intermetallic alloys, emphasizing the attainment of desired alloy structures and properties through enhanced production techniques.

This book is an essential guide to optimal and safe navigation planning in inland waterways.

This book provides an overview of the latest innovations in prefabrication.

This book contains selected articles from the fourth International Conference on Geotechnical Engineering-Iraq 2024 (ICGE-2024) held on April 17-18, 2024, at at Warith Al-Anbiyaa University, Karbala, Iraq.

This book contains selected articles from the fourth International Conference on Geotechnical Engineering-Iraq 2024 (ICGE-2024) held on April 17-18, 2024, at at Warith Al-Anbiyaa University, Karbala, Iraq.

Dynamic Environments Testing, Volume 7: Proceedings of the 42nd IMAC, A Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics, 2024, the seventh volume of ten from the Conference brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering.

Dynamic Environments Testing, Volume 7: Proceedings of the 42nd IMAC, A Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics, 2024, the seventh volume of ten from the Conference brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering.

This book gathers the thoughts of 8 hospital presidents, 9 vice presidents focusing on construction management in hospitals, and 6 hospital architects regarding the hospital design and construction in China.

This book gathers the thoughts of 8 hospital presidents, 9 vice presidents focusing on construction management in hospitals, and 6 hospital architects regarding the hospital design and construction in China.

This book explores the transformative impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on the construction industry, examining its readiness for widespread integration and its potential to reshape various facets of the construction lifecycle.

This book addresses the latest developments in Information Technologies (IT) for geo-engineering.

This book addresses the latest developments in Information Technologies (IT) for geo-engineering.

Model Validation and Uncertainty Quantification, Volume 3:  Proceedings of the 42nd IMAC, A Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics, 2024, the third volume of ten from the Conference brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering.

Model Validation and Uncertainty Quantification, Volume 3:  Proceedings of the 42nd IMAC, A Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics, 2024, the third volume of ten from the Conference brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering.

This book provides knowledge to professionals on how to model, calculate, and design machinery for construction operations.

Container industry is gathering pace as vessels are becoming increasingly larger, with the volume of containers carried regularly exceeding 23,000 per vessel.

Container industry is gathering pace as vessels are becoming increasingly larger, with the volume of containers carried regularly exceeding 23,000 per vessel.

This book provides knowledge to professionals on how to model, calculate, and design machinery for construction operations.

This book conducts research on the overall design of the submerged floating tunnel, structural safety standards, environmental load calculation methods, pipe structure selection, joint structure form, anchoring mode, collision avoidance technology, operation ventilation and disaster prevention, etc.

This book conducts research on the overall design of the submerged floating tunnel, structural safety standards, environmental load calculation methods, pipe structure selection, joint structure form, anchoring mode, collision avoidance technology, operation ventilation and disaster prevention, etc.

Architectural Design Strategies for Saving Energy in Buildings: An Architect's View employs an architect's perspective, defined equally as art and engineering science, to the contemporary concept of designing buildings that use less energy.

Materials usually show anomalous behaviors at ultra-low temperatures.

This book illustrates the unique mechanical behaviors of tensegrity systems and their applications in mechanical metamaterials, space structures, and biomechanical models.

This book investigates in detail the theory and method of automatically formed mining roadway (AFR).

This book investigates in detail the theory and method of automatically formed mining roadway (AFR).

This book presents peer-reviewed and selected papers from the 1st International Conference on Recent Advancements in Materials Science and Technology held at Karpagam Academy of Higher Education in Coimbatore, India, on 29-30 January 2024.

This book presents peer-reviewed and selected papers from the 1st International Conference on Recent Advancements in Materials Science and Technology held at Karpagam Academy of Higher Education in Coimbatore, India, on 29-30 January 2024.

Special Topics in Structural Dynamics & Experimental Techniques, Volume 5: Proceedings of the 42nd IMAC, A Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics, 2024, the fifth volume of ten from the Conference brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering.

Special Topics in Structural Dynamics & Experimental Techniques, Volume 5: Proceedings of the 42nd IMAC, A Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics, 2024, the fifth volume of ten from the Conference brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering.

This book systematically explores the challenges and advancements in integrating intelligent technologies with ocean engineering, with a particular focus on three core topics of fault diagnosis, fault prognosis, and maintenance for subsea production systems in harsh environments.

This book explores the management of public facilities and the wider issues around it, with examples from educational, health facilities, and public spaces.

This book explores the management of public facilities and the wider issues around it, with examples from educational, health facilities, and public spaces.