Civil engineering, surveying and building

Vibration of Hydraulic Machinery deals with the vibration problem which has significant influence on the safety and reliable operation of hydraulic machinery.

Primary Care Centres explores the process of planning and designing buildings for frontline medical practice.

The Business of Mining complete set of three Focus books provides readers with a holistic all-embracing appraisal of the analytical tools available for assessing the economic viability of prospective mines.

This book explores how smart cities enable new and playful ways for citizens to experience, inhabit and socialise within urban environments.

The civil engineering sector accounts for a significant percentage of global material and energy consumption and is a major contributor of waste material.

Diese Broschüre soll allen, die Fahrbahndecken aus Beton – auch im kommunalen Bereich – planen, ausschreiben oder bauen ein praxisnahes Hilfs- und Lernmittel sein.

In the spirit of Steve Jobs and Moneyball, Elon Musk is both an illuminating and authorized look at the extraordinary life of one of Silicon Valleys most exciting, unpredictable, and ambitious entrepreneursa real-life Tony Starkand a fascinating exploration of the renewal of American invention and its new makers.

FEM updating allows FEMs to be tuned better to reflect measured data.

The church of San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane, also called San Carlino, is an architectural artefact that continues to attract numerous hypotheses and geometric analyses attempting to explain its form and meaning.

In the critically acclaimed first edition of this book, Mainstone offered a brilliant and highly original account of the structural developments that have made possible the achievements of architects and bridge builders throughout history.

This second edition of Construction Law: From Beginner to Practitioner provides a thorough and comprehensive guide to construction law by blending together black letter law and socio-legal approaches.

This new edition is a major revision of the popular introductory reference on hydrology and watershed management principles, methods, and applications.

An estimated 600 million people now live in informal or 'squatter' settlements in the rapidly growing cities of the developing world.

Presents an Integrated Approach, Providing Clear and Practical GuidelinesAre you a student facing your first serious research project?

Concrete and cement-based materials must operate in increasingly aggressive aqueous environments, which may be either natural or industrial.

Planning Theory has a history of common debates about ideas and practices and is rooted in a critical concern for the 'improvement' of human and environmental well-being, particularly as pursued through interventions which seek to shape environmental conditions and place qualities.

Introduction to Process Control, Third Edition continues to provide a bridge between traditional and modern views of process control by blending conventional topics with a broader perspective of integrated process operation, control, and information systems.

This book explores cultural sustainability and its relationships to heritage from a wide interdisciplinary perspective.

Nitrate Handbook: Environmental, Agricultural, and Health Effects provides an overview of the entire nitrate cycle and the processes influencing nitrate transformation.

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Pipeline Leak Detection Handbook is a concise, detailed, and inclusive leak detection best practices text and reference book.

This volume includes the papers presented at the North American Tunneling 2002 Conference.

This book provides basics and selected advanced insights on how to generate reliability, safety and resilience within (socio) technical system developments.

This book presents a novel approach to the formulation and solution of three classes of problems: the fully fuzzy transportation problem, the fully fuzzy transshipment problem, and fully fuzzy solid transportation problem.

This book forms the proceedings of the international seminar held by the Institution of Structural Engineers and the Building Research Establishment in Brighton in April 1993.

This reference for engineers, and graduate students covers sediment transport and morphodynamics modelling in nearshore environments.

Effectively Construct Integral Formulations Suitable for Numerical ImplementationFinite Element and Boundary Methods in Structural Acoustics and Vibration provides a unique and in-depth presentation of the finite element method (FEM) and the boundary element method (BEM) in structural acoustics and vibrations.

Polymer-Carbonaceous Filler Based Composites for Wastewater Treatment serves as the first book to offer a concise treatment of the use of these materials in the treatment of wastewater.

La rencontre avec l'amour magique de l'âme.

This book provides a definition of dampness in each of its forms, details the various potential sources, and causes that can result in damage to the building, and importantly, the threats to the health of the occupiers.

Since the appearance of the first edition of 'Energy Simulation in Building Design', the use of computer-based appraisal tools to solve energy design problems within buildings has grown rapidly.

Conceptual Design is one of the few areas of Engineering Design where computers have yet to make an impact.

This book examines "e;new tenements"e;-dense, medium-rise, multi-storey residences that have been the backbone of European inner-city regeneration since the 1970s and came with a new positive view on urban living.

The ever evolving technology of waterproofing presents challenges and risks for architects and engineers who do not specialize in the field.

The Architecture of Medieval Churches investigates the impact of affective theology on architecture and artefacts, focusing on the Middle Ages as a period of high achievement of this synthesis.

The spread of newly 'invented' places, such as theme parks, shopping malls and revamped historic areas, necessitates a redefinition of the concept of 'place' from an architectural perspective.

The field of manufacturing over the years has seen the introduction of new and innovative technologies for enhancing output, increasing quality and reducing material inventory.

Building defects still continue to plague the construction industry.

Pumping Station Design, 3e is an essential reference for all professionals.

Building Better Universities provides a wide-ranging summary and critical review of the increasing number of groundbreaking initiatives undertaken by universities and colleges around the world.

Fast urbanizing countries like China have experienced rapid - albeit geographically uneven - local and regional economic growth during the past few decades.

Beton - gestalten und konstruieren mit dem Baustoff der Zukunft Beton ist dank seiner nahezu beliebigen Formbarkeit, seiner konstruktiven Vielseitigkeit und einfachen Bautechnik der Baustoff der Gegenwart.

In an increasingly urbanized world, water systems must be designed and operated according to innovative standards in terms of climate adaptation, resource efficiency, sustainability and resilience.

First published in 2005, this book examines the contribution of planning and integrated landscape management to the process of reversing the continuing deterioration of our natural environment.

In recent years, both Chinese overseas investment and hydropower development have been topics of increasing interest and research, with Chinese actors acting as financiers, developers, builders and sub-contractors.

This book explores the ways that disciplinary convergence and technological advance are transforming systems engineering to address gaps in complex systems engineering: Transdisciplinary Systems Engineering (TSE).