Author: J.K. Paik, R.E. Melchers ISBN: 1845693345 / 9781845693343 Year: 2008 Availability: 15-30 days
Any structural system in service is subject to age-related deterioration, leading to potential concerns regarding
maintenance, health & safety, environmental and economic implications. Condition As...
Author: Niall Murphy, Stephen Jerrams ISBN: 0415683890 / 9780415683890 Year: 2011 Availability: 15-30 days
All aspects of our lives, industry, health, travel and leisure, are utterly reliant on rubber materials, yet typically this notion rarely occurs to us. Increasingly, greater demands are made on elas...
Author: Siu-Seong Law, Xin-Qun Zhu ISBN: 0415421950 / 9780415421959 Year: 2009 Availability: 15-30 days
Extensive amounts of operational data are generated over time by the health monitoring system of a structure’s management system, yet there are few analysis algorithms which can tell the exact...
Author: Eugeniusz J. Sobczyk, Jerzy Kicki, Piotr Saluga ISBN: 0415804280 / 9780415804288 Year: 2009 Availability: 15-30 days
The International Mining Forum is a recurring event, hosted by the University of Science and Technology in Cracow, Poland, bringing together an international group of scientists, including those wor...
Author: Edmund S. Melerski ISBN: 0415383501 / 9780415383509 Year: 2006 Availability: 15-30 days
This extended and revised second edition elaborates on techniques for the numerical analysis of beams, long strips, circular plates, and circular-cylindrical tanks resting on elastic foundations and...
Author: Utpal K. Ghosh ISBN: 0415418364 / 9780415418362 Year: 2006 Availability: 15-30 days
The advantage of steel for long span bridges have been well established for some time. Its advantages for short and medium span bridges are also being seriously looked at now particularly form the s...
Author: Eyad Masad, Imad L. Al-Qadi, Naser Alnuaimi, Tarek Sayed ISBN: 0415489792 / 9780415489799 Year: 2008 Availability: 15-30 days
Internationally, significant attention is given to transport sustainability including planning, design, construction, evaluation, safety and durability of the road system. The 4th International Gulf...
Author: N. Delatte ISBN: 1439818746 / 9781439818749 Year: 2009 Availability: 15-30 days
Understanding and recognizing failure mechanisms in concrete is a fundamental pre-requisite to determining the type of repair, or whether a repair is feasible. This book provides a review of concret...
Author: Bjorn Akesson ISBN: 0415876761 / 9780415876766 Year: 2010 Availability: 15-30 days
Many old riveted railway bridges are replaced too soon due to a general lack of knowledge about the expected life span. This indicates the need for more information on fatigue and brittle fracture o...
Author: Darren Franck, Harold Franck ISBN: 1439878390 / 9781439878392 Year: 2013 Availability: 15-30 days
This book encompasses the broad range of subject matter forensic engineers may encounter, covering cases as varied as assessment of workplace accidents to the investigation of Halliburton in the BP ...
Author: Colin Gagg, Peter Rhys Lewis ISBN: 1439831149 / 9781439831144 Year: 2010 Availability: 15-30 days
Given the infinite number of applications of polymeric materials in everyday life, especially those where a failure in service may lead to economic loss, injury or death, the ability to use forensic...
Author: S. Pietruszczak ISBN: 0415585163 / 9780415585163 Year: 2010 Availability: 15-30 days
The book presents a concise, yet reasonably comprehensive, overview of fundamental notions of plasticity in relation to geomechanics. The primary objective of this work is to provide the reader with...
Author: Clement Ogaja ISBN: 143981743X / 9781439817438 Year: 2010 Availability: 15-30 days
Traditionally, land surveyors experience years of struggle as they encounter the complexities of project planning and design processes in the course of professional employment or practice. Giving be...
Author: Abdelmalek Bouazza, John J. Bowders ISBN: 0415467330 / 9780415467339 Year: 2009 Availability: 15-30 days
Increasingly stringent regulation of pollution and waste production worldwide drives the need to isolate
contaminants that pose a threat to human and environmental health by using engineered barrie...
Author: Gretchen N. Peterson ISBN: 1482220679 / 9781482220674 Year: 2014 Availability: 15-30 days
In the five years since the publication of the first edition of A Guide to Effective Map Design, cartography and software have become further intertwined. However, the initial motivation for publish...
Author: Allan Brimicombe ISBN: 1439808708 / 9781439808702 Year: 2009 Availability: 15-30 days
Spatial dimensions need to be properly captured if modeling and engineering techniques are to be successfully applied in addressing environmental problems. The links between the geographical informa...
Author: S Ahmad, Surendra P Shah ISBN: 0415503256 / 9780415503259 Year: 1994 Availability: Out of Stock
Over the last decade, the use of high performance concrete has steadily increased throughout the world, particularly in the construction of tall buildings and bridges. This increased availability ha...
Author: Thomas Lynch ISBN: 9056996061 / 9789056996062 Year: 1998 Availability: 15-30 days
An original approach for dealing with High Speed Rail (HSR) transportation development in the United States, this book serves as a blueprint for such development by providing an in-depth evaluation ...
Author: H.R. Reinders, W. Prummel ISBN: 9058095401 / 9789058095404 Year: 2003 Availability: 15-30 days
The Hellenistic city of New Halos, situated on the coastal route between North and Central Greece, existed for only a short period (ca 302-265 BC) before being destroyed by an earthquake and finally...
Author: Mettupalayam Sivaselvan, Victor Saouma ISBN: 0415465680 / 9780415465687 Year: 2008 Availability: 15-30 days
Hybrid Simulation deals with a rapidly evolving technology combining computer simulation (typically finite element) and physical laboratory testing of two complementary substructures. It is a cost e...
Author: Luis Ribeiro e Sousa, M.M. Fernandes, Roberto Azevedo ISBN: 0415616611 / 9780415616614 Year: 2012 Availability: 15-30 days
Numerical modelling in geomechanics has gained acceptance in the solution of complex geotechnical problems. This book contains contributions of outstanding scientists and researchers in this area, c...
Author: Cedo Maksimovic, Joby Boxall ISBN: 0415548519 / 9780415548519 Year: 2009 Availability: 15-30 days
A collection of articles by leading international experts on modeling and control of potable water distribution and sewerage collection systems, focusing on advances in sensors, instrumentation and ...
Author: Ever J. Barbero ISBN: 1138196800 / 9781138196803 Year: 2017 Availability: 15-30 days
The Third Edition of Introduction to Composite Materials Design is a practical, design-oriented textbook aimed at students and practicing engineers learning analysis and design of composite material...
Author: Attila Dikbas, Esin Ergen, Heyecan Giritli ISBN: 0415567440 / 9780415567442 Year: 2009 Availability: 15-30 days
Managing IT in Construction/Managing Construction for Tomorrow presents new developments in:
Managing IT strategies
Model based management tools including building information modeling
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