Structural engineering Books

In BAD CONSTRUCTION, WORSE ENGINEERS, Mario Levarie takes readers on a gripping journey through the catastrophic collapse of the Quebec Bridge in Canada, exposing the engineering negligence that led to the tragedy. Through meticulous research and...

This book elucidates the concepts and innovative models around prospective developments with respect to concrete structures. In order to build better structures it is important to include stability and strength in the designing of concrete structures...

Solid design and craftsmanship are a necessity for structures and infrastructures that must stand up to natural disasters on a regular basis. Continuous research developments in the engineering field are imperative for sustaining buildings against the...

Solid design and craftsmanship are a necessity for structures and infrastructures that must stand up to natural disasters on a regular basis. Continuous research developments in the engineering field are imperative for sustaining buildings against the...

The development of new and effective analytical and numerical models is essential to understanding the performance of a variety of structures. As computational methods continue to advance, so too do their applications in structural performance modeling...

A Powerful Tool for the Analysis and Design of Complex Structural Elements Finite-Element Modelling of Structural Concrete: Short-Term Static and Dynamic Loading Conditions presents a finite-element model of structural concrete under short-term loading,...

The Engineering of Foundations, Slopes and Retaining Structures rigorously covers the construction, analysis, and design of shallow and deep foundations, as well as retaining structures and slopes. It includes complete coverage of soil mechanics and site...

Nonlinear static monotonic (pushover) analysis has become a common practice in performance-based bridge seismic design. The popularity of pushover analysis is due to its ability to identify the failure modes and the design limit states of bridge piers...

Self-healing techniques are most successful in preventing concrete from cracking or breaking. The book reviews the most promising methods, including the use of polymers, epoxy resins, fungi or cementitious composites; biomineralization, continuing...

Trigonometry, Surveying and Navigation is a comprehensive textbook written by George Albert Wentworth in 1895. The book covers the fundamental concepts of trigonometry, surveying, and navigation, and is intended for use by students studying these...

The branch of engineering which focuses on the design and analysis of structures that support or resist loads is known as structural engineering. The theory of structural engineering is based on the laws of applied physics and the empirical knowledge of...

The Life of JAM is the story of the life of Dr. James A. Mandel PE. He was born on Christmas day in 1934 in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. His parents Isadore and Jennie Mandel guided his early years. He learned to swim at age 7. Jim earned a BS in Civil...

This second of two comprehensive reference texts on differential equations continues coverage of the essential material students they are likely to encounter in solving engineering and mechanics problems across the field - alongside a preliminary volume...

This new edition encompasses current design methods used for steel railway bridges in both SI and Imperial (US Customary) units. It discusses the planning of railway bridges and the appropriate types of bridges based on planning considerations.

This book covers the field of applied geotechnology related to all aspects of construction in ground, including compacted fill, excavations, ground improvement, foundations, earth retaining systems and geotechnical site characterization. It suits the...

Establishes Geotechnical Reliability as Fundamentally Distinct from Structural ReliabilityReliability-based design is relatively well established in structural design. Its use is less mature in geotechnical design, but there is a steady progression...

This is the first design guide, with calculation methods and guidance. They give high strength, ductility and durability, fire resistance and favourable constructability, and lighter weight, higher bending stiffness and better cyclic performance than...

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The objective of this text is to provide information on mill tailings and mine waste, and to discuss current and future issues facing the mining and environmental communities.

Master's Thesis from the year 2011 in the subject Engineering - Civil Engineering, grade: 10, , language: English, abstract: In the present study, the failure of cable stayed bridge across Chambal River (Kota) will be discussed. The causes of its...

""A Course in Descriptive Geometry and Photogrammetry for the Mathematical Laboratory"" is a textbook written by Edward Lindsay Ince and originally published in 1915. The book is intended as a guide for students studying geometry and photogrammetry in a...

The purpose of this book is to present step-by-step requirements and methodology for the construction of high quality tunnels according to project specifications, codes and standards applicable by the NATM method. We present Guidelines and...

""Stratigraphy of the Bituminous Coal Field of Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia"" is a comprehensive geological study of the coal fields in the region, authored by Israel Charles White and originally published in 1891. The book provides detailed...

This book presents peer reviewed papers from the proceedings of the 9th Indian Young Geotechnical Engineers conference (9IYGEC), 21-22 March 2023, held at MIT Aurangabad. The topics covered are advanced ground improvement techniques, geosynthetics and...

This book reviews and summarizes the development and achievement in cartography and geographic information engineering in China over the past 60 years after the founding of the People's Republic of China. It comprehensively reflects cartography, as a...

The main objective of this book is to provide a comprehensive and a thorough coverage for the Structural Civil PE exam topics with the use of questions. This book is written in accordance with the latest (2024) NCEES exam specifications and design...

انغمس في عالمٍ مذهلٍ حيث تلتقي أصغر الجسيمات بأعظم التحديات! "تكنولوجيا النانو والخزانات الجوفية" ليس مجرد كتاب، بل هو رحلةٌ شيقةٌ إلى قلب الأرض، حيث تكشف أسرارٌ مُخفيةٌ عن كيفية استخدام تكنولوجيا النانو في استخراج النفط، وحصاد مياه الغلاف الجوي، وحتى...

This book is aimed at the practising engineer and engineering geologist working in tropical environments, where lands lides are mainly triggered by rain fall. This book is based on a similar work published in 1999 in ...

Geologists and civil engineers related to infrastructure planning, design and building describe professional practices and engineering geological methods in different European infrastructure projects.

Manynationshavebecomevictimsofterrorism. Bombshaveexplodedinand around buildings and other structures. Such events have generated cons- erable concern over the ability of countries and governments to protect - stallations and...

This book addresses the latest developments in Information Technologies (IT) for geo-engineering. It contains papers from the 5th International Conference on Information Technology in Geo-engineering (5th ICITG), held in Golden, Colorado, USA, 2024. The...

This volume gathers the latest advances, innovations, and applications in the field of GIS and geo-spatial technologies, as presented by leading researchers and engineers at the International Conference on Geoinformatics for Spatial-Infrastructure...

Numerical Solutions for Nanocomposite Structures provides an in-depth exploration of structural analysis using numerical methods grounded in rigorous mathematical modeling.

This book dives into the inner workings of recommender systems, those ubiquitous technologies that shape our online experiences. From Netflix show suggestions to personalized product recommendations on Amazon or the endless stream of curated YouTube...

This presents a comprehensive review of the applications in time, frequency, and time-frequency domains of signal processing techniques for damage perception, localization, and quantification in various structural systems. It covers a range of...

Fundamentals of Offshore Engineering addresses the basics of design for offshore oil and gas production systems, and examines the health, safety, environmental (HSE) aspects in the oil and gas industry with an emphasis towards safety measures in design...

Earthquake Engineering and Structural Control: Theory and Applications examines the basics of structural dynamics with its application for earthquake engineering and structural control methods.

This book gives a brief history and a general overview of the state of surface mining technology with topics ranging from the principles to surface mining methods, systems, and pit planning design. It starts with the definition of surface mine and ends...

This book focuses on the generalization of map features, providing descriptions and classifying groups of map objects into six categories: point clusters, groups of contours, road networks, river networks, continuous areal features and discrete areal...

The objective of this book is to fill some of the gaps in the existing engineering codes and standards related to soil dynamics, concerning issues in earthquake engineering and ground vibrations, by using formulas and hand...

<P>Performance-based Earthquake Engineering has emerged before the turn of the century as the most important development in the field of Earthquake Engineering during the last three decades. It has since then started...

(4). The next three papers extend these views by taking a closer look on parameters that govern hydraulic diffusivity in sandstones and other types of rocks. Specific targets addressed are the influence of differential stress...

Taking an engineering, rather than a mathematical, approach, Bounding uncertainty in Civil Engineering - Theoretical Background deals with the mathematical theories that use convex sets of probability distributions to describe...

Distantearthquakesarewellknowntoinduceawiderangeofresponsesinsurface water and groundwater. These responses are often viewed as mere curiositiesas theiroccurrenceislimitedinspaceandtime.Thefrequentemphasisonearthquake ...

"Die beiden ersten Auflagen dieses Buches, erscheinen 1937 und 1985, sind zweifellos zu den Klassikern der Elastizitätstheorie zu zählen...Das mathematisch anspruchsvolle Buch wendet sich hauptsächlich an theoretisch...