Civil Engineering, Surveying & Building

This is not an ordinary book on rainfall and runoff. All the general and working formulas in this book are theoretically derived. The formulas are ...

This book introduces 53 bridges that the author designed during his period teaching at Dalian University of Technology (1984-2014). The bridges hav...

Rock Engineering provides a comprehensive explanation of the geological principles and ground investigations involved with the geotechnical design ...

The bridge construction industry has moved with great speed towards mechanised construction solutions using specialised bridge deck erection equipm...

Bridges, the least known and understood of China's many wonders, are one of its most striking and resilient feats of architectural prowess.Chinese ...

It is widely acknowledged that there is an increasing problem in maintenance of the American civil infrastructure. Highways, bridges, sewers, railr...

If you've ever been asked to calculate the live load for a herd of elephants...If you've ever built a sand castle to study soil mechanics...If you'...

The United States has approximately 607,000 bridges on public roads subject to the National Bridge Inspection Standards mandated by Congress. The s...

As geological threats become more imminent, society must make a major commitment to increase the resilience of its communities, infrastructure, and...

Most people remember the flooding of Cork in 2009 and the tremendous damage that was caused. Less well-known is that this was not the first time th...

Tension Structures, Second edition delivers a unique coverage of the topic of tension structures ranging from a variety of pre-stressed cable net a...