Civil Engineering, Surveying & Building

Earthquakes pose myriad dangers to heritage collections worldwide. This book provides an accessible introduction to these dangers and to the method...

Ein Schwerpunkt des Stahlbau-Kalenders 2022 ist der Brandschutz, der existenziell für die Stahlbauweise ist. Die ganzheitliche Betrachtung des vorb...

A comprehensive approach to design that integrates sustainable principles and design strategies for decarbonized construction Representing an inter...

Manipulating and processing masses of digital data is never a purely technical activity. It requires an interpretative and exploratory outlook - al...

The digital world is characterized by its immediacy, its density of information and its omnipresence, in contrast to the concrete world. Significan...

Masonry construction is usually the first building exercise the student encounters in his or her training. This volume elaborates the fundamental p...

The scientific field of data analysis is constantly expanding due to the rapid growth of the computer industry and the wide applicability of comput...

Der immer tiefgreifendere Einzug der Digitalisierung in allen Phasen des Bauens und die detaillierte Zusammenstellung von Instandsetzungsstrategien...

The design of a building is a complex process in which the architect develops spaces which are defined by a number of different parameters. The mos...

Das Taschenbuch für den Tunnelbau ist seit vielen Jahren ein praxisorientierter Ratgeber für Auftraggeber, Planer und Bauausführende. Es greift akt...

This book brings together a total of 48 contributions (including 5 keynote papers) which were presented at the 2nd International Workshop on the Ap...

This book is the second of four dealing with bioclimatic design and construction by focusing on the most basic and polyvalent of modern environment...

This book gives you the technical expertise and seasoned advice you need to protect your building work from water - the home's eternal enemy. Leaks...

This book – comprised of three separate volumes – presents the recent developments and research discoveries in structural and solid mechanics; it i...

Holz wird meist als "traditioneller" Werkstoff wahrgenommen. Seine Materialeigenschaften ermöglichen längst jedoch die Gestaltung von Freiformen un...

Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Geophysical Development Series, Volume 15.Advances in Near-surface Seismology and Ground...

When it is completed in 2009 the Three Gorges Dam, a hydroelectric dam that spans the Yangzi River in China, will generate enough electricity to po...

Die Arbeitshilfen des Instituts für Stahlbetonbewehrung ISB e. V. haben sich bereits seit vielen Jahren als Unterstützung für Ingenieure und Techni...

Paper and cardboard as sustainable building materials are currently the subject of research and testing. They can be produced inexpensively, are m...

Residents look at their neighborhood differently than visitors and designers do. The features that they see as most important can differ significan...

This guide will keep you cool Like its earlier editions, this fully updated guidebook is packed with practical information on installing, servicing...

You can build on this foundation Whether construction is your livelihood or you're just planning a home addition, you need to know the latest abou...

Innovation by Reduction How can architecture create a pleasant indoor climate using construction techniques and as little technology as possibl...

Several chapters provide practical examples of methods for building maintenance and energy saving modernization. In addition, the book contains bac...

Earthquakes are a way of life on Earth, and, whether you live in an area that is often affected by earthquakes or not, every building, every road, ...

In this unique and comprehensive textbook, the authors examine the challenges faced all around the world with regard to major infrastructure projec...

Since the first edition of Fracking was published, hydraulic fracturing has continued to be hotly debated. Credited with bringing the US and other ...

The worldwide use of building envelopes in steel and glass is one of the characteristic features of modern architecture. Many of these pre- and pos...

Vehicle noise, vibration, and emissions are only a few of the factors that can have a detrimental effects on overall performance of an engine. Thes...

Written by one of the most well-respected teams of scientists in the area of pipelines, this revolutionary approach offers the engineer working in ...

Unpacking Construction Site Safety provides a different perspective of safety in practice. • examines how useful the concept of safety actually is...