Structural Engineering

Cantilever Architecture shows you how to integrate cantilever designs into your building from conception, to help you create support-free structure...

This book provides a state-of-the-art review of the life-limiting mechanisms of geosynthetics, the methods available to test and assess lifetime, a...

fußgängerbrücken müssen in erster Linie funktional sein. Aber darüber hinaus sollten sie auch auf die Besonderheit eines Orts eingehen, auf seine W...

The book deals entire surveying theory and practice to be studied by civil engineering students. It covers all basic methods of surveying like chai...

This book is Volume 1 of the EUROCK 2018 proceedings. Geomechanics and Geodynamics of Rock Masses contains contributions presented at EUROCK 2018, ...

Given the recent advances in site investigation techniques, computing, access to information and monitoring, plus the current emphasis on safety, a...

Geochemical modeling is an important tool in environmental studies, and in the areas of subsurface and surface hydrology, pedology, water resources...

Unlike most finite element books that cover time dependent processes (IVPs) in a cursory manner, The Finite Element Method for Initial Value Proble...

Life-cycle analysis is a systematic tool for efficient and effective service life management of deteriorating structures. In the last few decades, ...

At some time 30% of the worlds land mass was covered by glaciers leaving substantial deposits of glacial soils under major conurbations in Europe, ...

Residual soils are found in many parts of the world and are used extensively as construction materials for roads, embankments and dams, and to supp...

Post-earthquake fire is one of the most complicated problems resulting from earthquakes and presents a serious risk to urban structures. Most stand...

Topographic Laser Ranging and Scanning, Second Edition, provides a comprehensive discussion of topographic LiDAR principles, systems, data acquisit...

The geosynthetic encased column (GEC) is a relatively recent method developed for soft soil improvement. The method was firstly introduced as a con...

The numerical, discrete element, Discontinuous Deformation Analysis (DDA) method was developed by Dr. Gen-hua Shi while he was working at the Unive...

Base retracement on solid research and historically accurate interpretation Interpreting Land Records is the industrys most complete guide to resea...

Current Perspectives and New Directions in Mechanics, Modelling and Design of Structural Systems comprises 330 papers that were presented at the Ei...

Bearing Capacity of Roads, Railways and Airfields includes the contributions to the 10th International Conference on the Bearing Capacity of Roads,...

The definitive guide to the critical issue of slope stability and safety Soil Strength and Slope Stability, Second Edition presents the latest thi...

The aftermath of September 11, 2001, brought the subject of engineering-failure forensics to public attention as had no previous catastrophe. In ke...