Hi
I need paper in science direct : "A unified analysis model for energy dissipation devices used in seismic structures"
"Semi-active control of a building complex with variable friction
dampers "
"Method of estimating the parameters of tunedmass dampers for seismic applications"
"Semi-active tuned mass dampers for seismic protection of civil
structures"
The purpose of this guidance manual is to help local road officials gain a better understanding of:
- Typical problems that can result from improper maintenance of unpaved roads;
- How to prevent unpaved road problems from contributing to water quality problems using low-tech, common sense strategies
To do this, this manual presents guidelines on Best Management Practices (BMP’s) that can be used to improve water quality in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts while enhancing the quality of unpaved roads. These guidelines should not be considered definitive design specifications for BMP’s, as individual site conditions will always determine the level of design necessary for success at any given site.
This manual is designed for those who supervise highway departments, work in road crews, or are otherwise involved in maintaining public or private roadways. The information contained within is meant to help road maintenance decision-makers understand that unpaved roads can be managed in such a way so as to not be contributors to water quality problems.
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Dear all CivilEA members,
Now I am designing a prestressed concrete box girder bridge, I need "Guide Specifications for Design and Construction of Segmental Concrete Bridges(AASHTO)". Can anyone help me?
A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO WIND ENERGY ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT This authoritative resource offers comprehensive details on effectively using wind energy as a viable and economical energy source. Featuring a multidisciplinary approach, Wind Energy Engineering covers physics, meteorology, aerodynamics. wind measurement, wind turbine specifications, electricity, and integration with the grid. Planning, site selection, cost assessment, environmental impact, and project management are also discussed. Filled with diagrams, tables, charts, graphs, and statistics, this is a definitive reference to current and future developments in wind energy.
Wind Energy Engineering covers:
The business of wind energy worldwide
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Advanced topics in resource assessment, including wake, losses, and uncertainty
Wind turbine generator components
Electricity and generator basics
Deploying wind turbines in the grid
Environmental impact of wind projects
Financial modeling, planning, and execution of wind projects
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Civil engineering structures such as buildings, bridges, stadiums, and offshore structures play an import role in our daily life. However, constructing these structures requires lots of budget. Thus, how to cost-efficiently design structures satisfying all required design constraints is an important factor to structural engineers. Traditionally, mathematical gradient-based optimal techniques have been applied to the design of optimal structures. While, many practical engineering optimal problems are very complex and hard to solve by traditional method. In the past few decades, swarm intelligence algorithms, which were inspired by the social behaviour of natural animals such as fish schooling and bird flocking, were developed because they do not require conventional mathematical assumptions and thus possess better global search abilities than the traditional optimization algorithms and have attracted more and more attention. These intelligent based algorithms are very suitable for continuous and discrete design variable problems such as ready-made structural members and have been vigorously applied to various structural design problems and obtained good results. This book gathers the authors’ latest research work related with particle swarm optimizer algorithm and group search optimizer algorithm as well as their application to structural optimal design. The readers can understand the full spectrum of the algorithms and apply the algorithms to their own research problems.
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Found these on the internet, they seem very interesting, so I thought to share them:
Article: STEEL BUILDING DAMAGE CHRISTCHURCH EARTHQUAKE 22-2011 NEW ZEALAND
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Author: American Institute of Architects | Size: 42.3 MB | Format:PDF | Publisher: - | Year: 2011 | pages: 68 | ISBN: NA
Eco-structure is geared toward architects, builders, interior designers and others interested in green building. By focusing on particular green residential and commercial projects, as well as gaining “perspectives” from industry leaders, the publication strives to improve the built the... Eco-structure editorial covers green building from all angles, providing information about diverse green-building techniques and rating systems to help architects and designers choose the proper approach to their specific projects. In addition, Eco-structure focuses on the entire building and how intricately a building's systems work together to achieve sustainability. Eco-structure consistently provides reliable, in-depth coverage of the market, new trends and market statistics, as well new products information.
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Record breaking hurricane seasons, tornados, tsunamis, earthquakes, and intentional acts of mass-casualty violence, give lie to the delusion that disasters are the anomaly and not the norm. Disaster management is rooted in the fundamental belief that we can protect ourselves. Even if we cannot control all the causes, we can prepare and respond. We can craft constructive, workable policy that will contribute to the prevention of enormous financial impact, destruction of the environment, and needless loss of life. Integrating scholarly articles from international experts and first hand accounts from the practitioner community, Disaster Management Handbook presents an analytical critique of the interrelated, multidisciplinary issues of preparedness, response, and recovery in anticipating and rebuilding from disasters. Beginning with an introduction to the theoretical constructs and conceptual foundations of disaster management, the book reviews the relationship of modern development to disaster vulnerability, the politics of disaster management, leadership , and the role of agency coordination. The second and third sections examine case studies and lessons learned through natural disasters in North America and around the world. They compare and contrast the efficacy of different management strategies from national, provincial, and local governments, as well as non-governmental agencies.
Taking a narrower scope, the fourth section focuses on emergency personnel and the methods and issues faced in on-the-scene response and preparation. It also considers the special needs of hospitals and the effective use of the media. Contributions in the final two sections present strategies for limiting and ameliorating the psychological impact of disaster on victims and personnel, and look forward to how we can be better prepared in the future and rebuild stronger, more resilient communities.
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This analysis of the aftermath of earthquakes in Japan, Turkey and India reveals important insights into how the outcome of each was affected by the different styles of state-society relationships. Using a comparative approach the book also seeks to draw out patterns and lessons that can be applied more generally to societies in the aftermath of such events. The result is a groundbreaking work that will be of major importance to all those whose work involves them in dealing with the aftermath of disasters and major conflict.
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