Stability of Buildings

BS 6089:1981 Guide to assessment of concrete strength in existing structures

Guidance on planning and conducting investigations including a description of test methods and interpretation of results. Ilustrates the relationship between strength of standard test specimens and that in a structure.

Base sliding response of concrete gravity dams to earthquakes

The design and specification of parking areas and hardstandings

Provides design and specification guidelines for clients, designers and contractors wishing to use hydraulically bound mixtures for parking areas and hardstandings. Also covers mixture design, construction and control testing and includes a useful glossary of terms.

Provides design and specification guidelines for clients, designers and contractors wishing to use hydraulically bound mixtures for residential and commercial road pavements. Also covers mixture design, construction and control testing and
includes a useful glossary of terms.

Provides design and specification guidelines for clients, designers and contractors wishing to use hydraulically bound mixtures for heavy-duty paving in areas subject to wheel/axle loading in excess of that permitted on public roads. Also covers mixture design, construction and control testing and includes a useful glossary of terms.

Steel Water Pipe: A Guide for Design and Installation (M11), Fourth Edition

This manual provides a review of experience and design theory regarding steel pipe used for conveying water. Major revisions to the third edition included in this edition are: the manual was metricized and edited throughout; a discussion of Chemistry, Casting and Heat Treatment (Sec. 1.3) and a discussion of stress evaluation in spiral-welded pipe (Sec. 1.12) were added to Chapter 1; Table 4-1 was revised to reflect new steel grades and Charpy test requirements for pipe with wall thicknesses greater than 1 - 2 in. (12.7 mm); calculations for external fluid pressure (Sec. 4.4) were revised to include consideration of pipe stiffness added by the cement-mortar coating and lining; in Table 6-1, values of E' used for calculation of pipe deflection were revised to reflect increasing soil stiffness with increasing depth of cover; in Chapter 7, the discussion of ring girder design was revised, and a design example was added; Chapter 9, Fittings and Appurtenances, was revised to reflect the provisions of AWWA C208-96; a new section on installation of flanged joints was added to Chapter 12; and, thrust-restraint design calculations in Chapter 13 were revised.

Keywords: Steel Pipe; Installation; Design; Manufacturing; Testing; Water Hammer; Joints; Fittings; Corrosion; Coatings; Linings

SCI P148: Modelling of Steel Structures for Computer Analysis

This document gives guidance on the creation of computer models for steel structures with orthodox details and connections in order to produce safe, cost effective, real structures. It is primarily aimed at structural engineers using readily available analysis software. It highlights the importance of a qualitative understanding of structural response both during the creation of the analysis model and whilst appraising the analysis output.
After a general introduction to the elastic, plastic and elastic-plastic analysis of two and three dimensional frames, separate chapters address the modelling of:
- a simple beam and column frames
- a trusses and lattice girders
- a portal frames
- a curved, tapered and non homogeneous members connections
- a supports
- a loads
It also provides guidance on simple checks to ensure the analysis is correct and an overview of member design for the less experienced designer.
This guide is limited to the modelling of general building and plant structures of normal proportions under static loading. Offshore structures, masts, bridges, shells and plates are not covered, nor is grillage analysis. The guide concentrates on first order analysis programs. Second order analysis is discussed, but both the analysis and the type of structure requiring second order analysis are outside the scope of this document.