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Foundations of commercial and industrial buildings, foundations of retaining walls, pile foundations, grade beams and many other structures and structural elements are analyzed and designed as Beams on Elastic Foundation. Methods of analysis of Beams on Elastic Foundation are not limited to the area of Civil-Structural Engineering. These methods are used in various areas of Mechanical and Geotechnical Engineering as well.
Analysis of beams on elastic foundation is performed currently by using special computer programs based on numerical methods, such as Finite Difference Method and Finite Element Method. However, these programs are not always available, and their application is limited. Most of computer programs are developed only for Winkler's soil model. They cannot be used for other soil models such as Elastic Half-Space or Elastic Layer and others. Methods of analysis of complex beams, such as stepped beams, pin-connected beams, beams with various boundary conditions are not developed for practical applications. Hand calculations based on Method of End Conditions (Method Hetenyi) or Method of Initial Parameters are very laborious, time consuming and usually impossible to use. Consequently, a practicing engineer has no other option, but to perform hand calculations of any beam on Elastic Foundation as absolutely rigid , without taking into account the actual rigidity of the beam. While this method, in some cases, can be justified, it can also lead to serious mistakes.
This book contains tables that allow analyzing various free supported beams on Winkler Foundation. The same tables are used for analysis of complex problems, such as stepped beams, pin-connected beams, interconnected beams, and any other continuous beams with various boundary conditions.
This book includes also practical recommendations for analysis of beams and frames on Winkler Foundation by replacing the soil with elastic supports and individual foundations with line elements that allows using programs for analysis of statically indeterminate systems to analyze various beams and frames supported on Elastic Foundation.
A significant part of this book is devoted to the Method of Initial Parameters and its application to analysis of Beams and Frames on Elastic Foundation . A computer program, based on this method, allows performing computer analysis of Beams on Elastic Foundation. Stiffness Method is used for combined analysis of frames with continuous foundations. Author takes into account the absolutely rigid elements at the area of intersection of the first floor columns and continuous foundations that significantly specifies the results of analysis. Stiffness Method is also applied to analysis of a system of interconnected beams supported on Winkler Foundation. Proposed method of analysis takes into account the absolutely rigid elements located at the area of beam intersection. The same method is used for analysis of a system of individual foundations connected with grade beams. Numerical examples illustrate application of the described method to practical analysis.
A large part of this book is devoted to analysis of Beams and Frames on Elastic Half-Space. A numerical Method proposed by Zshemochkin is further developed and applied to analysis of beams with various boundary conditions and various soil models. Several numerical examples illustrate application of the method to practical analysis. This book includes also tables developed by Simvulidi that allow analyzing beams supported on Elastic Half-Space. Tables are developed for three types of loads: concentrated vertical loads, moments, and uniformly distributed loads. Application of the tables is also illustrated with a series of numerical examples.
Methods of combined analysis of 2D and 3D frames and foundations, described in this book, are relatively simple and produce more accurate results compared to separate analyses of frames and foundations. They allow performing analysis of the system Frame-Foundation using computer programs developed for analysis of regular statically indeterminate systems.
While the book does not cover directly analysis of mat foundations , the tables, presented in this book, can, nonetheless, be used for simplified analysis of mats by cutting off bands from the mat in both directions and analyzing each band as a beam supported on Winkler Foundation or on Elastic Half-Space.
The primary purpose of this book is to serve the practicing civil and structural engineer, but some parts of the book can also be of outmost interest to graduate students and teachers conducting research in area of structures supported on Elastic Foundation.
About the Author
Dr. Edward Tsudik is a retired, professional Civil Engineer with over 40 years experience in the area of design and analysis of structures, including commercial, industrial buildings and hydraulic structures. A leading engineer, responsible for structural analysis and design of various large projects primarily focused on heavy earthquake areas, Dr. Tsudik's experience represents a combination of practical engineering with teaching and research, as well as the development of structural software. He holds a M.S. in Structural Engineering from Moscow Engineering Structural Institute and a Ph.D. in Structural Mechanics from Moscow Engineering School Department of Bridges, and Tunnels (MADI). After moving to the United States in 1980, Dr. Tsudik worked as a Structural Engineer for a number of large companies in Houston, TX, such as Pullman-Kellogg, Inc. and Foster Weller Energy Corporation. Dr. Tsudik subsequently managed construction projects such as, Building Leveling and Reinforcement of unreinforced Masonry Buildings in Houston, TX and Los Angeles, CA. Dr. Tsudik is a member of the Structural Engineers Association of Southern California. His primary professional and research interests lay in the area of Foundation Engineering specifically focused on the Analysis of Structures on Elastic Foundation and Soil-Foundation-Structure Interaction. He is the author of 22 publications, including papers in professional journals, two monographs, and reports to numerous local and international conferences.
A.K. Raja, Amit Prakash Srivastava, Manish Dwivedi, “Power Plant Engineering”
New Age International | 2006 | ISBN: 8122418317, 8122423337 | 491 pages | PDF | 3 MB
Preface
There have been significant developments and advances in the field of power plant engineering, computer applications on energy audit and management, environmental audit and management, human development and environment. The authors have been encouraged to write this pioneer book for the benefit of students of engineering and researchers due to their contribution in power generation covering the syllabi of conventional power plants i.e., Power Plant Engineering, at the international level in general as text cum reference book.
This book being pilot project of the authors specially in the area of conventional power plant will satisfy the engineering scholars as well as researchers in the field of direct energy conversion devices.
In the present book the syllabi enclosed has been covered in the most lucid manner from power plant point of view to avoid the unnecessary bulkiness and to reduce the cost of the price for the benefit of our beloved students of engineering in particular and others in general.
We have written this pioneering book on the basis of syllabi in the most lucid and compact manner for the benefit of the students and the readers.
In the end the authors will feel obliged for critical and useful suggestions since this pioneer book covers the syllabi in the most useful area of Mechanical Engineering in particular and is applicable for all branches of technology and engg. for all major Indian Universities, as well as at international level.
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I have been trying to model steel structures in SAP 2000. Could anyone throw some light on modeling a builtup section for a plate gorder WITH STIFFNERS? Without stiffners I can create the section within SAP 2000 general section builder. However, if I have vertical stiffners sau angles are welded to the plate girder at a distace of say 1 m each, its getting complicated or may be I dont know how to model it correctly.
Its a welded plate girder.
In addition does anyone has some idea on mdeling moving loads from a 4 wheel crane loads on a girder...kind of Gantry girder.
Highway and Rail Transit Tunnel Maintenance and Rehabilitation Manual
Publisher: U.S. Department of Transportation
No. Pages: 108
Description:
This manual is an update to the version issued in May, 2003. It provides specific information for the maintenance and rehabilitation of both highway and rail transit tunnels. Although several components are similar in both types of tunnels, a few elements are specific to either highway or rail transits tunnels, and are defined accordingly.
CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 2: TUNNEL CONSTRUCTION AND SYSTEMS
CHAPTER 3: PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE
CHAPTER 4: REHABILITATION OF STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS
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Selected Geotechnical papers of James K. Mitchell: Civil Engineering Classics
Author: James Kenneth Mitchell
Paperback: 934 pages
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers (April 2001)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0784405670
ISBN-13: 978-0784405673
Risk Analysis of Water Pollution
Author(s): Jacques Ganoulis
Publisher: Wiley-VCH
Date : 2009
Pages : 327
Format : PDF
Language : English
ISBN-10 : 352732173X
This practice-oriented textbook is a unique tool for identifying and evaluating local and regional environmental risks from pollution hazards in groundwater, river water and coastal seawaters. The book explains different risk-based probabilistic methodologies and fuzzy logic-based approaches and includes various mathematical models for water quality simulation and theories, such as the decision analysis, the utility theory and the integrated risk-based multi-criteria assessment and management, in order to thoroughly evaluate several case studies from the real world.
Questions testing the reader?s understanding are given at the end of each chapter, and a useful appendix provides hints for answering them as well the solutions themselves.
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Basics of Fluid Mechanics and Introduction to Computational Fluid Dynamics (Numerical Methods and Algorithms)
Basics of Fluid Mechanics and Introduction to Computational Fluid Dynamics (Numerical Methods and Algorithms)
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0387238379 Edition 2004
PDF 512 pages 12,5 mb
This handbook brings together the theoretical basics of fluid dynamics with a systemaic overview of the appropriate numerical and computational methods for solving the problems presented in the book. Also, effective codes for a majority of the examples are included.
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Protection of Materials and Structures from the Space Environment (Space Technology Proceedings)
Protection of Materials and Structures from the Space Environment (Space Technology Proceedings)
Jacob I. Kleiman
Publisher: Wiley 2006
ISBN 1402042817
PDF 478 pages 10.3 MB
The goals of the ICPMSE-7 meeting, as in the past years, are to facilitate exchanges between members of the various engineering disciplines involved in development of space materials, including such aspects as environmental hazards of Low Earth Orbit (LEO), Geostationary Earth Orbit (GEO) and Deep Space, ground-based qualification, and in-flight experiments and lessons learned from operational vehicles.
The book continues to discuss topics started in the earlier publications and adds new data and results.
The proceedings cover a range of inter-disciplinary topics concerning the protection of materials and structures in space and discussing the effects of the aggressive LEO as well as the GEO and Deep Space environments on materials and structures and the ways to predict and reduce these effects of short and long-term space missions.
The book is targeting organizations and individuals involved with space material selction, their reliability and influence of space environmental effects on materials and structures.
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Urban Drainage
Authors: David Butler and John W Davies
Publisher: Spon Press, London
Edition: Second
Year: 2004
ISBN 0-203-14969-6 Master e-book ISBN
Format: High Quality Digital PDF (English)
My Note: Those who are interested to work in Urban Drainage Modeling and Management of Urban Storm water and its relevant area, this book could be a good supplement for them.
Authors Note about this book:
In this book, we cover engineering and environmental aspects of the drainage of rainwater and wastewater from areas of human development. We present basic principles and engineering best practice. The principles are essentially universal but, in this book, are mainly illustrated by UK practice. We have also included introductions to current developments and recent research.
The book is primarily intended as a text for students on undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Civil or Environmental Engineering and researchers in related ?elds. We hope engineering aspects are treated with suf?cient rigour and thoroughness to be of value to practising engineers as well as students, though the book does not take the place of an engineering manual.
The basic principles of drainage include wider environmental issues, and these are of signi?cance not only to engineers, but to all with a serious interest in the urban environment, such as students, researchers and practitioners in environmental science, technology, policy and planning, geography and health studies. These wider issues are covered in particular parts of the book, deliberately written for a wide readership (indicated in the table opposite). The material makes up a signi?cant portion of the
book, and if these sections are read together, they should provide a coher ent and substantial insight into a fascinating and important environmental topic.
The book is divided into twenty-four chapters, with numerical examples throughout, and problems at the end of each chapter. Comprehensive reference lists that point the way to further, more detailed information, support the text. Our aim has been to produce a book that is both comprehensive and accessible, and to share our conviction with all our readers that urban drainage is a subject of extraordinary variety and interest.
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Computer Models for Water Resources Planning and Management
Computer Models for Water Resources Planning and Management
Author: Ralph A Wurbs (Texas A & M University)
Type: IWR Report (But it is more than a Book)
Publishing Year: July, 1994
Format: PDF
ISBN:
This manual is compendium of water resources planning and management software, which could be helpful who are interested to work in the mathematical modeling works in water resources. A report like this (more than a book to me!!!!) would be of great interest and use to water managers and planners. The report is designed to help water managers and planners, who are not expert in modeling, and modeling experts in one area who are interested in surveying available models in another area.
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