Project Management &Leadership Skills for Engineering & Construction Projects Book
Fairmont Press | 2003 | ISBN: 0824709993 | 230 pages | PDF | 2,2 MB
Project management is the key to any engineering and construction project's success. Now you can learn from the experts real-world tested strategies you can use to lead your projects to on-time, within budget, high quality success stories. Specifics of scheduling, cost estimating and leadership skills are fully detailed.
The authors will show you how to organize your project from the very beginning to achieve success. You'll also learn to use win-win negotiation skills during each stage of your project. Real world examples will facilitate your understanding of how to apply every aspect of the material presented in the text. Loaded with forms, checklists and case studies, this invaluable reference is a must for everyone involved with engineering and construction projects.
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IRTAD Road Safety Annual Report 2009
International Traffic Safety Data & Analysis Group. International Transport Forum
OECD/ITF | 16 Aug 2010 | ISBN: 9282102824 | 240 pages | PDF | 7 MB
This first IRTAD annual report comprises a synthesis of the main trends in traffic deaths and crashes in 2008 and presents the IRTAD Group and its activities. It includes detailed reports from 28 countries, focusing on the latest data for the year 2008 and preliminary data for 2009, with analysis of safety trends and national strategies, including casualty targets and performance towards meeting those targets.
This report of the IRTAD Group comprises:
• A presentation of the IRTAD Group and its activities.
• A synthesis of the main trends in the year 2008, in terms of the evolution in the number of traffic deaths and crashes. It also presents longer term trends in order to better understand the evolution taking place in the different countries.
• Detailed reports from 27 countries, focusing on :
- Latest data for the year 2008 and in some cases preliminary data for 2009.
- Analysis of safety trends by road user category, by age group and by road type.
- Analysis of specific safety issues such as: speeding, drink driving, and the wearing of seat belts and helmets.
- The national strategies in place in IRTAD countries, including targets and performance towards meeting the targets.
- Measures implemented in 2007‐2009 to improve safety.
- Recent safety research.
Table of Contents
ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION
SUMMARY OF TRENDS IN 2008
COUNTRY REPORTS
AUSTRALIA
AUSTRIA
BELGIUM
CANADA
CZECH REPUBLIC
DENMARK
FINLAND
FRANCE
GERMANY
GREECE
HUNGARY
ICELAND
IRELAND
ISRAEL
JAPAN
KOREA
MALAYSIA
NETHERLANDS
NEW ZEALAND
NORWAY
POLAND
PORTUGAL
SLOVENIA
SPAIN
SWEDEN
SWITZERLAND
UNITED KINGDOM
UNITED STATES
LIST OF IRTAD MEMBERS
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- Seismic traveltime tomography for еnginееring аnd ехрlоrаtiоn аррliсаtiоns - by Bodo Lehmann
- Seismic traveltime tomography for еnginееring аnd ехрlоrаtiоn аррliсаtiоns - by Bodo Lehmann
EAGE Publications | 2007 | ISBN: 9073781412 | 125 pages | djvu | 8 MB
Тhе book covers а wide rаngе of аррliсаtiоns of seismic tomography in geotechnological and geoscientific invеstigаtions in раrtiсulаr fоr engineering and ехрlоrаtiоn. Тhе intent to bе practical is well met with many field examples аnd problems, without, neglecting the basic principles nееdеd to undеrstаnd the examples more deeply and to judge the quality of the imaging.
Thе special feature of this book is that it is based оn the huge experience Bodo Lehmann has accumulated in his career as а geophysicist in every aspect of seismic tomography, starting with field measurements and going оn to inversion.
Table of contents
Foreword
Preface
Chapter 1 - Introduction
1.1 Motivation and goals
1.2 Structure ofbook
1.3 History
1.4 Applications of geophysical tomography
1.4.1 Additional applications
1.4.1.1 Applications in global seismology
1.4.1.2 Tomographic images of trees
1.4.1.3 X-ray tomography
Chapter 2 - State of the art
2.1 Fundamentals of seismic tomography
2.1.1 Back-projection (ВР)
2.1.2 Matrix inversion (conjugate gradient method, CG; least square method, LSQR)
2.1.3 Analytic reconstruction (Fourier methods, filtered back projection)
2.1.4 Iterative reconstruction (ARт, SIRT)
2.1.5 Comparison ofthe different tomographic inversion methods
2.2 Mathematical background of the SIRT method
2.3 Basic tomographic processing
Chapter 3 - Quality, resolution and uncertainty in tomography
3.1 Quality aspects
3.1.1 Influence of errors in source or receiver coordinates
3.1.2 Influence of trigger/constant delays
3.2 Resolution limitation
3.2.1 Criteria for planning а tomographic survey
3.2.2 Resolution of dipping layers
3.2.3 Grid element sizes
3.2.4 Distances between boreholes
3.3 Effect of anisotropy
3.4 Tomographic inversion using amplitudes
3.5 Influence bу the operator
Chapter 4 - Field examples of seismic crosshole tomography
4.1 Оге exploration
4.2 Radioactive waste disposal
4.3 Tomography in а crooked plane
4.4 Seismic tomography to explore fissure zones below houses in the аrеа of а stress system induced Ьу deep coal mining activities
Chapter 5 - Tomography from the surface without using boreholes, VSP and ref1ection tomography
5.1 Seismic surface wave tomography
5.2 Diving wave tomography (refraction tomography)
5.3 VSP-tomography
5.4 Reflection tomography
5.4.1 Introduction
5.4.2 Reflection tomography using Gaussian beams
5.4.2.1 Suitable forward modelling
5.4.2.2 Strategy for the inversion of traveltime data
5.4.2.3 Numerical models
5.4.2.4 Analogue model
5.4.3 Demonstration of а system for the integrated inversion of surface data for соаl mining
5.4.3.1 Introduction
5.4.3.2 Preparation of the data set
5.4.3.3 Initial model setup
5.4.3.4 Structural geological features within the first selected area
5.4.3.5 Inversion problems of the first selected area
5.4.3.6 Tomographic inversion
Chapter 6 - Sеаш wave tomography
6.1 Introduction
б.2 Tomographic inversion of traveltimes of seam waves using dispersion analysis
6.3 Back-projection of frequencies
6.4 Results of tomographic processing of in-seam seismic waves
6.4.1 Results of traveltime tomography with seam waves
6.4.2 Comparison of the results from traveltime tomography with seam waves and from dispersion analysis
6.4.3 Correlation between seismic velocity and the thickness of dirt beds
Chapter 7 - Recent developments with new ideas
7.1 General remarks
7.2 Innovative acquisition techniques ('road view')
7.3 Tomographic imaging of sewer surroundings
7.4 Imaging ahead of the tunnel working face
7.5 Variable grid size
7.6 Interpretation of tomographic results
7.7 Future outlook
Chapter 8 - Summary and conclusions
Not Included: -Chapter 9 - References -Chapter 10 - Nomenclature -Chapter 11 - List of Figures -Chapter 12 - Index
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Abstract
Several modern lightweight space structures utilize curved and continuous compression members, although the behaviour of these members is not well understood. In many cases, the members are subjected to eccentric loading, which creates another difficulty in predicting their behaviour. Understanding the behaviour of curved and continuous members is certainly essential for the accurate modelling of the structures that use them, and for the reliable prediction of their strength, ductility and overall performance. The generic study presented in this paper uses theoretical and nonlinear numerical analyses to quantify the effect of curvature, continuity and load eccentricity on the behaviour of compression members. The work, although fundamental in nature, is of significant benefit to practical designs involving curved compression members.
2. Design problems of long span spatial structures
M. Kawaguchi
Abstract
Long span spatial structures impose on us various problems when we design them. They are very often technological, but are sometimes aesthetic ones. The problem of how to express structural rationality in the buildings we design is first discussed. The criteria given by modernistic forerunners such as Eduardo Torroja are examined.
A technological problem in the design of hanging roofs, that is, how to deal with big tensile forces at the ends of hanging members is next discussed. Possibilities of their transmission to the corners of a one-way hanging roof are pursued, and a semi-rigid hanging roof system without backstay is proposed.
Design problems of space frames are finally discussed. A new interpretation of space frames that automatically explains special features of this kind of structures is given, and a new structural system the Pantadome system which has been applied to long span space frames is described.
3. Effects of member buckling and yielding on ultimate strengths of space trusses
Yang, Chien-Tai YangTa-Peng Chang and Ping-Kun Chang
Abstract
Space trusses represent one type of structure whose ultimate loading capacity cannot be solely determined from linear analysis. In comparison with the large amount of research on the geometric nonlinear behaviours of space trusses, relatively little work has been conducted on the effects of member buckling and yielding. In this study, constitutive laws that consider these effects are first derived for a hinged bar. Such constitutive laws are then included in an incremental-iterative procedure for tracing the postbuckling responses of space trusses, based on a rigorous, updated, Lagrangian formulation. From the numerical studies, it is concluded that the buckling of individual members can result in drastic reduction of the ultimate loading capacity of space trusses. The effect of member yielding, however, tends to affect the duration of the elastic range in the postcritical stage for most structural steels.
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Author: N.Krishna Raju
Paperback: 774 of 811 pages
Publisher: McGraw Hill Higher Education; 4th edition (2007)
Language: English
ISBN: 0070634440
Product Description
The fourth edition of this highly successful text is thoroughly revised and updated to include recent developments in the design of prestressed concrete structures. It incorporates the salient design recommendations of national and major international codes of practice. The integrated limit state approach is followed in design of prestressed concrete structures with emphasis on it's practical aspects. All important design principles are illustrated through numerous worked-out examples. New to this edition are revisions in the Indian, British, American and Australian codes of practice with reference to high strength concrete mixes, flexural and shear strength computations, design of composite members, design for shear, bending and torsion, estimation of long-term deflections and crack width in prestresses members. In addition, the book has completely rewritten chapters on Deflection of prestressed concrete members and statically indeterminate structures. It includes a chapter on design of prestressed concrete bridges - explores new methods in design of high strength concrete mixes and highlights the various practical applications of prestressed concrete.
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A NEW ROCK BOLT DESIGN CRITERION AND KNOWLEDGE-BASED EXPERT SYSTEM FOR STRATIFIED ROOF
ABSTRACT
Since its development in the 1920s, bolting has become the most dominant support method in underground construction. However, because of the geological environment, the design process for roof bolt systems is an art rather than a science. To quantify the selection of bolting systems a MSBT (minimum solid beam thickness) approach was developed. The ultimate goal of this bolt design paradigm was achieved by optimizing bolt length, bolt density, and bolt pretension during installation. The impact of the number of strata layers within bolting range and pretension applied to bolts upon the stability of an opening was investigated using FLAC model. Four statistical models for predicting optimum bolt supports using a minimum solid beam thickness were established, and based on these results, a design criterion was proposed.
To meet support needs in various geological and geotechnical settings, a variety of bolt types have been developed. The installation of such bolt-based support systems is often complex and specialized, and thus imposes a challenge for engineers to identify the specific cause and to take appropriate remedial measures once problems arise. To solve these problems, a knowledge-based expert system (KBES) has been developed. The knowledge base includes the data accumulated from years of laboratory and field investigations conducted by the Mine Safety and Health Administration of the US Department of Labor. A user-friendly Windows-based program was implemented using KAPPA environment. After identifying the problem, the KBES searches its knowledge base and reasons out the most likely, secondary, and other potential causes, then provides solutions according to users’ input.
The results of this research are validated and demonstrated using case studies.
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Here is an excel sheet to study if we need a boundary elements based on the ACI-code. please note that the units are imperial. it will be easy to make the input in SI units.
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1.Excel file is editable.
2.Anyone found any bugs, you can fix it.
3.If you revised to a better one, please share it here.
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Dear Admin and Moderators,
I'd like to suggest to start a new section about pushover analysis, this section containing all related materials about pushover analysis :
- video tutorials
- tutorial manuals ( pdf/document )
- e-books
- technical reports
- example projects
- an all others stuff that still related with pushover analysis
Thanks
Rafael
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