Author: M.K. Hurd
Year of Publication: 2005
Number of Pages: 500
ACI Special Publication 4, 2005, 500 pp.
This document serves a broad range of information needs with the objective of improving quality, safety, and economy in all types of formwork. For the experienced designer or builder of formwork, it is a ready reference on material properties, design data, and construction suggestions. For the architect or engineer, it adds guidance relating to structural design details and the problems and possibilities of executing them in formwork. For the novice, the book explains basic design principles and provides an introduction to many common formwork practices. This edition includes new material on single-sided wall forms, insulating concrete forms, pressure formulas with coefficients for differing weights and mix chemistries, and expanded text on multistory shoring systems.
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Engineering Journal is published quarterly. It is a peer-reviewed publication dedicated to the improvement and advancement of structural steel construction. Its pages are open to all who wish to report on new developments in structural steel design, research, and fabrication
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Ultrasonic Nondestructive Evaluation: Engineering and Biological Material Characterization
Ultrasonic Nondestructive Evaluation: Engineering and Biological Material Characterization by Tribikram Kundu
Publisher: CRC; 1 edition (December 29, 2003) | 848 pages | ISBN: 0849314623 | PDF | 14 MB
Most books on ultrasonic nondestructive evaluation (NDE) focus either on its theoretical background or on advanced applications. Furthermore, information on the most current applications, such as guided wave techniques and acoustic microscopy, is scattered throughout various conference proceedings and journals. No one book has integrated these aspects into a treatment that is both self-contained and up-to-date.Ultrasonic Nondestructive Evaluation: Engineering and Biological Material Characterization brings together the principles, equations, and applications of ultrasonic NDE, both traditional and state-of-the-art, in a single, authoritative resource. It begins with the relevant fundamentals of mechanics, derives the basic equations of the mechanics of elastic wave propagation, and then, step-by-step, covers the advanced topics and applications of ultrasonic NDE that are at the forefront of today's research. These include engineering, biological, and clinical applications, such as structural health monitoring, the characterization of biological cells, and real-time blood flow measurement.Written in plain language by some of the world's leading experts, the chapters are filled with case studies, worked examples, and exercises that help make this book an outstanding resource for course work, as well as for reference. If you are looking for that one book that can bring you quickly up-to-speed on the principles, technologies, and latest applications of ultrasonic NDEólook no further than this book.
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Nanoengineering of Structural, Functional, and Smart Materials
Nanoengineering of Structural, Functional and Smart Materials
Publisher: CRC | 736 pages | August 29, 2005 | ISBN 0849316537 | PDF | 32 MB
In chapters contributed by 24 nanotechnology laboratories, this book combines wide-ranging research relevant to the development of multifunctional materials, focusing on synthesis, manufacturing techniques, and modeling. It defines functional materials and discusses techniques that are designed to improve material properties, durability, multifunctionality, and adaptability. It also examines sensors and actuators fabricated from nanostructured microdevices for structural health and performance monitoring. The authors emphasize the current and potential commercial applications of nanoengineered smart materials, such as nanocoatings to create "artificial skin" and functionalized nanotubes used for enhancing the properties of composite materials and for hydrogen sensing and storage.
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Kalman Filtering: Theory and Practice Using MATLAB
Kalman Filtering: Theory and Practice Using MATLAB By Mohinder S. Grewal, Angus P. Andrews
Publisher: Wiley-Interscience 2001 | 416 Pages | ISBN: 0471392545 | PDF | 3 MB
". . . an authentic magnum opus worth much more than its weight in gold!"-IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, from a review of the First Edition
"The best book I've seen on the subject of Kalman filtering . . . Reading other books on Kalman filters and not this one could make you a very dangerous Kalman filter engineer."-Amazon.com, from a review of the First Edition
In this practical introduction to Kalman filtering theory and applications, authors Grewal and Andrews draw upon their decades of experience to offer an in-depth examination of the subtleties, common problems, and limitations of estimation theory as it applies to real-world situations. They provide many illustrative examples drawn from an array of application areas including GPS-aided INS, the modeling of gyros and accelerometers, inertial navigation, and freeway traffic control. In addition, they share many hard-won lessons about, and original methods for, designing, implementing, validating, and improving Kalman filters, including techniques for:
* Representing the problem in a mathematical model
* Analyzing estimator performance as a function of model parameters
* Implementing the mechanization equations in numerically stable algorithms
* Assessing computational requirements
* Testing the validity of results
* Monitoring filter performance in operation
As the best way to understand and master a technology is to observe it in action, Kalman Filtering: Theory and Practice Using MATLAB®, Second Edition includes companion software in MATLAB®, providing users with an opportunity to experience first hand the filter's workings and its limitations.
This updated and revised edition of Grewal and Andrews's classic guide is an indispensable working resource for engineers and computer scientists involved in the design of aerospace and aeronautical systems, global positioning and radar tracking systems, power systems, and biomedical instrumentation.
Note from Nautilus87 : This book is used for Structural Health Monitoring
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Damage Prognosis: For Aerospace, Civil and Mechanical Systems
Publisher: Wiley | Pages: 470 | 2005-05-13 | ISBN 0470869070 | PDF | 7 MB
Damage prognosis is a natural extension of damage detection and structural health monitoring and is forming a growing part of many businesses. This comprehensive volume presents a series of fundamental topics that define the new area of damage prognosis. Bringing together essential information in each of the basic technologies necessary to perform damage prognosis, it also reflects the highly interdisciplinary nature of the industry through the extensive referencing of each of the component disciplines.Â
Taken from lectures given at the Pan American Advanced Studies Institute in Damage Prognosis sponsored by the US National Science Foundation in cooperation with Los Alamos National Laboratories, this book will be essential reading for anyone looking to get to grips with the fundamentals of damage prognosis.Â
* Presents the 'ground rules' for Damage Prognosis.
* Deals with interdisciplinary topics: rotating machines, aerospace structures, automotive components and civil structures.
* Covers essential technical material: equations, graphs and plots, tables and photographs.
* Offers additional material from the associated workshop on an active web site.
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Structural Health Monitoring with Piezoelectric Wafer Active Sensors
Victor Giurgiutiu, "Structural Health Monitoring: with Piezoelectric Wafer Active Sensors"
Academic Press | 2007-11-16 | ISBN: 0120887606 | 760 pages | PDF | 13 MB
Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) is the interdisciplinary engineering field devoted to the monitoring and assessment of structural health and durability. SHM technology integrates remote sensing, smart materials, and computer based knowledge systems to allow engineers see how built up structures are performing over time. It is particularly useful for remotely monitoring large infrastructure systems, such as bridges and dams, and high profile mechanical systems such as aircraft, spacecraft, ships, offshore structures and pipelines where performance is critical but onsite monitoring is difficult or even impossible. Structural Health Monitoring with Piezoelectric Wafer Active Sensors is the first comprehensive textbook to provide background information, theoretical modeling, and experimental examples on the principal technologies involved in SHM.
This textbook can be used for both teaching and research. It not only provides students, engineers and other interested technical specialists with the foundational knowledge and necessary tools for understanding modern sensing materials and systems, but also shows them how to employ this knowledge in actual engineering situations.
. Addresses the problem of aging structures and explains how SHM can alleviate their situation and prolong their useful life.
. Provides a step by step presentation on how Piezoelectric Wafer Active Sensors (PWAS) are used to detect and quantify the presence of damage in structures.
. Presents the underlying theories (piezoelectricity, vibration, wave propagation, etc.) and experimental techniques (E/M impedance, PWAS phased arrays, etc.) to be employed in successful SHM applications.
. Provides an understanding of how to interpret sensor signal patterns such as various wave forms, including analytical techniques like Fast Fourier Transform, Short-time Fourier Transform and Wavelet Transform.
. Offers comprehensive teaching tools (worked examples, experiments, homework problems, and exercises) and an extensive online instructor manual containing lecture plans and homework solutions.
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Conference Proceedings of the 13th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, held in Vancouver in 2004.
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