Author: John J. Clague, Douglas Stead | Size: 52 MB | Format:PDF | Quality:Unspecified | Publisher: Cambridge University Press | Year: 2012 | pages: 429 | ISBN: 1107002060, 9781107002067, 9781628702842
Landslides have geological causes but can be triggered by natural processes (rainfall, snowmelt, erosion and earthquakes) or by human actions such as agriculture and construction. Research aimed at better understanding slope stability and failure has accelerated in recent years, accompanied by basic field research and numerical modeling of slope failure processes, mechanisms of debris movement, and landslide causes and triggers. Written by 75 world-leading researchers and practitioners, this book provides a state-of-the-art summary of landslide science. It features both field geology and engineering approaches, as well as modeling of slope failure and run-out using a variety of numerical codes. It is illustrated with international case studies integrating geological, geotechnical and remote sensing studies and includes recent slope investigations in North America, Europe and Asia. This is an essential reference for researchers and graduate students in geomorphology, engineering geology, geotechnical engineering and geophysics, as well as professionals in natural hazard analysis.
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A guide to real-world applications of The 2010 Americans with Disabilities Act Standards for Accessible Design
Applying the ADA helps architects and developers understand better how the rules for eliminating barriers in the built environment apply to everyday life and how to best implement them in the design and construction of a broad variety of buildings and facilities.
By showing how The 2010 Americans with Disabilities Act Standards for Accessible Design have been applied in various contexts and building types, this extensively illustrated guide helps readers quickly understand the requirements of the standards and how to apply them to both new construction and renovation. Written by an architect who consults regularly on accessibility issues for design professionals, building owners, and facility managers, this user-friendly guide features 100 photos and 150 drawings that take the guesswork out of applying the standards to real-world projects. Building types covered include:
Healthcare and senior living facilities and hospitals
College and university facilities
Elementary and high schools
Hotels and other transient lodging facilities
Amusement parks and play areas
Historic preservation and remodels
Retail and office spaces
Applying the ADA is an indispensable resource for architects, interior designers, owners, developers, and facility managers. It is also important reading for students of architecture and interior design.
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Modern Prestressed Concrete: Design Principles and Construction Methods
Author: James R. Libby | Size: 17.4 MB | Format:PDF | Quality:Unspecified | Publisher: Springer | Year: November 14, 2012 | pages: 876 | ISBN: 1461367476
This book was written with a dual purpose, as a reference book for practicing engineers and as a textbook for students of prestressed concrete. It represents the fifth generation of books on this subject written by its author. Significant additions and revisions have been made in this edition. Chapters 2 and 3 contain new material intended to assist the engineer in understanding factors affecting the time-dependent properties of the reinforcement and concrete used in prestressing concrete, as well as to facilitate the evaluation of their effects on prestress loss and deflection. Flexural strength, shear strength, and bond of prestressed concrete members were treated in a single chapter in the of flexural strength has third edition. Now, in the fourth edition, the treatment been expanded, with more emphasis on strain compatibility, and placed in Chapter 5 which is devoted to this subject alone. Chapter 6 of this edition, on flexural-shear strength, torsional strength, and bond of prestressed reinforce ment, was expanded to include discussions of Compression Field Theory and torsion that were not treated in the earlier editions. In similar fashion, expanded discussions of loss of prestress, deflection, and partial prestressing now are presented separately, in Chapter 7. Minor additions and revisions have been made to the material contained in the remaining chapters with the exception of xv xvi I PREFACE Chapter 17. This chapter, which is devoted to construction considerations, has important new material on constructibility and tolerances as related to prestressed concrete.
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Predictive Hydrology: A Frequency Analysis Approach is the first book to address both the theoretical concepts and the methodological approaches used in frequency hydrology—spelling out the fundamental methods to consider, providing concise instruction on the techniques that are involved, and including examples and critiques based on practical applications. It explores some of the recent research developments in the field.
Published originally in French, this English translation targets students in civil engineering, environmental sciences and technology, hydrology, geography, geology and ecology. This book will also serve as a useful reference not only for teachers and researchers, but for engineering practitioners, who are constantly faced with the problems of handling data, but often find themselves without the appropriate analytical tools.
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During an earthquake, the unbalanced moments transferred at flat plate-column connections can produce significant shear stresses that increase the vulnerability of these connections to brittle punching shear failure. This guide provides recommendations for designing flat plate-column connections with sufficient ductility to withstand lateral drift without punching shear failure or loss of moment transfer capacity. This guide treats reinforced concrete flat plates with or without post-tensioning.
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Presents different energy efficient cooling technologies
Evaluates techniques with regard to their energy efficiency and the impact on the thermal comfort
Gives state-of-the-art information on technological potentials and the impact on thermal comfort and energy efficiency in a changing environment
This book supports HVAC planners in reducing the cooling energy demand, improving the indoor environment and designing more cost-effective building concepts. High performance buildings have shown that it is possible to go clearly beyond the energy requirements of existing legislation and obtaining good thermal comfort. However, there is still a strong uncertainty in day-to-day practice due to the lack of legislative regulations for mixed-mode buildings which are neither only naturally ventilated nor fully air-conditioned, but use a mix of different low-energy cooling techniques. Based on the findings from monitoring campaigns (long-term measurements in combination with field studies on thermal comfort), simulation studies, and a comprehensive review on existing standards and guidelines, this book acts as a commonly accessible knowledge pool for passive and low-energy cooling techniques.
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Reliability and Optimization of Structural Systems: Assessment, Design and Life-Cycle Performance
Author: Dan M. Frangopol, Mitsuo Kawatani, Chul W. Kim | Size: 5.6 MB | Format:PDF | Quality:Original preprint | Publisher: Taylor & Francis | Year: 2007 | pages: 280 | ISBN: 0203932218
PROCEEDINGS OF THE THIRTEENTH IFIP WG 7.5 WORKING CONFERENCE ON
RELIABILITY AND OPTIMIZATION OF STRUCTURAL SYSTEMS, KOBE, JAPAN,
OCTOBER 11–14, 2006
Focussing on structural reliability methods, reliability-based optimization, structural system reliability and risk analysis, lifetime performance and various applications in civil engineering. Invaluable to all concerned with structural system reliability and optimization, especially students, engineers, and workers in research and development.
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Theory and Design of Reinforced Concrete Tanks (By M.HILAL)
Author: DIPL. ING. M. HILAL DR. SC. TECHN. PROFESSOR, FACULTY OF ENGINEERING CAIRO UNIVERSITY, | Size: 14.71 MB | Format:PDF | Quality:Unspecified | Publisher: J. MARCOU & Co. | Year: 1988 | pages: 402
PREFACE
This new revised edition includes the-following additions
1) Detennination of fixing and connecting moments in fixed and continuous surfaces of revolution. Chapter IV.
2) The application of the data given in the previous article appears in the design of the Inze tank given in Chapter VI.
3) The design of circular flat plates with overhanging cantilevers and
eventually central holes under different load conditions is shown in
Chapter VI in a numerical example of a circular water tower
300 m3 capacity,
-1) Bunkers and Silos being a natural continuation to tanks and containers are dealt with in Chapter IX.
5) The 'statistical behavior of pump rooms is similar to that of' under ground tanks; the discussion of some examples is given in Chapter
X.
6) Temperature stresses in walls of tanks, bunkers, silos and pump rooms are shown in Chapter XII.
The author hopes that these additions open new scopes in the theory and design of reinforced concrete tanks and containers and may be of benefit to both graduate and undergraduate students in the faculties of engineering and practicing structural engineers.
January 1972. M. BILAL
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Providing the first worldwide survey of active earthquake faults, this book focuses on those described as 'seismic time bombs' – with the potential to destroy large cities in the developing world such as Port au Prince, Kabul, Tehran and Caracas. Leading international earthquake expert, Robert Yeats, explores both the regional and plate-tectonic context of active faults, providing the background for seismic hazard evaluation in planning large-scale projects such as nuclear power plants or hydroelectric dams. He also highlights work done in more advanced seismogenic countries like Japan, the United States, New Zealand and China, providing an important basis for upgrading building standards and other laws in developing nations. The book also explores the impact of major quakes on social development through history. It will form an accessible reference for analysts and consulting firms, and a convenient overview for academics and students of geoscience, geotechnical engineering and civil engineering, and land-use planning.
Application boxes within the text engage students by demonstrating how theories relate to real applications
Provides a neutral journalistic account of controversies, such as whether the historical record is adequate to estimate maximum earthquake size for critical facilities like the nuclear plant in Japan
Presents arresting human perspectives, illustrating that a repeat of the 1505 earthquake in Kabul could kill as many people as 30 years of wars in Afghanistan, or that the Bible can provide information on the Dead Sea Transform Fault in the destruction of Sodom, Gomorrah and Jericho
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