Tips and Tricks for Computer Aided Structural Analysis

Advanced Theory of Vibration

Dissertation Research and Writing for Construction Students

Midas civil Education Webinar - Dynamic Analysis

STADIA SURVEYING : THEORY OF STADIA MEASUREMEHTS

The fundamental principle upon which stadia measurements are based, is the geometrical one that the lengths of parallel lines subtending an angle are proportional to their distances from its apex.

Surveying for Beginners

Methods and Techniques in Urban Engineering

The purpose of this Book is to explain the concepts of urban engineering and to highlight some of the challenges faced by this discipline. The overall idea is to describe how urban engineering relates to other areas of engineering expertise, particularly within the context of civil engineering. To do this we have drawn mainly on our own professional and academic experience, fleshed out by an examination of the relevant literature available both in Brazil and further afield. At the outset it should be said that most of our observations focus on the city of São Paulo where our present professional concerns lie. However, in future works we hope to extend our approach beyond the confines of São Paulo in an effort to broaden and improve our understanding of the concepts underlying urban engineering as a necessary prelude to enable us to supply useful guidance for researchers, experts and students keen to work alongside the engineering professionals currently employed in our cities.

Literature review on the geologic aspects of inner shelf cross-shore sediment transport

This literature review addresses sediment transport across the inner portion of the continental shelf, also referred to as the shoreface, or, as in this report, the inner shelf (Figure 1). The inner shelf extends from the seaward edge of the surf zone to the landward edge of the continental shelf. It is affected by the strong agitation that results from sediment resuspension caused by shoaling of nonbreaking waves. The inner shelf is frictiondominated by both bottom and sea-surface boundary layers which overlap and frequently occupy the entire water column (Wright, in press). The inner shelf differs from the surf zone, which is also characterized by strong agitation of the bed by waves. The bed of the surf zone, however, is affected by the bore-like translation of waves following wave breaking (Komar 1976), and by wave-induced longshore currents and rip currents.