The key issues are a posteriori error estimation and it automatic mesh adaptation. Besides the traditional approach of energy-norm error control, a new duality-based technique, the Dual Weighted Residual method for goal-oriented error estimation, is discussed in detail. This method aims at economical computation of arbitrary quantities of physical interest by properly adapting the computational mesh. This is typically required in the design cycles of technical applications. For example, the drag coefficient of a body immersed in a viscous flow is computed, then it is minimized by varying certain control parameters, and finally the stability of the resulting flow is investigated by solving an eigenvalue problem. `Goal-oriented' adaptivity is designed to achieve these tasks with minimal cost. At the end of each chapter some exercises are posed in order to assist the interested reader in better understanding the concepts presented. Solutions and accompanying remarks are given in the Appendix.
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Dear Moderators (First of all- Thanks for your hard work here-I personally appreciate it very much)
If I have some spare time and I want to refresh some of the dead links, would not it be very handy to have a section -which the users list the dead links.
We would just go to that section and spend some time to upload a mirror link.
I remember some discussions about link alive button to be available on the threads.
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Providing a quantitative risk assessment methodology, this book analyzes the terror threats against United States' water infrastructure. It focuses on the human safety, environmental, and economic consequences that would be triggered by terrorist attack. It includes detailed plans, engineering designs, economic analyses, and protocols for strategic counterterrorism and emergency preparedness. The text also examines the legal and regulatory requirements related to the protection of water infrastructure from terror hazards against human health and the environment.
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Provides a full evaluation of the potential terrorist threat against human health and the environment through the water supply system
Presents qualitative and quantitative processes and models for the secure and safe operation of facilities and critical infrastructure as required by EPA, DRS and other regulatory agencies
Examines all aspects of water safety and security, including recent incidents of high trace levels of prescription and other drugs in the water supply
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Structural health monitoring (SHM) uses one or more in situ sensing systems placed in or around a structure, providing real-time evaluation of its performance and ultimately preventing structural failure. Although most commonly used in civil engineering, such as in roads, bridges, and dams, SHM is now finding applications in other engineering environments, such as naval and aerospace engineering.
Written by a highly respected expert in the field, Structural Sensing, Health Monitoring, and Performance Evaluation provides the first comprehensive coverage of SHM. The text begins with a review of the various types of sensors currently used in SHM, including point sensors and noncontact systems. Subsequent chapters explain the processing and interpretation of data from a number of sensors working in parallel. After considering issues related to the structures themselves, the author surveys the design of a tailor-made SHM system. He also presents a collection of case studies, many of which are drawn from his own experiences.
Exploring the power of sensors, this book shows how SHM technologies can be applied to a variety of structures and systems, including multistory buildings, offshore wind energy plants, and ecological systems.
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PREFACE
The committee on Standardization of Doors and Window sizes for Residential Buildings consisting of experts from CPWD, Confederation of Construction Products and Services (CCPS) and IBC (Indian Building Congress) submitted a report to the MoUD for acceptance. The MoUD has accepted the report and advised that these sizes be adopted by CPWD and adequately publicised among the major construction agencies and the industry, for their adoption Subsequently a need was felt to compile all possible window/door details in various materials and to prepare a working manual for the use of field engineers, architects and other agencies engaged in design and construction activities.
This manual has been prepared specifically for use in the construction of residential buildings. It is hoped that the manual will be a useful reference material.
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Recent years have seen great expansion of the tall building industry, even in areas characterized by high seismicity. The structural systems that are usually adopted in tall buildings and the seismic response that they exhibit can differ substantially from those characterizing low-rise construction. Seismic codes, though, are typically envisaged for the design of traditional structural systems, and are not able to take into account some peculiar characteristics of tall buildings. Recognizing such issues, and to overcome the inappropriate prescriptions that traditional seismic codes impose on the design of modern tall buildings, alternative design procedures have become more acceptable in recent years. These innovative approaches to tall building design are referred to as performance-based design methods. This research focuses on a specific and increasingly common category of high-rise buildings, in which the main lateral resisting system is offered by cantilevered and/or coupled RC walls, and proposes a seismic design procedure which is particularly suited for inclusion in any performance-based design framework. The whole body of this study can be divided into three different activities: (i) development of a methodology for the prediction of the inelastic seismic displacement response of medium and long period SDOF systems, (ii) investigation of the ductile response of higher modes of vibration and formulation of recommendations for estimating higher mode ductile response with equivalent linear systems, and (iii) development of a displacement-based design procedure for tall RC wall buildings which takes into account higher mode drift and seismic force demand amplification by rational means, developing closed form expressions based on first principles. Limitations, sources of uncertainties and possible extension of the proposed performance-based methodologies to frames and dual systems are also discussed. Thanks to the research presented in this report, the first author was awarded with the ³special mention² in the 2011 fib Achievement Award for Young Engineers ¬ Research Category. Fib (federation internazionale du beton) is the International Federation for Structural Concrete and its Achievement Award for Young Engineers - Research Category - is given every two years and recognises an outstanding contribution to structural concrete in the field of research.
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