Structural irregularities are one of the most frequent causes of severe damages in buildings, as evidenced by the numerous earthquakes in recent years ...
Irregular engineering structures are subjected to complicated additional loads which are often beyond conventional design models developed for traditi ...
Tools to Safeguard New Buildings and Assess Existing Ones Nonlinear analysis methods such as static pushover are globally considered a reliable tool f ...
Seismic Design of Building Structures provides essential background instruction for the seismic problems on the civil PE exam. Using relevant codes, t ...
In the past, facilities considered to be at the end of their useful life were demolished and replaced with new ones that better met the functional req ...
Geophysicists use seismic signals to image structures in the Earth's interior, to understand the mechanics of earthquake and volcanic sources, and to ...
This book examines and presents essential aspects of the behavior, analysis, design and detailing of reinforced concrete buildings subjected to strong ...
The catastrophic earthquakes of the last decades (Mexico City, 1985; Loma Prieta, 1989; Northridge, 1994; Kobe, 1995) have seriously undermined there ...
Many more people are coming to live in earthquake-prone areas, especially urban ones. Many such areas contain low-rise, low-cost housing, while little ...
An innovative concept, smart structural systems have proven to be extremely effective in absorbing damaging energy and/or counteracting potentially de ...
Over the last two decades, functional heads have been one of the privileged objects of research in generative linguistics. However, within this line o ...
Applications of fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) composites as reinforcement for concrete structures have been growing rapidly in recent years. ACI Comm ...
Once again, Thomas Lengauer has succeeded in creating a comprehensive and immensely useful bioinformatics resource that meets even the high standards ...
Dams and Appurtenant Hydraulic Structures, now in its second edition, provides a comprehensive and complete overview of all kinds of dams and appurten ...
Geomembranes are increasingly being used in transportation, environmental and geotechnical applications to control gas and liquid movement. This book ...
This book discusses in detail the planning, design, construction and management of hydraulic structures, covering dams, spillways, tunnels, cut slopes ...
'Hydraulic Structures: Probabilistic Approaches to Maintenance'' is an introduction to the field of probability theory and its applications in enginee ...
Now includes Worked Examples for lectutrers in a companion pdf! The fourth edition of this volume presents design principles and practical guidance fo ...
This book comprises the papers of the International Conference on Hydraulics of Dams and Rivers Structures, held in Tehran, 26-28 April 2004. The topi ...
Since the publication of its first edition in 1999, 'The Hydraulics of Open Channel Flow' has been praised by professionals, academics, students and r ...
Structures built in or near rivers and other channels can be vulnerable to scour around their foundations. If the depth of the scour becomes significa ...
Jetties, piers and other marine structures constructed in exposed locations require careful assessment of their hydraulic loads. Increasingly trade ec ...
The proceedings of the AIQ-ICF conference is a collection of papers on recent advances in methods and approaches to Damage Control and Fracture Mechan ...
The objective of this publication is to provide information and guidelines for engineers charged with the planning and design of new bridges, navigati ...
