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Written for civil, structural and geotechnical engineers, this book
presents the latest research and practical experience in the design
of high-arch dams in seismically active regions, from an author
team that is highly active and experienced in the design,
development and construction of 300m high arch dams. The book
covers the entire subject of dam design for seismic regions,
including seismic input mechanisms and modeling, non-linear
analysis techniques for dam structure and foundations, concrete
material properties, and simulation techniques for dam design. Of
particular value are the real-world experimental data and design
case studies that enhance the book and ensure that readers can
apply the theoretical content to their own projects.
A Comprehensive Database of Tests on Axially Loaded Driven Piles in
Sands reviews the critical need to develop better load-test
databases for piles driven in sands. The key quality parameters,
population of current entries and reporting formats are described
before offering preliminary results obtained from comparisons
between axial capacities calculated by various predictive
approaches and site measurements. This book also shows that the
"simplified" and "offshore" ICP and UWA variants proposed by some
practitioners are over-conservative and that their use could be
discontinued. The new pile capacity and stiffness database offers a
broad scope for evaluating potential prediction biases relating to
a wide range of soil and pile parameters. Submission of further
high quality tests for inclusion in regularly updated versions is
encouraged.
Reservoir Engineering focuses on the fundamental concepts related
to the development of conventional and unconventional reservoirs
and how these concepts are applied in the oil and gas industry to
meet both economic and technical challenges. Written in easy to
understand language, the book provides valuable information
regarding present-day tools, techniques, and technologies and
explains best practices on reservoir management and recovery
approaches. Various reservoir workflow diagrams presented in the
book provide a clear direction to meet the challenges of the
profession. As most reservoir engineering decisions are based on
reservoir simulation, a chapter is devoted to introduce the topic
in lucid fashion. The addition of practical field case studies make
Reservoir Engineering a valuable resource for reservoir engineers
and other professionals in helping them implement a comprehensive
plan to produce oil and gas based on reservoir modeling and
economic analysis, execute a development plan, conduct reservoir
surveillance on a continuous basis, evaluate reservoir performance,
and apply corrective actions as necessary.
Hydraulic gates are utilized in multiple capacities in modern
society. As such, the failure of these gates can have disastrous
consequences, and it is imperative to develop new methods to avoid
these occurrences. Dynamic Stability of Hydraulic Gates and
Engineering for Flood Prevention is a critical reference source
containing scholarly research on engineering techniques and
mechanisms to decrease the failure rate of hydraulic gates.
Including a range of perspectives on topics such as fluid dynamics,
vibration mechanisms, and flow stability, this book is ideally
designed for researchers, academics, engineers, graduate students,
and practitioners interested in the study of hydraulic gate
structure.
Recently, a new digital twin consortium has been established that
aims to deploy digital twin technology in new markets as well as in
the development of smart cities. Designing smart cities, smart
communities, and smart ecosystems powered by optimal digital twin
deployments is a vision that currently only futurists can entertain
and requires some time to reach large-scale adoption. However, it
is incumbent upon us as a society to educate and train future
generations on how to leverage digital twin technologies in order
to optimize our daily lives as well as increase our efficiency,
productivity, and safety. Impact of Digital Twins in Smart Cities
Development provides insights regarding the global landscape for
current digital twin research and deployments and highlights some
of the challenges and opportunities faced during large-scale
adoptions. Critical domains such as ethics, data governance,
cybersecurity, inclusion, diversity, and sustainability are also
addressed and considered. Covering topics such as digital identity
and digital economics, this reference work is ideal for urban
planners, engineers, policymakers, industry leaders, scientists,
economists, academicians, practitioners, researchers, instructors,
and students.
The development of new and effective analytical and numerical
models is essential to understanding the performance of a variety
of structures. As computational methods continue to advance, so too
do their applications in structural performance modeling and
analysis. Modeling and Simulation Techniques in Structural
Engineering presents emerging research on computational techniques
and applications within the field of structural engineering. This
timely publication features practical applications as well as new
research insights and is ideally designed for use by engineers, IT
professionals, researchers, and graduate-level students.
Cement production is known to be a polluting and energy-intensive
industry. Cement plants account for 5 percent of global emissions
of carbon dioxide and one of the main causes of global warming.
However, cement it is literally the glue of progress. Designing
Green Cement Plants provides the tools and techniques for designing
new large cement plants that would promote sustainable growth,
preserve natural resources to the maximum possible extent and make
least possible additions to the Greenhouse Gases that cause global
warming. Brief and but authoritative, this title embraces new
technologies and methods such as Carbon Capture and Sequestration,
as well as methods for harnessing renewable energy sources such as
wind and solar. The author also discusses the efficient use of
energy and materials through the use recycling. In addition, this
book also examines thepossibilities of developing green cement
substitutes such as Calera, Caliix, Novacem, Aether and Geopolymer
cements.
About 90 percent of this excessive heat is due to buildings and
pavements that absorb and store solar heat (According to the Green
Buildings Council). The only reference that focuses specifically on
pavements, Pavement Materials for Heat Island Mitigation: Design
and Management Strategies explores different advanced paving
materials, their properties, and their associated advantages and
disadvantages. Relevant properties of pavement materials (e.g.
albedo, permeability, thermal conductivity, heat capacity and
evaporation rate) are measured in many cases using newly developed
methods.
This book represents a reflection on the policies of preservation
that were established and interventions for restoration that
occurred in Iran before and in the years after the Khomeinist
Revolution, as well as being an analysis of the impact that Italian
restoration culture has had in the country. Research concerning the
state of conservation and the ongoing restoration of the Armenian
churches in the Khoy and Salmas areas is included, along with
precise documentation of the observation of the two cities, their
architecture and the context of their landscape. The problems of
architectural restoration in present-day Iran and the compatible
use of buildings no longer intended for worship are addressed. The
book is bolstered by first-hand documentation obtained through
inspections and interviews with Iranian specialists during three
missions carried out between 2016 and 2018 and a large anthology of
period texts that have only recently been made available for the
first time for study in electronic form, including travel reports
written by Westerners describing Persia between the 15th and 19th
centuries.
The world's population is expected to increase to over 8 billion by
2020. About 60% of the total population of the world lives in
coastal areas and 65% of the cities with a population of over 2.5
million are located in coastal areas. Written by an international
panel of experts in the fields of engineering and risk management,
The Handbook of Coastal Disasters Mitigation presents a coherent
overview of 10 years of coastal disaster risk management and
engineering, during which some of the most relevant events of
recent time have taken place, including the Indian Ocean tsunami,
hurricanes Katrina and Sandy in the United States or the 2011
Japanese tsunami.
Structural health monitoring is an exciting new field on the
frontier of applied engineering. With the purpose of examining the
health of standing buildings, aircrafts, and other complex
structures using pre-installed sensors that provide stress and
pressure data in real-time, this field allows structural-health
experts to act as engineering "doctors." These specialists diagnose
potential problems in advance using complex algorithms and
statistical modeling so that steps may be taken to prevent
structural damage-or worse, loss of life. Emerging Design Solutions
in Structural Health Monitoring Systems seeks to advance
cutting-edge research in the field, with a special focus on
cross-disciplinary work involving recent advances in IT. This
research has enabled structural-health experts to wield
groundbreaking new models of artificial intelligence as a
diagnostic tool capable of identifying future problems before they
even appear. This publication serves as a broad overview of
structural management science, as well as an on-ramp for a general
engineering audience, including students, educators, and
researchers.
Every place has a story to tell, often found in historic sites or
cultural traditions of the people who settled or currently live in
a community, city, region or state. When these stories and places
are shared with visitors, this activity becomes what is known as
cultural heritage tourism. Success and sustainability in this
growing industry segment requires careful planning and adequate
resources. Cultural Heritage Tourism: Five Steps for Success and
Sustainability provides detailed instruction through a proven
five-step process to help planners, managers and community leaders
attract visitors and their spending to your cultural heritage site,
attraction, event or destination. Learn how to assess, plan for,
develop, market, fund, manage, and measure cultural heritage for
growth and sustainability. Refer to the best practices and case
studies from across the country as examples for replication and
reference. Use the sample documents and resource lists to jumpstart
your cultural heritage tourism program, and monitor and measure the
efforts. This book walks you through every step, from inception to
evaluation.
Shale Gas and Fracking: The Science Behind the Controversy explains
the relevant geological principles before examining the
peer-reviewed evidence and presenting it through a simple and
compelling illustrated narrative. Each chapter focuses on a
particular controversy, such contamination of well water with gas
from fracking, and follows a similar format: starting with the
principles; then detailing peer-reviewed case studies for
earthquakes, radioactivity, and climate change; and concluding with
a judgment of the general risks involved. Shale Gas and Fracking:
The Science Behind the Controversy provides readers with the
unbiased information they need to make informed decisions on the
controversial issue of fracking.
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