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The book presents engineering concepts, techniques, practices,
principles, standard procedures, and models that are applied and
used to design and evaluate traffic systems, road pavement
structures, alternatives of transportation systems, roadway
horizontal and vertical alignments to ultimately achieve safety,
sustainability, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness. The book
provides plentiful number of problems on five major areas of
transportation engineering and includes broad range of ideas and
practical problems that are included in all topics of the book.
Furthermore, the book covers problems dealing with theory,
concepts, practice, and applications. The solution of each problem
in the book follows a step-by-step procedure that includes the
theory and the derivation of the formulas in some cases and the
computations. Moreover, almost all problems in the five parts of
the book include detailed calculations that are solved using the MS
Excel worksheets where mathematical, trigonometric, statistical,
and logical formulas are used to obtain a more rapid and efficient
solution. In some cases, the MS Excel solver tool is used for
solving complex equations in several problems of the book.
Additionally, numerical methods, linear algebraic methods, and
least squares regression techniques are utilized in some problems
to assist in solving the problem and make the solution much easier.
The book will help academics and professionals to find practical
solutions across the spectrum of transportation engineering. The
book is designed to be informative and filled with an abundance of
solutions to problems in the engineering science of transportation.
It is expected that the book will enrich the knowledge and science
in transportation engineering, thereby elevating the civil
engineering profession in general and the transportation
engineering practice in particular as well as advancing the
transportation engineering field to the best levels possible.
FEATURES: Presents coverage of five major areas in transportation
engineering: traffic engineering, pavement materials, analysis, and
design, urban transportation planning, highway surveying, and
geometric design of highways. Provides solutions to numerous
practical problems in transportation engineering including
terminology, theory, practice, computation, and design. Includes
downloadable and user-friendly MS Excel spreadsheets as well as
numerical methods and optimization tools and techniques. Includes
several practical case studies throughout. Implements a unique kind
of approach in presenting the different topics.
This book presents in-depth coverage of laboratory experiments,
theories, modeling techniques, and practices for the analysis and
design of rock slopes in complex geological settings. It addresses
new concepts in connection with the kinematical element method,
discontinuity kinematical element method, integrated karst cave
stochastic model-limit equilibrium method, improved strength
reduction method, and fracture mechanics method, taking into
account the relevant geological features. The book is chiefly
intended as a reference guide for geotechnical engineering and
engineering geology professionals, and as a textbook for related
graduate courses.
This book reviews and assesses the various methodologies for site
characterization and site effect estimation to carry out seismic
zonation at micro and macro levels. Readers will learn about the
suitability of these methodologies for each level of zoning that
needs to be assessed in order to optimize the resources for
carrying out seismic zonation. The Indian sub-continent is highly
vulnerable to earthquake hazards, and past studies have focused
primarily on the Himalayan region (inter-plate zone) and the
northeast region (subduction zone). The book improves understanding
of the Peninsular India that also has significantly high seismicity
and is prone to earthquakes of sizeable magnitude. Particular
attention is given to the various methodologies for assessing
seismic hazards, the scales at which site characterizations are
carried out, and optimal methods for zonation practices using site
data and hazard indexes. Aimed at students, this book will be of
use to post-graduates and doctoral students researching seismic
zonation, hazard assessment and mitigation, and spatial data in
earth sciences.
This book is the first to comprehensively cover research methods
for building occupant behavior. As this is of growing importance
for building design and for building performance optimization, the
book aims to provide a sound scientific basis for experimental
studies in this field. It introduces the reader to fundamental
questions about the topic and unfolds the different fields related
to occupant actions and comfort. This is followed by more general
questions about developing an appropriate research method and
experimental design. A comprehensive overview of sensors for
monitoring environmental and also behavioral and action-related
quantities helps to set up an experiment. In this context,
different experimental environments and data collection methods
(in-situ, laboratories, surveys) are introduced and discussed in
terms of their suitability for the respective research question.
Furthermore, data management and reporting is addressed. The book
concludes with fundamental challenges in conducting occupant
studies, with chapters on ground truth, ethics and privacy.
Putting forward an innovative approach to solving current
technological problems faced by human society, this book
encompasses a holistic way of perceiving the potential of natural
systems. Nature has developed several materials and processes which
both maintain an optimal performance and are also totally
biodegradable, properties which can be used in civil engineering.
Delivering the latest research findings to building industry
professionals and other practitioners, as well as containing
information useful to the public, 'Biotechnologies and Biomimetics
for Civil Engineering' serves as an important tool to tackle the
challenges of a more sustainable construction industry and the
future of buildings.
Many areas of knowledge converge in the building industry and
therefore research in this field necessarily involves an
interdisciplinary approach. Effective research requires
strongrelation between a broad variety of scientific and
technological domains and more conventional construction or craft
processes, while also considering advanced management processes,
where all the main actors permanently interact. This publication
takes an interdisciplinary approach grouping various studies on the
building industry chosen from among the works presented for the 2nd
International Conference on Construction and Building Research. The
papers examine aspects of materials and building systems;
construction technology; energy and sustainability; construction
management; heritage, refurbishment and conservation. The
information contained within these pages may be of interestto
researchers and practitioners in construction and building
activities from the academic sphere, as well as public and private
sectors."
In order to build a sustainable transport system for people and
goods that meets the needs of all users, a truly integrated and
seamless approach is needed, and the full potential of
transformative technologies has to be exploited. This can only be
achieved if user-centeredness, cross-modality and technology
transfer become the paradigm of shaping future transport.
Mobility4EU is a project funded by the European Commission that
focusses on these topics and is working on delivering an action
plan towards a user-centric and cross-modal European transport
system in 2030. The authors of this contributed volume are
dedicated scholars and practitioners connected to Mobility4EU
either as partners or external contributors. Their contributions
focus on understanding user needs and report on technologies and
approaches that support the tailoring of a user-centered
cross-modal transport system for passengers and freight on long
distances and in the urban context.
This volume gathers the latest advances, innovations, and
applications in the field of mining, geology and geo-spatial
technologies, as presented by leading researchers and engineers at
the International Conference on Innovations for Sustainable and
Responsible Mining (ISRM), held in Hanoi, Vietnam on October 15-17
2020. The contributions cover a diverse range of topics, including
mining technology, drilling and blasting engineering, tunneling and
geotechnical applications, mineral processing, mine management and
economy, environmental risk assessment and management, mining and
local development, mined land rehabilitation, water management and
hydrogeology, regional Geology and tectonics, spatial engineering
for monitoring natural resources and environment change, GIS and
remote sensing for natural disaster monitoring, risk mapping and
revisualization, natural resources monitoring and management, mine
occupational safety and health. Selected by means of a rigorous
peer-review process, they will spur novel research directions and
foster future multidisciplinary collaborations.
This book gathers the best peer-reviewed papers presented at the
Italian Concrete Days national conference, held in Lecco, Italy, on
June 14-15, 2018. The conference topics encompass the aspects of
design, execution, rehabilitation and control of concrete
structures, with particular reference to theory and modeling,
applications and realizations, materials and investigations,
technology and construction techniques. The contributions amply
demonstrate that today's structural concrete applications concern
not only new constructions, but more and more rehabilitation,
conservation, strengthening and seismic upgrading of existing
premises, and that requirements cover new aspects within the frame
of sustainability, including environmental friendliness,
durability, adaptability and reuse of works and / or materials. As
such the book represents an invaluable, up-to-the-minute tool,
providing an essential overview of structural concrete, as well as
all new materials with cementitious matrices.
This book presents the basic theories of Plastic Mechanics of
Geomaterial, including the static and dynamic mechanical
properties, nonlinear and classical plastic theory, yield surface
theory, hardening model, flow rule and loading-unloading criterion,
the calculation theory of principal stress axe rotation, and limit
analysis of geomaterial and the latest advances in FEM limit
analysis. It also set forth the typical static and dynamic
constitutive model of geomaterial in detail. Broadening our
understanding of the basic mechanical properties and constitutive
model for geomaterial, the book helps readers to establish and
select the most appropriate constitutive model according to the
specific engineering problems and geomaterial characteristics. This
book is a valuable resource for designers and researchers in fields
related to geotechnical engineering, and it can also be used as a
textbook for graduate courses.
Theory of Electroelasticity analyzes the stress, strain, electric
field and electric displacement in electroelastic structures such
as sensors, actuators and other smart materials and structures.
This book also describes new theories such as the physical
variational principle and the inertial entropy theory. It differs
from the traditional method by using the physical variational
principle to derive the governing equations of the piezoelectric
material, whereas the Maxwell stress is obtained automatically. By
using the inertial entropy theory, the temperature wave equation is
obtained very easily. The book is intended for scientists,
researchers and engineers in the areas of mechanics, physics, smart
material and control engineering as well as mechanical,
aeronautical and civil engineering, etc. Zhen-Bang Kuang is a
professor at Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
This book provides a consistent scientific background to
engineering calculation methods applicable to analyses of materials
reaction-to-fire, as well as fire resistance of structures. Several
new and unique formulas and diagrams which facilitate calculations
are presented. It focuses on problems involving high temperature
conditions and, in particular, defines boundary conditions in a
suitable way for calculations. A large portion of the book is
devoted to boundary conditions and measurements of thermal exposure
by radiation and convection. The concepts and theories of adiabatic
surface temperature and measurements of temperature with plate
thermometers are thoroughly explained.Also presented is a renewed
method for modeling compartment fires, with the resulting simple
and accurate prediction tools for both pre- and post-flashover
fires. The final chapters deal with temperature calculations in
steel, concrete and timber structures exposed to standard
time-temperature fire curves. Useful temperature calculation tools
are included, and several examples demonstrate how the finite
element code TASEF can be used to calculate temperature in various
configurations. Temperature Calculation in Fire Safety Engineering
is intended for researchers, students, teachers, and consultants in
fire safety engineering. It is also suitable for others interested
in analyzing and understanding fire, fire dynamics, and temperature
development. Review questions and exercises are provided for
instructor use.
Earthquakes represent a major risk to buildings, bridges and other
civil infrastructure systems, causing catastrophic loss to modern
society. Handbook of seismic risk analysis and management of civil
infrastructure systems reviews the state of the art in the seismic
risk analysis and management of civil infrastructure systems.
Part one reviews research in the quantification of uncertainties in
ground motion and seismic hazard assessment. Part twi discusses
methodologies in seismic risk analysis and management, whilst parts
three and four cover the application of seismic risk assessment to
buildings, bridges, pipelines and other civil infrastructure
systems. Part five also discusses methods for quantifying
dependency between different infrastructure systems. The final part
of the book considers ways of assessing financial and other losses
from earthquake damage as well as setting insurance rates.
Handbook of seismic risk analysis and management of civil
infrastructure systems is an invaluable guide for professionals
requiring understanding of the impact of earthquakes on buildings
and lifelines, and the seismic risk assessment and management of
buildings, bridges and transportation. It also provides a
comprehensive overview of seismic risk analysis for researchers and
engineers within these fields.
This important handbook reviews the wealth of recent research in
the area of seismic hazard analysis in modern earthquake design
code provisions and practicesExamines research into the analysis of
ground motion and seismic hazard assessment, seismic risk hazard
methodologiesAddresses the assessment of seismic risks to
buildings, bridges, water supply systems and other aspects of civil
infrastructure
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Multimedia Forensics and Security
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This book presents recent applications and approaches as well as
challenges in digital forensic science. One of the evolving
challenges that is covered in the book is the cloud forensic
analysis which applies the digital forensic science over the cloud
computing paradigm for conducting either live or static
investigations within the cloud environment. The book also covers
the theme of multimedia forensics and watermarking in the area of
information security. That includes highlights on intelligence
techniques designed for detecting significant changes in image and
video sequences. Moreover, the theme proposes recent robust and
computationally efficient digital watermarking techniques. The last
part of the book provides several digital forensics related
applications, including areas such as evidence acquisition
enhancement, evidence evaluation, cryptography, and finally, live
investigation through the importance of reconstructing the botnet
attack scenario to show the malicious activities and files as
evidences to be presented in a court.
In this edited volume on advances in forensic geotechnical
engineering, a number of technical contributions by experts and
professionals in this area are included. The work is the outcome of
deliberations at various conferences in the area conducted by Prof.
G.L. Sivakumar Babu and Dr. V.V.S. Rao as secretary and Chairman of
Technical Committee on Forensic Geotechnical Engineering of
International Society for Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering
(ISSMGE). This volume contains papers on topics such as guidelines,
evidence/data collection, distress characterization, use of
diagnostic tests (laboratory and field tests), back analysis,
failure hypothesis formulation, role of instrumentation and
sensor-based technologies, risk analysis, technical shortcomings.
This volume will prove useful to researchers and practitioners
alike.
Devastating damage in the Tohoku region of Japan occurred during
and after the earthquake off the Pacific coast of Tohoku earthquake
on March 11, 2011. The AIJ (Architectural Institute of Japan)
dispatched reconnaissance teams into the field to obtain basic
facts on the damage to buildings due to the massive ground motions
and resultant tsunami. Their mission included collecting
information on the characteristics of the earthquake itself and the
observed major ground motions and tsunamis throughout the area. For
the structural damage investigation, buildings are classified by
their type of construction, namely, steel buildings, reinforced
concrete buildings, wooden houses, etc. along with descriptions of
special features for each category of building type. The report
summarizes damage associated with ground failures including
landslide and liquefaction as
well as non-structural damages such as to equipment and facilities,
partitioning walls and ceilings, and functional failures in
skyscrapers. Also brief description of the Japanese Seismic Design
Code will be provided in the Appendix. A proposed scheme of
anti-tsunami design for buildings is also included.
This book gathers the latest innovations and applications in the
field of resource-saving technologies and advanced materials in
civil and environmental engineering, as presented by leading
international researchers and engineers at the 2nd International
Scientific Conference EcoComfort and Current Issues of Civil
Engineering, held in Lviv, Ukraine on September 16-18, 2020. It
covers a diverse range of topics, including ecological and
energy-saving technologies; renewable energy sources; heat, gas and
water supply; microclimate provision systems; innovative building
materials and products; smart technologies in water purification
and treatment; protection of water ecosystems; and architectural
shaping and structural solutions. The contributions, which were
selected using a rigorous international peer-review process,
highlight exciting ideas that will spur novel research directions
and foster multidisciplinary collaborations.
As the environmental impact of existing construction and building
materials comes under increasing scrutiny, the search for more
eco-efficient solutions has intensified. Nanotechnology offers
great potential in this area and is already being widely used to
great success. Nanotechnology in eco-efficient construction is an
authoritative guide to the role of nanotechnology in the
development of eco-efficient construction materials and sustainable
construction.
Following an introduction to the use of nanotechnology in
eco-efficient construction materials, part one considers such
infrastructural applications as nanoengineered cement-based
materials, nanoparticles for high-performance and self-sensing
concrete, and the use of nanotechnology to improve the bulk and
surface properties of steel for structural applications.
Nanoclay-modified asphalt mixtures and safety issues relating to
nanomaterials for construction applications are also reviewed
before part two goes on to discuss applications for building energy
efficiency. Topics explored include thin films and nanostructured
coatings, switchable glazing technology and third generation
photovoltaic (PV) cells, high-performance thermal insulation
materials, and silica nanogel for energy-efficient windows.
Finally, photocatalytic applications are the focus of part three,
which investigates nanoparticles for pollution control,
self-cleaning and photosterilisation, and the role of
nanotechnology in manufacturing paints and purifying water for
eco-efficient buildings.
Nanotechnology in eco-efficient construction is a technical guide
for all those involved in the design, production and application of
eco-efficient construction materials, including civil engineers,
materials scientists, researchers and architects within any field
of nanotechnology, eco-efficient materials or the construction
industry.
Provides an authoritative guide to the role of nanotechnology in
the development of eco-efficient construction materials and
sustainable constructionExamines the use of nanotechnology in
eco-efficient construction materialsConsiders a range of important
infrastructural applications, before discussing applications for
building energy efficiency
Since 1950, the "Highway Capacity Manual" has been a standard
used in the planning, design, analysis and operation of virtually
any highway traffic facility in the United States. It has also been
widely used abroad and has spurred the development of similar
manuals in other countries.
The twin concepts of capacity and level of service have been
developed in the manual and methodologies have been presented that
allow highway traffic facilities to be designed on a common basis
and allow for the analysis of operational quality under various
traffic demand scenarios. The manual also addresses related
pedestrian, bicycle and transit issues. There have been five full
editions of the "Highway Capacity Manual" 1950, 1975, 1985, 2000
and 2010, with interim updates in 1994 and 1997.
The manual has a rich conceptual and research history that
should be understood both by users of the manual and by those who
contribute to it through basic research and development of
methodologies.I has become increasingly complex, as our
understanding of complex interactions among drivers, vehicles and
roadways improves. Through it all, there are common threads of
understanding that have not changed a great deal since 1950.
This book details the fundamental development of the concepts of
capacity and level of service and of the specific methodologies
developed to describe them over a wide range of facility types.The
book is comprised of two volumes.Volume 1 (this book) focuses on
the development of basic principles and their application to
uninterrupted flow facilities: freeways, multilane highways and
two-lane highways. Weaving, merging and diverging segments on
freeways and multilane highways are also discussed in detail.
Volume 2 (expected to be completed in late 2014) focuses on
interrupted flow facilities: signalized and unsignalized
intersections, urban streets and arterials. It is intended to help
users of the manual understand how concepts, approaches and
specific methodologies were developed and to understand the
underlying principles that each embodies.It is also intended to act
as a basic reference for current and future researchers who will
continue to develop new and improved capacity analysis
methodologies for many years to come."
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