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Books > Professional & Technical > Civil engineering, surveying & building > Structural engineering

Introduction to Hypoplasticity - Advances in Geotechnical Engineering and Tunnelling 1 (Hardcover): D. Kolymbas Introduction to Hypoplasticity - Advances in Geotechnical Engineering and Tunnelling 1 (Hardcover)
D. Kolymbas
R3,166 Discovery Miles 31 660 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book aims to give the reader a short, tractable and as far as possible complete introduction to the young theory of hypoplasticity, which is a new approach to constitutive modelling of granular media in terms of rational continuum mechanics.

Modern Trends in Tunnelling and Blast Design (Paperback, Student): John Johansen, C.F. Mathiesen Modern Trends in Tunnelling and Blast Design (Paperback, Student)
John Johansen, C.F. Mathiesen
R3,165 Discovery Miles 31 650 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A review of modern blasting techniques used in tunnelling, chamber excavations and lake-tap blasting. The scope of this book includes geological implications, cut design and smooth blasting techniques in addition to chamber blasting. This book also includes detailed examples outlining the design issues and techniques used in blasting lake-tap plugs for hydroelectric projects. It is designed as a reference book and companion to courses in tunnel blasting techniques.

Compaction of Soils, Granulates and Powders (Paperback): W. Fellin, D. Kolymbas Compaction of Soils, Granulates and Powders (Paperback)
W. Fellin, D. Kolymbas
R1,686 R1,369 Discovery Miles 13 690 Save R317 (19%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This interdisciplinary volume comprises papers from several fields related to compaction. Topics include: soil compaction for pavements and roads; deep soil compaction by vibration, impact and underground explosion; compaction control; and compaction processes in engineering.

LRFD Bridge Design - Fundamentals and Applications (Hardcover): Tim Huff LRFD Bridge Design - Fundamentals and Applications (Hardcover)
Tim Huff
R2,571 Discovery Miles 25 710 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This book examines and explains material from the 9th edition of the AASHTO LRFD Bridge Design Specifications, including deck and parapet design, load calculations, limit states and load combinations, concrete and steel I-girder design, bearing design, and more. With increased focus on earthquake resiliency, two separate chapters- one on conventional seismic design and the other on seismic isolation applied to bridges- will fully address this vital topic. The primary focus is on steel and concrete I-girder bridges, with regard to both superstructure and substructure design. Features: Includes several worked examples for a project bridge as well as actual bridges designed by the author Examines seismic design concepts and design details for bridges Presents the latest material based on the 9th edition of the LRFD Bridge Design Specifications Covers fatigue, strength, service, and extreme event limit states Includes numerous solved problems and exercises at the end of each chapter to illustrate the concepts presented LRFD Bridge Design: Fundamentals and Applications will serve as a useful text for graduate and upper-level undergraduate civil engineering students as well as practicing structural engineers.

Support of Underground Excavations in Hard Rock (Paperback, Student): E. Hoek, P.K. Kaiser, W.F. Bawden Support of Underground Excavations in Hard Rock (Paperback, Student)
E. Hoek, P.K. Kaiser, W.F. Bawden
R1,618 Discovery Miles 16 180 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The safe and economical construction of tunnels, mines, and other subterranean works depends on the correct choice of support systems to ensure that the excavations are stable. These support systems should be matched to the characterstics of the rock mass and the excavation techniques adopted. Establishing the support requirements, designing support systems and installing these correctly are essential elements in safe underground construction. This is a comprehensive and practical work which also gives access to user-friendly computer programmes which enable the investigation and design of support techniques. Details on how to obtain this software are also included in the book.

Unsaturated Soils for Asia (Hardcover): H. Raharjdo Unsaturated Soils for Asia (Hardcover)
H. Raharjdo
R4,297 Discovery Miles 42 970 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This is a collection of articles from the Asian conference UNSAT-ASIA 2000, covering topics such as: historical developments; numerical modelling; suction measurement techniques; permeability and flow; mass transport; and engineering applications.

Geotechnical Aspects of Underground Construction in Soft Ground (Hardcover): O. Kusakabe, K. Fukita, Y. Miyazaki Geotechnical Aspects of Underground Construction in Soft Ground (Hardcover)
O. Kusakabe, K. Fukita, Y. Miyazaki
R5,432 R4,425 Discovery Miles 44 250 Save R1,007 (19%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This title looks at geotechnical aspects of underground construction, from bored tunnelling to shield tunnelling, modelling and prediction and braced excavation. It has been designed with the engineer in mind.

Structural Mechanics of Buried Pipes (Hardcover): Reynold King Watkins, Loren Runar Anderson Structural Mechanics of Buried Pipes (Hardcover)
Reynold King Watkins, Loren Runar Anderson
R7,170 Discovery Miles 71 700 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Buried pipes are a highly efficient method of transport. In fact, only open channels are less costly to construct. However, the structural mechanics of buried pipes can be complicated, and imprecisions in the properties of the soil envelope are usually too great to justify lengthy, complicated analyses. Designers and engineers need principles and methods that simplify analysis and maximize their knowledge of the pipe's performance and performance limits.
Structural Mechanics of Buried Pipes minimizes complicated theories, breaks through the imprecisions in the properties of soil, and presents principles that simplify analysis and lead to designs of higher performance and safety.
With knowledge built on experience, experimentation, and sound principles, the authors guide readers through the design and analysis processes. They use examples based on actual buried structures and analyze a variety of pipe-soil interaction problems.
Sound principles, plentiful examples, and a straightforward presentation provide an outstanding framework for hands-on application and an ideal self-study guide.

Fundamentals of Rock Physics (Hardcover): Nikolai Bagdassarov Fundamentals of Rock Physics (Hardcover)
Nikolai Bagdassarov
R1,991 R1,853 Discovery Miles 18 530 Save R138 (7%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Rock physics encompasses practically all aspects of solid and fluid state physics. This book provides a unified presentation of the underlying physical principles of rock physics, covering elements of mineral physics, petrology and rock mechanics. After a short introduction on rocks and minerals, the subsequent chapters cover rock density, porosity, stress and strain relationships, permeability, poroelasticity, acoustics, conductivity, polarizability, magnetism, thermal properties and natural radioactivity. Each chapter includes problem sets and focus boxes with in-depth explanations of the physical and mathematical aspects of underlying processes. The book is also supplemented by online MATLAB exercises to help students apply their knowledge to numerically solve rock physics problems. Covering laboratory and field-based measurement methods, as well as theoretical models, this textbook is ideal for upper-level undergraduate and graduate courses in rock physics. It will also make a useful reference for researchers and professional scientists working in geoscience and petroleum engineering.

TBM Tunnelling in Jointed and Faulted Rock (Hardcover): Nick R. Barton TBM Tunnelling in Jointed and Faulted Rock (Hardcover)
Nick R. Barton
R1,714 Discovery Miles 17 140 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This practical guide describes the stage-by-stage development of a method for predicting the penetration rate (PR) and the advance rate (AR) for tunnel boring machines based on an expanded version of the Q-value, QTBM. The author analyzes 145 TBM tunnels that total 1,000km in length. He then develops simple formulae to estimate PR and AR from the QTBM value and to back-calculate QTBM from performance data. The book quantitatively explains actual advance rates as high as five m/hr for one day or as low as 0.005 m/hr for several months. It also covers logging methods, empirical TBM tunnel support design, and numerical verification of support.

Space Grid Structures (Hardcover): John Chilton Space Grid Structures (Hardcover)
John Chilton
R3,912 R2,739 Discovery Miles 27 390 Save R1,173 (30%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A space frame is a three-dimensional framework for enclosing spaces in which all members are interconnected and act as a single entity. A benefit of this type of structure is that very large spaces can be covered, uninterrupted by support from the ground. John Chilton's book provides an up-to-date assessment of the use of space grid structures in buildings by reviewing methods of construction, various systems available and detailed studies of the use of space grids in modern buildings. The technical level is aimed at professional and student architects and engineers worldwide and it also serves as a useful construction manual. John Chilton is an engineer, currently teaching architectural students at Nottingham University where he is a senior lecturer. He has also undertaken considerable research in this field.

Quantitative Analysis - An Introduction (Hardcover): Roy M. Chiulli Quantitative Analysis - An Introduction (Hardcover)
Roy M. Chiulli
R6,022 Discovery Miles 60 220 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Written in a lecture format with solved problems at the end of each chapter, this book surveys quantitative modeling and decision analysis techniques. It serves to familiarize the reader with quantitative techniques utilized in planning and optimizing complex systems, as well as students experiencing the subject for the first time. It can be used by students of business and public administration without a background in calculus as well as engineers with significant scientific training. It allows the reader to comprehend the material through examples and problems and also demonstrates the value and shortcomings of many methods.
Quantitative Analysis: An introduction developed out of the author's experience teaching the material to students at the University of California Los Angeles, California State University, Northridge, and the University of Southern California, Los Angeles.

Beyond 2000 in Computational Geotechnics (Hardcover): Ronald B.J. Brinkgreve Beyond 2000 in Computational Geotechnics (Hardcover)
Ronald B.J. Brinkgreve
R8,330 Discovery Miles 83 300 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This volume contains papers presented during the first international PLAXIS symposium. Topics covered include: general geo-technical aspects; tunnels and deep excavations, and education and research. This pack is meant for the user of the PLAXIS program, as well as engineers and researchers.

FLAC and Numerical Modeling in Geomechanics (Hardcover): Christine Detournay, Roger Hart FLAC and Numerical Modeling in Geomechanics (Hardcover)
Christine Detournay, Roger Hart
R6,892 Discovery Miles 68 920 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Sixty-five papers cover a wide range of topics from engineering applications to theoretical developments in the areas of embankment and slope stability, underground cavity design and mining; dynamic analysis, soil and structure interaction, and coupled processes and fluid flow.

Dry Mix Methods for Deep Soil Stabilization (Hardcover): H. Bredenberg Dry Mix Methods for Deep Soil Stabilization (Hardcover)
H. Bredenberg
R6,281 Discovery Miles 62 810 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

It is a truism that we can no longer freely pick areas with the most suitable ground conditions for building purposes. Soils must often be improved in order to take the loads from buildings, roads and other objects. This volume contains papers covering a range of relevant topics and issues.

Physics and Mechanics of Soil Liquefaction (Hardcover): Poul V. Lade Physics and Mechanics of Soil Liquefaction (Hardcover)
Poul V. Lade
R6,138 Discovery Miles 61 380 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The workshop aims to provide a fundamental understanding of the liquefaction process, necessary to the enhancement of liquefaction prediction. The contributions are divided into eight sections, which include: factors affecting liquefaction susceptibility and field studies of liquefaction.

Geologic and Mine Modelling Using Techbase and Lynx (Hardcover): Martin Smith Geologic and Mine Modelling Using Techbase and Lynx (Hardcover)
Martin Smith
R5,393 R4,386 Discovery Miles 43 860 Save R1,007 (19%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This text provides a process oriented discussion of the theory, methodology and philosophy of geologic and mine modelling using two commercial software packages: Techbase, a leader for mineral exploration and modelling bedded deposits; and Lynx, for modelling geology.

Numerical Models in Geomechanics (Hardcover): G.N. Pande, S. Pietruszczak, H.F. Schweiger Numerical Models in Geomechanics (Hardcover)
G.N. Pande, S. Pietruszczak, H.F. Schweiger
R4,878 Discovery Miles 48 780 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In this volume a number of developments on a variety of topics have been reported. These topics include: partially saturated soil; instabilities in soil behaviour; environmental geomechanics; parallel computing; and applications to tunnels, embankments, slopes, foundations and anchors.

Thermal Analysis and Design of Passive Solar Buildings (Paperback): A.K. Athienitis Thermal Analysis and Design of Passive Solar Buildings (Paperback)
A.K. Athienitis; Edited by M. Santamouris
R1,387 Discovery Miles 13 870 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Passive solar design techniques are becoming increasingly important in building design. This design reference book takes the building engineer or physicist step-by-step through the thermal analysis and design of passive solar buildings. In particular it emphasises two important topics: the maximum utilization of available solar energy and thermal storage, and the sizing of an appropriate auxiliary heating/cooling system in conjunction with good thermal control. Thermal Analysis and Design of Passive Solar Buildings is an important contribution towards the optimization of buildings as systems that act as natural filters between the indoor and outdoor environments, while maximizing the utilization of solar energy. As such it will be an essential source of information to engineers, architects, HVAC engineers and building physicists.

Foundations on Rock - Engineering Practice, Second Edition (Hardcover, 2nd edition): Duncan C. Wyllie Foundations on Rock - Engineering Practice, Second Edition (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
Duncan C. Wyllie
R8,929 Discovery Miles 89 290 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


This is the second edition of the successful Foundations on Rock, and is an up-to-date practical reference book describing current engineering practice in the investigation, design and construction of foundations on rock. An extra chapter on Tension Foundations has been included. The methods set out are readily applicable to high rise buildings, bridges, dams and structures subject to uplift and turning loads.
Foundations on Rock differs from the many texts and handbooks on soil foundations in that it focuses on the effect of geology on the stability and settlement of rock foundations. While the intact rock may be strong, defects in the rock such as faults, joints and cavities, and the deterioration of the rock with time, will have a significant effect on foundation performance. Methods of detecting such defects are described, and their implications for foundation design and treatment are elaborated.
The main topics covered are:
* Characteristics of rock foundations
* Structural geology
* Rock strength and deformability
* Investigation and in-situ testing methods
* Bearing capacity, settlement and stress distribution
* Stability of foundations
* Foundations of gravity and embankment dams
* Rock socketed piers
* Tension foundations
* Construction methods in rock
Foundations on Rock has been written for both the practising engineer and for graduate students in geological engineering and rock mechanics. Worked examples are included.

eBook available with sample pages: 0203477677

Crashworthiness of Composite Thin-Walled Structures (Hardcover): D.E. Manolakos, G.A. Demosthenous, M. B. Ioannidis, A.G.... Crashworthiness of Composite Thin-Walled Structures (Hardcover)
D.E. Manolakos, G.A. Demosthenous, M. B. Ioannidis, A.G. Mamalis
R8,028 Discovery Miles 80 280 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

FROM THE INTRODUCTION
Vehicle crashworthiness has been improving in recent years with attention mainly directed towards reducing the impact of the crash on the passengers. Effort has been spent in experimental research and in establishing safe theoretical design criteria on the mechanics of crumpling, providing to the engineers the ability to design vehicle structures so that the maximum amount of energy will dissipate while the material surrounding the passenger compartment is deformed, thus protecting the people inside.
During the last decade the attention given to crashworthiness and crash energy management has been centered on composite structures. The main advantages of fibre reinforced composite materials over more conventional isotropic materials, are the very high specific strengths and specific stiffness which can be achieved. Moreover, with composites, the designer can vary the type of fibre, matrix and fibre orientation to produce composites with proved material properties. Besides the perspective of reduced weight, design flexibility and low fabrication costs, composite materials offer a considerable potential for lightweight energy absorbing structures; these facts attract the attention of the automotive and aircraft industry owing to the increased use of composite materials in various applications, such as frame rails used in the apron construction of a car body and the subfloor of an aircraft, replacing the conventional materials used.
Our monograph is intended to provide an introduction to this relatively new topic of structural crashworthiness for professional engineers. It will introduce them to terms and concepts of it and acquaint them with some sources of literature about it. We believe that our survey constitutes a reasonably well-balanced synopsis of the topic.

Stadia Arenas and Grandstands - Design, Construction and Operation (Hardcover): P. Thompson, J. Tolloczko, N. Clarke Stadia Arenas and Grandstands - Design, Construction and Operation (Hardcover)
P. Thompson, J. Tolloczko, N. Clarke
R9,657 Discovery Miles 96 570 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


Contents:
Additional Papers. Preface. Conference Steering Committee. Foreword: Stadia and Arena Through the Ages. Part 1 Development and Planning. Part 2 Risk Management and Safety. Part 3: Structural Design and Construction. Part 4: Services and Environmental Design. Part 5: New Stadia Projects in the United Kingdom. Part 6: Successful Stadia Projects Around the World. Author Index. Subject Index.

Housing: The Essential Foundations - The Essential Foundations (Hardcover): Paul Balchin, Maureen Rhoden Housing: The Essential Foundations - The Essential Foundations (Hardcover)
Paul Balchin, Maureen Rhoden
R5,401 Discovery Miles 54 010 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This work provides a comprehensive introduction to housing studies. Integrating contributions from across the spectrum of areas connected with housing, this multi-disciplinary, topical book is designed for students embarking on degree and diploma courses in housing, surveying, town planning and other related subjects. Professionals within these fields should also find the book useful as a source ofup-to-date information and data. Multi-disciplinary and including many illustrations and examples, this book focuses on key topics which include: equal opportunities and housing organizations; town planning and housing development; housing management, design and development; environmental health and housing; property, housing law, policy-making and politics; housing policy and finance prior to and post Thatcherism; and future policy issues under the new Labour government post 1997. Housing, often the largest item in personal expenditure, is humankind's most essential need after nourishment. Examining ways to satisfy this need, whether through an adequate provision of public or private investment or through mixed funding schemes, the authors stress the importance of housing market activity

Rock Blasting Terms and Symbols - A Dictionary of Symbols and Terms in Rock Blasting and Related Areas like Drilling, Mining... Rock Blasting Terms and Symbols - A Dictionary of Symbols and Terms in Rock Blasting and Related Areas like Drilling, Mining and Rock Mechanics (Hardcover, Revised and Thu)
Agne Rustan
R7,139 Discovery Miles 71 390 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This dictionary represents today the most extensive rock blasting dictionary available and it is therefore a valuable tool and essential for research and writing reports, papers to international journals.

Terminology is important in the process of development of a science because it is the language for communication between students, teachers, technicians, scientists and practitioners in the field of blasting. This dictionary contains 1,980 terms, 316 symbols, ninety-three acronyms, abbreviations and shortened forms, 221 references, thirty-one figures, thity-two formulas and twenty-eight tables. In this book, not only short definitions of the terms are presented, but also a quantification of some terms is included, and their relationship to other parameters in blasting is highlighted.

All students, teachers, technicians, engineers, scientists and practioners in the field of blasting should get a copy as a desk reference book. If we all use the same symbols for example, the reading of blasting papers is speeded up and facilitated a lot.

Remedial Measures Against Soil Liquefaction: from Investigation and Design to Implementation - From Investigation and Design to... Remedial Measures Against Soil Liquefaction: from Investigation and Design to Implementation - From Investigation and Design to Implementation (Hardcover)
N. Yoshida
R6,590 Discovery Miles 65 900 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This text was compiled by the Japanese Geotechnical Society. It describes everything about the remedial measures against liquefaction currently used in Japan following research projects after the Niigata earthquake of 1964.

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