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A comprehensive guide to bridge design Bridge Design - Concepts and
Analysis provides a unique approach, combining the fundamentals of
concept design and structural analysis of bridges in a single
volume. The book discusses design solutions from the authors
practical experience and provides insights into conceptual design
with concrete, steel or composite bridge solutions as alternatives.
Key features: Principal design concepts and analysis are dealt with
in a unified approach. Execution methods and evolution of the
static scheme during construction are dealt with for steel,
concrete and composite bridges. Aesthetics and environmental
integration of bridges are considered as an issue for concept
design. Bridge analysis, including modelling and detail design
aspects, is discussed for different bridge typologies and
structural materials. Specific design verification aspects are
discussed on the basis of present design rules in Eurocodes. The
book is an invaluable guide for postgraduate students studying
bridge design, bridge designers and structural engineers.
Primer on Cerebrovascular Diseases is a handy reference source for
scientists, students, and physicians needing reliable, up-to-date
information on basic mechanisms, physiology, pathophysiology, and
medical issues related to brain vasculature. The book consists of
short, specific chapters written by international experts on
cerebral vasculature, and presents the information in a
comprehensive and easily accessible manner. The book also contains
valuable information on practical applications of basic research.
Key Features
* Presents topics in a comprehensive and accessible format
* Written by international authorities on cerebral
vasculature
* Provides practical applications for researchers
Presenting an economic perspective of deforestation in the Brazilan Amazon, this study utilizes economic and ecological data from 1970 to 1996. It examines the extent to which land clearing promotes economic activity and growth and analyzes policies such as road building and subsidized credit. It explores whether the economic benefits of land clearing surpass the ecological costs and considers the viability of extractivism as an alternative to deforestation.
The Russian formalists emerged from the Russian Revolution with
ideas about the independence of literature. They enjoyed that
independence until Stalin shut them down. By then, however, they
had produced essays that remain among the best defenses ever
written for both literature and its theory. Included here are four
essays representing key points in the formalists’ short history.
Victor Shklovsky’s pioneering “Art as Technique” (1917)
defines the literary as a way to make us see familiar things as if
for the first time. His 1921 essay on Tristram Shandy makes that
eccentric novel the centerpiece for a theory of narrative. A
section from Boris Tomashevsky’s “Thematics” (1925)
inventories the elements of stories. In “The Theory of the
‘Formal Method’” (1927), Boris Eichenbaum defends Russian
Formalism against various attacks. An able champion, he describes
Formalism’s evolution, notes its major figures and works, clears
away decayed axioms, and rescues literature from “primitive
historicism” and other dangers. These essays set a course for
literary studies that led to Prague structuralism, French
semiotics, and postmodern poetics. Russian Formalist Criticism has
been honored as a Choice Outstanding Academic Book of the Year by
the American Library Association.
This is a new release of the original 1937 edition.
Brimming with laugh-out-loud Santa stories, How Santa Lost His
Jollies is a humorous take on Santa "events" from around the globe,
from Santa gropers, to flying Santas (Elvis impersonators), to
patented Santa traps, and of course, the usual kids (naughty) with
their Santa-defying tricks. Drawn from genuine, and documented,
news articles, How Santa Lost His Jollies reveals the trial and
tribulations- even dangerous situations -endured by today's Santa.
Well, not the real Santa, but those jolly old elves who work the
trade for dollars. Admittedly, it was one dark and dismal Christmas
Eve when in a desperate attempt to ignite my own holiday spirit, I
resorted to dredging up Santa-in-the-news events off the internet.
It wasn't long before I found myself laughing out loud. Therein
lies the beginning of How Santa Lost His Jollies -- as well as the
crummy feeling one gets upon discovering that the guy who delivered
your first bicycle is right now busy getting his nose bloodied and
a couple of eyes seriously discolored in a back alley, one quite
possibly located near you. Santa stories, like all holiday stories,
are meant to be shared. Accordingly, each Santa news event has been
reconfigured to include a short multiple-choice quiz designed to
keep both grinches and guests engaged and amused. You already know
the scene: Christmas day; cooks in the kitchen; kids squabbling
over noisy, blinking toys; teenagers tying up the TV with noisier,
electronic games; guys swapping fish stories; and the
self-appointed in-law joke-teller laughing at his own dirty jokes.
Time to open How Santa Lost His Jollies, assign the family grinch
to read the stories out loud and let the cooks, kids, and by now
slightly inebriated men-folk guess the punch lines. Only right
answers count.
This is a new release of the original 1937 edition.
Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of
rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for
everyone!
What it really takes to be a naval aviator.
Share in the drama, excitement, and hilarity as author Joseph Reis
unravels a nautical escapade of adventures and mishaps. NAVCAD
Lance Benson will stop at nothing to earn his Navy Wings of Gold.
Join him as he embarks on an incredible journey, and meet along the
way the Count, the King, the Screamer, and the Brawlers. The world
of naval aviation comes to life as Reis unveils what it really
takes to become a naval aviator.
Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of
rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for
everyone!
Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of
rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for
everyone!
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