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This book will enrich the readers theoretical knowledge about the
fundamental aspects of bryology. There is a great significance of
bryophytes in land plant evolution, water retention, prevention of
soil erosion, nutrient cycling, nitrogen fixation and pollution
monitoring. Considering this, the authors found it necessary to
provide a basic guideline to the students to study the bryoflora.
The present manual for bryophytes will provide practical guidelines
for collection and recording of bryophytes, methodologies for
studying it's morphology, morphometry and internal structure,
modern approach to bryophytes systematics and characterization of
genera, taxonomic importance of spore ornamentation as revealed by
the Scanning Electron Microscopy, significance of bryophyte
conservation and basic methods of in vitro study. Please note:
Taylor & Francis does not sell or distribute the Hardback in
India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.
This book gathers peer-reviewed contributions presented at the
International Conference on Structural Engineering and Construction
Management (SECON'21), held on 12-15 May 2021. The meeting served
as a fertile platform for discussion, sharing sound knowledge and
introducing novel ideas on issues related to sustainable
construction and design for the future. The respective
contributions address various aspects of numerical modeling and
simulation in structural engineering, structural dynamics and
earthquake engineering, advanced analysis and design of
foundations, BIM, building energy management, and technical project
management. Accordingly, the book offers a valuable, up-to-date
tool and essential overview of the subject for scientists and
practitioners alike, and will inspire further investigations and
research.
This book gathers peer-reviewed contributions presented at the
International Conference on Structural Engineering and Construction
Management (SECON'21), held on 12-15 May 2021. The meeting served
as a fertile platform for discussion, sharing sound knowledge and
introducing novel ideas on issues related to sustainable
construction and design for the future. The respective
contributions address various aspects of numerical modeling and
simulation in structural engineering, structural dynamics and
earthquake engineering, advanced analysis and design of
foundations, BIM, building energy management, and technical project
management. Accordingly, the book offers a valuable, up-to-date
tool and essential overview of the subject for scientists and
practitioners alike, and will inspire further investigations and
research.
Recorded ground motions affected by forward directivity effects
indicate that velocity pulse may arrive at a relatively later stage
of the record even though it is believed to arrive at the beginning
of velocity time-history. An attempt has been made to correlate
arrival instant of velocity pulse with a few seismological and
pulse parameters. To assess the effect of velocity pulse arrival on
seismic response of structures, a series of oscillator with
different hysteretic behaviour is considered. The results of
nonlinear time-history analyses indicate that the late arriving
pulse motions impose high ductility demand on SDOF systems in the
long period region. A similar study with eight steel
moment-resisting frames revealed that the effect of pulse arrival
on the response of frame members depends upon the frame height and
the member location. Similar results are obtained when the effect
of velocity pulse arrival on the seismic response of acceleration
sensitive nonstructural components is considered. The results
obtained in this study will help the engineering community in
deciding safety factors for design of structures/nonstructural
components in near-fault region.
Seaport container cranes are highly vulnerable to natural disasters
such as earthquakes and severe windstorms. Damage to container
cranes affects the functionality of seaports in terms of economic
loss due to repair/ replacement and downtime. In addition, it may
accrue considerable amount of business loss owing to permanent
traffic rerouting. Although a significant number of wind-induced
failure of container cranes have been reported, literature related
to cause of such failures is inadequate. This document provides an
approach for systematic investigation of response of seaport
container cranes under wind loading. Emphasis is placed on
estimating the effect of structural configurations and stochastic
of wind field on failure vulnerability of modern-day sea container
cranes. The failure vulnerability of container cranes has been
estimated by means of fragility analysis with respect to different
parameters such as boom positions, yaw angle, gradient height, and
gradient wind speed. Also introduced are the Monte Carlo simulation
and sensitivity analysis for probabilistic assessments of
performance. Finally, a few relevant research needs in this area
have been identified.
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