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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.
A Practical Course in Advanced Structural Design is written from
the perspective of a practicing engineer, one with over 35 years of
experience, now working in the academic world, who wishes to pass
on lessons learned over the course of a structural engineering
career. The book covers essential topics that will enable beginning
structural engineers to gain an advanced understanding prior to
entering the workforce, as well as topics which may receive little
or no attention in a typical undergraduate curriculum. For example,
many new structural engineers are faced with issues regarding
estimating collapse loadings during earthquakes and establishing
fatigue requirements for cyclic loading - but are typically not
taught the underlying methodologies for a full understanding.
Features: Advanced practice-oriented guidance on structural
building and bridge design in a single volume. Detailed treatment
of earthquake ground motion from multiple specifications (ASCE
7-16, ASCE 4-16, ASCE 43-05, AASHTO). Details of calculations for
the advanced student as well as the practicing structural engineer.
Practical example problems and numerous photographs from the
author's projects throughout. A Practical Course in Advanced
Structural Design will serve as a useful text for graduate and
upper-level undergraduate civil engineering students as well as
practicing structural engineers.
It's Hard Not to Stare is the second book unpacking StreetLevel's
children's Compassion Series. Tim Huff addresses issues related to
disabilities in this book, as he did homelessness in the first of
the series, applying the same tender and truthful prose, along with
bright and courageous child-friendly illustrations, which have been
heightened by the insights and wisdom of his professional peers,
educators, moms and dads. The material encourages children to look
at their world through the lens of compassion and understanding,
rather than assumption, judgment or fear. Tim believes this
approach will impact the way we care for, and befriend, people in
our communities and beyond, and that when we nurture compassion in
a child in one area of life, the potential is greater that this
goodness will spill over into all other areas.
In his book Tim Huff has stitched together stories of a radical
life of presence and friendship among children, youth and adults
facing profound emotional, social, mental, developmental, physical
and spiritual challenges. His journey of full-time service,
learning, and advocacy for poor, oppressed, misunderstood and
marginalized people across Canada, and around the world are
powerfully captured in this latest work.
It has been called one of the greatest tragedies of our time. In an
age of prosperity and plenty, hundreds of thousands of people
continue to find themselves destitute and homeless. Bent Hope was
born out of Tim Huff's unique and extensive twenty-year ministry
among homeless and street-involved youth and adults in Toronto,
Canada. It is a collection of thoughtful narratives birthed beneath
crumbling bridges and in the hidden alcoves of darkened alleyways.
Each chapter reveals a unique life-story-unpredictable, intriguing
and compelling. These gripping true-life stories surface quietly
from unforgiving corridors of fear, hurt and uncertainty that
unexpectedly and supernaturally transform into fascinating places
of intimacy and godly anticipation. While the surface aims of Bent
Hope are to inspire and educate, the author's core objective is not
to reveal the grand experience of ministry "to" the poorest of the
western world's poor, but to expose the extraordinary beauty of
being blessed "by" and "among" them.
One of the greatest tragedies of our time is homelessness. In an
age of prosperity and plenty, tens of thousands of people have
become victims of homelessness.
Tim J Huff has been called by Andrew Stawicki of the "Toronto
Star" "as not just another outreach worker, but a tireless activist
for the cause of the homeless." Tim is a writer, illustrator and
veteran street worker. He has seen first-hand the terrible plight
of men, women, children- even entire families, living on the
streets of our urban centres. He has listened quietly to their
stories, watched them cry beneath the overpasses where they sleep,
brought them coffee and sandwiches. He has been spit on and called
names while sitting with them as they panhandle from the sidewalk.
But when his own daughter, at age 8, fixed him with her gaze one
day as they strolled below the Gardiner Expressway and demanded to
know why there was a mattress on the ground, he struggled for words
to explain that someone slept there and why. After 19 years of
working with these poor misunderstood souls, Tim has written and
illustrated a book to help adults talk to children about the
homeless.
Tim, who works for Youth Unlimited, a faith-based charity aimed at
helping teens and young adults, has come up with something he hopes
will help other parents facing the same dilemma.
He both wrote and and illustrated this picture book that lays the
groundwork for parents and teachers to start talking about
homelessness with children. The book is called The Cardboard Shack
Beneath the Bridge. Written in 16 stanzas, each accompanied by a
colourful drawing, it gently raises questions in language a
preschooler can understand and leaves it to the adult to decide
where to take the discussion.
As Tim says it so well," I wanted to start with everybody just
seeing each other as human beings. Everyone has their own story,
whether we know what it is or not." He'd be happy if that's
something children could take from this book.
"The Cardboard Shack" is an invitation to learn about real people
with real problems. And 'we' are the real solution"
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