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by Kimberley Keller
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2012
Ace the Journeyman and Master Electrician Exams! Featuring more than 1,500 practice questions and answers, Electrician’s Exam Study Guide, Second Edition provides everything you need to prepare for and pass the Journeyman and Master electrician licensing exams on the first try. This practical, up-to-date...
Lathe (Carpentry)
Includes Lathe Uses, Safety, Repair, Adjustment, Attachments, Calculations, Various Thread Forms, and Machining Techniques
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2013
LatheThe purpose of this course is to introduce the uses of the lathe, to include safety; the uses, repair and adjustment of lathe attachments; and the various thread forms, uses, calculations and machining techniques.This course is part of our Carpentry series.Full illustrations and diagrams included.Lessons:-...
by Manoj Dole
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2017
WELDING Question Answers is a simple e-Book with all about the latest & Important Welding Machines, Hand Tools & Instruments used in Engineering & ITI courses like Welder, Fitter, Machinist, Turner, Tool & Die Maker. It contains objective questions with underlined & bold correct...
Green Infrastructure
Incorporating Plants and Enhancing Biodiversity in Buildings and Urban Environments
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2015
With more than half of the world's population now living in urban areas, it is vitally important that towns and cities are healthy places to live. The principal aim of this book is to synthesize the disparate literature on the use of vegetation in the built environment and its multifunctional benefits...
Stone in Architecture
Properties, Durability
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2011
The weathering of historical buildings and, indeed, of monuments and sculptures of natural stone is a problem that has been encountered for hundreds of years. However, a dramatic increase in deterioration in the structure of our built heritage has been observed during the past century. To understand...
Seismic Risk Assessment and Retrofitting
With Special Emphasis on Existing Low Rise Structures
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2009
Many more people are coming to live in earthquake-prone areas, especially urban ones. Many such areas contain low-rise, low-cost housing, while little money is available to retrofit the buildings to avoid total collapse and thus potentially save lives. The lack of money, especially in developing countries,...
Elevator Traffic Handbook
Theory and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2015
This second edition of this well-respected book covers all aspects of the traffic design and control of vertical transportation systems in buildings, making it an essential reference for vertical transportation engineers, other members of the design team, and researchers. The book introduces the basic...
Improving the Earthquake Resilience of Buildings
The worst case approach
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2012
Engineers are always interested in the worst-case scenario. One of the most important and challenging missions of structural engineers may be to narrow the range of unexpected incidents in building structural design. Redundancy, robustness and resilience play an important role in such circumstances....
by Omid Omidvar, Judith Dayhoff
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 1997
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 1997
This book is one of the most up-to-date and cutting-edge texts available on the rapidly growing application area of neural networks. Neural Networks and Pattern Recognition focuses on the use of neural networksin pattern recognition, a very important application area for neural networks technology....
by R. E. Snodgrass
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2017
"The Anatomy of the Honey Bee" is a vintage treatise first published in 1910. It deals in detail with the physiognomy, anatomy, and natural history of the honey bee, making it ideal for those with a serious interest in bees and bee-keeping. Contents include: "General External Structure...
Durability of Building Materials and Components 7
Proceedings of the seventh international conference
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2004
These books contain articles on R&D into the major aspects of durability and service life prediction of building materials and components, as well as theoretical aspects of methods and modelling of prediction, description of degradation environment by use GIS, as practical implementation of knowledge on durability in maintenance procedures and in standardisation and regulations.
by Steve Folkman, A. P. Moser
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2008
Unearth the Secrets of Designing and Building High-Quality Buried Piping Systems
This brand-new edition of Buried Pipe Design helps you analyze the performance of a wide range of pipes, so you can determine the proper pipe and installation system for the job. Covering almost every type of rigid...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2004
This volume contains the proceedings of the Second International Symposium on Durability of Building Sealants, held under the joint auspices of the British Building Research Establishment Ltd (BRE) and the International Union of Testing and Research Laboratories for Buildings and Structures (RILEM)...
Electrical Submersible Pumps Manual
Design, Operations, and Maintenance
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2009
Ideal for removing large amounts of liquids from wells, Electrical Submersible Pumps (ESP) are perhaps the most versatile and profitable pieces of equipment in a petroleum company's arsenal. However, if not properly maintained and operated, they could quickly become an expensive nightmare. The first...