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Theory of Structures
Fundamentals, Framed Structures, Plates and Shells
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2013
This book provides the reader with a consistent approach to theory of structures on the basis of applied mechanics. It covers framed structures as well as plates and shells using elastic and plastic theory, and emphasizes the historical background and the relationship to practical engineering activities....
New Activities For Cultural Heritage
Proceedings of the International Conference Heritagebot 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2017
This is the Proceedings of the International Workshop Heritagebot 2017 that was held in Cassino, Italy in September 2017. The papers cover a wide range of disciplines connected with Cultural Heritage, from humanistic fields up to engineering designs through legal aspects and financial/economical...
by Gengshen Liu, Huajun Li
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2017
This book discusses offshore platform integration technology, focusing on the floatover methodology and its applications. It also addresses topics related to safety and cost-effectiveness, as well as ensuring the success of a project through careful planning and established detailed operation procedure/working...
by A. Pinder
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2003
A new edition of a book widely regarded as a classic of landscape architecture, it deals with the 'bits' that go in between the different parts of the urban landscape. A completely updated text makes it suitable for both the professional and student.
Applications of Fire Engineering
Proceedings of the International Conference of Applications of Structural Fire Engineering (ASFE 2017), September 7-8, 2017, Manchester, United Kingdom
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2017
This book holds the proceedings of the Conference on Applications of Structural Fire Engineering (ASFE 2017), held on September 7-8, 2017, in Manchester, UK. The ASFE’17 conference will be the next in a series (2009, 2011, 2013, 2015) of successful conferences that aim to bring together experts...
Innovative Built Heritage Models
Edited contributions to the International Conference on Innovative Built Heritage Models and Preventive Systems (CHANGES 2017), February 6-8, 2017, Leuven, Belgium
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2018
Several international and European institutions have given increasing importance to sustainable approaches to our existing building stock and the role of built heritage in this process. At the same time, preventive and planned conservation of built heritage has been increasingly recognised by researchers...
by Mike Billington
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2006
As the Building Regulations and Approved Documents have become more and more complex, they have become increasingly unfriendly for a professional user. Compliance is only possible by understanding a wide range of supporting documentation. Alternative approaches are implied, but not described or analysed.
This...
by Swami Saran
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2017
The book offers a systematic analysis of footings (i.e. shallow foundations) in a realistic way, using constitutive relationships of the soil. The aim of the book is to deal with the theme holistically, involving the determination of the constitutive law of the soil, and then proportioning the footing...
Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management 2015
Innovation and Practice in Industrial Engineering and Management (Volume 2)
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2016
Being the premier forum for the presentation of new advances and research results in the fields of Industrial Engineering, IEEM 2015 aims to provide a high-level international forum for experts, scholars and entrepreneurs at home and abroad to present the recent advances, new techniques and applications...
Evolutionary Optimisation of Façade Design
A New Approach for the Design of Building Envelopes
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2014
Optimization techniques offer immense potential for the improvement of performance-driven design, since they allow the adoption of an holistic approach. This can lead to great advantages: optimal design solutions can be properly identified only if all criteria are considered at the same time, rather...
Effective Daylighting with High-Performance Facades
Emerging Design Practices
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2017
The book explores advanced building-facade daylighting design practices based on diverse energy and human-factor performance metrics. It also defines effective daylighting by rethinking the simplified approach to glazing and facade systems to incorporate the local climate and the needs of building...
Nearly Zero Energy Building Refurbishment
A Multidisciplinary Approach
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
The recast of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) was adopted by the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union on 19 May 2010. For new buildings, the recast fixes 2020 as the deadline for all new buildings to be “nearly zero energy” (and even sooner for public...
by William Galvery
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2007
As a concise yet thorough introduction to the topic, this new edition of Welding Essentials makes welding easy for beginners and is a handy reference for professionals. Its unique, comprehensive question-and-answer format will allow readers to quickly find what they are looking for and fully understand...
by John Murdoch
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2014
Since its first publication in 1975, John Murdoch’s Law of Estate Agency has been the leading work on this important subject. This new fifth edition offers authoritative guidance on all recent legal developments, both legislative and in the courts, of concern to practising estate agents.
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