Civil engineering, surveying & building books

Such structures are widely used in the engineering profession for spacecraft, missiles, aircraft, land-based vehicles,...  Read More >>

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As geological threats become more imminent, society must make a major commitment to increase the resilience of its...  Read More >>

Smart structures that contain embedded piezoelectric patches are loaded by both mechanical and electrical fields....  Read More >>

Review the environmental issues and performances relevant to insulation in the Green Guide to Specification with...  Read More >>

Review the environmental issues and performances relevant to vertical cladding in the Green Guide to Specification...  Read More >>

Building Techniques in the 1800s offers a fascinating look at the history of the theory and realization of nineteenth-century...  Read More >>

Describes advances in geophysical data acquisition and evaluation as they relate to offshore developments, as well...  Read More >>

The book presents a state-of-the-art in environmental aerodynamics and the structural design of wind energy support...  Read More >>

This book shows the range of current theoretical concepts and tools in earth deformation studies: poroelastic field...  Read More >>

All About Child Care and Early Education, Second Edition, is a comprehensive resource for child care practitioners—or...  Read More >>

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This comprehensive introduction to rock mechanics treats the basics of rock mechanics in a clear and straightforward...  Read More >>

Submarine mass movements represent major offshore geohazards due to their destructive, tsunami-generating potential;...  Read More >>

<p>Francis D.K. Ching's architectural bestseller, thoroughly updated<p>Since 1975, Architectural Graphics has...  Read More >>

Soon after I joined the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn as a professor, I began working busily on my research...  Read More >>

Experts discuss how to repair, rehabilitate and modernize the transportation infrastructure in emerging Central...  Read More >>

The aim of this book is to present up-to-date methodologies in the analysis and optimization of the elastic stability...  Read More >>

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Social housing appears to offer a solution for the housing of poor and disadvantaged people. The French ""right...  Read More >>

Social housing appears to offer a solution for the housing of poor and disadvantaged people. The French ""right...  Read More >>

Routine seismic monitoring in mines was introduced over 30 years ago with two main objectives in mind: • immediate...  Read More >>

This text deals with the historical development of the scientific theories that, in the 18th century, gave engineers...  Read More >>

Two previous NATO Advanced Study Institutes (ASI) on berthing and mooring of ships have been held;  Read More >>

This volume records the proceedings of an international conference organised as a tribute to the contribution made...  Read More >>