Civil engineering, surveying & building books

This book is intended to provide the interested reader with basic information on various issues of the dependability...  Read More >>

Experts from academia and government who are actively engaged in research in the area of risk communication present...  Read More >>

If one surveys the development of wind engineering, one comes to the conclusion that the challenge of urban climatology...  Read More >>

Commonly used standard linear multivari­ ate procedures based on the inversion of sample covariance matrices can...  Read More >>

Compare structures built by people with structures built by animals. You'll be surprised at how much they are alike....  Read More >>

People change the land in big and small ways. Whether it's planting a garden or building a dam, we are always changing...  Read More >>

The book offers:• Detailed mathematical examples throughout to guide readers• Applications of solidification and...  Read More >>

Proceedings from the UIMP International Course held in Valencia, December 1997  Read More >>

The practical applications of system modeling and optimization can be seen in a number of fields. This work collects...  Read More >>

When Professor Bedrikovetsky first accepted my invitation to spend an extended sabbatical period in the Department...  Read More >>

Proceedings of the Ispra Course held at the Joint Research Centre, Ispra, Italy, November 16-19, 1987  Read More >>

Contains topics that include intelligent (smart) structures research activities, piezoelectric structures, shape...  Read More >>

A concise, coherent account of the relevance of Walter Benjamin’s writings to architects, considering figures of...  Read More >>

A concise, coherent account of the relevance of Walter Benjamin’s writings to architects, considering figures of...  Read More >>

A wide variety of problems are associated with the flow of shallow water, such as atmospheric flows, tides, storm...  Read More >>

Aung, Rahardjo, Leong and Toll (Singapore) inves­ tigate the relationship between mercury intrusion porosimetry...  Read More >>

The volume consists of four chapters dealing, respectively, with some basic properties of multivariate continuous...  Read More >>

It was followed by seven lecture sessions on Concepts, Structural Mechanics, Reflectors, Deployable Structures in...  Read More >>

A guide to solar energy. It covers the relevant technologies, including solar space and water heating, as well as...  Read More >>

Schedule-Based Dynamic Transit Modeling: Theory and Applications outlines the new schedule-based dynamic approach...  Read More >>

This volume contains the extended versions of selected papers presented at the first Mediterranean Conference ""Sharing...  Read More >>

Behavioral Intervals in Embedded Software introduces a comprehensive approach to timing, power, and communication...  Read More >>

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Environmental Hydrology presents a unified approach to the role of hydrology in environmental planning and management,...  Read More >>

Yohei Sasakawa The Northern Sea Route is the shortest shipping route connecting the Far East and Europe.  Read More >>