Structural engineering books

Isambard Kingdom Brunel's (1806-1859) leading role in the transport revolution of the nineteenth century, and especially...  Read More >>

Assesses what is responsible for the changes in the Quantity Surveying profession, and what it means for the industry...  Read More >>

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An updated and extended version of the first edition of the book of the same title. It outlines elastic numerical...  Read More >>

Contains an overview of the relevant scientific contributions of Gerard de Josselin de Jong to the development of...  Read More >>

Accelerating seismic activity in late Meiji Japan climaxed in the legendary Great Nobi Earthquake of 1891, which...  Read More >>

Understanding the stress state in the earth's crust is crucial for engineers working in rock, particularly with...  Read More >>

This work focuses on topics including the physics of the fundamental dynamics of fluids and of semi-immersed Lagrangian...  Read More >>

The stresses carried by the solid skeleton are typically termed “e?ective stress” while the stresses carried by...  Read More >>

A source of first stage estimating costs. With sections on whole life costing and general information, this book...  Read More >>

The book reviews recent developments and research results on excavations and foundations found in and on soft soil...  Read More >>

This book contains the refereed and edited versions of papers presented at the IUTAM Symposium on Topological Design...  Read More >>

Provides practical advice for engineers, designers and analysts of earthquake resistant structures. This text covers...  Read More >>

Summarizes studies of optimized structural synthesis in precision elasticity. This book reviews options in the synthesis...  Read More >>

This is a textbook for senior students that covers not only the technical aspects of how to carry out alterations,...  Read More >>

Steel plated structures are used in a variety of marine and land-based applications, such as ships, off-shore platforms,...  Read More >>

These proceedings of the EURO-C 2006 Conference (Mayrhofen, Austria, 27-30 March 2006) cover both computational...  Read More >>

Intended as a primer on the physical changes that can affect older properties, this book demonstrates the general...  Read More >>

This book introduces the SMP criterion, its integration with the well-known Cam-clay model, and its application...  Read More >>

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Das umfassende Handbuch stellt das Grund- und Fachwissen fA1/4r den Entwurf, die Konstruktion, die Berechnung, die...  Read More >>

Researchers have studied many methods of using active and passive control devices for absorbing vibratory energy....  Read More >>

It is critical to quantify the various properties of soil in order to predict how it will behave under field loading...  Read More >>

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Introduces research topics in earthquake engineering through the application of computational mechanics and computer...  Read More >>