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Appraisal and Repair of Existing Concrete Structures
Author(s): Yue Choong Kog
Publication date: 31 March 2023
ISBN: 9780727766939
£70.00
Appraisal and Repair of Existing Concrete Structures is a practical and concise reference for practising civil and structural engineers engaged in the appraisal and repair of concrete buildings. Comprehensive in scope, the book provides a detailed guide to all stages of appraisal, and the issues that can be encountered in the structural appraisal p
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Designing a Safer Built Environment: A complete guide to the management of design risk
Author(s): John Carpenter
Publication date: 05 May 2021
ISBN: 9780727765826
£62.50
Designing a Safer Built Environment addresses long-standing uncertainties and challenges faced by designers, highlighted by recent events such as the Grenfell Tower fire, by providing a clear methodology for design risk management. Applicable across projects of all sizes, the book shows how designers can effectively manage risks to safety and healt
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Designing and Constructing Prestressed Bridges
Author(s): Jiří Stráský and Radim Nečas
Publication date: 20 January 2021
ISBN: 9780727763853
£83.25
Designing and Constructing Prestressed Bridges shows how designs using prestressing methods can be utilised in the building of bridge structures. Prestressed bridges can be used in a variety of locations and styles and it can often be difficult to understand the intricacies of the design. This book solves this concern by discussing the aspects of b
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BIM for Project Managers: Digital construction management
Author(s): Peter Barnes
Publication date: 30 November 2020
ISBN: 9780727765291
£53.50
BIM for Project Managers is a concise practical guide which shows how cutting-edge BIM related technologies can facilitate the successful management of construction and infrastructure projects. Focused specifically on core project management topic areas, the book shows how BIM can act as a catalyst for key project management functions in constructi
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Appraisal and Repair of Timber Structures, Second edition
Author(s): Andrew Lawrence and Peter Ross
Publication date: 21 August 2020
ISBN: 9780727761781
£90.75
Appraisal and Repair of Timber Structures, Second edition is a comprehensive and fully updated guide focusing on the appraisal and repair of timber structures with reference to Eurocode 5.
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Refurbishment Projects: Health and safety management
Author(s): Edited by David Oloke
Publication date: 08 June 2020
ISBN: 9780727761590
£53.50
Refurbishment Projects by David Oloke is a qualitative reference tool for exploring health and safety management and risk management of alteration, renovation and refurbishment projects. As the need to make old stock more energy efficient increases in line with the requirements of sustainable development, the number of extensions, loft conversions,
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Repair of Historic Timber Structures, Second edition
Author(s): David Yeomans
Publication date: 11 March 2020
ISBN: 9780727764386
£64.00
Timber is a timeless construction material and there is a growing movement to use modern methods to repair and maintain heritage structures. What is the best approach in refurbishing timber-framed buildings and how can a modern engineer understand the approaches needed to undertake these processes?
In this new edition, David Yeomans explores str
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Blast Effects on Buildings, Third edition
Author(s): David Cormie, Geoff Mays and Peter Smith
Publication date: 06 December 2019
ISBN: 9780727761477
£99.75
Blast Effects on Buildings
showcases the latest practical guidance on designing buildings to optimise their resilience to blast loading. Focused specifically on the design of commercial buildings, it is an indispensable guide to help engineers reduce the risks posed to building occupants and businesses from terrorist attacks and other explosions.
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BIM in Principle and in Practice, Third edition
Author(s): Peter Barnes
Publication date: 04 March 2019
ISBN: 9780727763693
£38.75
BIM in Principle and in Practice, now in its third edition, is an indispensable guide to BIM principles and techniques. It provides clear explanations of core concepts, and answers many of the common questions that are asked about BIM.;
In contrast to other narrowly focused guidance on BIM, this book offers a straightforward overview of BIM fund
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Seismic Design of Foundations: Concepts and applications
Author(s): Subhamoy Bhattacharya, Rolando P. Orense and Domenico Lombardi
Publication date: 06 February 2019
ISBN: 9780727761668
£94.00
With easy-to-understand explanations of the basic concepts, Seismic Design of Foundations examines recent and worldwide research outputs and post-earthquake reconnaissance case studies, and offers practical means of applying them to the real world. Each case study also provides worked examples of new and innovative findings that reveal background i
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Tension Structures: Form and behaviour, Second edition
Author(s): Wanda J. Lewis
Publication date: 04 January 2018
ISBN: 9780727761736
£69.00
Tension Structures, Second edition delivers a unique coverage of the topic of tension structures ranging from a variety of pre-stressed cable net and fabric roofing forms to suspension bridge cables. The emphasis is on finding minimum energy forms of these structures by analogy to nature.
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Shell Structures in Civil and Mechanical Engineering: Theory and Analysis, Second edition
Author(s): Alphose Zingoni
Publication date: 14 December 2017
ISBN: 9780727760289
£119.00
Shell Structures in Civil and Mechanical Engineering,;joint;winner of;the University of Cape Town Book Award for 2019, comprehensively covers the theories governing the membrane and bending behaviour of thin elastic shells. It applies these theories to obtain practical solutions for a wide variety of shell structures encountered in the civil and me
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Progressive Collapse of Structures, Second edition
Author(s): Uwe Starossek
Publication date: 06 December 2017
ISBN: 9780727761682
£89.25
Progressive Collapse of Structures, Second edition provides structural engineers with the practical and systematic frameworks they need to anticipate the risk of progressive and/or disproportionate collapse, and to apply this knowledge to the design of new structures as well as the retrofit design of existing structures.
With design codes becomi
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Wireless Sensor Networks for Civil Infrastructure Monitoring: A best practice guide
Author(s): David Rodenas-Herráiz, Kenichi Soga, Paul Fidler and Nicholas de Battista
Publication date: 22 July 2016
ISBN: 9780727761514
£83.25
Wireless Sensor Networks for Civil Infrastructure Monitoring provides expert guidance on the selection and use of wireless sensor network (WSN) technology for structural monitoring of both existing infrastructure and new construction projects. The purpose of this guide is to consolidate a generic methodology for the design and implementation of WSN
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Transforming the Future of Infrastructure Through Smarter Information: Proceedings of the International Conference on Smart Infrastructure and Construction
Author(s): RJ Mair, K Soga, Y Jin, AL Parlikad and JM Schooling
Publication date: 21 June 2016
ISBN: 9780727761279
£187.25
The International Conference on Smart Infrastructure and Construction (ICSIC) brings together world-leading academics and practitioners from the fields of infrastructure planning, asset management and sensing. Transforming the Future of Infrastructure through Smarter Information covers a wide range of topics of relevance to smart infrastructure and
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Structural Analysis
Author(s): Mikus Cirulis and Phil Wicks
Publication date: 13 August 2015
ISBN: 9780727759849
£39.50
ICE Textbooks provide clear, accurate and relevant information on the major principles of civil and structural engineering at a level suitable for undergraduate students worldwide. Divided into easily understandable modules, ICE Textbooks feature worked examples, practice questions and learning point summaries throughout.
Structural Analysis off
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Stadium and Arena Design (Stadium Engineering, 2nd edition)
Author(s): Edited by Peter Culley and John Pascoe
Publication date: 08 June 2015
ISBN: 9780727757906
£125.75
Winner of the Washington DC - Baltimore Society for Technical Communication's 2015-2016 Award of Excellence
Stadium and Arena Design recognises the importance of the multidisciplinary approach required to design, build and run modern, international stadiums. Bringing together a broad range of knowledge from specialists in each of the key areas of
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Intelligent Buildings, 2nd edition
Author(s): Edited by D. Clements-Croome
Publication date: 15 August 2013
ISBN: 9780727757340
£69.25
Intelligent Buildings is a comprehensive guide to the latest knowledge on the design, construction, management and technology of intelligent buildings and cities for sustainable developments that meet the needs of users now and in the future. Intelligent buildings are functional, economical, adaptable and sustainable, responding to the needs of the
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Designers’ Guide to Eurocode 9: Design of Aluminium Structures: EN 1999-1-1 and -1-4
Author(s): Torsten Höglund and Phil Tindall (series editor Haig Gulvanessian)
Publication date: 24 July 2012
ISBN: 9780727757371
£88.25
Designer's Guide to Eurocode 9 covers the design of building and civil engineering works made from wrought and cast aluminium alloys. While aluminium is a lesser-used material, Eurocode 9 is a complicated document and there is currently very little guidance to its use.
The latest addition to the bestselling Designers' Guide series addresses the
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Designers' Guide to Eurocode: Basis of structural design, 2nd edition
Author(s): Haig Gulvanessian, Jean-Armand Calgaro and Milan Holický
Publication date: 07 March 2012
ISBN: 9780727741714
£100.00
Eurocode 0, EN 1990: Basis of Structural Design is considered the primary document in the Eurocode suite which establishes for the structural Eurocodes the principles and requirements for safety and serviceability of structures. More importantly, EN 1990 must be applied whenever the Eurocodes 1 to 9 are used.
This Designers' Guide was one of the
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Designers' Guide to Eurocode 4: Design of composite steel and concrete structures, 2nd edition
Author(s): Roger P Johnson
Publication date: 20 December 2011
ISBN: 9780727741738
£100.00
This series of Designers’ Guides to the Eurocodes provides comprehensive guidance in the form of design aids, indications for the most convenient design procedures and worked examples. The books also include background information to aid the designer in understanding the reasoning behind and the objectives of the codes. All of the individual guides
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Structural Dynamics for Engineers, 2nd edition
Author(s): H.A. Buchholdt and E. Moossavi-Nejad
Publication date: 24 November 2011
ISBN: 9780727741769
£46.75
Structural Dynamics for Engineers, Second edition is the essential introduction to the dynamics of civil engineering structures for students of structural engineering and graduate engineers.
This book uses carefully-selected worked examples to instil an understanding of the theories underlying widely-used computer analysis systems and show reade
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Designer's Guide to Eurocode 6: Design of Masonry Structures
Author(s): John Morton
Publication date: 23 November 2011
ISBN: 9780727731555
£86.00
This series of Designers' Guides to the Eurocodes provides comprehensive guidance in the form of design aids, indications for the most convenient design procedures and worked examples. The books also include background information to aid the designer in understanding the reasoning behind and the objectives of the codes. All of the individual guides
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Finite-Element Design of Concrete Structures, 2nd edition
Author(s): G.A. Rombach
Publication date: 05 October 2011
ISBN: 9780727741899
£109.25
Finite-element Design of Concrete Structures, Second edition, is the structural engineer’s essential practical guide to the computational design of concrete structures. An increasing reliance on computer power means that now even simple structures are designed with the aid of computers. In this book, the author uses worked examples of real-life str
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Structural Fire Engineering
Author(s): Tom Lennon
Publication date: 19 May 2011
ISBN: 9780727741417
£100.00
Structural Fire Engineering provides comprehensive and practical design guidance on the application of structural fire engineering to specialist structural engineers. The chapters provide an insight into the explanation of the structural fire engineering design process, its position within the regulatory system and guidance on the selection of appr
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Structural systems: behaviour and design Volume 2: Spatial structural systems, foundations and dynamics
Author(s): Leonidas Stavridis
Publication date: 08 October 2010
ISBN: 9780727741073
£88.25
Promoting and underlining the importance of structural thinking, Structural Systems: Behaviour and Design will provide readers with a comprehensive understanding of the behaviour of a wide range of structural systems based on the load-carrying mechanisms involved. Bringing together a wide array of structural types and covering the behaviour and des
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Structural systems: behaviour and design Volume 1: Plane structural systems
Author(s): Leonidas Stavridis
Publication date: 08 October 2010
ISBN: 9780727741066
£76.25
Promoting and underlining the importance of structural thinking, Structural Systems: Behaviour and Design will provide readers with a comprehensive understanding of the behaviour of a wide range of structural systems based on the load-carrying mechanisms involved. Bringing together a wide array of structural types and covering the behaviour and des
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Structural Analysis with Finite Elements
Author(s): Paolo Rugarli
Publication date: 11 June 2010
ISBN: 9780727740939
£81.00
Structural Analysis with Finite Elements reveals the theory behind the finite element (FE) method as it relates to structural engineering and explains how to overcome commonly encountered problems and errors found in everyday structural modelling with finite element software. Drawing on nearly 20 years of experience as a structural engineer and FE
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Designers' Guide to Eurocode 1: Actions on bridges
Author(s): J-A Calgaro, M Tschumi, and H Gulvanessian
Publication date: 15 March 2010
ISBN: 9780727731586
£119.00
This series of Designers Guides to the Eurocodes provides comprehensive guidance in the form of design aids, indications for the most convenient design procedures and worked examples. The books also include background information to aid the designer in understanding the reasoning behind and the objectives of the codes. All of the individual guides
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Designers' Guide to Eurocode 1: Actions on buildings
Author(s): H Gulvanessian, P Formichi and J-A Calgaro
Publication date: 25 August 2009
ISBN: 9780727731562
£119.00
Eurocode 1, EN 1991: Actions on Structures, is made up of four main parts. These parts provide comprehensive information and guidance on all the actions it is normally necessary to consider in the design of building and civil engineering structures. The first of these parts, EN 1991-1: General actions, is divided into seven sub-parts.
In Designe
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Practical Design of Timber Structures to Eurocode 5
Author(s): H.J. Larsen and V. Enjily
Publication date: 22 May 2009
ISBN: 9780727736093
£109.25
Written by leading experts in the field, including one of the authors of Eurocode 5, this practical book provides a comprehensive guide to the design of timber structures according to the latest European and UK standards. Practical Design of Timber Structures to Eurocode 5 begins with a description of timber, considering its strength, stiffness, mo
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Designers' Guide to EN 1993-2 Eurocode 3: Design of steel structures. Part 2: Steel bridges
Author(s): C. R. Hendy and C. J. Murphy
Publication date: 03 September 2007
ISBN: 9780727731609
£130.75
EN 1993-2, also known as the Eurocode 3 for steel bridges, describes the principles and requirements for safety, serviceability and durability of concrete bridges.
This Designers' Guide provides the user with guidance on the interpretation and use of EN 1993-2 and also the relevant provisions in EN 1993-1-1, EN 1993-1-5, EN 1993-1-8, EN 1993-1-9,
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Designers' Guide to EN 1991-1-2, EN1992-1-2, EN 1993-1-2 and EN 1994-1-2 (Eurocode)
Author(s): D. Moore, C. Bailey, T. Lennon and Y. Wang
Publication date: 12 January 2007
ISBN: 9780727731579
£100.00
The nature of the loading must first be understood before applying the structural engineering principles set out in the Eurocodes. For this reason this book is meant as a guide to four separate documents, EN1991 Part 1.2, EN1992 Part 1.2, EN1993 Part 1.2 and EN1994 Part 1.2 with reference where appropriate to the Eurocode covering the basis of desi
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Designers' Guide to EN 1992 Eurocode 2: Design of concrete structures. Part 2: concrete bridges
Author(s): C.R. Hendy and D.A. Smith
Publication date: 08 January 2007
ISBN: 9780727731593
£140.25
This guide describes the principles and requirements for safety, serviceability and durability of concrete bridges.
It provides the user with guidance on the interpretation and use of EN 1992-2 and the relevant provisions of the general rules ofEN 1992-1-1. Worked examples are provided to illustrate the use of the rules. It also explains the re
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Designers' Guide to EN 1994-2 Eurocode 4: Design of composite steel and concrete structures Part 2, General rules and rules for bridges
Author(s): C R Hendy and Professor R. Johnson
Publication date: 23 August 2006
ISBN: 9780727731616
£116.25
This book is an authoritative guide to the technical background and practical aspects of this European code of practice that will supersede corresponding national codes in the countries that are members of the European Standardisation Organisation - CEN (Comité Européen de Normalisation).
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Communication Structures
Author(s): Brian W. Smith
Publication date: 13 May 2006
ISBN: 9780727734006
£109.25
“Engineers working in the fields of design, analysis, fabrication and construction of masts and/or towers will accomplish their tasks with confidence by consulting this book”
- Mamoru Kawaguchi, President of IASS
This book combines the accumulated knowledge of structural engineers, scientific researchers, mast and tower owners and antenna experts
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Linear Analysis of Skeletal Structures
Author(s): David Johnson
Publication date: 29 September 2004
ISBN: 9780727761927
£43.50
Linear Analysis of Skeletal Structures meets the demands of a typical prominent structural engineering educator who aims to: "teach students how to model, how to use computer packages in real contexts, to validate models, verify results and carry out parameter studies. Hand analysis is now only for very simple problems and for back-of-envelope chec
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Breakwaters, Coastal Structures and Coastlines
Author(s): ICE
Publication date: 20 February 2003
ISBN: 9780727730428
£128.50
This volume presents the proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers' seventh internaional conference on coastlines, structures and breakwaters. The papers contained in the volume cover wide ranging advances in international research and experience in the field of coastal and harbour engineering.
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Analysis, Design and Construction of Steel Space Frames
Author(s): G S Ramaswamy, Octatube, M Eekhout, Octatube and Technical University of Delft and G R Suresh, Consulting Engineer
Publication date: 18 February 2002
ISBN: 9780727730145
£168.25
Space frames provide a lightweight solution to the problem of creating large span enclosures free from obstructions. They are employed in many major constrcution projects across the world, as documented in this authoritatively written volume.
This is the first in-depth book to present all instances and applications of space frames in various eng
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Finite Element Analysis in Geotechnical Engineering: Volume two - Application
Author(s): D. M. Potts and L. Zdravkovic, Imperial College
Publication date: 25 May 2001
ISBN: 9780727727831
£135.25
This comprehensive new two-volume work provides the reader with a detailed insight into the use of the finite element method in geotechnical engineering. As specialist knowledge required to perform geotechnical finite element analysis is not normally part of a single engineering degree course, this lucid work will prove invaluable. It brings togeth
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Structural Detailing in Steel
Author(s): M Y H Bangash, Consulting engineer
Publication date: 01 December 2000
ISBN: 9780727734761
£78.75
Construction time constraints are partly responsible for the increasingly prevalent use of structural steel. The need for swift completed framework and fabrication is of paramount importance. This extensive manual looks at the various aspects of steel construction. It covers the full scope of structural steelwork detailing, including fundamentals,
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Wind Loading: A Practical Guide to BS 6399-2
Author(s): Nicholas Cook, Wind Engineering Consultant
Publication date: 22 October 1999
ISBN: 9780727727558
£81.00
All buildings in the UK must now adhere to the recently published wind code BS 6399-2. The introduction of a new code is often traumatic, especially so in this case,as the previous code has been in place for 25 years.
The author's considerable practical knowledge of wind engineering, together with his involvement in drafting this standard and hi
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Extending Performance of Concrete Structures
Author(s): Edited by Ravindra K Dhir and Paul A J Tittle
Publication date: 01 October 1999
ISBN: 9780727728203
£81.00
Extending Performance of Concrete Structures forms the Proceedings of the one day International Seminar held during the Congress, Creating with Concrete, 6-10 September 1999, organised by the Concrete Technology Unit, University of Dundee. Topics discussed include developments in materials and use in new construction. The themes of the seminar were
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Vibration of Solids and Structures Under Moving Loads
Author(s): Ladislav Fryba, Research Institute of Transport, Prague
Publication date: 01 May 1999
ISBN: 9780727735393
£88.25
This book analyses the effects of moving loads on elastic and inelastic solids, elements and parts of structures and on elastic media, namely beams, continuous beams, beams on elastic foundations, rigid-plastic beams and thin-walled beams, frames, arches, strings, plates elastic spaces and half spaces etc. Vibrations in these structures are produce
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Finite Element Analysis in Geotechnical Engineering: Volume One - Theory
Author(s): D. M. Potts and L. Zdravkovic, Imperial College
Publication date: 09 April 1999
ISBN: 9780727727534
£135.25
This comprehensive new two-volume work provides the reader with a detailed insight into the use of the finite element method in geotechnical engineering. As specialist knowledge required to perform geotechnical finite element analysis is not normally part of a single engineering degree course, this lucid work will prove invaluable. It brings togeth
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Introduction to Cable Roof Structures, 2nd edition
Author(s): H A Buchholdt, Consulting Engineer
Publication date: 15 April 1998
ISBN: 9780727726247
£64.50
The second edition of this book provides structural engineers with a concise introduction to the architectural, structural and technological aspects of cable roofs, and supplies sufficient information for engineers to carry out their own designs. The improved methods for generating wind and earthquake histories have been included as the trend in mo
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Structural Appraisal of Iron Framed Textile Mills: ICE Design and Practice Guide
Author(s): Institution of Civil Engineers
Publication date: 09 April 1998
ISBN: 9780727727138
£20.90
This guide begins with a broad overview of mill building structures and their development, illustrated with examples of mill construction details. It then moves on to discuss measures that may be needed to ensure compliance with modern Building Regulations. Historical and modern evidence is presented to show that the robustness of these old buildin
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Bridge Modification 2: Stronger and Safer Bridges
Author(s): Edited by B Pritchard, Consulting Engineer
Publication date: 01 March 1997
ISBN: 9780727725899
£46.50
Changes in vehicle weight limits and revisions to safety standards inevitably increase the demands placed on bridges. Increases in traffic flow seen over the past years also mean that many bridges are carrying much greater loads than their designers ever anticipated.
Following from the very successful Bridge Modification conference in 1994, this
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Design of Fastenings in Concrete
Author(s): Comité Euro-International du Béton
Publication date: 17 April 1996
ISBN: 9780727735669
£57.25
Although a large number of fastenings assembles are installed every day, understanding in the engineering community of their behaviour is limited, and there is no generally accepted design method. Design of fastenings in concrete overcomes this.
This design guide is based on a safety concept using partial safety factors taken from the CEB/FIB Mo
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Numerical Methods in Structural Mechanics
Author(s): Mr Zdenek Bittnar and Mr Jiri Sejnoha
Publication date: 05 April 1996
ISBN: 9780727725554
£52.75
Fast development of numerical methods in mechanics has been attracting an increasing number of students, researchers and design specialists from all branches of engineering. This book has been written to provide an understanding of the nature and the theoretical basis of the most widely used numerical methods - the finite element method (FEM) and t
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