Concrete Structures Books

Book Description BIM for Structural Engineering and Architecture Building Information Modeling: Framework for Structural Design outlines one of the most promising new developments in architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC). Building information modeling (BIM) is an information management and analysis technology that is changing the role of computation in the architectural and engineering industries. The innovative process …

Building Information Modeling Framework for Structural Design By Nawari O. Nawari, Michael Kuenstle Read More »

Book Description Preference :This book was written with the purpose of redefining the strategic role of global seaports in the present “Post-New Economy Era.” Ports are these remarkable human constructions that over centuries reflect the epitome of global evolution, economic growth, and innovation. As 70.8% of the global surface is covered by water, seaports reflect …

Port Management and Operations Burns, Maria G Read More »

Book Description Preference :Many engineering projects, especially major ones, entail excavations into water-bearing soils. For all such excavations, appropriate system(s) for the management and control of the groundwater and surface water runoff should be planned before the start of each project. In practice, this can only be done with the knowledge of the ground and …

Groundwater Lowering in Construction-A Practical Guide to Dewatering Pat M. Cashman Read More »

Book Description Preference :Traffic engineering is the subdiscipline of transportation engineering that addresses the planning, design, and operation of streets and highways, their networks, adjacent lands, and interaction with other modes of transportation (air, water, and rail) and their terminals. Over many decades, the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) has provided traffic engineering professionals with …

Traffic Engineering Handbook, 7th Edition ITE., Pande, Read More »

Book Description Preference :Each section of this chapter offers, in a sense, a preview of matters discussed at length in later parts of this book. There they are dealt with as isolated topics to be mastered in detail. Here they appear in sequence as parts of the whole so that their general purpose and significance …

Water Engineering: Hydraulics, Distribution and Treatment Lawrence K. Wang Read More »

Book Description Preference :Principles of Structural begins with a chapter explaining forces and their effects. Other chapters cover ties and struts, loadings, graphical statics, bracings, shears and moments, stresses, deflections, and beam design. There is also an appendix with a fuller explanation of fundamentals for readers unfamiliar with the basic concepts of geometry and statics. …

Principles of Structure Wyatt, Kenneth James Read More »

Book Description Preference :The character of site design is such that the profession requires a combination of applying one’s experience while always learning new methods and materials, and then educating peers, clients, and the public. Site design professionals more so than most other professionals are always faced with having their work reviewed and often modified …

Site Planning and Design, First Edition Thomas Russ Read More »

Book Description Preference :Earthquakes are one of nature’s greatest hazards to life and property. Throughout historic times,they have caused the destruction of countless cities and villages around the world and inflicted the death of thousands of people (see Appendix). In the last 30 years alone, thousands of people were injured or lost their lives, and …

Fundamental Concepts of Earthquake Engineering Villaverde, Roberto Read More »

Book Description Preference :Matrix methods of structural analysis are used for the analysis of the framed structures, i.e., structures composed of one-dimensional elements. The solution procedures used in this method are systematic and general. Hence, it is easier to write computer programs using this method. The matrix method of analysis is an important topic in …

Matrix Methods of Structural Analysis Nagarajan, Praveen Read More »

Book Description Preference :To an average person, deep excavation might conjure up thoughts of massive deep open cast gold mines. These can take dozens of years to excavate with more than a million tonnes of earth removed in one day. The largest of these goes down 700m, deep enough to accommodate a 230-floor tower without …

Deep Excavations in Soil William H.K. Lee Read More »

Book Description Preference :It is now more than 30 years since the publication of the first edition of Surveying for Engineers, and in that time the equipment and techniques used in engineering surveying have undergone incredible changes. Electronic theodolites and total stations, digital levels, laser scanners, and machine control systems, to name just a few, …

Surveying for Engineers J. Uren, W.F. Price Read More »

Book Description Preference :The development of new building materials/structural systems and improved understanding of their behaviour increased at a faster rate during the latter half of the twentieth century than at any other time in history. The most commonly used materials are reinforced concrete, structural steelwork, timber and masonry. In all developed countries of the …

Design of Structural Elements to Eurocodes W.M.C. McKenzie Read More »

Book Description Preference :Understanding Construction Drawings is intended for students in construction programs in two-year and four-year colleges and technical institutes, as well as apprentice training. Designed for a course in print reading focused on both residential and commercial construction, the book helps you learn to read the drawings that are used to communicate information …

Understanding Construction Drawings Mark W. Huth Read More »

Book Description Preference :The transportation system is often referred to as the nation’ s “lifeblood circulation system.” Our complex system of roads and highways, railroads, airports and airlines, waterways, and urban transit systems provides for the movement of people and goods within and between our densest urban cities and the most remote outposts of the …

civil High way Traffic Engineering, 4th Edition Roger Roess, Read More »