Author: Robert T. Reese and Wendell A. Kawahara ISBN: 0881731552 / 9780881731552 Year: 1993 Availability: In Stock
Providing a complete and comprehensive guide to today's structural testing methodologies, this handbook organizes and details the fundamental types of structural tests, including test methods and pr...
Author: Erasmo Carrera, Pietro Nali, Salvatore Brischetto ISBN: 0470971207 / 9780470971208 Year: 2011 Availability: 45-60 days
Smart structures that contain embedded piezoelectric patches are loaded by both mechanical and electrical fields. Traditional plate and shell theories were developed to analyze structures subject to...
Author: Frantisek Wald, Ian Burgess, Martin Gillie, Yong Wang ISBN: 041555733X / 9780415557337 Year: 2012 Availability: In Stock
Major events-notably the Broadgate fire in London, New York’s World Trade Center collapse, and the Windsor Tower fire in Madrid-as well as the enlightening studies at the Cardington fire resea...
Author: S. T. Mau ISBN: 1466504161 / 9781466504165 Year: 2012 Availability: Out of Stock
Bridging the gap between what is traditionally taught in textbooks and what is actually practiced in engineering firms, Introduction to Structural Analysis: Displacement and Force Methods clearly ex...
Author: Karoly A. Zalka ISBN: 0415595738 / 9780415595735 Year: 2012 Availability: Out of Stock
A sound and more modern Eurocode-based approach to design is the global approach, where the structures are considered as whole units, rather than to use traditional element-based design procedures. ...
Author: Dimitris Theodossopoulos ISBN: 0415479452 / 9780415479455 Year: 2012 Availability: 45-60 days
No building is properly conserved if it is not structurally sound. Consequently architects, engineers and conservation officers need an adequate grounding in the technology as well as in the materia...
Author: C.V. Vaidyanathan, P. Srinivasulu ISBN: 0070966117 / 9780070966116 Year: 2013 Availability: Out of Stock
Imperfect designing of machine foundations based on empirical formulations has led to the problem of troublesome vibrations in the existing foundations. Recent developments in the field of structura...
Author: Paul Gruhn ISBN: 1934394548 / 9781934394540 Year: 2008 Availability: Out of Stock
Whether you’re an engineer, a technical salesperson, or a marketing guru, giving presentations is a must to get support for your projects or proposals. This second edition of Sell More Through...
Author: David R. Salem ISBN: 1569903069 / 9781569903063 Year: 2001 Availability: Out of Stock
This book presents a comprehensive and critical review of the science of fiber formation, with special emphasis on the evolution of microstructure and its relationship to process conditions and mole...
Author: Gottfried W. Ehrenstein, R. P. Theriault ISBN: 1569903107 / 9781569903100 Year: 2001 Availability: Out of Stock
This book focuses on the relationships between the chemical structure and the related physical characteristics of plastics, which determine appropriate material selection, design, and processing of ...
Author: Andrea Siebert-Raths, Hans-Josef Endres ISBN: 1569904618 / 9781569904619 Year: 2011 Availability: Out of Stock
This book is unique in its focus on market-relevant bio/renewable materials. It is based on comprehensive research projects, during which these materials were systematically analyzed and characteriz...
Author: Ludwig Bottenbruch, S. Anders ISBN: 156990183X / 9781569901830 Year: 1996 Availability: Out of Stock
This handbook covers the basic and technical aspects of chemistry, production, testing, properties, processing, and applications of polycarbonates, polyacetals, polyesters, and cellulose esters. For...
Author: Allison Calhoun, Andrew J. Peacock ISBN: 1569903972 / 9781569903971 Year: 2006 Availability: Out of Stock
This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the study of polymers. Special emphasis is given to the characteristics that set polymers apart from small molecules, as studied in classic chemist...
Author: John M. Dealy, Ronald G. Larson ISBN: 1569903816 / 9781569903810 Year: 2006 Availability: Out of Stock
In recent years, several developments have made it possible to predict the detailed molecular structure of a polymer based on polymerization conditions and to use this knowledge of the structure to ...
Author: Francisco J. Balta Calleja, Goerg H. Michler ISBN: 156990460X / 9781569904602 Year: 2012 Availability: Out of Stock
This book is unique in its focus on micromechanical processes of polymers and their role to improve the properties of polymeric materials. It combines the detailed knowledge of structure and morphol...
Author: Felipe Wolff-Fabris, Manfred Doring, Ulrich Arnold, Volker Altstadt ISBN: 1569904731 / 9781569904732 Year: 2010 Availability: Out of Stock
Electron beam curing technology for advanced composites has emerged as a credible and attractive alternative to thermal curing for most composite products. Technical advantages, such as aerospace st...
Author: David Blockley ISBN: 0727735691 / 9780727735690 Year: 2008 Availability: Out of Stock
This issue has eight invited papers covering topics from the vulnerability of sensitive and historic structures in seismic zones to the risk issues behind the Eurocodes.
The purpose of this speci...
Author: Brian W. Smith ISBN: 0727734008 / 9780727734006 Year: 2007 Availability: Out of Stock
“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”
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Author: Andrew Beeby, R. Narayanan ISBN: 072773105X / 9780727731050 Year: 2005 Availability: Out of Stock
Eurocode 2, Design of Concrete Structures, will apply to the design of building and civil engineering structures in plain, reinforced and pre-stressed concrete.
The Code (for convenience referred...
Author: G.A. Rombach ISBN: 0727732749 / 9780727732743 Year: 2004 Availability: Out of Stock
In Finite Element Design of Concrete Structures: practical problems and their solutions the author addresses this 'blind belief' in computer results by offering a useful critique that 'important det...
Author: David Johnson ISBN: 0727732765 / 9780727732767 Year: 2004 Availability: Out of Stock
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 contex...
Author: Olga Popovic Larsen ISBN: 0727761102 / 9780727761101 Year: 2016 Availability: Out of Stock
Conceptual Structural Design aims to ‘bridge the gap’ between engineers’ and architects’ understanding of structural form and highlight the importance of close collaboration ...
Author: S.S.J. Moy ISBN: 0727730096 / 9780727730091 Year: 2001 Availability: Out of Stock
Fibre reinforced polymer composites have been used for many years in the aircraft and shipbuilding industries. They are now being used in a variety of construction applications where their light wei...
Author: Comite Euro-international Du Beton ISBN: 0727735462 / 9780727735461 Year: 1998 Availability: Out of Stock
This detailed guide will enable the reader to understand the relative importance of the numerous parameters involved in seismic design and the relationships between them, as well as the motivations ...
