Collection of 90 papers on latest developments in tubular steel structures; for architects, civil and mechanical engineers, designers and manufacturers of hollow sections.
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Structural Engineering
Mechanical Engineering Design
Proceedings
Postgraduate

Excellence in Concrete Construction through Innovation deals with recent innovation in concrete science, technology and practice, and discusses challenges from new materials, technologies, environmental concerns and economic factors in maintaining concrete construction excellence, and will be of interest to engineers, designers, researchers and scientists.
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Concrete Structures
Proceedings

Focussing on process optimisation, extended products and future services for homes and buildings infrastructures, decision support systems for universal design of buildings, ICT-based applications for energy efficiency, environmental monitoring, the ageing population, assistive technologies for the built environment, policy, legal framework, and rules and regulations, this book will be of interest to scientists and professionals working in these areas.
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Architectural Graphics
Construction Business Management
Systems Engineering
Proceedings

The objective of SEEM (Single European Electronic Market) is to integrate electronic value chains, so that companies, organizations and individuals from different Member States can be linked without experiencing any access or interoperability problems.This book presents the main results of the prospective study performed by the SEEMseed project, and will be of interest to managers and senior researchers in the area of ICT and business, to policy makers, and to ICT engineers and post-graduates.
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Information & Communication Technology (ICT)
Electronics
Systems & Control Engineering
Reference

This new edition of the highly regarded Biographical Encyclopedia of Scientists focuses on the achievements of 2400 scientists, explaining the nature and importance of those achievements. The book covers traditional science, including physics, chemistry, biology, astronomy, and earth science, along with mathematics, engineering, technology, and computer science. It also includes key figures from anthropology, psychology, and the philosophy of science. This fully updated edition features pronunciation guidelines, quotations, website links, and suggestions for further reading. Each cross-referenced entry includes chronology, institution, publication, and discipline.
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General Physics
Physics
Encyclopedia
Professional

CREEP, SHRINKAGE AND DURABILITY MECHANICS OF CONCRETE AND CONCRETE STRUCTURES contains the keynote lectures, technical reports and contributed papers presented at the Eighth International Conference on Creep, Shrinkage and Durability of Concrete and Concrete Structures (CONCREEP8, Ise-shima, Japan, 30 September - 2 October 2008).
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Concrete & Cement
Concrete Structures
Proceedings

Including the state-of-the-art on materials, design, analysis, testing, manufacturing, construction of modern bamboo structures, Modern Bamboo Structures will be essential for researchers, engineers and administrators involved in structural engineering, civil engineering, agriculture engineering, forestry, environmental engineering and urban development.
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Structural Materials
Proceedings

This volume is a collection of papers from the 2nd International Workshop on Geotechnics of Soft Soils, organised by the AMGISS network. It discusses the state-of-the-art in soft soil modelling and design, emphasizing ground improvement applications. With contibutions both from academia and industry, the book covers Modelling (constitutive modelling, numerical modelling, and physical modelling), Design and Application (focusing mainly on embankments and foundations), and Ground Improvement (preloading and consolidation methods, column methods, piles and micropiles, and other ground improvement methods).
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Soil Mechanics
Proceedings

An examination of the complex issue of human interventions in natural systems and their profound environmental, social, economic and political implications, this book discusses India's plan to interlink its rivers and the implications of this for water supply in other cobasin countries. It reviews risks and critical disadvantages, then offers viable less-risky solutions for water resource development. It explores the possibility that the interlinking plan is economically prohibitive, fraught with uncertainties, and has potentially disastrous and irreversible adverse after-effects. It then discusses reducing water deficit through improved water management without large-scale engineering interventions.
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Earth Sciences
Water Supply & Treatment
Water Management and Sustainability
Reference
Professional

Hybrid Simulation: Theory, Implementation and Applications deals with a rapidly evolving technology combining computer simulation (typically finite element) and physical laboratory testing of two complementary substructures. It is a multidisciplinary technology which relies heavily on control theory, computer science, numerical techniques and finds applications in aerospace, civil, and mechanical engineering.
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Computer Engineering
Aerospace Engineering
Civil Engineering
Reference
Professional