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Meso-Scale Shear Physics in Earthquake and Landslide Mechanics by Yossef H. Hatzor 9781138112674
RRP: $102.88$89.59The identification of meso-scale phenomena - occurring between microscopic and continuum length scales - has been one of the most exciting developments in rock mechanics in the last decade. Meso-scale phenomena are considered as the bridge between the... -
Advanced Ship Design for Pollution Prevention by Carlos Guedes Soares 9781138111943
RRP: $151.18$131.15Advanced Ship Design for Pollution Prevention is a collection of papers reflecting the teaching materials for a Master of Naval Architecture course developed in the European ASDEPP (Advanced Ship Design for Pollution Prevention) project. The project was... -
New Techniques on Soft Soils by Marcio Almeida 9781138112001
RRP: $151.18$131.15practically oriented reference volume on soft soil engineering contains case studies of soft soil techniques from all over the world New Techniques on Soft Soils covers a wide range of updated techniques related to site investigation, vertical drains,... -
FRP Deck and Steel Girder Bridge Systems: Analysis and Design by Julio F. Davalos 9781138077188
RRP: $161.68$141.65Fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) decks have been increasingly used for new construction and rehabilitation projects worldwide. The benefits of using FRP bridge decks, such as durability, light weight, high strength, reduced maintenance costs, and rapid... -
Mineral Admixtures in Cement and Concrete by Jayant Dattatraya Bapat 9781138076440
RRP: $167.98$147.00Written to meet the requirements of engineers working in construction and concrete manufacturing, Mineral Admixtures in Cement and Concrete focuses on how to make more workable and durable concrete using mineral admixtures. In particular, it covers... -
Sustainability of Concrete by Pierre-Claude Aitcin 9781138075689
RRP: $203.68$177.35Production of Portland cement is responsible for about seven percent of the world's greenhouse gas emissions. The pressure to make the production of concrete more sustainable, or "greener", is considerable and increasing. This requires a... -
Numerical Modeling of AAR by Victor Saouma 9781138074705
RRP: $151.18$131.15This reference book presents the theory and methodology to conduct a finite element assessment of concrete structures subjected to chemically induced volumetric expansion in general and alkali aggregate reaction in particular. It is limited to models... -
Fire Safety Engineering Design of Structures by John A. Purkiss 9781138074262
RRP: $161.68$141.65Designing structures to withstand the effects of fire is challenging, and requires a series of complex design decisions. This third edition of Fire Safety Engineering Design of Structures provides practising fire safety engineers with the tools to design... -
Constitutive Modeling of Geomaterials: Principles and Applications by Teruo Nakai 9781138073579
RRP: $151.18$131.15Winner of the Japanese Geotechnical Society 2016 publication award Written by a veteran geotechnical engineer with a long record of research discoveries, Constitutive Modeling of Geomaterials: Principles and Applications presents a simple and unified... -
Seismic Performance of Soil-Foundation-Structure Systems: Selected Papers from the International Workshop on Seismic Performance of Soil-Foundation-Structure Systems, Auckland, New Zealand, 21-22 November 2016 by Nawawi Chouw 9781138062511
RRP: $167.98$147.00Seismic Performance of Soil-Foundation-Structure Systems presents invited papers presented at the international workshop (University of Auckland, New Zealand, 21-22 November 2016). This international workshop brought together outstanding work in... -
Immersed Tunnels Richard Lunniss ((Formerly) Capita Symonds Ltd., London, United Kingdom) 9781138076181
RRP: $151.18$132.41Immersed tunnels have been around for more than a century but remain a relatively unknown form of tunnel construction. For waterway crossings they are an effective alternative to bored tunnels and bridges, particularly in shallower waters, soft alluvial... -
Structural Health Monitoring of Long-Span Suspension Bridges by You Lin Xu 9781138075634
RRP: $167.98$147.00Long span suspension bridges cost billions. In recent decades, structural health monitoring systems have been developed to measure the loading environment and responses of these bridges in order to assess serviceability and safety while tracking the... -
Slope Stability Analysis and Stabilization: New Methods and Insight, Second Edition by Y. M. Cheng 9781138075504
RRP: $193.18$168.42Includes Recommendations for Analysis, Design Practice, Design Charts, Tables, and More Using a unified approach to address a medley of engineering and construction problems, Slope Stability Analysis and Stabilization: New Methods and Insight,... -
Renewable Energy Applications for Freshwater Production by Jochen Bundschuh 9781138075214
RRP: $151.18$130.31Worldwide, many regions have a great potential to cover part of their pressing water needs by renewable energy powered water treatment processes using either thermal or membrane based technologies. Not only arid and semiarid regions are increasingly... -
Failures in Concrete Structures: Case Studies in Reinforced and Prestressed Concrete Robin Whittle 9781138074231
RRP: $115.48$100.21Some lessons are only learned from mistakes but, it's much cheaper to learn from someone else's mistakes than to have to do so from your own. Drawing on over fifty years of working with concrete structures, Robin Whittle examines the problems which he... -
Rock Mass Response to Mining Activities: Inferring Large-Scale Rock Mass Failure by Tadeusz Szwedzicki 9781138082922
RRP: $283.50$246.29Mining activities may result in rock mass deterioration and instability that may lead to failure both in underground and open pit mines. Such deterioration represents a safety risk and may result in substantial financial losses. Rock mass response may... -
Hydraulic Engineering IV: Proceedings of the 4th International Technical Conference on Hydraulic Engineering (CHE 2016, Hong Kong, 16-17 July 2016) by Liquan Xie 9781138029484
RRP: $182.68$159.47Hydraulic research is developing beyond traditional civil engineering to satisfy increasing demands in natural hazards, structural safety assessment and environmental research. Hydraulic Engineering IV contains 38 technical papers presented at the 4th... -
Policies lost in translation? Unravelling water reform processes in African waterscapes by Jeltsje Sanne Kemerink-Seyoum 9781138029439
RRP: $161.68$140.81Since the 1980s a major change took place in public policies for water resources management. The role of governments shifted under this reform process from an emphasis on investment in the development, operation and maintenance of water infrastructure to... -
Impact of Improved Operation and Maintenance on Cohesive Sediment Transport in Gezira Scheme, Sudan by Ishraga S. Osman 9781138028807
RRP: $109.18$94.90Irrigated agriculture remains to be the main option to boost the economy in Sudan in general. It can rise the living standard of the majority of the population; particularly those who are attached to farming and livestock. With the expected increase in... -
Activities in Navigation: Marine Navigation and Safety of Sea Transportation by Adam Weintrit 9781138028586
RRP: $182.68$159.47Providing high-quality, scholarly research, addressing development, application and implications, in the field of maritime education, maritime safety management, maritime policy sciences, maritime industries, marine environment and energy technology... -
Prestressed Concrete-Lined Pressure Tunnels: Towards Improved Safety and Economical Design by T. D. Y. F. Simanjuntak 9781138028531
RRP: $123.88$107.27Hydropower can be a source of sustainable energy, provided environmental considerations are taken into account and economic aspects of hydropower design are appropriately addressed. Using concrete-lined pressure tunnels instead of steel pipes may be... -
Vertical and Decline Shaft Sinking: Good Practices in Technique and Technology, International Mining Forum 2015 by Jerzy Kicki 9781138028203
RRP: $252.00$217.58Shaft sinking for underground transportation purposes is a very complex technological process in mining and geotechnology which requires specific and specially designed technological equipment. This technological process is dealt with for a long time,... -
Dam Protections against Overtopping and Accidental Leakage by Miguel Angel Toledo 9781138028081
RRP: $252.00$218.42In the last decades, the technology of dam protection has undergone major advancements. The increasing demand for safety in modern society has created the need for cost-effective measures to protect critical infrastructure such as dams. This situation... -
Power Engineering, Control and Information Technologies in Geotechnical Systems by Genadiy Pivnyak 9781138028043
RRP: $252.00$217.58Efficient and rational use of energy is one of the main challenges at present to develop a sustainable society. Long-term economic growth is only possible with the application of technological improvements in the use of energy. This book is discussing... -
Energy Dissipation in Hydraulic Structures by Hubert Chanson 9781138027558
RRP: $231.00$199.73Recent advances in technology have permitted the construction of large dams, reservoirs and channels. This progress has necessitated the development of new design and construction techniques, particularly with the provision of adequate flood release... -
Hydraulic Engineering III: Proceedings of the 3rd Technical Conference on Hydraulic Engineering (CHE 2014), Hong Kong, 13-14 December 2014 by Liquan Xie 9781138027435
RRP: $115.48$101.05Hydraulic research is developing beyond the borders of traditional civil engineering to meet increasing demands in natural hazards, structural safety assessment and also environmental research. Hydraulic Engineering III contains 62 technical papers from... -
Underground Infrastructure of Urban Areas 3 by Cezary Madryas 9781138026520
RRP: $252.00$218.42Underground infrastructure undoubtedly constitutes one of the most important engineering components of urbanized areas. Such infrastructure includes energy distribution, communications and water, carry away sewage, elements of transportation systems of... -
Networked Environments for Stakeholder Participation in Water Resources and Flood Management by Adrian Delos Santos Almoradie 9781138026377
RRP: $109.18$94.90Stakeholders' lack of awareness, involvement and participation in the planning and management of water resources and flood risk often creates problems in the acceptance and implementation of proposed measures. Interactions among stakeholders and decision... -
Delivering Change: Towards Fit-for-Purpose Governance of Adaptation to Flooding and Drought by Jeroen Rijke 9781138026339
RRP: $109.18$95.74This book addresses pressing challenges of policy makers, planners and project managers in the water sector to successfully implement adaptation action. Taking into account both strategic planning and implementation of adaptation projects, it provides... -
Delivering Integrated Flood Risk Management: Governance for Collaboration, Learning and Adaptation by Sebastiaan Van Herk 9781138026322
RRP: $178.48$155.93The frequency and consequences of extreme flood events have increased rapidly worldwide in recent decades and climate change and economic growth are likely to exacerbate this trend. Flood protection measures alone cannot accommodate the future... -
The Effect of Riparian Zones on Nitrate Removal by Denitrification at the River Basin Scale by Linh Hoang 9781138024052
RRP: $109.18$94.90At the interface between terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, the riparian zone plays an important role in nitrogen removal, despite the minor proportion of the land area that it covers. Very limited studies are carried out in modelling these effects at... -
Establishing the Environmental Flow Regime for the Middle Zambezi River by Elenestina Mwelwa-Mutekenya 9781138031807
RRP: $151.18$130.31The Middle Zambezi, host to a rich biodiversity, is located in the central part of the Zambezi River Basin which covers eight Southern African Countries. The area is located downstream of three hydropower schemes. In the last decades, the floodplain... -
Operational Flood Forecasting, Warning and Response for Multi-Scale Flood Risks in Developing Cities by Maria Carolina Rogelis 9781138030039
RRP: $151.18$130.31The aim of this book is to contribute to understanding risk knowledge and to forecasting components of early flood warning, particularly in the environment of tropical high mountains in developing cities. This research covers a challenge, taking into... -
Manganese Removal from Groundwater: Role of Biological and Physico-Chemical Autocatalytic Processes by J. H. Bruins 9781138030022
RRP: $83.98$73.63In The Netherlands, Belgium and other European countries, manganese is removed by conventional groundwater treatment with aeration and rapid (sand) filtration. Such a treatment process is easy to operate, cost effective and sustainable, because it does... -
Water Resources Strategies to Increase Food Production in the Semi-Arid Tropics: UNESCO-IHE PhD Thesis by David Love 9781138001428
RRP: $123.88$108.11Water demand in southern Africa continues to rise, as urban areas expand and as agricultural water demand rises to meet the millennium development food security goals. Water resource availability in the northern Limpopo Basin has declined over the last... -
Emergence and Evolution of Endogenous Water Institutions in an African River Basin: Local Water Governance and State Intervention in the Pangani River Basin, Tanzania, UNESCO-IHE PhD Thesis by Charles Hans Komakech 9781138001114
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Risk and Uncertainty Analysis for Sustainable Urban Water Systems: UNESCO-IHE PhD Thesis by Krishna Bahadur Khatri 9781138000964
RRP: $123.88$107.27Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Advances in Civil Engineering and Building Materials IV: Selected papers from the 2014 4th International Conference on Civil Engineering and Building Materials (CEBM 2014), 15-16 November 2014, Hong Kong by Shuenn-Yih Chang 9781138000889
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Shell Structures: Theory and Applications: Volume 3 by Wojciech Pietraszkiewicz 9781138000827
RRP: $109.18$97.00Shells are basic structural elements of modern technology and everyday life. Examples are automobile bodies, water and oil tanks, pipelines, aircraft fuselages, nanotubes, graphene sheets or beer cans. Also nature is full of living shells such as leaves... -
Urban and Regional Data Management: UDMS Annual 2013 by Claire Ellul 9781138000636
RRP: $283.50$247.13The Urban Data Management Society has organised international symposia at various locations throughout Europe since 1971, and UDMS 2013 marks its second visit to London. From its outset, UDMS has highlighted changes and trends in urban data and urban...