Structural

Structural Steel Design to Eurocode 3 and AISC Specifications deals with the theory and practical applications of structural steel design in Europe and the USA. The book covers appropriate theoretical and background information, followed by a more design...

This book summarizes the most essential concepts that every engineer designing a new building or evaluating an existing structure should consider in order to control the damage caused by drift (deformation) induced by earthquakes. It presents the work on...

This comprehensive volume is unique in presenting the typically decoupled fields of Matrix Structural Analysis (MSA) and Finite Element Methods (FEM) in a cohesive framework. MSA is used not only to derive formulations for truss, beam, and frame...

This text provides a concise and practical guide to timber design, using both the Allowable Stress Design and the Load and Resistance Factor Design methods. It suits students in civil, structural, and construction engineering programs as well as...

In the near future, many parts of the world will suffer from a shortage of freshwater. Effective use of seawater in concrete production could therefore become a crucial technology. Seawater in Concrete Mix provides a detailed overview of the fundamental...

This book is an authoritative account of the latest developments in fire performance and fire resistant design of thin-walled steel structures. It provides a comprehensive review of recent research, including fire tests of thin-walled steel structural...

This monograph provides a general background to the modelling of a special class of offshore structures known as compliant structures. External forcing is resisted by buoyancy and tension forces which increase when the structure is slightly offset from...

Building Services Engineering: Smart and Sustainable Design for Health and Wellbeing covers the design practices of existing engineering building services and how these traditional methods integrate with newer, smarter developments. These new...

This is the first design guide on concrete filled double skin steel tubular (CFDST) structures. It addresses in particular CFDST structures with plain concrete sandwiched between circular hollow sections, and provides the relevant calculation methods and...

The first edition of this book appeared over three decades ago (Wiley-Interscience, 1983), whereas the second one saw light on the verge of new millennium (Dover, 1999). This is third, corrected and expanded edition that appears in conjunction with its...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780991518104Author Ken MarshFormat PaperbackPage Count 482Imprint Marsh API LLCPublisher Marsh API LLCWeight(grams) 821g

Provides comprehensive coverage of theory and hands-on implementation of computer vision-based sensors for structural health monitoring This book is the first to fill the gap between scientific research of computer vision and its practical applications...

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...

Conceptual Structural Design, Third edition addresses a topic that lies at the intersection of architecture and structural engineering. Within a building project, conceptual structural design, and how successfully it has been dealt with, impacts building...

Architectural Acoustics, Second Edition presents a thorough technical overview of the discipline, from basic concepts to specific design advice. Beginning with a brief history, it reviews the fundamentals of acoustics, human perception and reaction to...

Existing structures represent a heterogeneous category in the global built environment as often characterized by the presence of archaic materials, damage and disconnections, uncommon construction techniques and subsequent interventions throughout the...

Serious degradation mechanisms can severely reduce the service life of concrete structures: steel reinforcement can corrode, cement matrix can be attacked, and even aggregates can show detrimental processes. Therefore, it is important to understand how...

Serious degradation mechanisms can severely reduce the service life of concrete structures: steel reinforcement can corrode, cement matrix can be attacked, and even aggregates can show detrimental processes. Therefore, it is important to understand how...

Advances in predictive maintenance and smart technology enable structural health monitoring (SHM) of critical infrastructure like bridges. Online SHM promises to optimize maintenance, extend lifespan, and ensure safety and reliability. This practitioner...

Operational Modal Analysis: Developments and Applications provides a comprehensive overview of OMA and related technologies and practical usage, including the most recent advances based on artificial intelligence as well as other advanced data science...

Dynamic Environments Testing, Volume 7: Proceedings of the 43rd IMAC, A Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics, 2025, the seventh volume of twelve from the Conference brings together contributions to this important area of research and...

Develop more advanced structural models with this must-have text Recent technological advances have made computer models an integral part of structural design. In particular, nonlinear matrix structural analysis has permitted the widespread deployment of...

An expert reference on building surrogate models, using them for optimization, their associated prediction uncertainty, and potential failures, with practical implementation in MATLAB Surrogate Modeling and Optimization explains the meaning of different...

Wood and wood-based materials are taking centre stage in contemporary architecture - from striking multi-storey structures to innovative urban designs. Understanding their properties is essential to avoid costly mistakes and to apply standards such as...

This open access book highlights the latest advances, innovations, and applications in the field of earthquake engineering, as presented by leading international researchers and engineers at the International Workshop in Engineering Research...

Advancing computer technology has created new opportunities for sophisticated assessment and analysis of structural performance, especially using matrix and finite element methods. This textbook uses these methods using sophisticated computational...

In recent years, unprecedented demographic aging has placed considerable strain on outdated healthcare systems, exacerbating existing challenges and creating new ones. Geriatric care, in particular, necessitates a multidisciplinary approach involving...

Computer-Aided Structural Analysis offers a novel and comprehensive approach to teaching advanced structural analysis using computer programming, specifically through MATLAB (R). By focusing on developing fundamental programming skills, this book...

Detailed, research-based review of the intersection of building processes and tectonics, with case studies and theoretical reflections Tectonics as a Process in Architecture explores the dynamic nature of building processes and their impact on...

Design and Construction of Concrete Floors recognizes that a good floor must do far more than support its intended loads. This thoroughly updated Third Edition provides further insight on polished concrete, limestone cement, and jointless floors for an...

This book provides an introduction to the principles of structural engineering using a problem-based approach. It covers the basic concepts of structural analysis and design, including statics, strength of materials, and mechanics of materials. The text...

The use of fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) composites in infrastructure systems has grown considerably in recent years because of the durability of composite materials. New constituent materials, manufacturing techniques, design approaches, and...

This book presents the foundation and validation of the Cosserat Plate Theory, numerical experiments of deformation and vibration, and the unique properties of the Cosserat plates. Our approach incorporates the high accuracy assumptions of the Cosserat...

The personal journey of a designer and scientist through the field of fiber-polymer composites.Composites in Structural Engineering and Architecture is about the author’s twenty-five-year journey as a pioneer, scientist, designer, and lecturer in the...

Following current trends toward development of novel materials and structures, this volume explores the concept of high-performance metamaterials and metastructures with extremal mechanical properties, inspired by tensegrity systems. The idea of extremal...

This book bridges the gap between academic and professional field pertaining to design of industrial reinforced cement concrete and steel structures. It covers pertinent topics on contracts, specifications, soil survey and design criteria to clarify...

Elasto-Plastic Damage Behaviour of Concrete Elements presents the results of practical experiments with numerical analyses and case studies, along with a summary of basic theory, to provide an accessible explanation for young practising engineers on the...

This book summarizes the most essential concepts that every engineer designing a new building or evaluating an existing structure should consider in order to control the damage caused by drift (deformation) induced by earthquakes. It presents the work on...

This book introduces fundamentals, measurements, and applications of rheology of fresh cement-based materials. The rheology of a fresh cement-based material is one of its most important aspects, characterizing its flow and deformation, and governing the...

To prevent the collapse of dangerous rock masses on steep rocky reservoir banks which can cause casualties and property loss, it is essential to design and conduct practical experiments to quantify the evolution processes of the reservoir banks and...