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Concrete Buildings In Seismic Regions Free PDF Engineering Book

Bearing in mind that reinforced concrete is a key component in a majority of built environment structures, Concrete Buildings in Seismic Regions combines the scientific knowledge of earthquake engineering with a focus on the design of reinforced concrete buildings in seismic regions. This book addresses practical design issues, providing an integrated, comprehensible, and clear presentation that is suitable for design practice.

It combines current approaches to seismic analysis and design, with a particular focus on reinforced concrete structures, and includes:

an overview of structural dynamics
analysis and design of new R/C buildings in seismic regions
post-earthquake damage evaluation, pre earthquake assessment of buildings and retrofitting procedures
seismic risk management of R/C buildings within urban nuclei
extended numerical example applications

Concrete Buildings in Seismic Regions determines guidelines for the proper structural system for many types of buildings, explores recent developments, and covers the last two decades of analysis, design, and earthquake engineering.

Divided into three parts, the book specifically addresses seismic demand issues and the basic issues of structural dynamics, considers the “capacity” of structural systems to withstand seismic effects in terms of strength and deformation, and highlights existing R/C buildings under seismic action.

All of the book material has been adjusted to fit a modern seismic code and offers in-depth knowledge of the background upon which the code rules are based. It complies with the last edition of European Codes of Practice for R/C buildings in seismic regions. It also includes references to the American Standards in effect for seismic design.

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Advanced Soil Mechanics – Braja.Das – Free PDF

Soils are aggregates of mineral particles, and together with air and/or water in the void spaces, they form three-phase systems. A large portion of the earth’s surface is covered by soils, and they are widely used as construction and foundation materials. Soil mechanics is the branch of engineering that deals with the engineering properties of soils and their behavior under stress.

This book is divided into eight chapters—“Soil aggregate, plasticity, and classification,” “Stresses and strains—elastic equilibrium,” “Stresses and displacement in a soil mass,” “Pore water pressure due to undrained loading,” “Permeability and seepage,” “Consolidation,” “Shear strength of soils,” and “Settlement of foundations.”

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An Introduction to Geotechnical Engineering – Holtz & Kovacs Free PDF

An Introduction to Geotechnical Engineering is intended for use in the first of two-course sequence in geotechnical engineering usually taught to third- and fourth-year ungraduate Civil Engineering students.

We assume that students have a working knowlege of ungraduate mechanics, especially statics and mechanics of materials (including fluids).

A knowledge of basic geology, although helpful, is not essential. We introduce the « language » of geotechnical engineering in the first course, that is, the classification and engineering properties of soils.

Once the student have a working knowledge of how soil behaves as an engineering material, he/she can begin to predict soil behavior, and in the second course , to carry out the design of simple foundations and earthquake systems.

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Structural And Stress Analysis – Fourth Edition Free PDF

By T.H.G. Megson

The purpose of this book is to provide, in a unified form, a text covering the associated topics of structural and stress analysis for students of civil engineering during the first two years of their degree course.

The book is also intended for students studying for Higher National Diplomas, Higher National Certificates, and related courses in civil engineering.

Frequently, textbooks on these topics concentrate on structural analysis or stress analysis, and often they are lectured as two separate courses. There is, however, a degree of overlap between the two subjects and, moreover, they are closely related.

In this book, therefore, they are presented in a unified form which illustrates their interdependence. This is particularly important at the first-year level where there is a tendency for students to ‘compartmentalize’ subjects so that an overall appreciation of the subject is lost.

Content :

1. Introduction
2. Principles of Statics
3. Normal Force, Shear Force, Bending Moment, and Torsion
4. Analysis of Pin-Jointed Trusses
5. Cables
6. Arches
7. Stress and Strain
8. Properties of Engineering Materials
9. Bending of Beams
10. Shear of Beams
11. Torsion of Beams
12. Composite Beams
13. Deflection of Beams
14. Complex Stress and Strain
15. Virtual Work and Energy Methods
16. Analysis of Statically Indeterminate Structures
17. Matrix Methods of Analysis
18. Plastic Analysis of Beams and Frames
19. Yield Line Analysis of Slabs
20. Influence Lines
21. Structural Instability

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Hollow Structural Section – Connections And Trusses Free PDF

Rectangular hollow section (RHS) trusses can be formed by welding together single- or double-miter cut RHS web members and RHS chords. Web members may either be gapped or overlapped at the chord face.

Overlapped connections (or joints) are stiffer and stronger than gapped connections, but both are considered to be “semi-rigid” (neither pinned nor rigid).

Lack of connection rigidity is well-known to affect the force distribution and deflections in RHS trusses

Content :

1. Introduction
2. Previous truss tests
3. Truss test program
4. RHS truss models
5. Evaluation of truss models
6. Comments on CSA S16-14 and additional recommendations
7. Conclusions

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Cable Supported Bridges – Concept And Design Free PDF

The decision to prepare a manuscript for a book titled CABLE SUPPORTED BRIDGES was taken by Niels J. Gimsing in 1980 following his three-year affiliation as an adviser on bridge technology to Statsbroen Store Bœlt—the client organization established to design and construct a bridge across Storebælt (Great Belt) in Denmark.

During the design period from 1976 to 1979, a large number of different designs for cable-stayed bridges (with spans up to 850 m) and suspension bridges (with spans up to 1800 m) were thoroughly investigated and it was during that period the idea matured to write a book covering both cable-stayed bridges and suspension bridges.

The chance to prepare the manuscript came in 1979 when the Danish Government decided to postpone the construction of the Storebælt Bridge and to keep the design work at rest for a period of five years.

Content :

1 Evolution of Cable Supported Bridges
2 Cables
3 Cable System
4 Deck (Stiffening Girder)
5 Pylons
6 Cable Anchorage and Connection
7 Erection
8 Aerodynamics
9 Particular Issues

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OffShore Geotechnical Engineering Free PDF

Offshore Geotechnical Engineering Design practice in offshore geotechnical engineering has grown out of onshore practice, but the two application areas have tended to diverge over the last 30 years, driven partly by the scale of the foundation and anchoring elements used offshore and partly by fundamental differences in construction and installation techniques.

As a consequence, offshore geotechnical engineering has grown as a speciality.

The book’s structure follows a familiar pattern that mimics the flow of a typical off-shore project.

In the early chapters, it provides a brief overview of the marine environment, offshore site investigation techniques and interpretation of soil behaviour. It proceeds to cover geotechnical design of piled foundations, shallow foundations and anchoring systems.

Three topics are then covered that require a more multi-disciplinary approach: the design of mobile drilling rigs, pipelines and geohazards.

Offshore Geotechnical Engineering serves as a framework for undergraduate and postgraduate courses, and will appeal to professional engineers specialising in the offshore industry. It is assumed that the reader will have some prior knowledge of the basics of soil mechanics and foundation design.

The book includes sufficient basic material to allow readers to build on this previous knowledge, but focuses on recent developments in analysis and design techniques in offshore geotechnical engineering.

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