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  • Geotechnical Engineering

    Soil and Foundation Principles and Practice, 5th Ed.

    Master the Latest Developments in Soil Testing and New Applications of Geotechnical EngineeringGeotechnical Engineering: Principles and Practices offers students and practicing engineers a concise, easy-to-understand approach to the principles and methods of soil and geotechnical engineering. This updated classic builds from basic principles of soil mechanics and applies them to new topics, ... Read more

    $123.99 USD

  • Water Wave Mechanics For Engineers And Scientists

    Series Book 2 - Advanced Series On Ocean Engineering
    This book is intended as an introduction to classical water wave theory for the college senior or first year graduate student. The material is self-contained; almost all mathematical and engineering concepts are presented or derived in the text, thus making the book accessible to practicing engineers as well.The book commences with a review of fluid mechanics and basic vector concepts. The ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • Stem Cell Oncology

    Proceedings of the International Stem Cell and Oncology Conference (ISCOC, 2017), December 1-2, 2017, Medan, Indonesia

    Edited by Adeya Adella ...
    Stem cell research is one of the fascinating areas of contemporary biology, but, as with many expanding fields of scientific inquiry, research on stem cells raises scientific questions as rapidly as it generates discoveries. Research on stem cell treatment continues to advance knowledge about how an organism develops from a single cell and how healthy cells replace damaged cells in adult organisms ... Read more

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  • Construction Project Scheduling and Control

    Ensure successful construction projects through effective project scheduling and controlThe success of a construction project is dependent on a schedule that is well-defined yet flexible to allow for inevitable delays or changes. Without an effective schedule, projects often run over budget and deadlines are missed which can jeopardize the success of the project. The updated Construction Project ... Read more

    $114.00 USD

  • Movement

    how to take back our streets and transform our lives

    Our dependence on cars is damaging our health — and the planet’s. Movement asks radical questions about how we approach the biggest urban problem, reflecting on the apparent successes of Dutch cities.Making our communities safer, cleaner, and greener starts with asking the fundamental question: who do our streets belong to?Although there have been experiments in decreasing traffic in city centres, ... Read more

    $26.99 USD

  • Offshore Compliant Platforms

    Analysis, Design, and Experimental Studies

    Series series Wiley-ASME Press Series
    A guide to the analysis and design of compliant offshore structures that highlights a new generation of platformsOffshore Compliant Platforms provides an authoritative guideto the analysis and design of compliant offshore structures and puts the focus on a new generation of platforms such as: triceratops, Buoyant Leg Storage and Regasification platforms. Whilst the authors – noted experts on the ... Read more

    $121.00 USD

  • Heavy Ground

    William Mulholland and the St. Francis Dam Disaster

    Minutes before midnight on March 12, 1928, the St. Francis Dam collapsed, sending more than twelve billion gallons of water surging through Southern California’s Santa Clara Valley, killing some four hundred people and causing the greatest civil engineering disaster in twentieth-century American history. In this carefully researched work, Norris Hundley jr. and Donald C. Jackson provide a riveting ... Read more

    $32.99 USD

  • Climate Change: A Wicked Problem

    Complexity and Uncertainty at the Intersection of Science, Economics, Politics, and Human Behavior

    Under one cover, Frank P. Incropera provides a comprehensive, objective and critical assessment of all issues germane to the climate change debate: science, technology options, economic ramifications, cultural and behavioural issues, the influence of special interests and public policy, geopolitics and ethical dimensions. The underlying science is treated in depth, but in an approachable and ... Read more

    $30.99 USD

  • Manual de civil 3D aplicado a proyectos viales

    Series series Espacios
    El presente documento describe paso a paso cómo se realiza el dibujo y diseño de un proyecto vial, principalmente una carretera, y es base para los estudiantes de los cursos de Diseño y Localización de Vías. Así mismo, es el resultado de los trabajos de docencia e investigación realizados por los autores en el desarrollo de estos cursos en los proyectos curriculares de Tecnología en Topografía, ... Read more

    $6.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Steam Plant Operation, 10th Edition

    The definitive reference on the role of steam in the production and operation of power plants for electric generation and industrial process applicationsFor more than 80 years, Steam Plant Operation has been an unmatched source of information on steam power plants, including design, operation, and maintenance. The Tenth Edition emphasizes the importance of devising a comprehensive energy plan ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • Collaborative Construction Procurement and Improved Value

    by David Mosey ...
    The guide that explores how procurement and contracts can create an integrated team while improving value, economy, quality and client satisfactionCollaborative Construction Procurement and Improved Value provides an important guide for project managers, lawyers, designers, constructors and operators, showing step by step how proven collaborative models and processes can move from the margins to ... Read more

    $93.00 USD

  • The Complete Book of Locks and Locksmithing, Seventh Edition

    by Bill Phillips ...
    The most current and comprehensive resource available on locksmithing – fully updated to reflect the latest technologiesThe Complete Book of Locks and Locksmithing, Seventh Edition, offers complete, up-to-date information on locks and keys—from old-fashioned designs to modern electromagnetic locks. This edition has been thoroughly revised to include details not found in most general circulation ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • A Practical Guide to OpenSees

    Series Book 4 - Frontier Research in Computation and Mechanics of Materials and Biology
    The unique compendium teaches beginners how to perform nonlinear finite element (FE) analysis by following a series of step-by-step examples and basic programming method using OpenSees. The scope of the book includes nonlinear FE analyses of reinforced concrete frame shear wall structures, liquefiable soils, soil-structure interaction systems, fluid-solid coupling systems, high-speed railway ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

  • Designing with Geosynthetics - 6Th Edition Vol. 1

    Following the structure of previous editions, Volume 1 of this Sixth Edition proceeds through four individual chapters on geosynthetics, geotextiles, geogrids and geonets. Volume 2 continues with geomembranes, geosynthetic clay liners, geofoam and geocomposites. The two volumes must accompany one another. All are polymeric materials used for myriad applications in geotechnical, geoenvironmental, ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Freight Transport and Distribution

    Concepts and Optimisation Models

    by Tolga Bektas ...
    This book serves as a primer on freight transportation and logistics, providing a general and broad coverage of concepts, mathematical models and methodologies available for freight transportation planning at strategic, tactical and operational levels. It is aimed at graduate students, and is also a reference book for practitioners in the field.The book includes preliminaries, such as mathematical ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • Building Physics -- Heat, Air and Moisture

    Fundamentals and Engineering Methods with Examples and Exercises

    Note: New editions of this book have been published: the 2nd edition in 2012, the 3rd edition in 2017, and the 4th edition in September 2023.Bad experiences with construction quality, the energy crises of 1973 and 1979, complaints about 'sick buildings', thermal, acoustical, visual and olfactory discomfort, the move towards more sustainability, have all accelerated the development of a field, ... Read more

    $65.00 USD

  • Where Is My Flying Car?

    From an engineer and futurist, an impassioned account of technological stagnation since the 1970s and an imaginative blueprint for a richer, more abundant futureThe science fiction of the 1960s promised us a future remade by technological innovation: we’d vacation in geodesic domes on Mars, have meaningful conversations with computers, and drop our children off at school in flying cars. Fast ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Soil Strength and Slope Stability

    The definitive guide to the critical issue of slope stability and safetySoil Strength and Slope Stability, Second Edition presents the latest thinking and techniques in the assessment of natural and man-made slopes, and the factors that cause them to survive or crumble. Using clear, concise language and practical examples, the book explains the practical aspects of geotechnical engineering as ... Read more

    $140.00 USD

  • Hudson River Bridges

    Series series Images of America
    Hudson River Bridges documents how these structures remain beautiful testaments to cooperative efforts during trying times in America's history.The Hudson River Valley, an invaluable connection between New England and the rest of the colonies during the American Revolution, continues to be a major crossroads today. The Hudson River bridges were architectural marvels of their time. The Bear ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Assessment of Total Evacuation Systems for Tall Buildings

    Series series SpringerBriefs in Fire
    This SpringerBrief focuses on the use of egress models to assess the optimal strategy for total evacuation in high-rise buildings. It investigates occupant relocation and evacuation strategies involving the exit stairs, elevators, sky bridges and combinations thereof. Chapters review existing information on this topic and describe case study simulations of a multi-component exit strategy. This ... Read more

    $62.99 USD $53.99 USD

  • BIM for Design Coordination

    A Virtual Design and Construction Guide for Designers, General Contractors, and MEP Subcontractors

    A tactical guide to successful Virtual Design and Construction project coordination, featuring case studies from leading VDC firms.Virtual Design Coordination (VDC) employs information-rich Building Information Modeling (BIM) to enable specialty designers and contractors to create a single, coordinated set of designs that can prevent cost overruns, avoid schedule delays, and identify issues in the ... Read more

    $63.00 USD

  • Little Book of Brunel

    by Robin Jones ...
    Isambard Kingdom Brunel, was an English mechanical and civil engineer who built dockyards, the Great Western Railway, a series of steamships including the first propeller-driven transatlantic steamship and many important bridges and tunnels. His designs revolutionised public transport and modern engineering.Though Brunel's projects were not always successful, they often contained innovative ... Read more

    $2.62 USD

  • Brunel, Barry and 'modern' Victorian architecture

    Building Passions

    by Nick von Behr ...
    Why does the history of our built environment matter?The great 19th-century engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel was voted the second greatest Briton after Churchill. This fascinating book looks at his family's connection with the equally renowned Barry family of Victorian architects and civil engineers. It shows how their shared legacy can be linked through to the construction of London's iconic ... Read more

    $5.92 USD

  • Introduction to AutoCAD 2016

    2D and 3D Design

    Master the complexities of the world's bestselling 2D and 3D software with Introduction to AutoCAD 2016. Ideally suited to new users of AutoCAD, this book will be a useful resource for drawing modules in both vocational and introductory undergraduate courses in engineering and construction.A comprehensive, step-by-step introduction to the latest release of AutoCAD. Covering all the basic ... Read more

    $42.99 USD