Collection of selected, peer reviewed papers from the 2nd International Conference on Civil, Offshore and Environmental Engineering, June 3-5, 2014, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The 128 papers are grouped as follows: Chapter 1: Environmental and Water Resources Engineering, Chapter 2…
Emphasizing the actual structural design for earthquake resistance in multi-storey buildings, this text provides full design calculations for three prototype structures. Ductile frames, wall and dual systems, both in reinforced concrete and masonry, form the main body of the tex…
The damage done by recent hurricanes such as Andrew and Iniki has inspired a number of significant developments in the wind engineering field, from increased use of technology to predict structural loading to the creation of more stringent building codes. Long recognized as the …
Theoretical Foundation Engineering provides up-to-date, state-of-the-art reviews of the existing literature on lateral earth pressure, sheet pile walls, ultimate bearing capacity of shallow foundations, holding capacity of plate and helical anchors in sand and clay, and slope st…
