"PREFACE In June 1991, we convened the Workshop on the Engineering Response to Global Climate Change: Planning a Research and Development Agenda. Approximately 70 scientists and engineers spent 4 days discussing what research was necessary in order to identify the causes and the…
As the built environment ages, demolition has become a rapidly growing industry offering major employment opportunities. During the 1990s the number of contractors grew by nearly 60 percent and there are now over 800 US companies focused on demolition, as well as many more offer…
Elastic Domains: Yield Conditions -- The Plastic Flow Rule -- Elastoplastic Modeling in Generalized Variables -- Quasi-static Elastoplastic Processes -- Quasi-static Elastoplastic Processes: Minimum Principles -- Limit Loads: Limit Analysis. Elastoplastic behavior has long been…
Site management is an important and interesting field of activity for architects. This volume describes the various tasks that fall to architects in construction supervision in practical and understandable terms. It addresses construction supervision and quality control in gener…
This book will cover the latest methods for the structural design to mitigate potential damage due to high-speed winds, storm surges, tornadoes, and inland flooding (all of which could be brought on by hurricane conditions). It will provide detailed explanations of the new ASCE …