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  • Physical Models

    Their Historical and Current Use in Civil and Building Engineering Design

    by Bill Addis, Karl-Eugen Kurrer, Werner Lorenz ...
    Series series Edition Bautechnikgeschichte / Construction History
    Physical models have been, and continue to be used by engineers when faced with unprecedented challenges, when engineering science has been non-existent or inadequate, and in any other situation when the engineer has needed to raise their confidence in a design proposal to a sufficient level to begin construction. For this reason, models have mostly been used by designers and constructors of ... Read more

    $132.00 USD

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    A Very Short Introduction

    by David Blockley ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Engineering is part of almost everything we do - from the water we drink and the food we eat, to the buildings we live in and the roads and railways we travel on. In this Very Short Introduction, David Blockley explores the nature and practice of engineering, its history, its scope, and its relationship with art, craft, science, and technology. He considers the role of engineering in the modern ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Civil Engineering

    A Very Short Introduction

    by David Muir Wood ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Civil engineering produces the structures of all human settlements worldwide and is a vital discipline for many aspects modern life, underlying housing, transport, and our major areas and buildings related to work, study, and leisure. In this Very Short Introduction, David Muir Wood demonstrates the nature and importance of civil engineering not only in the history of civilization and urbanization ... Read more

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  • Structural Engineering

    A Very Short Introduction

    by David Blockley ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Have you ever wondered how it's possible to build a skyscraper, a big bridge, a jumbo jet, or a cruise liner? Everything has structure. Structure is the difference between a random pile of components and a fully functional object. Through structure the parts connect to make the whole. Natural structures vary from the very smallest part of an atom to the entire cosmology of the universe. Man-made ... Read more

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  • International Facades - CROFT

    Climate Related Optimized Facade Technologies

    by Marcel Bilow ...
    "International Facades - CROFT" links the fields of architecture, building services and building physics. It aims at an international diversity in façade design to reduce energy consumption in building design.Current architectural planning practices, such as the International Style, perceive the climate often as a problem, rather than an opportunity to work with it.This doctoral thesis presents a ... Read more

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  • Creating the Twentieth Century : Technical Innovations of 1867-1914 and Their Lasting Impact

    Technical Innovations of 1867-1914 and Their Lasting Impact

    by Vaclav Smil ...
    The period between 1867 and 1914 remains the greatest watershed in human history since the emergence of settled agricultural societies: the time when an expansive civilization based on synergy of fuels science and technical innovation was born. At its beginnings in the 1870s were dynamite the telephone photographic film and the first light bulbs. Its peak decade - the astonishing 1880s - brought ... Read more

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  • Bridges

    The science and art of the world's most inspiring structures

    by David Blockley ...
    Bridges touch all our lives - every day we are likely to cross a bridge, or go under one. How many of us stop to consider how the bridge stands up and what sort of people designed and built something so strong? Bridge building is a magnificent example of the practical and every day use of science. However, the story of bridges goes beyond science and technology, and involves issues relating to ... Read more

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  • Tony Hunt's Structures Notebook

    by Tony Hunt ...
    The purpose of the Structures Notebook is to explain, in the simplest possible terms, about the structure of 'things', and to demonstrate the fact that everything you see and touch, live in and use, living and man-made, has a structure which is acted upon by natural forces and reacts to these forces according to its form and material. The Structures Notebook was originally written by Tony Hunt as ... Read more

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  • Advances in Passive Cooling

    Edited by Mat Santamouris ...
    Series series BEST (Buildings Energy and Solar Technology)
    Following a rapid increase in the use of air conditioning in buildings of all types, the energy demand for powering such devices has become a significant cause for concern. Passive cooling is increasingly being thought of as the best alternative to air conditioning.This book offers the latest knowledge and techniques on passive cooling, enabling building professionals to understand the state of ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • Hydraulics of Open Channel Flow

    by Hubert Chanson ...
    Since the publication of its first edition in 1999, 'The Hydraulics of Open Channel Flow' has been praised by professionals, academics, students and researchers alike as the most practical modern textbook on open channel flow available. This new edition includes substantial new material on hydraulic modelling, in particular addressing unsteady open channel flows. There are also many new exercises ... Read more

    $82.79 USD

  • Structural Design in Building Conservation

    by Dimitris Theodossopoulos ...
    No building is properly conserved if it is not structurally sound. Consequently architects, engineers and conservation officers need an adequate grounding in the technology, the materials and the historic origins of the building in order to complete a conservation project successfully.Structural Design in Building Conservation deals with design issues and technical choices, showing how they are ... Read more

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  • Hydraulic Structures

    by P. Novak, A.I.B. Moffat, C. Nalluri, R. Narayanan ...
    Now includes Worked Examples for lectutrers in a companion pdf!The fourth edition of this volume presents design principles and practical guidance for key hydraulic structures. Fully revised and updated, this new edition contains enhanced texts and sections on:environmental issues and the World Commission on Damspartially saturated soils, small amenity dams, tailing dams, upstream dam face ... Read more

    $94.99 USD