Geo.Engineerings

Tapobrata Sanyal ... 218 pages - Publisher: Springer; 1st edition (September, 2016) ...
Language: English - ISBN-10: 9811019312 - ISBN-13: 978-9811019319 ...

This book presents a first-of-its-kind exposition on the emerging technology of jute fiber geotextiles. The book covers the characteristics of jute fiber and jute yarns, types and functions of jute geotextiles, and the mechanism of control of surficial soil with jute geotextiles. The content also includes applications such as the mechanisms of functioning of jute geotextiles in strengthening road sub-grade and controlling river bank erosion, stabilization of earthen embankments, management of settlement of railway tracks, and consolidation of soft soil by use of pre-fabricated vertical jute drains (PVJD). Geotextile standards, properties and test methods, variants of jute geotextiles, economical and environmental advantages in different applications are covered along with a few case studies. A chapter on soil basics is included to enable clearer understanding of soil mechanisms. The book can be used as a reference work or as primary or supporting text for graduate and professional coursework. It will also prove useful to researchers and practicing engineers looking for a comprehensive treatise on jute geotextiles.

Louis Ge, Boming Tang, We Hong Wei, Renpeng Chen ... 110 pages - Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE); (July, 2009) ... Language: English - ISBN-10: 0784410461 - ISBN-13: 978-0784410462 ...

The papers in this Geotechnical Special Publication were presented at the GeoHunan International Conference: Challenges and Recent Advances in Pavement Technologies and Transportation Geotechnics, which took place in Changsha, Hunan, China from August 3 to 6, 2009. These peer-reviewed papers are from the session of Soils and Rock Instrumentation, Behavior and Modeling. Hunan, one of the largest commercial provinces in China, is rapidly developing into a modern epicenter of international finance and trade. Recent construction in many parts of China has provided geotechnical engineers with great opportunities for creating cutting-edge solutions to problems involving foundations, ground improvement, slopes, excavations, and tunnels. This proceedings will be valuable to engineers and professionals involved in many aspects of geotechnical engineering.

Marco Dorigo, Mauro Birattari, Xiaodong Li, M. López-Ibáñez, K. Ohkura, C. Pinciroli, T. Stützle ... 
304 pages - Publisher: Springer; 1st edition (August, 2016) ...
Language: English - ISBN-10: 3319444263 - ISBN-13: 978-3319444260 ...

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Swarm Intelligence, ANTS 2016, held in Brussels, Belgium, in September 2016.  The 18 full papers and 7 short papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 47 submissions. They are devoted to the field of swarm intelligence as a whole, without any bias towards specific research directions.

Johan Blaauwendraad, Jeroen H. Hoefakker ... 300 pages - Publisher: Springer; (September, 2013) ...
Language: English - ASIN: B00F157TO4 by Amazon Digital Services ...

The mathematical description of the properties of a shell is much more elaborate than those of beam and plate structures. Therefore many engineers and architects are unacquainted with aspects of shell behaviour and design, and are not familiar with sufficiently reliable shell theories for the different shell types as derived in the middle of the 20th century. Rather than contributing to theory development, this university textbook focuses on architectural and civil engineering schools. Of course, practising professionals will profit from it as well.

The book deals with thin elastic shells, in particular with cylindrical, conical and spherical types, and with elliptic and hyperbolic paraboloids. The focus is on roofs, chimneys, pressure vessels and storage tanks. Special attention is paid to edge bending disturbance zones, which is indispensable knowledge in FE meshing. A substantial part of the book results from research efforts in the mid 20th century at Delft University of Technology. As such, it is a valuable addition to the body of shell research literature of continuing importance. This work can be used for university courses. It also shows professionals how to perform manual calculations of the main force flow in shell structures, and provides guidance for structural engineers estimating stresses and deformations.

David M. Brohn ... 248 pages - Publisher: New Paradigm Solutions; 3rd edition (September, 2005) ...
Language: English - ISBN-10: 0951745751 - ISBN-13: 978-0951745755 ...

Traditionally, structural design has been taught using classical methods of calculation by hand. However, computers are increasingly being used to teach the subject and one consequence of this move has been a perception that students are losing a basic understanding of structural design. This book addresses that problem by encouraging basic understanding of the subject whilst using computers to do the design work. Quick test techniques are given for evaluating the answers generated by the computer.

Carl T. F. Ross ... 480 pages - Publisher: Woodhead Publishing; (September, 1998) ...
Language: English - ISBN-10: 1898563519 - ISBN-13: 978-1898563518 ..

This book is aimed at senior undergraduates, graduates and engineers. It fills the gap between the numerous textbooks on traditional Applied Mechanics and postgraduate books on Finite Element Methods. Fills the gap between the applied mechanics and finite element methods * Discusses basic structural concepts and energy theorems, the discrete system, in-plane quadrilateral elements, field problems and mathematical modelling, among other topics * Aimed at senior undergraduates, graduates and engineers.