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Structural Health Monitoring of Large Civil Engineering Structures
Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) provides the facilities for in-service monitoring of structural performance and damage assessment, and is a key element of condition based maintenance and damage prognosis. This comprehensive book brings readers up to date on the most important changes and advancements in the structural health monitoring technologies applied to civil engineering structures. It covers all aspects required for such monitoring in the field, including sensors and networks, data acquisition and processing, damage detection techniques and damage prognostics techniques. The book also includes a number of case studies showing how the techniques can be applied in the development of sustainable and resilient civil infrastructure systems. This book offers in-depth chapter coverage of: Sensors and Sensing Technology for Structural Monitoring; Data Acquisition, Transmission, and Management; Structural Damage Identification Techniques; Modal Analysis of Civil Engineering Structures; Finite Element Model Updating; Vibration Based Damage Identification Methods; Model Based Damage Assessment Methods; Monitoring Based Reliability Analysis and Damage Prognosis; and Applications of SHM Strategies to Large Civil Structures.
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Introduction to Operational Modal Analysis
Comprehensively covers the basic principles and practice of Operational Modal Analysis (OMA).
* Covers all important aspects that are needed to understand why OMA is a practical tool for modal testing
* Covers advanced topics, including closely spaced modes, mode shape scaling, mode shape expansion and estimation of stress and strain in operational responses
* Discusses practical applications of Operational Modal Analysis
* Includes examples supported by MATLAB® applications
* Accompanied by a website hosting a MATLAB® toolbox for Operational Modal Analysis
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Atelier Ten : invisible architecture
Atelier Ten is an international engineering practice based in London but with offices all over the world. Founded in 1990 they specialise in sustainable design and have worked on a number of major projects alongside such architects as Grimshaw, Michael Hopkins, Wilkinson Eyre and Robert Stern. Amongst their most famous projects are Gardens by the Bay in Singapore, Tour Carpe Diem in France, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and Federation Square in Melbourne. This book gives a detailed overview of the practice through a series of highly illustrated, thematic essays and covers all their major works since their foundation. It will appeal to engineers and architects alike.
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Science and Engineering (EICSE 5th Edition)
Selected peer-reviewed full text papers from the 5th EPI International Conference on Science and Engineering (EICSE) 2021Selected peer-reviewed full text papers from the 5th EPI International Conference on Science and Engineering (EICSE) 2021, September 28-29, 2021, virtual.
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Drawing for landscape architecture : sketch to screen to site
This essential publication reintroduces the importance of learning to 'see by hand', to visualize large-scale design schemes and explain them through drawing, before using the digital tools that are so crucial to efficient and cost-effective building solutions. Combining traditional drawing techniques with those from CAD rendering, Drawing for Landscape Architecture guides practitioners from their very first impression of a site, through concept and schematic design and client presentation to construction and site drawings, concluding with two case studies that show the final result. Just as hand-drawing returns to design courses around the world, this welcome publication celebrates the best aspects of traditional techniques while incorporating them into today's digital design methods. This new and expanded edition includes a new chapter on the relationship between landscape design and architecture, along with a selection of updated artwork.
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Ultimate limit state analysis and design of plated structures
Reviews and describes both the fundamental and practical design procedures for the ultimate limit state design of ductile steel plated structures
The new edition of this well-established reference reviews and describes both fundamentals and practical design procedures for steel plated structures. The derivation of the basic mathematical expressions is presented together with a thorough discussion of the assumptions and the validity of the underlying expressions and solution methods.
Furthermore, this book is also an easily accessed design tool, which facilitates learning by applying the concepts of the limit states for practice using a set of computer programs, which can be downloaded.
Ultimate Limit State Design of Steel Plated Structures provides expert guidance on mechanical model test results as well as nonlinear finite element solutions, sophisticated design methodologies useful for practitioners in industries or research institutions, and selected methods for accurate and efficient analyses of nonlinear behavior of steel plated structures both up to and after the ultimate strength is reached.
* Covers recent advances and developments in the field
* Includes new topics on constitutive equations of steels, test database associated with low/elevated temperature, and strain rates
* Includes a new chapter on a semi-analytical method
* Supported by a companion website with illustrative example data sheets
* Provides results for existing mechanical model tests
* Offers a thorough discussion of assumptions and the validity of underlying expressions and solution methods
Designed as both a textbook and a handy reference, Ultimate Limit State Design of Steel Plated Structures, Second Edition is well suited to teachers and university students who are approaching the limit state design technology of steel plated structures for the first time. It also meets the needs of structural designers or researchers who are involved in civil, marine, and mechanical engineering as well as offshore engineering and naval architecture.
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Architectural design with SketchUp : 3D modeling, extensions, BIM, rendering, making, and scripting
The one-stop guide to SketchUp for architects, designers, and builders. SketchUp is the tool of choice for architects, interior designers, and construction professionals. Though the basics are simple to understand, getting the most out of it requires deeper instruction and guidance.
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Novel Approaches in Materials and Technologies for Building Construction
The book discusses the latest developments in the area of building constructions.
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