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From the Foreword by Rob Smith, Director of Estates and Facilities (NHS England), Department of Health ‘The built environment for the delivery of Healthcare will continue to change as it responds to new technologies and modalities of care, different expectations and...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2010-01-28
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This book is organized around the various sensing techniques used to achieve structural health monitoring. Its main focus is on sensors, signal and data reduction methods and inverse techniques, which enable the identification of the physical parameters, affected by the...
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Wiley-ISTE
Parution :
2010-01-05
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From the book’s Foreword by Trevor Mole, Managing Director, Property Tectonics; President of the European Association of Building Surveyors and Construction Experts: ‘Shu-Ling and Martin have built on their research work and that of others to produce an understandable...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2009-09-08
Collection :
Innovation in the Built Environment
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Fatigue is a major issue affecting safety and quality of service in the railway industry. This book reviews key aspects of this important subject. It begins by providing an overview of the subject, discussing fatigue at the wheel-rail interface and in other aspects of...
Editeur :
Woodhead Publishing
Parution :
2009-08-20
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Earthquake Resistant Design and Risk Reduction, 2nd edition is based upon global research and development work over the last 50 years or more, and follows the author’s series of three booksEarthquake Resistant Design, 1st and 2nd editions (1977 and 1987), andEarthquake...
Editeur :
Wiley
Parution :
2009-07-20
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In steel construction, stability models are of central importance due to the risk of instability in slender structures under compression loading. The book covers calculations for these loadings and practical applications in residential and industrial building.
Editeur :
Ernst & Sohn
Parution :
2009-07-10
Collection :
Stahlbau-Kalender
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Innovation in product design starts with materials. Developing successful commercial products demands a sound understanding of the materials that go into those products—their uses, their costs, their lifetime performance. However, the valuable knowledge of materials...
Editeur :
Butterworth-Heinemann
Parution :
2009-06-29
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The Geotechnical Engineering Handbook is the reference book for ground engineering.The first part contains the geotechnical fundamentals, the properties, the substantial behaviour of rock and soil, the determination of characteristical values as well as their...
Editeur :
Ernst & Sohn
Parution :
2009-06-01
Collection :
Grundbau-Taschenbuch
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Given the risk of earthquakes in many countries, knowing how structural dynamics can be applied to earthquake engineering of structures, both in theory and practice, is a vital aspect of improving the safety of buildings and structures. It can also reduce the number of...
Editeur :
Woodhead Publishing
Parution :
2009-05-30
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Tensile surface structures are the visual expression of an intensive rethinking of the topic of building envelopes by designers. Advances in design methods, materials, construction elements and assembly and erection planning in the field of lightweight construction are...
Editeur :
Ernst & Sohn
Parution :
2009-05-13
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Building pathology provides an interdisciplinary approach to the study of defects and performance in order to develop appropriate remedial and management solutions. It considers how the structure and materials of a building relate to its environment, its occupants and...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2009-05-12
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Most medium to large construction contracts include a claim for extra payment for variations or disruption to the programme. Whilst the causes of the claim are often well documented, what can and cannot be included in the payment is often misunderstood and the...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2009-04-29
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Until recently, much of the development of building materials has predominantly focused on producing cheaper, stronger and more durable construction materials. More recently attention has been given to the environmental issues in manufacturing, using, disposing and...
Editeur :
Woodhead Publishing
Parution :
2009-04-29
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Civil and environmental engineers need an understanding of mathematical statistics and probability theory to deal with the variability that affects engineers' structures, soil pressures, river flows and the like. Students, too, need to get to grips ...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2009-03-16
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Materials and the Environment is the first book devoted solely to the environmental aspects of materials and their selection, production, use and disposal. Written by Mike Ashby, one of the world's foremost materials authorities, the book introduces methods and tools...
Editeur :
Butterworth-Heinemann
Parution :
2009-03-09
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Building care encompasses everything from maintenance of a building to energy conservation and range of approaches, including the effects on design. A range of approaches to looking after buildings and their users is covered in this book. The rationale and conditions...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2009-02-18
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Written by a group of academics and practitioners, this guide is for construction practitioners having to manage real projects. It shows how the risk management process improves decision making in conditions of uncertainty. This new edition includes the input of the...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2009-02-18
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The construction industry continues to face substantial demands forimprovement in quality and cost control, and a reduction incontract disputes. A number of management concepts have beenpromoted to help achieve this, but many in the industry find theconcepts confusing...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2009-02-12
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Buildings consume 40% of our planet’s materials and 30% of its energy. Their construction uses up to three million tonnes of raw materials a year and generates 20% of the soild waste stream. If we want to survive our urban future, there is no option but to build in ways...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2009-02-12
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Communicating the design intent, from initial briefing through the design stage and on to the actual construction is vital to the success of any building project. This book looks at communication across physical, organisational and cultural barriers with a view to...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2009-02-12
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