Risk Evaluation And Climate Change Adaptation Of Civil Engineering Infrastructures And Buildings

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Risk Evaluation And Climate Change Adaptation Of Civil Engineering Infrastructures And Buildings

Author : Panagiotis Kotronis
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1786304864
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (863 download)

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Book Synopsis Risk Evaluation And Climate Change Adaptation Of Civil Engineering Infrastructures And Buildings by : Panagiotis Kotronis

Download or read book Risk Evaluation And Climate Change Adaptation Of Civil Engineering Infrastructures And Buildings written by Panagiotis Kotronis and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2019-12-12 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings together a selection of the scientific results of the RI ADAPTCLIM project (International Network on Risk Assessment and Climatic Adaptation of Civil Engineering and Buildings Works). Funded by the Pays de la Loire region in France as part of the 2014 Stratégie Internationale call for projects, research teams from the scientific group LiRGeC (ECN, UN, IFSTTAR, CSTB) and several international partners contributed their human, experimental and digital resources. RI-ADAPTCLIM was established to study the short- and medium term effects of climatic conditions on buildings, infrastructures and the ground. Following an integrated, interdisciplinary and multi-physics approach, the researchers proposed decision support tools that would increase the resilience of structures and buildings against the impact of hazards due to climate change.

Climate Adaptation Engineering

Author : Emilio Bastidas-Arteaga
Publisher : Butterworth-Heinemann
ISBN 13 : 0128168404
Total Pages : 387 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (281 download)

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Book Synopsis Climate Adaptation Engineering by : Emilio Bastidas-Arteaga

Download or read book Climate Adaptation Engineering written by Emilio Bastidas-Arteaga and published by Butterworth-Heinemann. This book was released on 2019-03-16 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Climate Adaptation Engineering defines the measures taken to reduce vulnerability and increase the resiliency of built infrastructure. This includes enhancement of design standards, structural strengthening, utilisation of new materials, and changes to inspection and maintenance regimes, etc. The book examines the known effects and relationships of climate change variables on infrastructure and risk-management policies. Rich with case studies, this resource will enable engineers to develop a long-term, self-sustained assessment capacity and more effective risk-management strategies. The book's authors also take a long-term view, dealing with several aspects of climate change. The text has been written in a style accessible to technical and non-technical readers with a focus on practical decision outcomes. Provides climate scenarios and their likelihoods, hazard modelling (wind, flood, heatwaves, etc.), infrastructure vulnerability, resilience or exposure (likelihood and extent of damage) Introduces the key concepts needed to assess the risks, costs and benefits of future proofing infrastructures in a changing climate Includes case studies authored by experts from around the world

Climate-Resilient Infrastructure

Author : Committee on Adaptation to a Changing Climate
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781523125821
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (258 download)

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Book Synopsis Climate-Resilient Infrastructure by : Committee on Adaptation to a Changing Climate

Download or read book Climate-Resilient Infrastructure written by Committee on Adaptation to a Changing Climate and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract: Prepared by the Committee on Adaptation to a Changing Climate of ASCE Civil infrastructure systems traditionally have been designed for appropriate functionality, durability, and safety for climate and weather extremes during their full-service lives; however, climate scientists inform us that the extremes of climate and weather have altered from historical values in ways difficult to predict or project. Climate-Resilient Infrastructure: Adaptive Design and Risk Management, MOP 140, provides guidance for and contributes to the developing or enhancing of methods for infrastructure analysis and design in a world in which risk profiles are changing and can be projected with varying degrees of uncertainty requiring a new design philosophy to meet this challenge. The underlying approaches in this manual of practice (MOP) are based on probabilistic methods for quantitative risk analysis, and the design framework provided focuses on identifying and analyzing low-regret, adaptive strategies to make a project more resilient. Beginning with an overview of the driving forces and hazards associated with a changing climate, subsequent chapters in MOP 140 provide observational methods, illustrative examples, and case studies; estimation of extreme events particularly related to precipitation with guidance on monitoring and measuring methods; flood design criteria and the development of project design flood elevations; computational methods of determining flood loads; adaptive design and adaptive risk management in the context of life-cycle engineering and economics; and climate resilience technologies. MOP 140 will be of interest to engineers, researchers, planners, and other stakeholders charged with adaptive design decisions to achieve infrastructure resilience targets while minimizing life-cycle costs in a changing climate

Flexibility in Engineering Design

Author : Richard De Neufville
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262297337
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (622 download)

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Book Synopsis Flexibility in Engineering Design by : Richard De Neufville

Download or read book Flexibility in Engineering Design written by Richard De Neufville and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2011-08-12 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide to using the power of design flexibility to improve the performance of complex technological projects, for designers, managers, users, and analysts. Project teams can improve results by recognizing that the future is inevitably uncertain and that by creating flexible designs they can adapt to eventualities. This approach enables them to take advantage of new opportunities and avoid harmful losses. Designers of complex, long-lasting projects—such as communication networks, power plants, or hospitals—must learn to abandon fixed specifications and narrow forecasts. They need to avoid the “flaw of averages,” the conceptual pitfall that traps so many designs in underperformance. Failure to allow for changing circumstances risks leaving significant value untapped. This book is a guide for creating and implementing value-enhancing flexibility in design. It will be an essential resource for all participants in the development and operation of technological systems: designers, managers, financial analysts, investors, regulators, and academics. The book provides a high-level overview of why flexibility in design is needed to deliver significantly increased value. It describes in detail methods to identify, select, and implement useful flexibility. The book is unique in that it explicitly recognizes that future outcomes are uncertain. It thus presents forecasting, analysis, and evaluation tools especially suited to this reality. Appendixes provide expanded explanations of concepts and analytic tools.

Maintenance and Safety of Aging Infrastructure

Author : Dan Frangopol
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 0415659426
Total Pages : 798 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (156 download)

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Download or read book Maintenance and Safety of Aging Infrastructure written by Dan Frangopol and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2014-10-23 with total page 798 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents the latest research findings in the field of maintenance and safety of aging infrastructure. The invited contributions provide an overview of the use of advanced computational and/or experimental techniques in damage and vulnerability assessment as well as maintenance and retrofitting of aging structures and infrastructures such as buildings, bridges, lifelines and ships. Cost-efficient maintenance and management of civil infrastructure requires balanced consideration of both structural performance and the total cost accrued over the entire life-cycle considering uncertainties. In this context, major topics treated in this book include aging structures, climate adaptation, climate change, corrosion, cost, damage assessment, decision making, extreme events, fatigue life, hazards, hazard mitigation, inspection, life-cycle performance, maintenance, management, NDT methods, optimization, redundancy, reliability, repair, retrofit, risk, robustness, resilience, safety, stochastic control, structural health monitoring, sustainability, uncertainties and vulnerability. Applications include bridges, buildings, dams, marine structures, pavements, power distribution poles, offshore platforms, stadiums and transportation networks. This up-to-date overview of the field of maintenance and safety of aging infrastructure makes this book a must-have reference work for those involved with structures and infrastructures, including students, researchers and practitioners.

Design and Construction of Bioclimatic Wooden Greenhouses, Volume 3

Author : Gian Luca Brunetti
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1394192150
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (941 download)

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Download or read book Design and Construction of Bioclimatic Wooden Greenhouses, Volume 3 written by Gian Luca Brunetti and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2022-12-19 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the third of four dealing with bioclimatic design and construction by focusing on the most basic and polyvalent of modern environmental systems: the bioclimatic greenhouse, the "Swiss-army chainsaw" of architecture. More specifically, this third volume focuses on how the envelope of bioclimatic wooden greenhouses may be designed and built. In more general terms, it helps us to consider how to design and build the transparent and opaque enclosures of bioclimatic, low-energy architecture, with low environmental impact. This multi-volume book covers both free-standing greenhouses that can naturally heat and cool themselves, and lean-to greenhouses that support the natural heating and cooling of buildings; this includes both agricultural greenhouses and greenhouses suited to host people. As a result, it is a trans-disciplinary work deriving its areas of concern from a broad range of study areas, spanning from environmental, to constructional, to structural, drawing the clarity of the approach from the fact that the topics are presented by a single author with a single voice and a designer's mindset. To achieve this, the book adopts a composite set of explanatory strategies and communication registers – including extensive support by 3D construction drawings and examples – and presents not only stateof-the-art solutions, but also experimental ones.

Applied Geotechnics for Construction Projects, Volume 3

Author : Ammar Dhouib
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1394192274
Total Pages : 500 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (941 download)

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Book Synopsis Applied Geotechnics for Construction Projects, Volume 3 by : Ammar Dhouib

Download or read book Applied Geotechnics for Construction Projects, Volume 3 written by Ammar Dhouib and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2022-12-19 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Geotechnical engineering is now a fundamental component of construction projects. The third volume of this book is its backbone, dedicated to foundations for civil and industrial construction projects. Applied Geotechnics for Construction Projects 3 first presents the basic theoretical principles and rules governing the designing and validation of foundations; shallow, semi-deep and deep, then presents real foundation projects with a detailed comparison of the approaches and methods of calculating foundations in relation to the reference systems and rules in force, closely compared to and validated by the Eurocodes. The third chapter presents examples of foundation projects, covering high-side building rafts, strip footings, piles and embankments, enriched by an unprecedented level of experience in the field of foundations for civil and industrial construction projects. It ends with examples of damage to foundations and practical appendices. Each chapter of this third volume is illustrated with photographs and measurements of construction sites and is built on both theory and experience in the field of foundations as a whole. The result is a combination of geotechnical expertise and lessons learned from experience, both of which are highly valuable in the field of applied geotechnics for construction projects.

Mechanics and Physics of Solids at Micro- and Nano-Scales

Author : Ioan R. Ionescu
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1786305313
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (863 download)

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Book Synopsis Mechanics and Physics of Solids at Micro- and Nano-Scales by : Ioan R. Ionescu

Download or read book Mechanics and Physics of Solids at Micro- and Nano-Scales written by Ioan R. Ionescu and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2020-02-26 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronicling the 11th US–France Mechanics and physics of solids at macro- and nano-scales symposium, organized by ICACM (International Center for Applied Computational Mechanics) in Paris, June 2018, this book addresses the breadth of issues raised. It covers a comprehensive range of scientific and technological topics (from elementary plastic events in metals and materials in harsh environments to bio-engineered and bio-mimicking materials), offering a representative perspective on state-of-the-art research and materials. Expounding on the issues related to mesoscale modeling, the first part of the book addresses the representation of plastic deformation at both extremes of the scale – between nano- and macro- levels. The second half of the book examines the mechanics and physics of soft materials, polymers and materials made from fibers or molecular networks.

Life-Cycle Civil Engineering: Innovation, Theory and Practice

Author : Airong Chen
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1000342085
Total Pages : 2619 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (3 download)

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Book Synopsis Life-Cycle Civil Engineering: Innovation, Theory and Practice by : Airong Chen

Download or read book Life-Cycle Civil Engineering: Innovation, Theory and Practice written by Airong Chen and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2021-02-26 with total page 2619 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life-Cycle Civil Engineering: Innovation, Theory and Practice contains the lectures and papers presented at IALCCE2020, the Seventh International Symposium on Life-Cycle Civil Engineering, held in Shanghai, China, October 27-30, 2020. It consists of a book of extended abstracts and a USB card containing the full papers of 230 contributions, including the Fazlur R. Khan lecture, eight keynote lectures, and 221 technical papers from all over the world. All major aspects of life-cycle engineering are addressed, with special emphasis on life-cycle design, assessment, maintenance and management of structures and infrastructure systems under various deterioration mechanisms due to various environmental hazards. It is expected that the proceedings of IALCCE2020 will serve as a valuable reference to anyone interested in life-cycle of civil infrastructure systems, including students, researchers, engineers and practitioners from all areas of engineering and industry.

Damage and Cracking of Concrete Structures

Author : Jacky Mazars
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1394185960
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (941 download)

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Book Synopsis Damage and Cracking of Concrete Structures by : Jacky Mazars

Download or read book Damage and Cracking of Concrete Structures written by Jacky Mazars and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2022-12-09 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Understanding and managing damage and cracking in concrete is essential to ensuring the integrity and durability of civil engineering structures. Both theoretical and practical, this book presents a comprehensive approach to these problems by proposing models and numerical modeling strategies that are treated in a manner that is both simplified and efficient. It proposes a wide variety of applications that are derived from research programs and engineering cases. This book also addresses many situations, such as monotonic or cyclic behavior, seismic responses, a description of fast dynamic situations and effects due to the maturation of concrete at an early age in massive structures. Numerous detailed exercises are provided to help students to understand modeling and calculation techniques. Damage and Cracking of Concrete Structures is indeed intended for students, but also for engineers and researchers in the field of mechanics of materials and structures and, more generally, in civil engineering.

Engineering for Sustainable Development

Author : International Centre for Engineering Education
Publisher : UNESCO Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9231004379
Total Pages : 183 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Engineering for Sustainable Development written by International Centre for Engineering Education and published by UNESCO Publishing. This book was released on 2021-03-02 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The report highlights the crucial role of engineering in achieving each of the 17 SDGs. It shows how equal opportunities for all is key to ensuring an inclusive and gender balanced profession that can better respond to the shortage of engineers for implementing the SDGs. It provides a snapshot of the engineering innovations that are shaping our world, especially emerging technologies such as big data and AI, which are crucial for addressing the pressing challenges facing humankind and the planet. It analyses the transformation of engineering education and capacity-building at the dawn of the Fourth Industrial Revolution that will enable engineers to tackle the challenges ahead. It highlights the global effort needed to address the specific regional disparities, while summarizing the trends of engineering across the different regions of the world.

Climate Change Risks in Building

Author : Sally Vivian
Publisher : CIRIA
ISBN 13 : 086017638X
Total Pages : 33 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (61 download)

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Book Synopsis Climate Change Risks in Building by : Sally Vivian

Download or read book Climate Change Risks in Building written by Sally Vivian and published by CIRIA. This book was released on 2005 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Construction clients, engineers, contractors and other interest groups will benefit from this up-to-date review of the implications of climate change and the practical guidance it contains on assessing and managing the associated risks, such as ground movement, rain penetration and wind loading.

Applied Geotechnics for Construction Projects, Volume 4

Author : Ammar Dhouib
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1786307782
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (863 download)

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Download or read book Applied Geotechnics for Construction Projects, Volume 4 written by Ammar Dhouib and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2023-01-19 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Geotechnical engineering is now a fundamental component of construction projects. The fourth and final volume of this book presents a range of retaining structures, alongside soil reinforcement and improvement techniques and processes. Applied Geotechnics for Construction Projects 4 first presents the concept of thrust-fall, then goes on to examine the behavior of retaining structures and their design and justification methods. A variety of practical applications for retaining structures are then considered, covering gravity walls, sheet pile curtains, in advance shoring excavations and retaining diaphragm walls. The book goes on to study soil reinforcement and improvement techniques, a subject that the author has dedicated thirty-five years to researching and teaching: from reinforced earth, in situ soil nailing, micropiles, in situ soil compaction, stone columns and rigid inclusions to "soil-cement" and "lime cement" columns. This book ends with a comprehensive and practical discussion of the behavior of underground structures; covering the concepts of convergence-confinement, stress evolution and subsidence estimation. Each chapter of this fourth volume is illustrated with concrete examples and measurements of retaining structures, soil reinforcement and soil improvement from construction sites. The result is a combination of geotechnical expertise and lessons learned from experience, both of which are highly valuable in the field of applied geotechnics for construction projects.

Climate-Resilient Infrastructure

Author : American Society of Civil Engineers. Committee on Adaptation to a Changing Climate
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780784415191
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (151 download)

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Book Synopsis Climate-Resilient Infrastructure by : American Society of Civil Engineers. Committee on Adaptation to a Changing Climate

Download or read book Climate-Resilient Infrastructure written by American Society of Civil Engineers. Committee on Adaptation to a Changing Climate and published by . This book was released on 2018-10-04 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: MOP 140 provides guidance for developing or enhancing of methods for infrastructure analysis and design to achieve infrastructure resilience targets while minimizing life-cycle costs in a changing climate.

Design and Construction of Bioclimatic Wooden Greenhouses, Volume 2

Author : Gian Luca Brunetti
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1394192126
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (941 download)

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Download or read book Design and Construction of Bioclimatic Wooden Greenhouses, Volume 2 written by Gian Luca Brunetti and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2022-12-20 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the second of four dealing with bioclimatic design and construction by focusing on the most basic and polyvalent of modern environmental systems: the bioclimatic greenhouse, the "Swiss-army chainsaw" of architecture. More specifically, this second volume focuses on how the structure of bioclimatic wooden greenhouses may be designed and built. In more general terms, it helps us consider how to design and build the structure of bioclimatic, low-energy architecture, with low environmental impact. This multi-volume book covers both free-standing greenhouses that can naturally heat and cool themselves, and lean-to greenhouses that support the natural heating and cooling of buildings; this includes both agricultural greenhouses and greenhouses suited to host people. As a result, it is a trans-disciplinary work deriving its areas of concern from a broad range of study areas, spanning from environmental, to constructional, to structural, drawing the clarity of the approach from the fact that the topics are presented by a single author with a single voice and a designer's mindset. To achieve this, the book adopts a composite set of explanatory strategies and communication registers – including extensive support by 3D construction drawings and examples – and presents not only stateof-the-art solutions, but also experimental ones.

Applied Geotechnics for Construction Projects, Volume 2

Author : Ammar Dhouib
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 139419224X
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (941 download)

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Download or read book Applied Geotechnics for Construction Projects, Volume 2 written by Ammar Dhouib and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2022-12-21 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Geotechnical engineering is now a fundamental component of construction projects. The second volume of this book addresses the fundamental principles of soil mechanics and the role of water in geotechnical projects and assessments. Applied Geotechnics for Construction Projects 2 outlines the hydraulic properties of soils and the basic concepts of water in soil, detailing the principles of permeability measurement tests and giving concrete test cases, and then goes on to outline the basic notions of soil mechanics as applied in geotechnics: from consolidation to short- and long-term notions via the swelling phenomena of clayey soils, soil shear strength and slope stability. The third chapter presents a comprehensive overview of geotechnical expertise using examples of concrete projects either with or without damage in the context of geotechnical construction works. Each chapter of this second volume provides concrete examples of applications to real projects and the rules and lessons we must remember. The result is a combination of geotechnical expertise and lessons learned from experience, both of which are highly valuable in the field of applied geotechnics for construction projects.

Design and Construction of Bioclimatic Wooden Greenhouses, Volume 1

Author : Gian Luca Brunetti
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1786308517
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (863 download)

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Download or read book Design and Construction of Bioclimatic Wooden Greenhouses, Volume 1 written by Gian Luca Brunetti and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2023-01-19 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the first of four dealing with bioclimatic design and construction by focusing on the most basic and polyvalent of modern environmental systems: the bioclimatic greenhouse, the “Swiss-army chainsaw” of architecture. More specifically, this first volume focuses on preliminary bioclimatic design of greenhouses, laying down fundamental principles that are also likely to be invaluable in designing, in more general terms, bioclimatic and low-energy architecture, with low environmental impact. This multi-volume book covers both free-standing greenhouses that can naturally heat and cool themselves, and lean-to greenhouses that support the natural heating and cooling of buildings; this includes both agricultural greenhouses and greenhouses suited to host people. As a result, it is a trans-disciplinary work deriving its areas of concern from a broad range of study areas, spanning from environmental, to constructional, to structural, drawing the clarity of the approach from the fact that the topics are presented by a single author with a single voice and a designer’s mindset. To achieve this, the book adopts a composite set of explanatory strategies and communication registers – including extensive support by 3D construction drawings and examples – and presents not only stateof-the-art solutions, but also experimental ones.