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Theory and Design of Bridges

Covers current design techniques for both allowable stress and new load and resistance factor design (LRFD) approaches recommended by the forthcoming American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials draft specifications. Addresses the need for repair or replacement of 225,000 U.S. highway bridges as well as the need for 70,000 new bridges in the next 15 years.
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Steel and Composite Structures: Analysis and Design for Fire Safety

Steel and Composite Structures: Behaviour and Design for Fire Safety presents a systematic and thorough description of the behaviour of steel and composite structures in fire, and shows how design methods are developed to quantify our understanding.

Analysis and Design for Fire Safety

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Serviceability Design Considerations for Steel Buildings

This updated Design Guide includes serviceability design criteria for all building types, including tall buildings. Covered topics include deflection, vibration, and drift as they relate to cladding, roofing, skylights, interior partitions, equipment, and motion perception.

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The Shanghai Yangtze River Tunnel. Theory, Design and Construction : Theory, Design & Construction.One of the worlds currently largests tunnel projects is under construction at the Yangtze River estuary: the Shanghai Yangtze River Tunnel project, with its length of 8950 m and a diameter of 15.43 m.

Theory, Design & Construction

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The Behaviour and Design of Steel Structures to EC3

The fully revised fourth edition of this successful textbook fills a void which will arise when British designers start using the European steel code EC3 instead of the current steel code BS5950. The principal feature of the new edition is the discussion of the behaviour of steel structures and the criteria used in design according to the British version of EC3. Thus it serves to bridge the gap which too often occurs when attention is concentrated on methods of analysis and the sizing of structural components. Because emphasis is placed on the development of an understanding of behaviour, many analytical details are either omitted in favour of more descriptive explanations, or are relegated to appendices. The many worked examples both illustrate the behaviour of steel structures and exemplify details of the design process. “The Behaviour and Design of Steel Structures to EC3″ is a key text for senior undergraduate and graduate students, and an essential reference tool for practising structural engineers in the UK and other countries.

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