CRC Press, 2016. — 249 p. This textbook covers tools and applications in civil engineering systems. It begins by revising the mathematical and statistical background for the adequate formulation of civil engineering problems. Then it examines a series of topics required to understand infrastructure, facilities and transportation networks, and their planning, maintenance,...
Transportation Research Board, Washington, 2008, 164 p., ISBN: 978-0-309-11765-4 NCHRP (National Cooperative Highway Research Program) REPORT 611 This report provides analytical and design methods for the seismic design of retaining walls, buried structures, slopes, and embankments. The report details the development of the design procedures. Recommended load and resistance...
Springer, 2019. — 195 p. Proceedings of the 5th GeoChina International Conference 2018 – Civil Infrastructures Confronting Severe Weathers and Climate Changes: From Failure to Sustainability, held on July 23 to 25, 2018 in HangZhou, China. This book deals with the attempts made by the scientists, researchers and practitioners to address different emerging issues in...
AEI Press (American Enterprise Institute), Washington, 2011, 205 p., ISBN-10: 0844743461, ISBN-13: 9780844743462 Despite record levels of government spending, America's transportation system is plagued by traffic congestion, decaying infrastructure, and politicization of transportation funding-leading to calamities such as the 2007 collapse an interstate highway bridge over the...
4th Edition. — Spon Press, 2009. — 942 p. — ISBN: 0415472652, ISBN13: 9780415472654. This fully revised fourth edition of Max Lay’s well-established reference work covers all aspects of the technology of roads and road transport, and urban and rural road technology. It forms a comprehensive but accessible reference for all professionals and students interested in roads, road...
Presto, 2010. — 44 p. PRESTO (Promoting Cycling for Everyone as a Daily Transport Mode) is a project of the EU’s Intelligent Energy – Europe Programme granted by the Executive Agency for Competitiveness and Innovation (EACI). Cycling policy is on the agenda in European cities.In recent years and decades, many local authorities have been undertaking a range of activities to...
2nd ed, Spon Press, 1995. -514 p. Designed as a fundamental text for civil engineering students, this book also offers a broad, practical view of the subject for practicing engineers. It has been written with the assistance of a number of world-renowned specialist professional engineers with many years experience working in Africa, the Middle East, Central and Eastern Europe,...
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