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Lock Gates and Other Closures in Hydraulic Projects shares the authors practical experience in design, engineering, mana......more
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From AI to Robotics: Mobile, Social, and Sentient Robots is a journey into the world of agent-based robotics and it cove......more
Hard Guidance on Preventing Disproportionate Collapse Disproportionate collapse is a pressing issue in current design pr......more
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This book was written for people who have never used a 3D carving machine. It teaches the basics of designing and making......more
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A Definitive Up-to-Date Reference Wind forces from various types of extreme wind events continue to generate ever-increa......more
This publication provides introductory technical guidance for civil engineers and other professional engineers and const......more
Home to hundreds of faults, California leads the nation in frequency of earthquakes every year. Despite enduring their s......more
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Landslides and slope failure are common in the US and rest of the world. The landslides cause significant damage to infr......more
Geotechnical instrumentation is used for installation, monitoring and assessment on any sizeable project, particularly i......more
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Beyond Control reveals the Mississippi as a waterway of change, unnaturally confined by ever-larger levees and control s......more
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Addresses the Question Frequently Proposed to the Designer by Architects: Can We Do This? Offering guidance on how to u......more
More often than not, it is difficult or even impossible to obtain directly the specific rock parameters of interest usin......more
Structural Analysis of Historical Constructions. Anamnesis, diagnosis, therapy, controls contains the papers presented a......more