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This book collects the extended versions of selected papers presented at IABMAS 2012 and invited papers originally published in a Special Issue of Structure and Infrastructure Engineering. This collec
Concrete-filled stainless steel tubular columns offer high strength, ductility, and corrosion resistance. This book presents accurate and efficient computational models for the nonlinear inelastic ana
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Rapid industrial growth has witnessed the ever-increasing utilization of sand from rivers for various construction purposes, which caused an exploitation of rivers’ beds and disturbed the ecosystem. T
Underground Engineering: Planning, Design, Construction and Operation of the Underground Space provides the author's vast experience as both an academic and practitioner. It covers Planning, Design, C
Cutoffs for Dams discusses foundation treatment methods using cutoff-type barriers. Emphasis is given to alluvial deposits throughout this document. The following types of cutoffs are presented in thi
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The newest Level Two picture book in the award-winning Let’s-Read-and-Find-Out series is a fascinating exploration of all the systems a city needs to function. Millions of people live in cities around
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The mining industry has experienced important improvements with regard to its safety record and work environment. But there is still room for further improvement and the mining industry now faces the
This book develops a new vision in geomechanics which will be of interest to researchers and engineers. It begins with the key theoretical features of dissipative structures induced by elementary cont
