Books in the New Directions in Civil Engineering series

Reinforced concrete structures are subjected to a complex variety of stresses and strains. The four basic actions are bending, axial load, shear, and torsion. This work develops one unified theory of reinforced concrete behavior that embraces and accounts for all four basic actions and their combinations.

Presents a discussion of the theory of size effect and scaling of failure loads in structures. This book includes derivations and examples, from which readers can gain an understanding of fracture and size effect in concrete and other quasibrittle materials.

New developments in the response spectrum method have led to calculations in seismic stresses that are more accurate, and usually lower, than those obtained by conventional methods. This textbook examines the information on the response spectrum method generated by research and presents the background theory in simplified form.

This text begins with a clear and thorough explanation of the mechanical properties and fracture processes of concrete, followed by an evaluation of test methods for assessing both experimental and numerical models.

Presents a comprehensive treatment of flexural-torsional buckling and demonstrates how to design against this mode of failure. This work explains the fundamentals of this type of buckling behavior and then summarizes results that may be of use to designers and researchers in either equation or graphical form.

With contributions by transportation experts from around the world, this title compiles engineering data and methods for solving problems in the planning, design, construction, and operation of various transportation modes. It illustrates analytical simulation methods that depict human behavior.

The finite strip method has been used in fields beyond just structural engineering, for example in geotechnology and soil engineering. This book deals with this subject.

Furnishes the basic theory needed for actively controlling the behavior of engineering systems. This text examines the advance of materials technology and the advent of powerful, reliable microprocessors. It includes the design and control of discrete parameter adaptive structure, and an introduction to distributed parameter adaptive structures.

Familiarizes concrete specialists with the characteristic features of concrete in cold weather, including the effects of frost, methods for hardening in subzero temperatures, and other challenges in cold-weather concreting. This book also presents the mechanism of the deteriorating effects of subzero temperatures.

Offers a comprehensive presentation of artificial intelligence (AI) methodologies and tools valuable for solving a wide spectrum of engineering problems. This book details the AI-based methodologies known as: Knowledge-Based Expert Systems (KBES); Design Synthesis; Design Critiquing; and, Case-Based Reasoning.

Concrete Beams with Openings serves as an invaluable source of information for designers and practicing engineers, especially useful since little or no provision or guidelines are currently available in most building codes.

This book provides basic information for structural engineers in the case of cylindrical members as used in offshore structures. It describes the concept, the assumptions, and the formulation steps and outlines the solution procedures of some typical sample problems using the software developed.