Mining Engineering Books

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41. Rock Failure Mechanisms

    Illustrated and Explained

    By Chun'An Tang, John A. Hudson

    When dealing with rock in civil engineering, mining engineering and other engineering, the process by which the rock fails under load should be understood, so that safe structures can be built on and in the rock. However, there are many ways for loading rock and rock can have a variety of...

    Published August 5th 2010 by CRC Press
42. Principles of Structural Design

    Wood, Steel, and Concrete

    By Ram S. Gupta

    Anyone involved with structural design, whether a student or a practicing engineer, must maintain a functional understanding of wood, steel, and concrete design principles. In covering all of these materials, Principles of Structural Design: Wood, Steel, and Concrete fills a gap that exists in the...

    Published August 1st 2010 by CRC Press
43. Practical Design of Steel Structures

    By Karuna Moy Ghosh

    Practical Design of Steel Structures presents practical design examples and calculations for a multi-bay, steel-framed industrial building under the actions of a variety of loads, including travelling crane loads, dead and imposed loads, and wind forces. For the first time, engineers and students...

    Published July 25th 2010 by Whittles Publishing
44. Non-Destructive Evaluation of Reinforced Concrete Structures

    Deterioration Processes and Standard Test Methods, Volume 1

    Edited by C. Maierhofer, H. W. Reinhardt, G. Dobmann

    Many concrete structures and elements of concrete infrastructure (roads, bridges, etc.) have exceeded their original design lives and are deteriorating to an extent where they are becoming dangerous. This breakdown can be internal or not obvious and therefore becomes evident only through detailed...

    Published July 19th 2010 by CRC Press
45. Concrete Under Severe Conditions, Two Volume Set

    Edited by Pedro Castro-Borges, Eric I. Moreno, Koji Sakai, O. Gjorv, Nemkumar Banthia

    Global Climatic Change (GCC) is changing the way we manage and maintain our concrete infrastructure. For the last 15 years CONSEC conferences have strived to bring experts on a common platform to discuss and disseminate international expertise with respect to performance of concrete under severe...

    Published July 7th 2010 by CRC Press
46. Bridge Maintenance, Safety and Management - IABMAS'10

    Proceedings of the Fifth International IABMAS Conference, Philadelphia, USA, 11-15 July 2010

    Edited by Dan Frangopol, Richard Sause, Chad Kusko

    Series: Bridge Maintenance, Safety and Management

    Extensive collection of more than 500 revised papers by experts on recent advances in bridge maintenance, safety, management and life-cycle performance. This is a major contribution to the state-of-the-art in all aspects of the field, Set of Book with keynote papers and extended abstracts plus...

    Published July 6th 2010 by CRC Press
47. Materials for Energy Efficiency and Thermal Comfort in Buildings

    Edited by M. Hall

    A review of advanced materials and sustainable technologies for applicable for improving the building environment, this book examines fundamental building physics and occupant comfort, from heat and mass transport, hygrothermal behavior, and ventilation, on the thermal comfort and health and safety...

    Published May 26th 2010 by CRC Press
48. Computational Modelling of Concrete Structures

    Edited by Nenad Bicanic, René Borst, Herbert Mang, Gunther Meschke

    Since 1984 the EURO-C conference series (Split 1984, Zell am See 1990, Innsbruck 1994, Badgastein 1998, St Johann im Pongau 2003, Mayrhofen 2006, Schladming 2010) has provided a forum for academic discussion of the latest theoretical, algorithmic and modelling developments associated with...

    Published February 23rd 2010 by CRC Press
49. Shotcrete: Elements of a System

    Edited by Stefan Bernard

    Over the last twenty years we have witnessed a revolution in ground stabilization in both underground and above-ground applications, thanks largely to the widespread adoption of shotcrete as a medium for support. Shotcrete technology continues to evolve and improve as its utilization increases....

    Published February 9th 2010 by CRC Press
50. Engineered Concrete

    Mix Design and Test Methods, Second Edition

    By Irving Kett

    As every civil engineer knows, Portland Cement is the most versatile and important material of construction, and will probably remain so far into the future. Yet few books, if any, exist that offer an in-depth analysis of the mixing and testing methods of this vital hydraulic cement. This...

    Published December 22nd 2009 by CRC Press