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Rock mechanics --- Engineering geology --- Engineering geology. --- Rock mechanics. --- Geotechnical engineering --- Mechanics --- Civil engineering --- Geology, Economic

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Given the risk of earthquakes in many countries, knowing how structural dynamics can be applied to earthquake engineering of structures, both in theory and practice, is a vital aspect of improving the safety of buildings and structures. It can also reduce the number of deaths and injuries and the amount of property damage.The book begins by discussing free vibration of single-degree-of-freedom (SDOF) systems, both damped and undamped, and forced vibration (harmonic force) of SDOF systems. Response to periodic dynamic loadings and impulse loads are also discussed, as are two degrees of freedom

Earthquake engineering --- Structural dynamics --- Mathematics. --- MATLAB. --- Building dynamics --- Dynamics, Structural --- Structural vibration --- Strains and stresses --- Structural analysis (Engineering) --- Civil engineering --- Engineering --- Engineering geology --- Shear walls --- MATLAB (Computer program) --- Matrix laboratory --- Civil Engineering --- MATLAB (Computer file)

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Earthquakes and tsunamis are two major natural disasters, causing enormous life and material losses over the entire world, especially in the developing countries that are not well prepared. Since earthquakes and tsunamis are natural phenomena that cannot be prevented, a series of measures need to be taken to minimize the losses. Disaster mitigation covers a wide variety of activities involving numerous disciplines. Civil engineering makes probably the most effective contribution to the mitigation of life and material losses in earthquakes and tsunamis. This volume contains 11 major contributions of distinguished experts from various areas of civil engineering, and aims at informing the civil engineering community about the recent progress in disaster mitigation concerning earthquakes and tsunamis. It is designed to address the standard practicing civil engineer with the aim of carrying the scientific research results to the engineering practice in simple engineering language.

Earthquake engineering --Congresses. --- Earthquakes --Safety measures --Congresses. --- Tsunamis --Safety measures --Congresses. --- Earthquake engineering --- Earthquakes --- Tsunamis --- Civil & Environmental Engineering --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Civil Engineering --- Engineering - General --- Safety measures --- Natural disasters --- Hazard mitigation. --- Mitigation --- Environmental aspects --- Earthquake sea waves --- Seismic sea waves --- Seismic surges --- Tidal waves --- Tunamis --- Disaster mitigation --- Hazards mitigation --- Mitigation, Hazard --- Natural hazard mitigation --- Natural hazards mitigation --- Natural calamities --- Quakes (Earthquakes) --- Engineering. --- Geotechnical engineering. --- Engineering geology. --- Engineering --- Foundations. --- Hydraulics. --- Geoengineering, Foundations, Hydraulics. --- Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences. --- Geology. --- Flow of water --- Water --- Fluid mechanics --- Hydraulic engineering --- Jets --- Architecture --- Building --- Structural engineering --- Underground construction --- Caissons --- Earthwork --- Masonry --- Soil consolidation --- Soil mechanics --- Walls --- Civil engineering --- Geology, Economic --- Engineering, Geotechnical --- Geotechnics --- Geotechnology --- Engineering geology --- Construction --- Industrial arts --- Technology --- Flow --- Distribution --- Details --- Geology --- Emergency management --- Disasters --- Ocean waves --- Earth movements --- Seismology --- Hydraulic engineering. --- Engineering, Hydraulic --- Hydraulics --- Shore protection --- Engineering—Geology.

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David Price had written the greater part of this book by the time he died; it has been completed by his colleagues as a tribute to the many contributions he made to the subject of engineering geology through his professional and academic life. David graduated from the University of Wales in 1954 with the degree of Geology with Mathematics and Physics, joined the Overseas Division of the Geological Survey and was despatched to what was then British Guiana, to map economic mineral reserves and construction materials. He returned to the UK in 1958 to join the construction company George Wimpey. The post-war boom was beginning and David was engaged as an engineering geologist. In those days industry appreciated the need for research, as little was known for the tasks that had to be completed, and David joined a remarkable group of scientists and engineers at Wimpey’s Central Laboratory at Hayes; the young reader can best visualise this as an ”industrial university”. At that time formal education and training in engineering geology did not exist and as David recalled ”… no one really knew what they were doing; we followed the principles of our subject, used common sense, learnt from what happened on site and talked to those who seemed to know more than we on the subject in hand. ” It was David’s generation that established ”Engineering Geology”, as we now know it, in the UK and he played a full part in its foundation.

Engineering geology. --- Engineering. --- Earth sciences. --- Geology. --- Hydrogeology. --- Geotechnical engineering. --- Regional planning. --- Urban planning. --- Civil engineering. --- Earth Sciences. --- Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences. --- Civil Engineering. --- Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning. --- Construction --- Industrial arts --- Technology --- Engineering --- Civil engineering --- Geology, Economic --- Geology --- Hydraulic engineering. --- Engineering, Hydraulic --- Fluid mechanics --- Hydraulics --- Shore protection --- Geognosy --- Geoscience --- Earth sciences --- Natural history --- Regional development --- Regional planning --- State planning --- Human settlements --- Land use --- Planning --- City planning --- Landscape protection --- Public works --- Government policy --- Geohydrology --- Hydrology --- Groundwater --- Cities and towns --- Civic planning --- Land use, Urban --- Model cities --- Redevelopment, Urban --- Slum clearance --- Town planning --- Urban design --- Urban development --- Urban planning --- Art, Municipal --- Civic improvement --- Urban policy --- Urban renewal --- Engineering, Geotechnical --- Geotechnics --- Geotechnology --- Engineering geology --- Management

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This collection focuses on recent advances in laboratory and field testing of unsaturated soils. Leading researchers from fourteen countries to represent global research in the area of experimental unsaturated soil mechanics have been invited to contribute to this book. Twelve reports are presented dealing with measurement and control of suction and water content, mechanical, hydraulic, and geo-environmental testing, microstructure investigation, and applications of unsaturated soil monitoring to engineering behaviour of geo-structures. The main motivation behind this book is the rapid growth of experimental unsaturated soil mechanics over the last couple of decades. Several innovative laboratory and field techniques have been introduced in mechanical, hydraulic, and geo-environmental testing. However, this information is widely dispersed in journals and conference proceedings and researchers and engineers beginning to work in the field of unsaturated soil mechanics may find it difficult to identify suitable equipment and instrumentation for research or professional purposes. Audience: This volume aims at providing scientists and practitioners with a comprehensive overview of experimental unsaturated soil mechanics.

Soil mechanics -- Testing -- Laboratory manuals. --- Soil mechanics -- Testing. --- Soil moisture -- Testing -- Laboratory manuals. --- Soil moisture -- Testing. --- Soil mechanics --- Soil moisture --- Civil & Environmental Engineering --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Civil Engineering --- Testing --- Soils --- Measurement. --- Testing. --- Soil testing --- Earth sciences. --- Geotechnical engineering. --- Civil engineering. --- Earth Sciences. --- Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences. --- Civil Engineering. --- Engineering --- Public works --- Engineering, Geotechnical --- Geotechnics --- Geotechnology --- Engineering geology