The Engineer's Manual of Construction Site Planning

The Engineer's Manual of Construction Site Planning

Jüri Sutt

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This handbook deals with the problems of engineering preparation for building in a construction company, both during the bidding phase and after a contract has been concluded. The handbook’s recommendations can also be used in the design phase when the building contractor is not yet selected. In this case, it has the aim of assuring the constructability of the designed building and of calculating a control estimate for the owner in order that bids can be weighted and contractors’ potential duration of construction can be evaluated. In the design stage, the methods used are similar to those of the contractor in the bidding phase, when aggregated norms are used.

Content :

• Introduction
• Chapter 1: Initial data
• Chapter 2: Outline of site management planning in the bidding stage
• Chapter 3: Outline of site management after contract signature
• Chapter 4: Suggestions for choosing construction cranes
• Chapter 5: Suggestions for calculating resource requirements
• Chapter 6: On-site safety requirements
• Chapter 7: Requirements for work equipment
• Chapter 8: Work healthcare
• Appendix: Construction site layout symbols

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Railway Engineering

Railway Engineering 

Satish Chandra

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Railway engineering is a versatile subject that acquaints students systematically to the whole gamut of activities that take place in railways, starting from planning, design, and construction to operation and maintenance. Therefore, it is quite natural that the subject encompasses a wide range of engineering disciplines including civil, computer science, electrical, mechanical, and production engineering. Indian Railways has long been regarded as instrumental in India’s economic development. However, it is currently passing through a difficult phase where the challenges are many. In general, despite being the most energy-efficient as well as an eco-friendly mode of transport, the share of the Railways in total traffic carried has gone down drastically. In addition, there is a serious resource crunch that is pulling Indian Railways down. To face this challenge head-on, the Railways has plans to boost its traffic output by expanding the existing network. Further, modernizing the existing infrastructure, improving the passenger facilities, and most important of all, making rail travel safe and comfortable are seen as the long-term solutions to attract more passengers.

Content :

• History and General Features of Indian Railways
• Railway Track Gauge
• Alignment of Railway Lines
• Engineering Surveys and Project Reports
• Track and Track Stresses
• Rails
• Sleepers
• Ballast
• Subgrade and Formation
• Track Fittings and Fastenings
• Creep of Rails
• Geometric Design of Track
• Geometric Design of Track
• Points and Crossings

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Reinforced Concrete Design To Eurocode 2

Reinforced Concrete Design To Eurocode 2 

John Bungey

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his text is developed from the established and well-known textbook Reinforced Concrete Design. It adopts the same format of presentation to cover the design and detailing of reinforced and prestressed concrete members and structures to the new Eurocode for the design of concrete structures (Eurocode 2: Design of Concrete Structures, Part1). The book aims to give a straightforward and practical introduction to the principles and methods used in the design of reinforced and prestressed concrete structures and presents numerous worked examples to illustrate the various aspects of design. Although the detailed methods considered are generally according to EC2 much of the theory presented is also of a fundamental nature. Appropriate design charts, tables and formulae are presented as design aids and for ease of reference, a summary of important design equations together with design tables and charts are presented in the Appendix.

Content :

• Properties of Reinforced Concrete
• Limit State Design
• Analysis of the Structure
• Analysis of the Section
• Shear, Bond and Torsion
• Serviceability, Durability and Stability Requirements
• Design of Reinforced Concrete Beams
• Column Design
• Foundations and Retaining Walls
• Prestressed Concrete

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Mechanics of Materials 8th Edition

Mechanics of Materials 8th Edition 

CRSI Committee

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The main objective of a basic mechanics course should be to develop in the engineering student the ability to analyze a given problem in a simple and logical manner and to apply to its solution a few fundamental and well-understood principles. This text is designed for the first course in mechanics of materials— or strength of materials—offered to engineer students in the sophomore or junior year. The authors hope that it will help instructors achieve this goal in that particular course in the same way

Content :

• Introduction—Concept of Stress
• Stress and Strain—Axial Loading
• Torsion
• Pure Bending
• Analysis and Design of Beams for Bending
• Shearing Stresses in Beams and Thin-Walled Members
• Transformations of Stress and Strain
• Principal Stresses Under a Given Loading
• Deflection of Beams
• Columns
• Energy Methods

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Plate and Shell Structures Selected Analytical and Finite Element Solutions

Plate and Shell Structures Selected Analytical and Finite Element Solutions 

Maria Radwanska

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This book deals with the mechanics and numerical simulations of plates and shells, which are flat and curved thin-walled structures, respectively (called shell structures for short in this book). They have very important applications as complete structures or structural elements in many branches of engineering. Examples of shell structures in civil and mechanical engineering include slabs, vaults, roofs, domes, chimneys, cooling towers, pipes, tanks, containers, and pressure vessels; in shipbuilding – ship and submarine hulls, in the vehicle and aerospace industries – automobile bodies and tires and the wings and fuselages of airplanes. The scope of the book is limited to the presentation of the theory of elastic plates and shells undergoing small deformation (thus assuming linear constitutive and kinematic equations).

Content :

• Fundamentals: Theory and Modelling
• Equations for Theory of Elasticity for 3D Problems
• Equations of Thin Shells According to the Three-Parameter Kirchhoff–Love Theory
• General Information about Models and Computational Aspects
• Description of Finite Elements for Analysis of Plates and Shells
• Flat Rectangular Membranes
• Circular and Annular Membranes
• Rectangular Plates under Bending
• Stability and Free Vibrations
• Aspects of FE Analysis

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 Two-Way Slab Design using Finite Element Method 

Two-way slab: If the proportion of long span to short span is under 2, then the slab is called a slab that stretches in two directions or a two-way slab.

TWO WAY SLAB DESIGN PROCESS :

1. Select layout and type of slab. The type of slab is greatly influenced by architectural and construction considerations.

2. Select slab thickness to manage deflection. Also, examine if thickness is sufficient for shear.

3. Opt for design method.

Equivalent frame method- Apply elastic frame analysis to calculate positive and negative moments.

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Strength of Materials

Strength of Materials 

R. Subramanian

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Responding to the enthusiastic acceptance of the first edition of Strength ofMuteriuZs in reputed universities and institutes, it gives me great pleasure to present this second edition to the engineering academic fraternity. Continuing on the lines of the first edition, the main emphasis of this text is on the understanding of the fundamental concepts and principles underlying the analysis and design of structures. The book has been revised extensively and many new topics, as well as solved and unsolved examples, have been included in almost all chapters. I sincerely hope that the revised version of the book will further aid students in understanding the basic concepts and principles of this subject.

Content :

• 1. Review of Basic Concepts
• 2. Properties of Sections
• 3. Simple Stresses and Strains
• 4. Bending Moments and Shear Forces
• 5. Stresses in Beams
• 6. Combined Direct and Bending Stresses
• 7. Deformations in Beams
• 8. Torsion
• 9. Analysis of Principal Planes, Stresses, and Strains
• 10. Strain Energy
• 11. Columns
• 12. Special Topics
• 13. Pin-jointed Plane Frames
• 14. Introduction to Indeterminate Structural Analysis
• 15. Fixed and Continuous Beams

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