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Published:
January 25, 2010
Author(s):
Pavel Novak; Vincent Guinot; Alan Jeffrey; Dominic E. Reeve
Modelling forms a vital part of all engineering design, yet many hydraulic engineers are not fully aware of the assumptions they make. These assumptions can have important consequences when choosing the best model to inform design decisions. Considering the advantages and limitations of both 
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Published:
January 20, 2010
Author(s):
Mohammad Karamouz; Ali Moridi; Sara Nazif
In past decades, urban water management practices focused on optimizing the design and operation of water distribution networks, wastewater collection systems, and water and wastewater treatment plants. However, municipalities are now faced with aging urban water infrastructures whose operation 
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Published:
September 22, 2009
Author(s):
Kurt W. Bauer
While engineers and surveyors are not urban planners, they are often engaged in urban development. Therefore, a high degree of competence in civil engineering specialties such as surveying and mapping, highway and transportation engineering, water resources engineering, environmental engineering, 
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Published:
August 26, 2009
Author(s):
Ansel C. Ugural
Noted for its practical, student-friendly approach to graduate-level mechanics, this volume is considered one of the top references—for students or professioals—on the subject of elasticity and stress in construction. The author presents many examples and applications to review and support several 
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Published:
August 13, 2009
Author(s):
Aurele Parriaux
Geology – Basics for Engineers presents the physical and chemical characteristics of the Earth, the nature and the properties of rocks and unconsolidated deposits/sediments, the action of water, how the earth is transformed by various phenomena at different scales of time and space. The book shows 
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Published:
July 28, 2009
Author(s):
G. Thomas Mase; Ronald E. Smelser; George E. Mase
Continuum Mechanics for Engineers, Third Edition provides engineering students with a complete, concise, and accessible introduction to advanced engineering mechanics. The impetus for this latest edition was the need to suitably combine the introduction of continuum mechanics, linear and nonlinear 
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Published:
July 23, 2009
Author(s):
Esam M. Alawadhi
The complexity of modern-day problems in mechanical engineering makes relying on pure theory or pure experiment impractical at best and time-consuming and unwieldy at worst. And for a large class of engineering problems writing computer codes from scratch is seldom found in practice. Use of 
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Published:
July 07, 2009
Author(s):
Michael Kennedy
Since the publication of the bestselling second edition of The Global Positioning System and GIS, the use of GPS as an input for GIS has evolved from a supporting analysis tool to become an essential part of real-time management tools in wide-ranging fields. Continued technological advances and& 
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Published:
May 26, 2009
Author(s):
Horacio Perez-Blanco
As mankind searches for energy alternatives with minimal environmental consequences and acceptable cost, it is necessary to identify valid areas of endeavor that can activate favorable energy sources and technological developments. Toward that end, The Dynamics of Energy: Supply, Conversion, and 
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Published:
April 21, 2009
Author(s):
Tony Waltham
Now in full colour, the third edition of this well established book provides a readable and highly illustrated overview of the aspects of geology that are most significant to civil engineers. Sections in the book include those devoted to the main rock types, weathering, ground investigation, rock 
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