The Nest of Students

R. K. Khitoliya, P. K. Gupta ... 600 pages - Publisher: IK Int. Publ. House; (September, 2015) ... Language: English - ISBN-10: 938458861X - ISBN-13: 978-9384588618 ...

Foundation Engineering is the second book in the series on Geotechnical Engineering published in 2014 to meet the requirements of undergraduate students. This book covers various aspects of foundation engineering bringing together all the relevant theories. The concepts have been developed systematically. A large number of illustrative examples and solutions are included. References are made to the relevant Indian standard codes at appropriate Places. Contents: 1. Introduction 2. Engineering and Geotechnical Properties of Soils 3. Geotechnical Investigation and in-situ Tests 4. Shallow Foundation and Bearing Capacity 5. Safe Bearing Pressure and Settlement Analysis 6. Combined Footings ad Mat Foundations 7. Lateral Earth Pressure 8. Earth Retaining Structures 9. Deep Foundations and Caisson Foundations 10. Stability of Slopes 11. Machine Foundations 12. Foundations on Difficult Soils 13. Embankment Dams 14. Geo-environmental Engineering 15. Design of Pavements 16. Ground Modified for Foundation Annexure A: SI Units on Geotechnical Engineering Appendix Bibliography. Audience: UG and PG students of Civil Engineering and allied areas like transportation engineering, engineering for dams and embankments, construction engineering and so on.

Satchidananda Dehuri, A. K. Jagadev, M. Panda ... 201 pages - Publisher: Springer; (March, 2015) ...
Language: English - ISBN-10: 3662463083 - ISBN-13: 978-3662463086 ...

The aim of this book is to understand the state-of-the-art theoretical and practical advances of swarm intelligence. It comprises seven contemporary relevant chapters. In chapter 1, a review of Bacteria Foraging Optimization (BFO) techniques for both single and multiple criterions problem is presented. A survey on swarm intelligence for multiple and many objectives optimization is presented in chapter 2 along with a topical study on EEG signal analysis. Without compromising the extensive simulation study, a comparative study of variants of MOPSO is provided in chapter 3. Intractable problems like subset and job scheduling problems are discussed in chapters 4 and 7 by different hybrid swarm intelligence techniques. An attempt to study image enhancement by ant colony optimization is made in chapter 5. Finally, chapter 7 covers the aspect of uncertainty in data by hybrid PSO. 

Tharwat M. Baban ... 752 pages - Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell; 1st edition (May, 2016) ...
Language: English - ISBN-10: 111905611X - ISBN-13: 978-1119056119 ...

Shallow Foundations: Discussions and Problem Solving is written for civil engineers and all civil engineering students taking courses in soil mechanics and geotechnical engineering. It covers the analysis, design and application of shallow foundations, with a primary focus on the interface between the structural elements and underlying soil. Topics such as site investigation, foundation contact pressure and settlement, vertical stresses in soils due to foundation loads, settlements, and bearing capacity are all fully covered, and a chapter is devoted to the structural design of different types of shallow foundations. It provides essential data for the design of shallow foundations under normal circumstances, considering both the American (ACI) and the European (EN) Standard Building Code Requirements, with each chapter being a concise discussion of critical and practical aspects. Applications are highlighted through solving a relatively large number of realistic problems. A total of 180 problems, all with full solutions, consolidate understanding of the fundamental principles and illustrate the design and application of shallow foundations.

Robert E. Kimmerling ... 304 pages - Publisher: Univ. Press of the Pacific; (August, 2006) ...
Language: English - ISBN-10: 1410225860 - ISBN-13: 978-1410225863 ...

This book is FHWA's  (Federal Highway Administration) primary reference of recommended design and procurement procedures for shallow foundations. It presents state-of-the-practice guidance on the design of shallow foundation support of highway bridges. The information is intended to be practical in nature, and to especially encourage the cost-effective use of shallow foundations bearing on structural fills. To the greatest extent possible, the document coalesces the research, development and application of shallow foundation support for transportation structures over the last several decades. Detailed design examples are provided for shallow foundations in several bridge support applications according to both Service Load Design (Appendix B) and Load and Resistance Factor Design (Appendix C) methodologies. Guidance is also provided for shallow foundation applications for minor structures and buildings associated with transportation projects.

Ted L. Anderson ... 640 pages - Publisher: CRC Press; 3rd edition (May, 2004) ...
Language: English - ISBN-10: 0849316561 - ISBN-13: 978-0849316562 ...

With its combination of practicality, readability, and rigor that is characteristic of any truly authoritative reference and text, Fracture Mechanics: Fundamentals and Applications quickly established itself as the most comprehensive guide to fracture mechanics available. It has been adopted by more than 100 universities and embraced by thousands of professional engineers worldwide. Now in its third edition, the book continues to raise the bar in both scope and coverage. It encompasses theory and applications, linear and nonlinear fracture mechanics, solid mechanics, and materials science with a unified, balanced, and in-depth approach. Reflecting the many advances made in the decade since the previous edition came about, this indispensable Third Edition now includes: A new chapter on environmental cracking - Expanded coverage of weight functions - New material on toughness test methods - New problems at the end of the book - New material on the failure assessment diagram (FAD) method - Expanded and updated coverage of crack closure and variable-amplitude fatigue - Updated solutions manual. In addition to these enhancements, Fracture Mechanics: Fundamentals and Applications, Third Edition also includes detailed mathematical derivations in appendices at the end of applicable chapters; recent developments in laboratory testing, application to structures, and computational methods; coverage of micromechanisms of fracture; and more than 400 illustrations. This reference continues to be a necessity on the desk of anyone involved with fracture mechanics.

Xin-She Yang ... 300 pages - Publisher: Springer; 1st edition (September, 2016) ... Language: English - ISBN-10: 331935681X - ISBN-13: 978-3319356815 ...

This timely review volume summarizes the state-of-the-art developments in nature-inspired algorithms and applications with the emphasis on swarm intelligence and bio-inspired computation. Topics include the analysis and overview of swarm intelligence and evolutionary computation, hybrid metaheuristic algorithms, bat algorithm, discrete cuckoo search, firefly algorithm, particle swarm optimization, and harmony search as well as convergent hybridization. Application case studies have focused on the dehydration of fruits and vegetables by the firefly algorithm and goal programming, feature selection by the binary flower pollination algorithm, job shop scheduling, single row facility layout optimization, training of feed-forward neural networks, damage and stiffness identification, synthesis of cross-ambiguity functions by the bat algorithm, web document clustering, truss analysis, water distribution networks, sustainable building designs and others. As a timely review, this book can serve as an ideal reference for graduates, lecturers, engineers and researchers in computer science, evolutionary computing, artificial intelligence, machine learning, computational intelligence, data mining, engineering optimization and designs.

M. C. R. Davies ... 508 pages - Publisher: Thomas Telford; (January, 1997) ...
Language: English - ISBN-10: 0727726056 - ISBN-13: 978-0727726056 ...

The papers presented in this volume describe the latest developments from around the world on ground improvement by densification and reinforcement. They describe new research into improving the understanding of the problems facing geotechnical engineers working in the field of ground improvement and the advances in the techniques available to them. Numerous case studies show how new and improved methods have actually been applied over a wide variety of ground conditions.

Jie Huang, Jie Han, Laureano R. Hoyos, Anand J. Puppala ... 350 pages - Publisher: ASCE; (May, 2010) ... Language: English - ISBN-10: 0784411085 - ISBN-13: 978-0784411087 ...

Ground Improvement and Geosynthetics presents the most current research on ground improvement and geosynthetics. This Geotechnical Special Publication examines ground improvement, especially with regard to unstable groundsoft soils, expansive soils, collapsible soils, reclaimed soils, contaminated soils and others. The papers in this volume analyze improvement methods including mechanical and hydraulic methods, chemical stabilization methods in both shallow and deep ground, and reinforcement methods using geosynthetics. These papers were presented at the GeoShanghai 2010 Conference, sponsored by the Geo-Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers, held in Shanghai, China, June 35, 2010.

A. Stokes, Ioannis Spanos, Joanne E. Norris, Erik Cammeraa ... 
411 pages - Publisher: Springer; 1st edition (December, 2009) ...
Language: English - ISBN-10: 9048174031 - ISBN-13: 978-9048174034 ...

In an era where climate change, natural catastrophes and land degradation are major issues, the conservation of soil and vegetation in mountainous or sloping regions has become an international priority. How to avoid substrate mass movement through landslides and erosion using sustainable and ecologically sound techniques is rapidly becoming a scientific domain where knowledge from many different fields is required. These proceedings bring together papers from geotechnical and civil engineers, biologists, ecologists and foresters, who discuss current problems in slope stability research, and how to address those problems using ground bio- and eco-engineering techniques. Ground bioengineering methods integrate civil engineering techniques with natural materials to obtain fast, effective and economic methods of protecting, restoring and maintaining the environment whereas eco-engineering has been defined as a long-term ecological strategy to manage a site with regard to natural or man-made hazards. Studies on slope instability, erosion, soil hydrology, mountain ecology, land use and restoration and how to mitigate these problems using vegetation are presented by both scientists and practitioners. Papers encompass many aspects of this multidisciplinary subject, including the mechanisms and modelling of root reinforcement and the development of decision support systems, areas where significant advances have been made in recent years.