Foundation design : theory and practice / / N. S. V. Kameswara Rao

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910459858403321
• Autore: Kameswara Rao N. S. V.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Singapore : , : John Wiley & Sons (Asia) Pte. Ltd, , 2011; ©2011
• ISBN: 0-470-82535-9; 0-470-82815-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (1174 p.)
• Disciplina: 624.1/5
• Soggetti: Foundations; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Preface; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1: Introduction; 1.1 Foundations, Soils and Superstructures; 1.2 Classification of Foundations; 1.3 Selection of Type of Foundation; 1.4 General Guidelines for Design; 1.5 Modeling, Parameters, Analysis and Design Criteria; 1.6 Soil Maps; Chapter 2: Engineering Properties of Soil; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Basic Soil Relations; 2.3 Soil Classification; 2.4 Permeability; 2.5 Over Consolidation Ratio; 2.6 Relative Density; 2.7 Terzaghi's Effective Stress Principle; 2.8 Compaction of Soils; 2.9 Consolidation and Compressibility; 3.5 UBC and Probable Settlements Using Field Plate Load Test3.6 Elastic Stress and Displacement Distribution in Soils; 3.7 Settlement Analysis; 3.8 Lateral Earth Pressure; 3.9 Coefficient of Earth Pressure at Rest; 3.10 Other Theories of Lateral Pressure; 3.11 Examples; Chapter 4: Rational Design of Shallow Foundations; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Shallow Foundations; 4.3 Conventional Design and Rational Design; 4.4 Procedures for the Design of Footings; 4.5 Conventional Structural Design of Footings; 4.6 Foundations in Difficult Soil Formations; 4.7 Modeling Soil Structure Interactions for Rational Design of Foundations4.8 Evaluation of Spring Constant in Winkler's Soil Model; 4.9 Soil-Structure Interaction Equations; 4.10 Summary; Chapter 5: Analysis of Footings on Elastic Foundations; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 ; Literature Review; 5.3 Analysis of BEF; 5.4 Infinite Beams on Elastic Foundations; 5.5 Finite Beams on Elastic Foundations; 5.6 Plates on Elastic Foundations; 5.7 Summary; Appendix 5.A Matrix of Influence Functions (Method of Initial Parameters); Chapter 6: Numerical and Finite Difference Methods; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Trial Solutions with Undetermined Parameters6.3 Finite Difference Method; 6.4 FDM Applications to General BEF Problems; 6.5 Boundary Conditions; 6.6 Calculation of Bending Moments; 6.7 Shear Forces; 6.8 Vertical Reactions; 6.9 Simplification for Prismatic Beams; 6.10 FDM for Rectangular Plates on Elastic Foundations; 6.11 FDM for Circular and Annular Plates on Elastic Foundations; 6.12 BEF Software Package; 6.13 Summary; Chapter 7: Finite Element Method; 7.1 General Philosophy; 7.2 Finite Element Procedure; 7.3 Formulation of Finite Element Characteristics (Stiffness Analysis); 7.4 Beam Elements
• Sommario/riassunto: In Foundation Design: Theory and Practice, Professor N. S. V. Kameswara Rao covers the key aspects of the subject, including principles of testing, interpretation, analysis, soil-structure interaction modeling, construction guidelines, and applications to rational design. Rao presents a wide array of numerical methods used in analyses so that readers can employ and adapt them on their own. Throughout the book the emphasis is on practical application, training readers in actual design procedures using the latest codes and standards in use throughout the world.Presents updated des

Quantitative approaches to linguistic diversity [[electronic resource] ] : commemorating the centenary of the birth of Morris Swadesh / / edited by Søren Wichmann, Anthony P. Grant

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910792084503321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins, 2012
• ISBN: 1-283-59432-3; 9786613906779; 90-272-7335-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (192 p.)
• Collana: Benjamins current topics ; ; v.46
• Altri autori (Persone): WichmannSøren <1964->; GrantAnthony <1962->; SwadeshMorris <1909-1967.>
• Disciplina: 410.72/7
• Soggetti: Linguistics - Statistical methods; Language and languages - Variation; Mathematical linguistics
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Quantitative Approaches to Linguistic Diversity; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Preface; Swadesh's life and place in linguistics; References; A full-scale test of the language farming dispersal hypothesis; 1. Introduction; 2. Language families and data; 2.1. Language families; 2.2 Cardinal size; 2.3 Geospatial size; 2.4 Subsistence type; 3. Explananda on language family sizes; 4. The language farming dispersal hypothesis; 4.1 Previous investigations of farming expansions; 4.2 Definition of language farming dispersal hypothesis; 5. Farming and cardinal size; 6. Farming and east-west spreads 7. Discussion and conclusions; References; Appendix. The Language Families of the World: A Critical Synopsis; Do languages originate and become extinct at constant rates?; 1. Introduction; 2. Theoretical prediction; 3. Tests in published language trees; 4. Tests in ASJP language trees; 5. Properties of languages; 6. Different regions and families; 7. Discussion; References; Appendix 1. Description of LDND; Appendix 2. Imbalance score (Iw) ; and number of bifurcating nodes (N) for trees constructed by each method for individual families; Borrowability and the notion of basic vocabulary 1. Assessing degrees of lexical borrowability; 2. The notion of basic vocabulary and the Swadesh 100 list; 3. The Loanword Typology project; 4. Differences among semantic word classes and semantic fields; 4.1 Nouns vs. verbs (and adjectives); 4.2 Content words vs. function words; 4.3 Differences among semantic fields; 5. The most borrowing-resistant meanings; 5.1 Meanings with the fewest (probable or clear) loanword counterparts; 6. Representation; 7. Analyzability; 8. Age; 9. The Leipzig-Jakarta list of basic vocabulary; 10. The Leipzig-Jakarta list vs. the Swadesh 100 list and three other stability lists 11. Conclusions; References; Homelands of the world's language families; 0. Introduction; 1. The tool; 2. The linguistic distance measure; 3. The sample; 4. Producing maps for homelands; 5. Results; 6. Discussion; 6.1 Africa; 6.2 Eurasia; 6.3 New Guinea; 6.4 North America; 6.5 Middle and Northern South America; 6.6 Central South America; 7. Some generalizations; 8. Conclusion; References; Appendix A. Maps for all language families sampled; Appendix B. Languages and dialects represented in the study; On using qualitative lexicostatistics to illuminate language history 1. Introduction; 2. Constructing a cognacy grid; 3. Vertical and horizontal lexicostatistics; 4. A case study: The Caddoan languages; 5. Further case studies; 5.1 Cognacy, lexical diversity and uniqueness in two Uto-Aztecan cases; 5.2 Subgrouping, borrowing and backmutation: the case of Latin and Romance; 5.3 Borrowing, shared innovations and shared borrowings: lexicostatistics in Chamic and Malayic; 6. Conclusions: Where qualitative lexicostatistics can take us; References; Beyond lexicostatistics; 1. Swadesh's legacy: Clarifying the ambiguities
• Sommario/riassunto: Quantitative methods in linguistics, which the protean American structuralist linguist Morris Swadesh introduced in the 1950's, have become increasingly popular and have opened the world of languages to interdisciplinary approaches. The papers collected here are the work not only of descriptive and historical linguists, but also statisticians, physicists and computer scientists. They demonstrate the application of quantitative methods to the elucidation of linguistic prehistory on an unprecedented world-wide scale, providing cutting-edge insights into issues of the linguistic correlates of subs