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Forensic engineering 2009 [[electronic resource] ] : pathology of the built environment : proceedings of the Fifth Congress on Forensic Engineering, November 11-14, 2009, Washington, D.C. / / sponsored by Technical Council on Forensic Engineering of the American Society of Civil Engineers ; edited by Shen-en Chen ... [et al.]
| Forensic engineering 2009 [[electronic resource] ] : pathology of the built environment : proceedings of the Fifth Congress on Forensic Engineering, November 11-14, 2009, Washington, D.C. / / sponsored by Technical Council on Forensic Engineering of the American Society of Civil Engineers ; edited by Shen-en Chen ... [et al.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Reston, Va., : American Society of Civil Engineers, c2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (838 p.) |
| Disciplina | 624.1/71 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | ChenShen-en |
| Soggetto topico |
Structural failures - Investigation
Forensic engineering |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 0-7844-7642-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Building Envelope I: Performance""; ""Practices to Reduce Common Failures""; ""Case Studies of Roofing and Cladding Failures Involving Internal Pressurization""; ""Water and Moisture Management with Sustainable Building Products""; ""Stone Veneer Wall Failure: A Small Earthquake Reveals a Large Problem""; ""Thermal Inefficiencies in Building Enclosures�Causes of Moisture Related Performance Problems""; ""Building Envelope II: Masonry Walls""; ""Inspection, Rating, and Repair of a Residential Building Envelope Detail""
""Special Problems with Composite Multiwythe Masonry Walls""""Identification and Diagnosis of Building FaÃade Failures""; ""Evaluation and Repair of a Distressed Masonry Veneer FaÃade: A Case Study of the Litton Reaves Repair Project""; ""To Seal or Not to Seal: A Practical Study of Masonry Surface Treatments""; ""Bridges and Tunnels""; ""The Bussey Railroad Bridge Collapse""; ""Assessing the Vulnerability of Large Critical Infrastructure Using Fully-Coupled Blast Effects Modeling""; ""Development and Application of a Fast-Running Tool to Characterize Shock Damage within Tunnel Structures"" ""Collapse of the Wimer Covered Timber Bridge""""Residential""; ""Built-Up Column Stability in Wood Construction""; ""Mold in Ductwork: A Forensic Analysis""; ""The New FEMA 320 and FEMA 361â€?Highlights of the Wind and Flood Hazards Criteria for the Design and Construction of Residential and Community Safe Rooms (Shelters)""; ""A Huff, and a Puff, andâ€?It Blew the Chimney Down""; ""Building Envelope III: Roofing and Drainage""; ""Residential Roofing Evaluation""; ""Assessing Wind Damage to Asphalt Roof Shingles""; ""The Roof Drainage Epidemic""; ""Soils I: Subsurface Conditions"" ""Dimensional Study of Mine Subsidence Mapping Using Google Earth""""Forensic Considerations in Sinkhole Investigations""; ""Case History: Sulfate-Induced Heave of Lime-Treated Soils beneath a Structure in Western Colorado""; ""Forensic Engineering in the Assessment of Contaminated Land""; ""Settlement Problems in Peat Due to Their High Compressibility and Possible Solution Using Cement Columns""; ""Soils II: Foundations""; ""Bearing Capacity of Rectangular Foundations near the Slopes with Nonassociated Flow Rules"" ""Assessment and Remediation of Geotechnical and Structural Deficiencies at a 5-Story Hotel Experiencing Large Differential Settlements""""Optimization of Compaction Grouting in Collapsible Soils""; ""Rethinking Waterproofing for Subsurface Structures""; ""Floor Level Surveys and Their Use in Geotechnical Investigations: Case Studies""; ""Soils III: Vibrations and Blasting""; ""Vibration Study of a Proposed Fitness Center Adjacent to a Server Room""; ""Shock and Blasting Effects on Power Transmission Structures"" ""Soil Contributions to Blasting Effects from Case Histories and Vibration Limits"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910456231503321 |
| Reston, Va., : American Society of Civil Engineers, c2010 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Resilient Design and Construction of Geostructures Against Natural Hazards : Proceedings of the 6th GeoChina International Conference on Civil and Transportation Infrastructures: from Engineering to Smart and Green Life Cycle Solutions -- Nanchang, China 2021
| Resilient Design and Construction of Geostructures Against Natural Hazards : Proceedings of the 6th GeoChina International Conference on Civil and Transportation Infrastructures: from Engineering to Smart and Green Life Cycle Solutions -- Nanchang, China 2021 |
| Autore | Fatahi Behzad |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing AG, , 2021 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (189 pages) |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
ChenShen-en
HuJun FatahiBehzad |
| Collana | Sustainable Civil Infrastructures |
| ISBN | 3-030-79854-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Introduction -- Contents -- About the Editors -- Laboratory Evaluation and Neural Network Modeling of Treated Macau Marine Clay -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Materials and Laboratory Test -- 2.1 Preparation of Testing Materials -- 2.2 Laboratory Evaluation Test -- 3 Established Artificial Neural Network Embedded in MATLAB -- 3.1 Model for OMC and Maximum Dry Unit Weight -- 3.2 Model for Compressive Strength -- 4 Results and Discussion -- 4.1 Laboratory Test Results of Treated Marine Clay Blends -- 4.2 Prediction Results of Model for Estimating Compressive Strength -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Prediction of Seismic Site Coefficients for Northeast Arkansas (NEA) -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Objectives -- 3 Methodology -- 3.1 Collection of Various Properties of Soil -- 3.2 Input Ground Motion Time Histories -- 3.3 Simulation of Wave Propagation Using Site Response Analysis Platform -- 3.4 Development of Delineated Design Spectrum -- 4 Results -- 4.1 Bay -- 4.2 Marked Tree -- 5 Discussion -- 6 Conclusions -- References -- Characterization and Computational Fluid Simulation of Conditioned Muck During EPB Shield Tunneling in Gravelly Sand Stratum -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Rheological Test of Foam-Conditioned Gravelly Sand -- 2.1 Soil Sample and Apparatus -- 2.2 Case Setting -- 2.3 Results -- 3 Modelling of Full Scale EPB Shield Machine -- 3.1 Geometric Model -- 3.2 Boundary Conditions -- 3.3 Validation -- 3.4 Muck Spatial Distribution Characteristics Inside Chamber -- 4 Conclusions -- References -- Estimating the Damage of Earthquake Using RADIUS Model (Case Study: Tehran) -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Case Study -- 3 RADIUS Model -- 4 Implementation -- 4.1 Regional Gridding -- 4.2 Determination of Soil Situation of the Region -- 4.3 Classification of Buildings in Studied Region -- 4.4 Determination of Damages Incurred to Vital Arteries.
4.5 Determination of Seismic Scenario -- 5 Results and Discussion -- 6 Conclusion -- References -- Experimental Investigation on Mechanical Properties of Cemented Expansive Soil -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Laboratory Investigation -- 3 Results and Discussions -- 4 Conclusion -- References -- Progressive Growth of Calcium Carbonate During Microbially-Induced Calcium Carbonate Precipitation from a Microscale Viewpoint -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Materials and Methods -- 2.1 Conceptual Microchip -- 2.2 Reaction Solutions -- 2.3 CaCO3 Precipitation and Visualization -- 2.4 Image Processing -- 3 Test Results and Discussion -- 3.1 Growth of Single Crystal -- 3.2 Growth of Aggregates -- 3.3 Potential Implications -- 4 Conclusions -- References -- Large Strain Consolidation with Time and Distance Dependent Boundary Conditions -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Model Description -- 3 Model Performance -- 4 Limitations -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Preliminary Investigation on Overall Permeability of Granular Mixed Materials -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Experimental Method -- 2.1 Testing Equipment -- 2.2 Sample Preparation -- 2.3 Testing Procedures -- 2.4 Calculation Theory -- 3 Numerical Method -- 4 Results and Discussions -- 4.1 Traditional Model Analysis -- 4.2 Experimental Results -- 4.3 Numerical Results -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- Finite Element Analysis of Strain Localization in Natural Clay Using Elasto-Viscoplastic Constitutive Model -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Elasto-Viscoplastic Model and FEM Simulation -- 2.1 Elasto-Viscoplastic Model for Natural Clay -- 2.2 Simulation Program -- 3 Finite Element Simulation of Strain Localization in Natural Clay -- 3.1 Effects of Confining Pressure -- 3.2 Effects of Strain Rate -- 3.3 Mesh Dependency -- 4 Conclusions -- References -- Analysis of Calculated Subgrade Settlement in the Loess Area -- 1 Introduction. 2 Settlement Calculation Due to Traffic Loading -- 3 Settlement Calculation Due to Partial Loess Saturation -- 4 Conclusions -- References -- Stress-Controlled Direct Shear Tests of Straw Fiber Reinforced Loess -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Materials and Methods -- 2.1 Testing Materials -- 2.2 Testing Apparatus and Methods -- 2.3 Testing Method Validation -- 3 Results -- 3.1 Shear Behaviour in Displacement-Controlled Direct Shear Tests -- 3.2 Baseline Shear Strength and Optimal Percentage of Waste Straw Inclusions -- 3.3 Shear Behaviour in Stress-Controlled Direct Shear Tests -- 4 Discussion -- 4.1 Effect of Agricultural Waste Straw Inclusions -- 4.2 Effect of Agricultural Waste Straw Content -- 4.3 Displacement-Controlled Direct Shear and Stress-Controlled Direct Shear Comparison -- 5 Conclusions -- 6 Data Availability -- 7 Conflicts of Interest -- References -- Enhancement of Expansive Soils with the Treatment of Lignosulfonate -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Materials Used and Methodology -- 2.1 Materials Used -- 2.2 Experimental Procedure -- 3 Results and Discussion -- 3.1 Effect of Lignosulfonate on Plasticity -- 3.2 Effect of Lignosulfonate on Swelling Property of Soil -- 3.3 Effect of LS on Consolidation Characteristics of Soils -- 3.4 Effect of Lignosulfonate on Shrinkage -- 3.5 Effect of LS on Unconfined Compressive Strength of Soils -- 3.6 Optimum Dosage of LS -- 4 Conclusion -- References -- Author Index. |
| Altri titoli varianti | Resilient Design and Construction of Geostructures Against Natural Hazards |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910492142903321 |
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| Cham : , : Springer International Publishing AG, , 2021 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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