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First published in 1995, the award-winning Civil Engineering Handbook soon became known as the field's definitive reference. To retain its standing as a complete, authoritative resource, the editors have incorporated into this edition the many changes in techniques, tools, and materials that over the last seven years have found their way into civil engineering -- From the publisher.

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The civil engineering handbook

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e-Book

Edition

2nd edition

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Authors

Chen, Wai-Fah, 1936-
Liew, J. Y. Richard

Subjects

Civil engineering--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Engineering--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Language

English

Published

Boca Raton, Fla. : CRC Press, [2002]

Publication Desc

(2897) pages : illustrations.

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New directions in civil engineering New directions in civil engineering.

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First published in 1995, the award-winning Civil Engineering Handbook soon became known as the field's definitive reference. To retain its standing as a complete, authoritative resource, the editors have incorporated into this edition the many changes in techniques, tools, and materials that over the last seven years have found their way into civil engineering --
From the publisher.

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Section I.Construction -- Construction Estimating / James. E. Rowings, Jr. -- Construction Planning and Scheduling / Donn E. Hancher -- Equipment Productivity / Tom Iseley, Sanjiv Gokhale -- Design and Construction of Concrete Formwork / Arch Alexander -- Contracts and Claims / Gary R. Smith -- Construction Automation / Jeffrey S. Russell, Sung-Keun Kim -- Value Improvement Methods / David K.H. Chua -- Section II. Environmental Engineering -- Water and Wastewater Planning / Robert M. Sykes, E.E. Whitlatch -- Physical Water and Wastewater Treatment Processes / Robert M. Sykes, Harold W. Walker -- Chemical Water and Wastewater Treatment Processes / Robert M. Sykes, Harold W. Walker, Linda S. Weavers -- Biological WastewaterTreatment Processes / Robert M. Sykes -- Air Pollution / Robert B. Jacko, Timothy M.C. LaBreche -- Incinerators / Leo Weitzman -- Solid Waste/Landfills / Vasiliki Keramida -- Section III. Geotechnical Engineering -- Soil Relationships and Classification / Thomas F. Wolff -- Accounting for Variability (Reliability) / Milton E. Harr -- Strength and Deformation / Dana N. Humphrey -- Groundwater and Seepage / Milton E. Harr -- Consolidation and Settlement Analysis / Patrick J. Fox -- Stress Distribution / Milton E. Harr -- Stability of Slopes / Roy E. Hunt, Richard Deschamps -- Retaining Structures / Jonathan D. Bray -- Foundations / Bengt H. Fellenius -- Geosynthetics / R.D. Holtz -- Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering / Jonathan D. Bray -- Geo-Environment / Pedro C. Repetto -- In Situ Subsurface Characterization / J. David Frost, Susan E. Burns -- In Situ Testing and Field Instrumentation / Rodrigo Salgado, Marika Santagata -- Section IV. Hydraulic Engineering -- Fundamentals of Hydraulics / D.A. Lyn -- Open Channel Hydraulics / Aldo Giorgini, Donald D. Gray -- Surface Water Hydrology / A.R. Rao -- Urban Drainage / A.R. Rao, C.B. Burke, T.T. Burke, Jr. -- Quality of Urban Runoff / Amrou Atassi, Steve Ernst, Ronald F. Wukash -- Groundwater Engineering / Jacques W. Delleur -- Sediment Transport in Open Channels / D.A. Lyn -- Coastal Engineering / William L. Wood, Guy A. Meadows -- Hydraulic Structures / Jacques Delleur -- Simulation in Hydraulics and Hydrology / A.R. Rao, C.B. Burke, T.T. Burke, Jr. -- Water Resources Planning and Management / J.R. Wright, M.H. Houck -- Section V. Materials Engineering -- Constituents and Properties of Concrete / C.T. Tam -- Durability of Concrete / D.W.S. Ho -- Special Concrete and Application / V. Sirivivatnanon, C.T. Tam, David Ho -- Wood as a Construction Material / John F. Senft -- Structural Steel / Ian Thomas -- Bituminous Materials and Mixtures / Mang Tia -- Section VI. Structural Engineering -- Mechanics of Materials / Austin D.E. Pan, Egor P. Popov -- Theory and Analysis of Structures / J.Y. Richard Liew, N.E. Shanmugam -- Design of Steel Structures / E.M. Lui -- Cold Formed Steel Structures / J. Rhodes, N.E. Shanmugam -- Structural Concrete Design / Julio A. Ramirez -- Composite Steel--Concrete Structures / Brian Uy, J.Y. Richard Liew -- Structural Reliability / Ser-Tong Quek -- Section VII. Surveying Engineering -- General Mathematical and Physical Concepts / Edward M. Mikhail -- Plane Surveying / Steven D. Johnson, Wesley G. Crawford -- Geodesy / B.H.W. van Gelder -- Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing / J.S. Bethel -- Geographic Information Systems / Jolyon D. Thurgood, J.S. Bethel -- Section VIII. Transportation Engineering -- Transportation Planning / David Bernstein -- Airport Planning and Design / Robert K. Whitford -- High-Speed Ground Transportation: Planning and Design Issues / Robert K. Whitford, Matthew Karlaftis, Konstantinos Kepaptsoglu -- Urban Transit / Peter G. Furth -- Highway and Airport Pavement Design / T.F. Fwa -- Geometric Design / Said M. Easa -- Highway Traffic Operations / Andrzej P. Tarko -- Intelligent Transportation Systems / Yorgos J. Stephanedes -- Highway Asset Management / Zongzhi Li, Samuel Labi, Kumares C. Sinha -- Environmental Considerations during Transportation Planning / Roger L. Wayson -- Appendix Mathematics, Symbols, and Physical Constants -- Greek Alphabet -- International System of Units (SI) -- Conversion Constants and Multipliers -- Physical Constants -- Symbols and Terminology for Physical and Chemical Quantities -- Elementary Algebra and Geometry -- Determinants, Matrices, and Linear Systems of Equations -- Trigonometry -- Analytic Geometry -- Series 32.

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