Modeling Complex Engineering Structures

Developments in numerical methods and higher-speed computing are providing rapid advances in the analysis and design of complex structures, so rapid that it can be difficult for engineers to keep abreast of this expanding knowledge. Edited by Robert E. Melchers, Ph.D., and Richard Hough, Modeling Complex Engineering Structures provides an overview of cutting-edge developments in computational theory and techniques as currently applied in various fields of structural analysis—in the United States and around the world. Contributors discuss research and practice in diverse but related applications such as high-rise buildings, lightweight long-span roofs, bridges, geotechnical structures, aging nuclear structures, offshore structures, automobiles, aircraft, and ships.
American Society of Civil Engineers
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Building the Empire State

Norton Books for Architects & Designers presents Building the Empire State, edited by Carol Willis, with essays by Carol Willis and Donald Friedman. A rediscovered 1930s notebook charts the construction of the Empire State Building, which was orchestrated by general contractors Starrett Brothers and Eken, premier "skyline builders" of the 1920s. They scheduled the delivery of materials and the construction and recorded daily the number of workers by trade. Compiled from these records, an in-house notebook documented the construction process. Meticulously typed on graph paper and illustrated with construction photographs, this unique document combines a professional specificity of detail with a charming rhapsody to the firm’s crowning achievement.
Norton Books for Architects & Designers
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Handbook of Construction Tolerances, 2nd Edition

Handbook of Construction Tolerances, 2nd Edition, by David Kent Ballast, AIA, CSI, published by John Wiley and Sons Ltd., and available from Research and Markets Ltd., is a comprehensive guide to construction tolerances—newly revised and updated. The book serves as a comprehensive reference to the thousands of industry standard tolerances for the manufacture, fabrication, and installation of construction materials and components, including all-important accumulated dimensional variations. Covering new materials and techniques developed since the book was first published, the second edition features more than 100 drawings illustrating tolerance concepts, new guidelines on how to incorporate tolerance requirements in drawings and specifications, and new information on how to apply tolerance information during contract administration.
Research and Markets Ltd.
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Earthquake Resistant Engineering Structures

WIT Press published the proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Earthquake Resistant Engineering Structures, held in Bologna, Italy, June 11-13, 2007. Earthquake Resistant Engineering Structures VI, edited by C.A. Brebbia, covers earthquake-resistant design, bridges, seismic isolation, passive protection devices and seismic isolation, self-centering systems, site effects and geotechnical aspects, seismic behavior and vulnerability, lifelines, monitoring and testing, retrofitting, and structural dynamics. It will be invaluable to engineers, scientists, and managers working in industry, academia, research organizations, and governments.
WIT Press
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