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U.S. Shipbuilding Industry: Selected Issues and Analyses

Construction Materials and Engineering, Construction, Technology and Engineering
$140.00

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The U.S. shipbuilding and repairing industry is comprised of establishments that are primarily engaged in operating shipyards, which are fixed facilities with drydocks and fabrication equipment. Shipyard activities include ship construction, repair, conversion and alteration, as well as the production of prefabricated ship and barge sections and other specialized services. The industry also includes manufacturing…
Specificity and Designing of Multi-Hull Ships and Boats

Construction Materials and Engineering, Construction, Technology and Engineering
$210.00

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The monograph presents the main results of the author’s sixty-year activity in science and engineering fields regarding the application of various multi-hull ships. The shown data are based mainly on the wide experimental results of the author. For fullness of description, some problems are explained in brief by the experimental results of other authors whose…
Construction Materials

Materials Science and Technologies, Construction Materials and Engineering, Construction, Technology and Engineering
$350.00

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The modern building materials science, along with the constructional characteristics of materials, includes the theoretical concepts, allowing to predict properties of materials and to operate them actively. The theoretical concepts of construction materials science are based on the complex of the physical and chemical, geological-mineralogical and other sciences studying a structure and properties of material…
Reinforced Concrete: Design, Performance and Applications

Construction Materials and Engineering, Construction, Technology and Engineering
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Concrete is one of the most used materials in the construction industry. In structural systems, the combination of concrete and steel reinforcement bars gives rise to reinforced concrete (RC), which is widely applied in the civil engineering field due to its adequate mechanical strength, durability, and fire resistance. Steel-rebar reinforced structures are subjected to structural…
Construction Projects: Improvement Strategies, Quality Management and Potential Challenges

Construction Materials and Engineering, Community Studies, Social and Behavioral Sciences
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The sustainability of the construction industry is a matter of pressing concern. Construction activities pose a significant burden on the environment. This book reviews different improvement strategies for construction projects. It also review management models and discusses challenges that arise in construction projects. (Imprint: Nova)
“Waste-to-Profit” (W-t-P): Circular Economy in the Construction Industry for a Sustainable Future. Volume 2

Construction Materials and Engineering
$230.00

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The concept of a circular economy in the construction sector captures global material flow through product design, inverse logistics, innovation and collaborations. The circulation of the economy takes into consideration global population influence, which affects the economy through a variety of construction product flows in particular. The increase in consumers means increasing product and services…
Concrete and Concrete Structures: A Review and Directions for Research

Construction Materials and Engineering, Composite Materials, Materials Science, Technology and Engineering
$195.00

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Concrete and Concrete Structures: A Review and Directions for Research opens with a chapter by Juan M. Moro, Romina S. Meneses, and Néstor F. Ortega presenting research on recycled concrete in an effort to improve durability. Next, Germán D. Ercolani, Néstor F. Ortega, and Daniel H. Felix examine different methods of crack detection to determine…
Mitigating Sulphate Attacks in Geotechnical Engineering

Construction Materials and Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Technology and Engineering
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A magnesium sulphate attack is one of the main issues that challenge civil engineering projects, in particular in coastal, landfill, and mining areas. This phenomenon reduces the stability of the structure and causes a complete failure for the system over time. Previous studies mainly focused on investigating the effects of magnesium sulphate attacks on concrete…
Advances in Modern Cement and Concrete

Construction Materials and Engineering, Materials Science, Technology and Engineering
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Cement and concrete are among the materials made by man that tell us a great deal about how far civilization has come. Developed over time for various uses, modern concrete and cement come in multiple forms, including self-compacting/consolidating concrete, green concrete, and nano cement. This book consists of five chapters. Each chapter comprises an introduction,…
Oil Palm Shell: Lightweight Concrete and Structures

Construction Materials and Engineering, Materials Science, Technology and Engineering
$230.00

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Due to a high demand in construction and furniture industries worldwide, natural resources such as stones and wood as non-renewable resources are being depleted. Thus, researchers are focusing on renewable resources as alternative materials. As such, the utilisation of abundant solid wastes and byproducts, which are discharged from agriculture, industry and municipalities present an alternative…
Masonry: Design, Materials and Techniques

Construction Materials and Engineering, Upcoming Publications, Construction
$160.00

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Focusing on the use of masonry in construction, Masonry: Design, Materials and Techniques is a book updated with the latest sustainable materials and practices. This book emphasizes the use of structural masonry, from the historical masonry and use of masonry in historical constructions, the use of masonry in vernacular constructions and the use of masonry…
Refractory Materials: Characteristics, Properties and Uses

Construction Materials and Engineering, Construction
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Refractory materials are used in several industries involving very aggressive environments, thus the number of chemical, thermal and physical properties required for a refractory material are high and diverse. In Refractory Materials: Characteristics, Properties and Uses, the authors suggest that the determination of the mineralogical phase’s amounts is an essential parameter for the design of…

Construction Materials and Engineering

U.S. Shipbuilding Industry: Selected Issues and Analyses

Specificity and Designing of Multi-Hull Ships and Boats

Construction Materials

Reinforced Concrete: Design, Performance and Applications

“Waste-to-Profit” (W-t-P): Circular Economy in the Construction Industry for a Sustainable Future. Volume 2

Concrete and Concrete Structures: A Review and Directions for Research

Mitigating Sulphate Attacks in Geotechnical Engineering

Advances in Modern Cement and Concrete

Oil Palm Shell: Lightweight Concrete and Structures

Masonry: Design, Materials and Techniques

Refractory Materials: Characteristics, Properties and Uses

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