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Ambient Vibration Monitoring
Wiley 2005; US$ 170.00In-operation vibration monitoring for complex mechanical structures and rotating machines is of key importance in many industrial areas such as aeronautics (wings and other structures subject to strength), automobile (gearbox mounting with a sports car body), rail transportation, power engineering (rotating machines, core and pipes of nuclear power... more...
Developments in Structural Engineering
Spon Press 1990; US$ 620.00The Forth Rail Bridge Centenary Conference considers the design and construction of the bridge and then presents reviews of recent developments in all aspects of structural engineering. Invited keynote papers cover bridges, wide span and space structures, industrial structures, structural analysis and many other topics. more...
Dynamic Response of Pre-Stressed Spatially Curved Thin-Walled Beams of Open Profile
Springer 2011; US$ 39.99This short book analyses the dynamic stability with respect to small perturbations, as well as the local damage of geometrically nonlinear elastic, spatially curved, open section beams with axial precompression. Transient waves, which are the surfaces of strong discontinuity and wherein the stress and strain fields experience discontinuities, are used... more...
Historic Iron and Steel Bridges in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers 2012; US$ 55.00This book chronicles the development of metal truss and related bridges in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont from the 1860s to 1940: the various types and their inventors, historical changes in the highway and railroad networks that caused these bridges to be built, the rise of state bridge-building agencies, developments in the field of civil engineering,... more...
Art of the Brooklyn Bridge
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 60.00The Brooklyn Bridge is a pre-eminent global icon. It is the world?s most famous and beloved bridge, a "must-see" tourist hotspot, and a vital fact of New York life. For almost a hundred and forty years it has inspired artists of all descriptions, fueling a constant stream of paintings, photographs, lithographs, etchings, advertising copy, movies,... more...
The Great Bridge
Simon & Schuster 2007; US$ 20.00This monumental book is the enthralling story of one of the greatest events in our nation's history, during the Age of Optimism -- a period when Americans were convinced in their hearts that all things were possible. In the years around 1870, when the project was first undertaken, the concept of building an unprecedented bridge to span the East... more...
10 Amazing Bridges
Andrews UK 2011; US$ 1.49This quick-read guide introduces the reader to ten of the most amazing bridges in the world. Including photographs of every bridge and a brief description of the history of the structure, this ebook has been specially formatted for today's e-readers. more...






