The Statically-Indeterminate Stresses in Frames Commonly Used for Bridges
Hydraulics, the Flow of Water Through Orifices, Over Weirs, and Through Open Conduits and Pipes
Simplicity in Safety Investigations
This book investigates over 30 major catastrophes and reveals the critical necessity of transitioning from identifying lessons to implementing actionable changes in workplace safety. Recognising the gap between incident analysis and meaningful workplace transformation, the book advocates for a shift in mindset, emphasising practical application over theoretical comprehension. This book delivers a comprehensive framework that connects incident findings and tangible and practical workplace improvements. Building upon the works of renowned safety science thinkers, including Sidney Dekker and James Reason, the book offers insights garnered from years of industry experience, delivering a pragmatic approach that is usable in any workplace. New to this edition are two new chapters, updated content on lessons learned from investigations, and increased coverage of the process required to better understand workplace fatalities. Through investigating common drivers of disasters, from the Herald of Free Enterprise ferry tragedy to the Fukushima Daiichi meltdown, the reader will gain an understanding of what can be learned from past incidents and how that can be applied to ensure a safer future. This second edition of Simplicity in Safety Investigations: Moving Towards Learning from Incidents is an indispensable resource tailored for those in occupational health and safety practice, including supervisors, managers, and business leaders across diverse industries.
Simplicity in Safety Investigations
This book investigates over 30 major catastrophes and reveals the critical necessity of transitioning from identifying lessons to implementing actionable changes in workplace safety. Recognising the gap between incident analysis and meaningful workplace transformation, the book advocates for a shift in mindset, emphasising practical application over theoretical comprehension. This book delivers a comprehensive framework that connects incident findings and tangible and practical workplace improvements. Building upon the works of renowned safety science thinkers, including Sidney Dekker and James Reason, the book offers insights garnered from years of industry experience, delivering a pragmatic approach that is usable in any workplace. New to this edition are two new chapters, updated content on lessons learned from investigations, and increased coverage of the process required to better understand workplace fatalities. Through investigating common drivers of disasters, from the Herald of Free Enterprise ferry tragedy to the Fukushima Daiichi meltdown, the reader will gain an understanding of what can be learned from past incidents and how that can be applied to ensure a safer future. This second edition of Simplicity in Safety Investigations: Moving Towards Learning from Incidents is an indispensable resource tailored for those in occupational health and safety practice, including supervisors, managers, and business leaders across diverse industries.
Workplace Safety and Health Practices
Safety and health concerns in workplaces across the globe are a source of anxiety for leaders as they seek to discover novel ways to provide a workplace that preserves the health and safety of its workers. To achieve world-class health and safety of workers in any organization, this must be integrated with technological innovations that monitor, track, and provide feedback on worker performance. These innovations are expected to be comfortable, smart, and even fashionable to achieve increased compliance.Workplace Safety and Health Practices investigates the current and future trends that are leading the way and improving workplace health and safety all over the world. Organized into four parts to provide ease of reading, this book focuses on program administration, management engagement and considerations of human aspects for safe and inclusive workplaces. It investigates the identification, mitigation, and control of hazards found at work and the program challenges that are faced along with the development and implementation of improvement measures. The authors provide considerations for novel ways of taking the protection of workers to a higher level, considering the evolving definition of the workplace and locations where work takes place. With case studies backing up the theories, the reader will develop a thorough and complex overview of what is working in global workplaces to deliver top-quality health and safety.This book will be a fascinating read for any health and safety professional. Its appeal will extend to industrial hygiene professionals, system engineers, construction engineers, and ergonomics and human factors practitioners.
An Introduction to Geosynthetic Engineering
Geosynthetics, primarily made from synthetic polymers, provide efficient, cost-effective, and sustainable solutions for civil, geotechnical, and environmental challenges. Enhancing infrastructure performance with soil and rock, they are integral to global construction standards. Beyond civil engineering, their applications extend to mining, agriculture, and aquaculture. This book explores the principles, properties, and applications of geosynthetics, offering tailored solutions for innovative and sustainable infrastructure development.This updated second edition of An Introduction to Geosynthetic Engineering provides a comprehensive introduction to geosynthetics, meeting the needs of senior undergraduate and postgraduate students, practising engineers, and professionals. It includes expanded content, updated chapters, new sections, detailed site photographs, revised standards and guidelines, additional examples, and practice questions. Tailored to support both learning and practical application, this textbook is an essential resource for understanding and utilizing geosynthetics in sustainable infrastructure development.
Multipurpose Water Storage Essential Elements and Emerging Trends / Les Retenues d’Eau Multi-Usages ?lements Essentiels et Tendances ?mergentes
The bulletin is structured to present the global and local role of water storage in the modern world and provide the basis for multi-purpose developments in the context of the hydrological cycle, the water-energy nexus, stakeholder engagement and environmental assessments.The bulletin explores the economic and financial prospects of multi-purpose projects and the need for long-term planning, including reservoir conservation, as well as the challenges of forecasting long-term scenarios. It deals with the institutional and procurement aspects of infrastructure development and management, also addressing water governance and its interface with corporate governance. Drawing on case studies, the bulletin then presents structural and non-structural solutions to improve development, operation and management, and illustrates how water conservation and adaptive management are essential to obtaining the "social license to operate" reservoirs and their ancillary infrastructure. The bulletin concludes with a presentation of essential elements and emerging trends, as well as a technique for assessing the relative criticality of essential elements as they evolve throughout a reservoir's life cycle.Le pr矇sent bulletin a pour objectif de fournir une perspective approfondie sur la dynamique des Syst癡mes Multiples de Production d'Eau. L'accent de ce bulletin n'est donc pas mis sur ce qui devrait 礙tre fait, mais sur ce qui est actuellement entrepris, ainsi que sur les m矇thodes et les acteurs impliqu矇s. C'est pour cette raison que les conclusions et r矇flexions issues de l'examen des 矇tudes de cas ne sont pas pr矇sent矇es sous forme de directives, mais sous forme d'竄 矇l矇ments essentiels 罈 et de 竄 tendances 矇mergentes 罈 recommand矇s.Le bulletin est structur矇 de mani癡re ? pr矇senter le r繫le global et local du stockage d'eau dans le monde moderne et fournir les bases des d矇veloppements polyvalents dans le contexte du cycle hydrologique, du lien entre l'eau et l'矇nergie, de l'engagement des parties prenantes et des 矇valuations environnementales. Le bulletin explore les perspectives 矇conomiques et financi癡res des projets polyvalents et la n矇cessit矇 d'une planification ? long terme, y compris la conservation des r矇servoirs, ainsi que les d矇fis de la pr矇vision des sc矇narios ? long terme. Il traite les aspects institutionnels et les march矇s publics li矇s au d矇veloppement et ? la gestion des infrastructures, en abordant 矇galement la gouvernance de l'eau et son interface avec la gouvernance d'entreprise. S'appuyant sur des 矇tudes de cas, le bulletin pr矇sente ensuite des solutions structurelles et non-structurelles afin d'am矇liorer le d矇veloppement, l'exploitation et la gestion, et illustre comment la conservation de l'eau et la gestion adaptative sont essentielles pour obtenir le "permis social d'exploiter" les r矇servoirs et leurs infrastructures annexes. Le bulletin conclut par une pr矇sentation des 矇l矇ments essentiels et des tendances 矇mergentes, ainsi qu'une technique pour 矇valuer la criticit矇 relative des 矇l矇ments essentiels au fur et ? mesure de leur 矇volution tout au long du cycle de vie d'un r矇servoir.
Vision Zero at Work
This book introduces Vision Zero, a commitment to create workplaces free from serious accidents, harm and work- related diseases while delivering excellence in Safety, Health and Wellbeing (SHW). Based on the principle that a safe and healthy working environment is a fundamental labour right, Vision Zero integrates SHW aspects to promote understanding and deliver safer and healthier workplaces. It places people at the core of business practices and offers an innovative perspective on achieving sustainable workplace safety and health. Readers will discover the foundational values, concepts and theories that define Vision Zero, along with actionable strategies for a proactive preventive workplace culture. The book emphasizes the importance of shifting from compliance to continuous improvement and innovation which is driven by leadership commitment from above and workforce collaboration from below. Practical insights on integrating prevention measures during the early stages of planning and design ensure SHW challenges are addressed before they arise. Real- world examples and policies from international organizations further demonstrate the power of Vision Zero in action, making the concept applicable to any workplace. Readers will obtain the knowledge and tools to create safer, healthier and more resilient organizations through the Vision Zero concept. Vision Zero at Work: Strategies for Sustainable Excellence in Safety, Health and Wellbeing is essential for line managers, leaders and professionals in workplace safety, health and wellbeing or in human resource management, as well as policymakers, consultants and organizational change agents in business and management.
Air Show Performers
Air shows are high-risk activities that must be conducted with careful thought towards the general public, spectators, and flying and nonflying participants to ensure that the activity is as safe as reasonably possible. The impromptu, ad hoc, unrehearsed or unplanned must never be attempted. This book offers a holistic overview of the state of safety, including safety cultural variables, safety risk parameters, and human performance factors, in the international air show community. This book aims to close the knowledge gap on safety management in air shows. It imparts to the aviation sector and other high-risk and high-performance industries the experience and knowledge that airshow performers have gained regarding risk assessment, psychological aspects, and mindfulness techniques used for safe and effective performances. The book highlights how resilient safety culture can change the air show community's mentality to deliver safer and more spectacular air show events and promotes the culture of excellence that the air show community is wedded to. The reader will obtain a thorough understanding of safety issues in air shows. Air Show Performers: Safety, Risk Management, and Psychological Factors is a critical read for professionals within the international air show community including nonflying participants. Its appeal extends to practitioners in aviation, health and safety and events management."[...] For sure, this book will become a reference and a source of inspiration for future generations of Display Pilots."Jacques Bothelin, French Aerobatic Jet Team Leader, Honorary Board Member European Airshow CouncilManolis Karachalios was the Hellenic Air Force's F-16 Demo Team "ZEUS" Display Pilot for the 2010-2012 display seasons. Dr. Karachalios holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Aviation Management from Coventry University, and a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Aerospace Sciences from the University of North Dakota focusing on air show safety and development.Daniel Kwasi Adjekum has over 25 years of experience in aviation as a former Ghana Air Force squadron commander, command pilot, and air display safety director. He was also an airline pilot and is currently an aviation safety consultant and professor of aviation. He is an Internationally recognized aviation safety subject-matter expert and an International Air Transport Association (IATA) certified Safety Management Systems (SMS) implementation and control expert.
Driving Behavior
In the U.S., drivers over the age of 65 now account for nearly 20% of licensed drivers. This number will increase by 25% to nearly 70 million by the year 2030. Some of these older drivers may not be capable of operating their vehicles safely in all conditions. The book investigates the key aspects of driving tasks and their relation to the sensory, perceptual, motor, and cognitive processes. Effects on driving performance, including aging, are described with a view toward improving future vehicle and road design as well as driver training and evaluation.This title: Presents a comprehensive, quantitative analysis of human physical and mental processes to driving behavior. Showcases recent review and analysis of driver, vehicle, and road environment design factors. Discusses the fundamentals of driving behavior in vehicle control and guidance, collision avoidance, and hazard perception. Examines the effects of design issues on vehicles and road environments. Highlights specific quantifiable attributes of physical and mental functions related to driving approaches. Written for professionals in diverse fields including ergonomics, health and safety, human factors, transportation engineering, and automotive engineering, this book is the essential guide to driving practices and habits. Its appeal will extend to those involved in vehicle design, roadway environments, driver training, and regulatory agencies.
Inclusion by Design
This book introduces a new speculative design process for inclusive new product development (NPD). The authors offer Vision Enabled Design Thinking (VEDT), a human-centered technological design framework incorporating the use of Design Lens and Vision Concepting, as a way for the designer to ideate and reflect on product development concepts within a deeper sociocultural context. The authors incorporate project management concepts into the overall design process through the development of a new design process, "4-D Algorithm for New Product Development".Inclusion by Design: Future Thinking Approaches to New Product Development formalizes the use of speculative design as a means for more inclusive NPD and promotes management of the design process as a needed skill for future engineers and designers. It provides a novel design methodology of VEDT for engaging vision concepting, through the use of Design Lenses in engaging speculative design practices and offers an implementation framework to support the sustainable adoption and use of future design methods. The 4-D Algorithm for New Product Development promotes inclusivity in design while addressing practical aspects of managing the design process in today's corporate business environment.Those involved with interactive product and technology design, new product development, design researchers and managers, engineers, as well as professionals and graduate students will find this book useful.
Safety in Industry
This concise book presents years of the author's practical experiences on industrial safety through various case studies.It aims to quip professionals in their respective industrial fields with different safety management systems, like the knowledge of common dos and don'ts, Standard Operating Procedures (SOP), and even the Emergency handling and use of PPEs.Print edition not for sale in South Asia (Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka)
Mastering 3D Plant Engineering, Digitalisation & Automation
"In today's world, 3D modeling is rapidly replacing traditional 2D-based design and engineering. Given the vast array of capabilities and technical recalibration of engineering and design approaches that are using the 3D modeling framework, there is a pressing need to cohesively outline this domain knowledge. This book covers all the underlying concepts including the creation and application of 3D models, as well as leveraging on the data-driven intelligence concept including usage of various digitalization tools. Further, the data-driven concept has been explained in this book to highlight how it can be used for work-sharing by concurrently accessing the same model and database across various geographical locations and finally the deployment of overall project lifecycle management."
Transport Transitions: Advancing Sustainable and Inclusive Mobility
The Pneumatic Despatch Tube System of the Batcheller Pneumatic Tube Co.
The Pneumatic Despatch Tube System of the Batcheller Pneumatic Tube Co.
