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.
Multi-Physical and Non-Orthogonal Geotechnical Plasticity Modeling and Algorithms
Analysis, Design, and Construction Aspects of Geotechnical Structures
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.
Autodesk Inventor 2026 Black Book Part II
Autodesk Inventor 2026 Black Book Part II - Advanced CAD Design, Simulation, and Manufacturing MasteryAutodesk Inventor 2026 Black Book Part II is your go-to professional guide for mastering advanced 3D CAD modeling, assembly design, FEA simulation, mold design, sheet metal, frame generation, and model-based annotations. This expertly written resource is tailored for engineers, designers, educators, and CAD professionals aiming to boost productivity and gain deep insights into the latest features of Autodesk Inventor 2026. Whether you are working in product development, automotive design, aerospace, tooling, or manufacturing, this book empowers you with real-world examples, step-by-step tutorials, and practical challenges to bridge the gap between classroom training and industrial application.What's Inside?Advanced Assembly and Sub-Assembly Techniques - Learn iCopy, mirroring, and patterns, plus how to use Design Accelerator for bolted connections, power transmission systems, and joints.Sheet Metal Design Mastery - Dive into bends, flanges, K-factors, punch tools, unfolding, and creating accurate flat patterns.Frame Generator and Structural Analysis - Insert, miter, notch, and analyze frame members with integrated beam/column calculators.Weldment Design & Weld Calculators - Use groove, fillet, cosmetic welds, symbols, and custom weld calculations.Complete Mold Design Workflow - Create mold assemblies, define shrinkage, cooling channels, runners, gates, ejectors, sliders, lifters, and generate 2D mold drawings.Surface & Freeform Modeling - Utilize sculpting tools, patch boundaries, and advanced surface repair for complex industrial designs.Stress & Frame Analysis with FEA - Learn static and modal analysis, meshing techniques, contact settings, load applications, and shape generation.Model-Based Definition (MBD) - Apply 3D annotations, tolerance features, datum targets, and create section views for next-gen documentation.Key Features: Covers latest tools and workflows in Autodesk Inventor 2026Includes hands-on practices, self-assessments, and design problemsIntegrates design for manufacturing (DFM) and PLM workflowsBridges academic learning with industry applicationsIdeal for use in mechanical design, tooling, product development, and advanced CAD training
Autodesk Inventor 2026 Black Book Part II
Autodesk Inventor 2026 Black Book Part II - Advanced CAD Design, Simulation, and Manufacturing MasteryAutodesk Inventor 2026 Black Book Part II is your go-to professional guide for mastering advanced 3D CAD modeling, assembly design, FEA simulation, mold design, sheet metal, frame generation, and model-based annotations. This expertly written resource is tailored for engineers, designers, educators, and CAD professionals aiming to boost productivity and gain deep insights into the latest features of Autodesk Inventor 2026. Whether you are working in product development, automotive design, aerospace, tooling, or manufacturing, this book empowers you with real-world examples, step-by-step tutorials, and practical challenges to bridge the gap between classroom training and industrial application.What's Inside?Advanced Assembly and Sub-Assembly Techniques - Learn iCopy, mirroring, and patterns, plus how to use Design Accelerator for bolted connections, power transmission systems, and joints.Sheet Metal Design Mastery - Dive into bends, flanges, K-factors, punch tools, unfolding, and creating accurate flat patterns.Frame Generator and Structural Analysis - Insert, miter, notch, and analyze frame members with integrated beam/column calculators.Weldment Design & Weld Calculators - Use groove, fillet, cosmetic welds, symbols, and custom weld calculations.Complete Mold Design Workflow - Create mold assemblies, define shrinkage, cooling channels, runners, gates, ejectors, sliders, lifters, and generate 2D mold drawings.Surface & Freeform Modeling - Utilize sculpting tools, patch boundaries, and advanced surface repair for complex industrial designs.Stress & Frame Analysis with FEA - Learn static and modal analysis, meshing techniques, contact settings, load applications, and shape generation.Model-Based Definition (MBD) - Apply 3D annotations, tolerance features, datum targets, and create section views for next-gen documentation.Key Features: Covers latest tools and workflows in Autodesk Inventor 2026Includes hands-on practices, self-assessments, and design problemsIntegrates design for manufacturing (DFM) and PLM workflowsBridges academic learning with industry applicationsIdeal for use in mechanical design, tooling, product development, and advanced CAD training
Investigation in the Creep-Fatigue Coupled Effect of Rock Salt
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."
Critical Issues in Selecting Conventional and Mechanized Tunnelling Methods
This book discusses the critical issues in selecting conventional and mechanized tunneling methods and lessons learned from the past. It covers the following main topics: geological and geotechnical parameters affecting tunneling methods, summarizing conventional tunneling and mechanized tunneling methods, the factors affecting the choice of tunneling methods such as the cost of the initial investment, the length of the tunnel, project scheduling, time for mobilization, emerging new technologies. Some examples of changing the tunneling method from conventional to mechanized tunneling or vice versa during the same ongoing project and hybrid tunneling methods in the same project are also given. The last chapter resumes the innovations made for the tunneling industry, summarizing advancements in safety, non-circular TBMs, robotics, new instrumentation, new materials and methodologies to decrease carbon footprint. This book is aimed at graduate students, professionals and researchers in tunneling, civil and mining engineering and geology.
Transport Transitions: Advancing Sustainable and Inclusive Mobility
Telling Stories with Maps
Bring place-based data to life with this essential guide to storytelling with maps, written by the founder of ArcGIS StoryMaps, Esri's storytelling platform.
The Pneumatic Despatch Tube System of the Batcheller Pneumatic Tube Co.
The Pneumatic Despatch Tube System of the Batcheller Pneumatic Tube Co.
How the World Flows
How the World Flows acts like a microscope that pulls the reader into the barely noticeable, Lilliputian world of fluids at small scales--the microfluidic world-and answers the question "What is microfluidics?" in non-technical language. Microfluidics is the field of science that studies fluids constrained to spaces that are smaller than one millimeter wide, and by extension, the engineering field which builds devices that exploit the unique properties of fluids at these scales. Author Albert Folch explores this micro science which has inspired engineers to build devices such as engines, spray cans, ballpoint pens, inkjet and 3D printers, pregnancy and Covid tests, glucometers, asthma nebulizers, kidney dialysis machines, and DNA analyzers. This book also shows that many processes essential to life on Earth - such as the formation of raindrops, the rise of sap in plants, and the percolation of water through soil - are all microfluidic marvels. It examines how our cells breathe, feed, and fight diseases through small capillaries. Many ancient human inventions, ranging from soaps and sauces to the candle wick, the gauze, and the ink brush, rely on microfluidics, but the size of the fluid interactions in these systems, natural and human-made, has prevented most people from appreciating their inner workings. Through engaging and digestible stories, Folch takes a lens to this tiny science and demonstrates how big a role microfluidics play in life as we know it.
Safety and Wearable Technology
Safety and Wearable Technology tackles the profound issue of workplace safety, as each day unacceptable numbers of workers lose their lives in accidents, with even more succumbing to work-related illnesses across the globe. Many safety professionals strive to reduce these risks, but they're often hindered by limited resources, time, and information to catch hazards before tragedy strikes. With wearable technology now readily available, a new frontier has opened for workplace safety, offering powerful tools that can change how we protect workers.In this book, three experts in wearable technology explore the critical role wearables play in enhancing workplace safety. They walk the reader through the traditional challenges of safety management, making a strong case for the adoption of wearable technology. The book covers every essential aspect of implementing wearables in the workplace; from selecting the right technology and understanding technical approaches to effective deployment and long-term safety management. It also addresses the leadership necessary to harness these advancements fully. Readers will gain insights into the innovations driving wearable technology, including sensors, machine learning, deep analytics, and artificial intelligence. As data-driven approaches redefine safety management, this book empowers safety professionals to gather actionable data, predict hazards, and intervene before incidents occur. This data-driven shift not only enhances safety but also redefines what the factory of the future can look like--a workplace where technology proactively protects workers.Intended for professionals across the safety, operations, and engineering fields, Safety and Wearable Technology will appeal to Health and Safety Engineers, Manufacturing Engineers, Plant Managers, Industrial Hygienists, Risk Managers, and many others looking to understand and implement wearable technology in their safety protocols. This guide is an indispensable resource for those ready to envision and create safer, smarter, and more connected workplaces.
Deformation and Failure Mechanism of Rock Tunnels under Earthquake Loading
