Keiko Anami & Noriaki Ishii 
Dynamic Stability of Hydraulic Gates and Engineering for Flood Prevention 

This book is concerned with time-dependency in rock mechanics and rock engineering, whose spectrum is very wide. While the term “time-dependency” involves time-dependent behavior/rate-dependent behav …

The tenth edition of Hall and Greeno”s leading textbook has been reviewed and updated in relation to the latest building, wiring and water regulations, new technology and new legislation. For this e …

First published in 1981. Settling the Desert is an attempt to organise those aspects of scientific and sociological research that are the necessary prerequisites for making the desert a comfortable a …

First published in 1957. This study sought to analyse the problems raised by the changing forces and conditions in Israel in the middle of the twentieth-century. It discusses the impact of Israel’s a …

Originally published in 1989 Social Philosophy and Ecological Scarcity presents a systematic study of the implications of ecological scarcity for social philosophy. The book argues for a new social p …

The primary aim of the handbook series will be to include as much useful data as possible for the specialist needing ready access for the solution of problems most likely to arise in the radiation …

This book deals with all the tasks related to brick and stone masonry structures, from the initial identification of defects and their diagnosis to their treatment and monitoring of its …

Unsaturated materials comprise residua, collapsible and expansive naturally occurring soils, compacted soils and, more recently, residues of solid wastes. The engineering problems associated with …

Volume 1 of the Proceedings of the International Society of Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering,  Institution of Engineers Australia with the main topic of Engineering for Calcareous Sediments …