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Fracture Mechanics: An Engineering Primer - 2nd Edition
(TU Delft Open, 2024) Janssen, Michael; Zuidema, Jan
In this second edition, which is the result of numerous revisions, updates and additions, the authors cover the basic concepts of fracture mechanics for both the linear elastic and elastic-plastic regimes. The fracture mechanics parameters K, G, J and CTOD are treated in a basic manner along with the test methods to determine critical values. The development of failure assessment based on elastic-plastic fracture mechanics is reflected in a comprehensive treatment.
Three chapters are devoted to the fracture mechanics characterisation of crack growth. Fatigue crack growth is extensively treated and attention is paid to the important topic of the initiation and growth of short fatigue cracks. Furthermore, sustained load fracture and dynamic crack growth are discussed, including various test techniques, e.g. the determination of the crack arrest toughness.
Finally, there are two chapters dealing with mechanisms of fracture and the ways in which actual material behaviour influences the fracture mechanics characterisation of crack growth.
This textbook is intended primarily for engineering students. It will be useful to practising engineers as well, since it provides the background to several test and design methods and to criteria for material selection.
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Sustainable City Planning and Development: Transport and Land Use
(MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2024) Linchuan Yang; Yuanyuan Guo; Wenxiang Li; Yaoming Zhou; Jixiang Liu
Fostering sustainable city planning and development requires a holistic understanding of the complex interactions between transport and land use. In other words, to promote sustainable city planning and development, systematic and thorough assessments and a deeper comprehension of the interactions between transport and land use are needed, especially for today’s cities.
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Risk Management in Construction: Recent Advances
(IntechOpen, 2024) Tosun, Hasan; Gürsakal, Necmi; Sebatli-Saglam, Asli
This book presents recent research on risk management in the construction industry. It consists of eight chapters, each of which contains valuable information on specified areas of risk management engineering. Topics addressed include identifying, analyzing, assessing, controlling, and monitoring risk for planning and construction stages; risk management methods used in the construction industry and case studies; risk management for buildings, dams, highways, railways, nuclear power plants, underground structures, energy facilities, and their appurtenant structures. This book provides a comprehensive overview of the latest information in risk management in the construction industry.
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Critical Infrastructure: Modern Approach and New Developments
(IntechOpen, 2024) Di Pietro, Antonio; Martì, Josè
Modern critical infrastructures (CIs) (e.g., electricity, water, transportation, telecommunications, and others) form complex systems with a high degree of interdependencies from one CI to the others. Natural disasters (e.g., earthquakes, floods, droughts, landslides, and wildfires), humanmade disasters (e.g., sabotage and terrorism), and system faults (due to structural and equipment failures) will affect not only the directly impacted CI but all interdependent CIs. Risk assessment, therefore, has to be done over the entire system of CIs and should also include the social and personal impacts. According to a 2022 report, 80% of cities have been affected by significant climate change hazards represented by extreme heat (46%), heavy rainfall (36%), drought (35%), and floods (33%). The impacts of climate change, therefore, affect the complex system of the built environment and result in interrelated consequences at different scales ranging from single buildings to urban spaces and territorial infrastructures. Since it is not possible to reduce the severity of natural hazards, the main opportunity for lowering risk lies in reducing vulnerability and exposure. Vulnerability and exposure are related to urban development choices and practices that weaken the system’s robustness. This volume reviews recent insights from risk identification and reduction to preparedness and financial protection strategies and proposes new approaches for better CIs and built environment protection.
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Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions: Results of SSPCR 2022
(Cham, 2024) Bisello, Adriano; Vettorato, Daniele; Bottero, Marta; Kolokotsa, Dionysia
This open access book includes a selection of innovative contributions presented at the 4th international conference “Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions 2022”, held in Bolzano, Italy in July 2022. Featuring 10 papers by academics and consultants, strongly rooted in practical experiences and international projects, it discusses current ground-breaking research in innovative and sustainable planning for cities, with a focus on the environmental, economic, and social challenges associated with the global sustainability transition and energy systems integration. The contributions are illustrative of the richness of the issues discussed and the breadth of the emerging themes, including innovative business models for building and infrastructure at district level, integrated sustainability assessment schemes for Positive Energy Districts, a material flow accounting model for regional metabolism, energy communities as a lever to promote historical and landscape values, optimized and electrified last-mile logistics, multi-criteria decision analysis tools to redefine center/periphery relationships, a framework for socio-spatial analysis related to social practices, design principles and communication technologies improving both indoor and outdoor public spaces, augmented nature-based solution coupling the green elements with the latest technologies to deliver healthier and more appealing cities.