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Design Handbook for Reinforced Concrete Elements 2ed
Beletich & Uno
RRP $69.95
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Develops simple theories to help students understand the fundamental principles of reinforced concrete design. Incorporates current Code requirements, as well as design formulas, design charts and design examples which will prove useful both to students and practising engineers.

The student and practising engineer will find the book easy to use, confident in the knowledge that the AS3600 – 2001 Concrete Code Design requirements are covered in the book.

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Steel Designers Handbook 7ed
Gorenc & Tinyou
RRP $77.25
Alumni price: $67.25

The seventh edition of Steel Designers’ Handbook text is fully revised and covers the extensive revision of the ‘loading code’, which is renamed as structural Design Actions Standard, General Principals. AS/ANZ 1170.0 and its companion parts, 1170.1 to 1170.3.

The volume of revisions and new terminology necessitated the first three chapters to be substantially rewritten. This edition is based on AS 4100: 1998, which incorporates revisions to the original 1990 edition.

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Smiths Elements of Soil Mechanics 8ed
Ian Smith
RRP $72.95
Alumni price: $64.95

This core undergraduate textbook for civil engineers is the first to cover the fundamental changes in the ethos of geotechnical design advocated in the now published Eurocode 7. This code will be fully adopted across Europe by 2010 and its implementation will mean a radical shift to limit state design.

Ian Smith makes understanding this new approach to geotechnical design less daunting to the student with clear explanatory text, detailed illustrations and several worked examples, covering a range of topics including slope stability, retaining walls and shallow and deep foundations. Downloadable spreadsheets help to illustrate how the new Eurocode is applied and the book's website also gives the worked solutions to self-test questions at the end of each chapter.

Now in its 8th edition, this well-established textbook has been updated and re-designed with improved page layout and illustrations making it the essential user-friendly introduction to soil mechanics and geotechnical design to Eurocode 7.

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Geotechnical Engineering of Dams
R.Fell
RRP $295.00
Alumni price $265.00

A comprehensive text on the geotechnical and geological aspects of the investigations for and the design and construction of new dams and the review and assessment of existing dams. The emphasis is on embankment dams, but much of the text, particularly those parts related to geology, can be used for concrete gravity and arch dams. The book aims to give a practical approach on these matters to practising dam engineers and geologists, as well as to give university students an insight into the subject of dam engineering. The theoretical basis upon which design methods have been developed is included so readers develop a proper understanding of the limitations of the methods.

All phases of investigation, design and construction are covered from the initial assessment of a dam site and the development and carrying out of a detailed site investigation program, through to the preliminary and detailed design phases and ultimately the construction phase. The assessment of existing dams, including the analysis of risks posed by those dams, is also presented.

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Socially Responsible Engineering. Justice in Risk Management
D. Vallero
RRP $100.95
Alumni price: $89.95

The only guide to understanding ethical challenges in engineering projects from both a technical and a social perspective. What does it mean to be a 'good' engineer, planner, or design professional in the ethical sense? Technical professionals must make daily decisions which impact upon the quality of life of those who live near the facilities, plants, structures, and thoroughfares they design, and in the cities and communities they plan and build. The questions of where these projects are built, who they are to serve, and how they will affect those who live near them are at the heart of Socially Responsible Engineering. Written from the perspective of the engineer, this new resource from two leading engineering authors is essential to professionals and students who must grapple with how solutions to engineering problems impact the people those solutions are meant to serve.

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Stability of Structures. Elastic, Inelastic, Fracture and Damage Theories
Z Bazant
RRP $74.95
Alumni price: $66.95

A vital element of structural and continuum mechanics, stability theory has limitless applications in engineering. This text explores the principles and applications of stability analysis, offering students solid footing in the subject; it also functions as a convenient reference for engineers and scientists researching basic approaches and concepts.

In addition to conventional aspects of elastic stability, the text emphasizes nonelastic stability. Topics include modern stability problems of fracture and damage, the thermodynamic principles of stability in irreversible systems, viscoelastic and viscoplastic buckling, and other key areas, plus numerous examples and 700 exercise problems.

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