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Izuru Takewaki

Since the occurrence of earthquakes and their properties are very uncertain even with the present knowledge, it is too difficult to define reasonable design ground motions especially for important buildings. In the seismic resistant design of building structures, the concept of "performance-based design" has become a new paradigm guaranteeing the maximum satisfaction of building owners. The quality and reliability of the performance-based design certainly depend on the scientific rationality of design ground motions. In order to overcome this problem, a new paradigm has to be posed. To the author's knowledge, the concept of "critical excitation" and the structural design based upon this concept can become one of such new paradigms. This book introduces a new probabilistic and energy-based critical excitation approach to overcome several problems in the scientific and rational modelling of ground motions. The author hopes that this book will help the development of new...

Theo Stephan Williams

This second edition is updated throughout and includes additional material on time management and numerous interviews with leading designers. Empowered by the step-by-step guidance in this book, interior designers will be able to establish prices and budgets that make their clients happy and their businesses profitable. Written by a designer and veteran expert on pricing, estimating, and budgeting systems, the book provides practical guidelines on how to value the cost of designing commercial or residential interiors, from the designer's creative input to the pricing of decorating products and procedures. The book shows how to determine a profitable and fair hourly rate, balance the client's budget with his or her wishes and needs, negotiate prices with suppliers and contractors, write realistic estimates and clear proposals, manage budgets for projects of all sizes and types, and position the firm's brand in relation to its practices. Interviews with experienced interior designers,...

H. Michael Newman

Direct Digital Control Of Building Systems From a brief historical look at the evolution of DDC to some thoughts on the future uses of artificial intelligence and fuzzy logic, this practical new work provides a systematic discussion of the theory and application possibilities of: Sensors and actuators—for temperature, humidity, pressure, flow, and indoor air quality; DDC hardware—including microprocessors, microcomputers, and microcontrollers; DDC software—operating system, utility, and applications software and the methods of configuring DDCs; The operator–machine interface—for field devices, workstations, and multivendor displays; Data communication systems for DDC—hardware, software, protocols and the ISO’s Open Systems Interconnection 7–layer architecture; BACnet—ASHRAE’s building automation and control networking protocol, from its design philosophy and the communication services it provides, to issues of extensibility, conformance, and specification; ...

Harold Donaldson Eberlein

This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher's website (GeneralBooksClub.com). You can also preview excerpts of the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Published by: New York, McBride, Nast

Frederic P. Miller, Agnes F. Vandome, John McBrewster

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Martin Nicholas Kunz

Our author travelled the globe to assemble an impressive collection of creative hotel pool designs, which he has documented with fascinating photos and rich details. Special emphasis is given to the influence of the various cultures in Europe, American, Asia and Africa on the architectural styles. The reader is witness to an inspiring blend of austere shapes, soft lines, outstanding technological achievements, and playful, colourful, ethnic architectures. For anyone searching for wonderful planning ideas--even for private pools--this book provides a comprehensive orientation and numerious examples: from indoor pools in small spaces, to bathing ponds, from infinity pools, sporty Olympic-sized outdoor pools, to an aesthetic stone grotto.

Evan Subrata

During the past decades, optimization has become a very important research topic for engineers and also for scientists. Optimization techniques have been becoming one of the most important factors in obtaining the most optimal solution for solving the problem in Construction, Industrial, Mechanical, and other engineering fields. This research proposes a hybrid model of a new and adopted searching algorithm from Computer Science, named Grover Algorithm with one of new established meta-heuristic algorithm, RSSA (Reduced Space Searching Algorithm). The combination of both algorithms is validated by solving multiple peak functions. The traditional Genetic Algorithm (GA) is used as a standard of comparison in appraising the RSSA-Grover result. Simulation result shows that RSSA-Grover performed better than GA due to its accuracy. Furthermore, this proposed algorithm is successfully applied to solve the real case of Tower Crane location selection, whose objective is to find the minimum...

Brion Toss

Combining and updating the renowned "Rigger's Apprentice and Rigger's Locker", meets the changing face of modern materials and technology while remaining true to rigging's best traditional principles and practices. It's much more than a knot book, though the knots a sailor needs are all here. It's a book for sailors who want the satisfaction and hard-cash savings of stepping their own masts, inspecting and maintaining their own rigs, and turning their own tailsplices and wire eyesplices. It is for boatowners who want to replace an entire gang of rigging themselves--measuring, choosing appropriate wire, turning soft eyes, leathering, and serving. It is for bluewater voyagers who want to feel secure in the knowledge that, should a shroud carry away far at sea, they will be able to repair it. "The Complete Rigger's Apprentice" is also a free-roaming collection of useful ideas and tips on everything from supplementing winches with block and tackle, to rigging snubbers at anchor,...

United States. Bureau of Commerce

This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher's website (GeneralBooksClub.com). You can also preview excerpts of the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Published by: Government Print Office in 1917 in 32 pages; Subjects: Hardware; Africa, East; United States; Agricultural machinery industry; Agricultural machinery; History / Africa / General; History / Africa / East; House

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 60th Street Tunnel Connection or 11th Street Connection is a short rapid transit line of the New York City Subway connecting the BMT 60th Street Tunnel under the East River (which connects to the BMT Broadway Line) with the IND Queens Boulevard Line west of Queens Plaza in Long Island City, Queens, New York City, United States. The 11th Street Connection name comes from the street above the split from the 60th Street Tunnel. The line does not have any stations, and carries trains of the R service at all times but late nights.