Friday, October 11, 2013

Building Systems for Interior Designers 2e, Corky Binggeli

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Building Systems for Interior Designers 2nd Edition by Corky Binggeli explains technical building systems and engineering issues in a clear and accessible way to interior designers. The technical knowledge and vocabulary presented here allow interior designers to communicate more effectively with architects, engineers, and contractors while collaborating on projects, leading to more accurate solutions for problems related to a broad range of other building considerations with an impact on interior design.

Information on sustainable design is integrated throughout the book, making it a relevant tool for current and emerging trends in building design. Written in a straightforward, nontechnical style that maintains depth and accuracy, this book is the first complete text applicable to interior design courses and provides thorough preparation for the NCIDQ exam. Engaging, clear illustrations support the text, which is accessible to those without a math or physics background.

Like our skins, a building is a layer of protection between our bodies and our environment. The building envelope is the point at which the inside comes into contact with the outside, the place where energy, materials, and living things pass in and out. The building's interior design, along with the mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and other building systems, creates an interior environment that supports our needs and activities and responds to the weather and site conditions outdoors. In turn, the environment at the building site is part of the earth's larger natural patterns.

Topics covered include heating and air conditioning systems, environmental issues, water and waste, thermal comfort, HVAC systems, electricity, lighting, security and communications systems, fire safety and transportation systems. With numerous case examples illustrating how interior designers apply this material in the real world, it is a valuable book for students, as well as a practical desktop reference for professionals.

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Civil PE Sample Examination 4th Edition, Lindeburg

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Civil PE Sample Examination 4th Edition by Michael R. Lindeburg provides the realistic, timed practice you need to succeed on exam day. Each 40-problem, multiple-choice session simulates the actual exam’s format, depth, and problem distribution.

The topics begin by taking the morning session, and then choose one of the five afternoon session disciplines (construction, geotechnical, structural, transportation, or water resources and environmental). After completing the sample exam, use the answer key and the step-by-step solutions to assess your exam readiness.

By reading this guide, you can practice solving problems under timed conditions, reveal topics that require extra review, determine the most efficient ways to solve problems, identify the references you may use during the exam. This book contains six 40-problem, multiple-choice exams designed to provide realistic, timed practice for the NCEES Civil PE exam.

The morning breadth exam covers a variety of civil engineering topics and is consistent with the scope and format of the actual exam. The five afternoon depth exams (construction, geotechnical, structural, transportation or water resources and environmental) can be used to prepare for your chosen discipline or as further practice for the morning exam.

These sample problems are written to be solved in an average of six minutes each. You can take each exam within the same four-hour time limit as the actual exam to develop concentration and time-management skills. Problems reference exam-adopted codes and standards to familiarize you with their content and help you determine which resources you’ll likely need on exam day. Step-by-step solutions and answer keys are provided so you can evaluate your exam readiness.

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Structural Engineering Reference Manual 6th Edition

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Structural Engineering Reference Manual 6th Edition by Alan Williams offers the most comprehensive reference and study guide available for engineers preparing for the NCEES 16-hour Structural Engineering (SE) exam. It provides a comprehensive review of structural analysis and design methods related to vertical and lateral forces, illustrates the most useful equations in the exam-adopted codes and standards, and provides guidelines for selecting and applying these equations.

The SE exam requires a thorough familiarity with relevant codes, and the Structural Engineering Reference Manual, 6th Edition, provides coverage of the following: AASHTO LRFD Bridge Design (2010), ACI 318 (2008), ACI 530/530.1 (2008), AISC 13th edition (2005), ASCE 7 (2005), IBC (2009), NDS (2005) and PCI (2004).

The Most Trusted Reference for the SE Exam

  • More than 225 example problems with complete solutions 
  • More than 45 end-of-chapter problems with complete solutions 
  • More than 700 equations, 136 tables, 140 figures, and eight appendices 
  • A complete and easy-to-use index

Exam Topics Covered


  • Reinforced Concrete 
  • Foundations & Retaining 
  • Structures Prestressed 
  • Concrete 
  • Structural Steel 
  • Timber 
  • Reinforced 
  • Masonry 
  • Lateral Forces (Wind & Seismic) Bridges

What's New in This Edition

Updates to current exam-adopted codes and standards for: AASHTO LRFD Bridge Design (2010) ACI318 (2008) ACI 530/530.1 (2008) IBC (2009) Addition of multiple-choice problems and ASD solving methods to better align with the exam Addition of new examples (23), figures (33), tables (8), and practice problems (5)

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Thursday, October 10, 2013

Principles and Prevention of Corrosion 2nd Edition, Jones

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Principles and Prevention of Corrosion 2nd Edition by by Denny A. Jones explores the scientific principles and methods that underlie the cause, detection, measurement, and prevention of many metal corrosion problems in engineering practice. There are descriptive sections (including methods of prevention and testing), to more quantitative sections (involving metallurgy and electrochemistry), and finally to sections on current research developments in the chapter topic.

This book considers all forms of general and localized corrosion, discusses dissimilar metal corrosion, considers effects of corrosion on abrasions, erosions, weldings, and metallurgical structures and features an extensive set of reference photographs — up-to-date examples of recent, corrosion failures to help students recognize various forms of corrosion.

Author discusses how to prevent corrosion by alloy selection, cathodic protection, inhibition, and protective coatings and linings, describes experimental electrochemical procedures for defining corrosion mechanisms and measuring corrosion rates, discusses in detail the applications and limitations of polarization resistance and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy.

This book compares and contrasts the characteristics of stress corrosion, corrosion fatigue, and hydrogen-induced cracking, and describes testing by both conventional and modern fracture mechanics methods. It explains the economics of corrosion and prevention methods, the engineering selection of alloys for corrosion resistance, discounted cash flow methods for economic analysis of corrosion prevention methods and highlights alloy compositions on endpapers for convenient reference.

Table of Contents

1. The Technology and Evaluation of Corrosion.
2. Electrochemical Thermodynamics and Electrode Potential.
3. Electrochemical Kinetics of Corrosion.
4. Passivity.
5. Polarization Methods to Measure Corrosion Rate.
6. Galvanic and Concentration Cell Corrosion.
7. Pitting and Crevice Corrosion.
8. Environmentally Induced Cracking.
9. Effects of Metallurgical Structure on Corrosion.
10. Corrosion-Related Damage by Hydrogen, Erosion, and Wear.
11. Corrosion in Selected Corrosive Environments.
12. Atmospheric Corrosion and Elevated Temperature Oxidation.
13. Cathodic Protection.
14. Coatings and Inhibitors.
15. Materials Selection and Design.
Index.

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Minimum Design Loads for Buildings And Other Structures: SEI/ASCE 7-05

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Minimum Design Loads for Buildings And Other Structures: SEI/ASCE 7-05 by et al American Society of Civil Engineers provides requirements for general structural design and includes means for determining dead, live, soil, flood, wind, snow, rain, atmospheric ice, and earthquake loads, and their combinations that are suitable for inclusion in building codes and other documents.

A detailed commentary containing explanatory and supplementary information to assist users of ASCE 7-05 is included. This ASCE 7-05 edition is a complete revision of ASCE 7-02. The new Standard includes revised and significantly reorganized provisions for seismic design of structures, as well as revisions in the provisions for determining live, flood, wind, snow, and atmospheric ice loads. The inclusion of Supplement No. 1 into ASCE 7-05 ensures that there is full and complete coordination between the 2006 International Building Code and ASCE 7-05.

The updates which comprised Supplement No. 1 are seamlessly integrated into the 7-05 volume, and are not available anywhere else. ASCE 7-05 is an integral part of the building codes of the United States. The earthquake load provisions in ASCE 7-05 are substantially adopted by reference in the 2006 International Building Code and the 2006 NFPA 5000 Building Construction and Safety Code.

Numerous other provisions of all other ASCE 7-05 sections are also adopted by reference by both model building codes including the provisions for calculating wind loads and snow loads. Structural engineers, architects, and those engaged in preparing and administering local building codes will find the structural load requirements essential to their practice.

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Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Air Pollution and Global Warming 2nd Edition, Jacobson

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Air Pollution and Global Warming: History, Science, and Solutions 2nd Edition by Professor Mark Z. Jacobson provides a comprehensive introduction to the historical past and science of the main air pollution and climate issues that face the world immediately, as well as the energy and coverage solutions to these problems.

Each chapter has been brought utterly up-to-date with new data, figures, and text. There's a new extra chapter on massive-scale solutions to climate and air pollution problems. Many color pictures, diagrams, plenty of additional examples and homework problems have been added. It's exceptionally well-written and presented. This is an ideal text to introduce students to the chemistry and physics of Earth's atmosphere.

This accessible textbook offers a sensible understanding of chemistry and physics applied to atmospheric science matters, and to the nature, causes and consequences of human modification of the atmosphere. This new edition improves upon its common predecessor.

This is an ideal introductory textbook on air pollution for college students taking courses in atmospheric chemistry and physics, meteorology, environmental science, Earth science, civil and environmental engineering, chemistry, environmental law and politics, and metropolis planning and regulation. It is going to also type an invaluable reference text for researchers, and an introduction to the subject for normal audiences.

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