Macro-Engineering :MIT Brunel Lectures on Global Infrastructure ( Woodhead Publishing Series in Civil and Structural Engineering )

Publication subTitle :MIT Brunel Lectures on Global Infrastructure

Publication series :Woodhead Publishing Series in Civil and Structural Engineering

Author: Davidson   F P;Frankl   E G;Meador   C L  

Publisher: Elsevier Science‎

Publication year: 1997

E-ISBN: 9781782420576

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9781898563334

P-ISBN(Hardback):  9781898563334

Subject: TU18 Other science and application in buildings

Language: ENG

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This volume makes available a reflection on large-scale engineering for building a better world. International authorities from engineering, oceanography, academia, public service, and law describe how great and imaginative concepts may be refined, tested, adapted, financed, implemented and put to use. Here are records and commentaries about some of the world's significant engineering achievements, including the planning and design of Nigeria's new capital city, and the use of software by the US military to clean up the Exxon-Valdez oil spill pollution in Alaska.

  • Describes a method of large-scale engineering for building a better world
  • Provides records and commentaries about significant engineering achievements
  • International authorities from engineering, oceanography, academia, public service and law describe how great and imaginative concepts may be refined, tested, adapted, financed and implemented

Chapter

Front Cover

pp.:  1 – 4

Copyright Page

pp.:  5 – 9

Preface

pp.:  6 – 10

Table of Contents

pp.:  9 – 6

EDITORIAL NOTE

pp.:  10 – 12

Chapter 1. The Suez Canal Re-Visited: 19th Century Global Infrastructure

pp.:  12 – 26

Chapter 2. Operation Mulberry: A Floating Transportable Harbor for World War II Normandy Invasion

pp.:  26 – 54

Chapter 3. Financial Engineering of the Channel Tunnel

pp.:  54 – 74

Chapter 4. Old Cities and New Towns ForTomorrow's Infrastructure

pp.:  74 – 90

Chapter 5. Inland Transport in Europe - Trends and Prospects

pp.:  90 – 116

Chapter 6. Lessons Learnt from Major Projects

pp.:  116 – 136

Chapter 7. Guided Transportation Systems: Low-Impact, High-Volume, Fail-Safe Travel

pp.:  136 – 156

Chapter 8. Prefabricated and Relocatable ArtificialIsl and Technology

pp.:  156 – 176

Chapter 9. The Command Tactical Information System: Military Software for Macro-Engineering Projects

pp.:  176 – 186

Chapter 10. Prospects for the Next Century: Survey and Suggestions

pp.:  186 – 206

INDEX

pp.:  206 – 208

FINITE ELEMENT PROGRAMS IN STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING AND CONTINUUM MECHANICS

pp.:  208 – 210

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