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Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering by Steven L. Kramer

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Book Review: This book focuses on all the concepts related to geotechnical earthquake engineering.
The book also deals with the fields of seismology and structural engineering thereby describing the
basic concepts in the fields of seismology, geotechnical engineering and structural engineering.
Additionally the book also covers recent advancements and the advance topics in the fields of
seismology, geotechnical engineering and structural engineering.

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Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering by Robert Day
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Book Review: This book carries out a discussion on basic earthquake principles, common
earthquake effects and damages caused due to structures because of seismic shaking. The book
also discusses the conditions that are faced by engineers like liquefaction, capacity bearing, slope
stability, settlement and many more. The book also discusses the site improvement methods which
reduce the impact of earthquakes on structures. The book covers basic earthquake principles,
structural damage, wall analysis, grading and many other concepts.

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Praobability Concepts in Engineering: Emphasis on Applications to Civil and Environmental
Engineering by Ang A.H-S. And Tang W.H
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Book Review: This book demonsrates the application of probability and statistics principles to
engineering problems. The book explains many concepts and methods related to the fields of
physical sciences, civil engineering and environmental engineering. The book also deals with the
formulation and solving of real world engineering problems. The book explains concepts with the
help of numerous examples and practice problems test the understanding of the users. The book
contains chapters on simulation methods in probability, hypothesis testing, correlation analysis and
many more.

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Reliability and Statiestics in Geotechnical Engineering by Baecher G. and Christian J.

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Book Review: The book explains the concepts of risk analysis and reliability analysis and its
application in geotechnical engineering and also the fact that many variables are taken into
consideration. The book explains statistics, reliability modeling and engineering that are used
together in risk and decision analysis for civil engineering systems. The book contains many case
studies and presents concepts of spatial variability, stochastic properties related to geological
materials and many more.

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Probability, Reliability and Statistical Methods in Engineering Design by Haldar A. and Mahadevan
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Book Review: The book presents the fundamentals of reliability and statistics that is needed for risk
based engineering analysis and carries out clear presentation of design. The book also contains
numerous examples that explain the risk based design concepts in the field of reliability and
statistics. The book covers many concepts and skills that are needed for reliability assessments. The
book also presents many reliability assessment methods and concepts that are needed for risk
based design implementation in practical problems. The book also explains risk based and
deterministic design concepts.

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Reliability of Structures by Nowak A.S. And Collins D. R.
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Book Review: This book demonstrates the importance of reliability in structural design. The book
dicusses the concepts of limit states, limit state functions, reliability calculating methods and many
other safety factors. The book also discusses probability distributions and various parameters that
are used in loads and resistances. This is a very good textbook for semester courses at the graduate
and undergraduate level and a very good reference book for structural engineers.

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Remote Sensing Principles and Interpretation by Sabins F.F
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Book Review: This is a very good book or introductory courses in remote sensing and contains
chapter that provides introduction to remote sensing systems and the interactions that occur
between electromagnetic energy and materials that are the base of remote sensing. The other
chapters in the book describe many imaging systems. The book also contains descriptions of

practical applications of remote sensing to environmental monitoring, exploration of minerals and

oils, geographical information systems and many more.

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Remote Sensing and Image Interpretation by Lillesand T.M. and Kieffer R.W
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Book Review: This book explains the technologies of remote sensing like geographic information
systems and global positioning system and their impact on government, sciences and businesses.
This is a very good textbook for introductory courses in remote sensing and is also a very good
reference book for practicing professionals who deal with geospatial information and analysis. All in
all this is a very good book for people dealing with geospatial data acquisition and analysis.

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Introduction to the Physics and Techniques of Remote Sensing by Elachi C
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Book Review: The book explains the science and engineering basics that are needed to understand
remote sensing thereby illustrating its applications in real world situations. The book discusses the
physics that is present in the interaction between wave and matter, techniques used for data
collection and many remote sensing applications. The book contains chapters that discusses the
basic properties of electromagnetic waves, matter interaction, electromagnetic spectrum and also
presents the techniques for acquiring, measuring and studying information and waves. This book is
suitable for students studying electrical engineering, physics, geology, astronomy and aeronautics.

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Disturbed Soil Properties by A.N. Schofield
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Book Review: This book provides a description about the developments made in soil properties that
lead to cam clay model and also deals with the fundamentals of soil shearing. The book also
explains the basics of geotechnical design thereby helping the engineers to deal with different
combinations of effective stress and water content. The book also contains equations that explain
the soil behavior and the effort needed to deal with the author.

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Critical State Soil Mechanics via Finite Elements by A.M. Britto and M.J. Gunn

Soil Behaviour and Critical State Soil Mechanics by D.M. Wood

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Book Review: This book describes ideally elastic and perfectly plastic soils which are mostly used for
geotechnical engineering calculations. The book describes the basic things of elastic plastic models
related to soil behavior and demonstrates the usage of such models in numerical analysis. The
numerical analysis is mainly mysterious black boxes on which the numerical models are based.

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A Guide to Soil Mechanics by M.D. Bolton
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Book Review: The book covers all the topics related to soil mechanics and foundation engineering
and is very useful for degrees in civil engineering. The book is also very suitable for practicing
engineers making them aware of the concepts of plasticity, dilatancy and critical states. The book
contains chapter that has case studies which demonstrate the engineers role as a troubleshooter
and also presents concepts that deal with soil problems and also provide many definitions. The
chapters also explain modes of soil behavior, soil elements behavior, soil test interpretation and
many more.

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Elements of Photogrammetry by Wolf P.R
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Book Review: This book covers the recent changes and advancements in the field of streamlining
from most of the advances in computers. The book takes into consideration the increasing speed
and storage capabilities that have led to the evolution of a new stream which is soft copy
photogrammetry which also deals with photogrammetric mapping. The book provides information on
digital imaging systems used in modern satellite programs along with scanners for photographic
image digitization.

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Photogrammetry by Karl Kraus
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Book Review: This book deals with the basics and photogrammetry methods along with laser
scanning concepts that is used to determine the object form and object location along with many
measurements that are provided by sensors that are places in air planes as well as terrestrial
platforms. The book also contains many examples as well as exercises along with the solutions
manual for them.

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Pattern Classification and Scene Analysis by R.O. Duda and P.E. Hart
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Book Review: The book provides information on newer topics of pattern classification and scene
analysis like neural networks, statistical pattern recognition, machine learning theory, invariances
theory and many more. The book also contains numerous worked examples, method comparison,
extensive graphics and many more. The book contains chapters on Bayesian decision theory,
parameter estimation, multilayer neural networks, stochastic and nonmetric methods and many
more.

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Ultrasonic Testing of Materials by Krautkramer
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Book Review: This book provides nondestructive testing of solids using ultrasonic waves to treat
defects like cavities, nonbonding and strength variations. The book also provides description on the
fundamentals of ultrasonic along with knowledge of technical mathematics. The book also explains
physical laws, instrumentation concepts and its applications. The book also provides test problems
that are related to modern heavy industry along with the applications in nuclear power plants. The
book also contains updated information on electronic instrumentation and applications in nuclear and
space industries.

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Introduction to Nondestructive Testing: A Training Guide by Paul E. Mix
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Book Review: This book covers the basic nondestructive testing methodologies that re needed for
NDT methods. The book presents both the principles and the applications for the latest techniques
and applies it to a number of streams that deal with NDT like space shuttle engineering, digital
technology and many process control systems. All the chapters in the book have been updated to
illustrate the development of advanced NDT instruments and systems with improvised monitors,
sensors and real time imaging.

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http://www.sanfoundry.com/best-reference-books-mechanics-fluid-flow/
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Book Review: This book provides an integration of many areas related to fluid flow mechanics which
include the areas of open channel hydraulics like specific energy, specific momentum, varied flow
profiles, channel design and unsteady flow along with a coverage of new developments like stratified
flow, dam break, dispersion and turbulent mixing. Every chapter in the book also contains many
problems which help in testing the understanding of the readers.

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Book Review: This is a very good textbook for introduction to fluid mechanics which helps the
students in improving their mathematical skills after learning the fundamentals of fluid dynamics. The
book very uniquely describes the problems making the students understand what is given and what
is missing. The book also deals with the physical aspects of many problems that make the students
to visualize how things are happening in the real world. The books also describe the physical models
with mathematical symbols, equations and later solve them. Every chapter in the book contains
numerous examples.

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Elementary Numerical Analysis- An Algorithmic Approach by S.D. Conte and C. de Boor
This book covers various concepts related to elementary numerical analysis and provides
numerous examples at the elementary level. The book also provides algorithms as
pseudocodes and provides a quick and nice understanding of the algorithms. This book is
very useful for engineers, physicists, mathematicians, computer scientists and many others.
Advanced Engineering Mathematics by E. Kreyszig
This book is famously known for careful orientation of mathematics, amazing exercises, and
information on many concepts with too much flexibility. The book also provides instructors
and students with up-to-date information about engineering mathematics thereby helping the
readers by teaching them and making them learn engineering mathematics. This book is very
useful for engineers, physicists, mathematicians, computer scientists and many others.
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Introduction to Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics by J.M. Smith, H.C. Van Ness and
M.M. Abbott
This book covers the entire concept related to thermodynamics from the point of chemical
engineering. The book explains the principles of thermodynamics and deals with its

applications to chemical processes. All the chapters in the book contain examples and
illustrations that help the readers to easily understand the concepts. This book is a very good
reference for graduate courses and professional courses. The book is also of great use to
undergraduate students for studying chemical engineering thermodynamics.
Chemical, Biochemical and Engineering Thermodynamics by S.I. Sandler
A modern, accessible, and applied approach to chemical thermodynamics
Thermodynamics is central to the practice of chemical engineering, yet students sometimes feel that
the discipline is too abstract while they are studying the subject.
By providing an applied and modern approach, Stanley Sandler's Chemical, Biochemical, and
Engineering Thermodynamics, Fourth Edition helps students see the value and relevance of
studying thermodynamics to all areas of chemical engineering, and gives them the depth of
coverage they need to develop a solid understanding of the key principles in the field.
Key Features
* Highlights applications of thermodynamics to subjects that chemical engineering students will see
in later courses.
* Realistic problems introduce students to the types of challenges they will encounter in industry and
graduate research.
* The Fourth Edition has been reorganized into 15 chapters, providing shorter chapters that
introduce students to the subject in more bite-sized pieces.
* Presents biochemical examples, particularly in Chapters 11 and 12, and in all of Chapter 15
entitled "Biochemical Applications of Thermodynamics."
* Coverage of environmental and safety applications of thermodynamics provides course material
useful for ABET accreditation.
* Includes a brief introduction to the new field of product engineering in Chapter 12.
* Instructional objectives and nomenclature lists at the beginning of each chapter provide useful
study tools.
* Students can solve problems using MATHCAD(r), MATLAB(r) and Visual Basic programs that
accompany this textbook.
* An accompanying CD features a 120-day trial version of MATHCAD, as well as MATHCAD
worksheets, an extensive properties database, and Windows-friendly Visual Basic and MATLAB
programs for equation of state and UNIFAC calculations. (These worksheets and programs are also
available online at the book website.)
* Also included on the CD are PDF files of important data figures that students can download and
print for use in solving homework problems.
Molecular Thermodynamics of Fluid-Phase Equilibria by J.M. Prausnitz, R.N. Lichtenthaler
and E.G. Azevedo
This book is completely updated with models, theories, examples and information. This is a
very good textbook for interpretation, correlation and prediction of thermodynamic properties
that are used in phase equilibrium calculations. This book also explains the techniques that
are applied in molecular simulation, physical chemistry, molecular physics and classical
thermodynamics. The book also includes techniques for improvement of separation

processes and concepts for enabling interpretation of solution properties. The book also
contains chapters on polymer solutions and electrolyte solutions.
Thermodynamics and its Applications by J.W. Tester and M. Modell
This book provides a very good understanding of various concepts related to chemical
thermodynamics and its applications. The book also covers the theoretical aspects of
classical thermodynamics and contains chapters on fundamental equations, equilibrium
criteria and many more. The book also contains a description on property correlation,
modeling, manipulation and estimation. The book also discusses empirical base and
molecular based approaches for mixtures. Applications of thermodynamics are also
discussed in the book.