Gerhard Rupp 
Fachkunde für Stuckateure und Trockenbauer 
mit Fachrechnen und Fachzeichnen

Atomic weapons and nuclear power plants: they promised to ensure world peace and provide efficient energy to Americans during the 1940s and 1950s. Meanwhile, the post war prosperity led to the most …

This text presents the mechanical aspects of reinforced soil (RS) behaviour. Beginning with simple reinforced soil models, it discusses various aspects of this material, such as properties of its …

This work describes studies of pile footings widely applied in hydrotechnical engineering. Generic piles design techniques are discussed and the coupled load analysis of piles subject to vertical, …

Unsaturated materials comprise residua, collapsible and expansive naturally occurring soils, compacted soils and, more recently, residues of solid wastes. The engineering problems associated with …

Volume 1 of the Proceedings of the International Society of Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering,  Institution of Engineers Australia with the main topic of Engineering for Calcareous Sediments …

Improvement in the methods of analysis of structures, machines, aircrafts and ships is one of the most important problems in engineering today. The computational aspects of this problem are being tac …

This collection of papers covers a wide range of relevant issues and aspects of slope stability engineering from both practical and scientific points of view from the Proceedings of the International …

Traffic-related pollutions, apart from the emissions from other anthropogenic sources, significantly decrease the air quality in cities. This is especially true in the case of the areas located in th …

A collection of conference proceedings on rock mechanics and rock engineering covering such topics as: foundations of dams, bridges and large structures; mining structures; formulation of …

This manual describes current methods for designing dike revetments of pitched blocks and block mattresses. The use of such revetments on river canal banks is also considered briefly. Guidelines are …