The Civil Engineering Handbook, Second Edition: (New Directions in Civil Engineering)

This text provides extensive, up-to-date reference information on the major areas of civil engineering. Divided in to eight sections, it covers: construction; environmental engineering; geotechnical engineering; hydraulics; materials engineering; structural engineering; surveying engineering; and transportation engineering. Containing tables, formulae, definitions and over 1000 illustrations, each section has been written by more than 60 academic and practising experts. Under the main section headings, key topics discussed include: construction planning and scheduling; contracts and claims; water and wastewater planning; ground improvement; coastal engineering; concrete production and practice; metals; structural steel design; geographic information systems; and transformation infrastructure management. Appendices provide extensive conversion tables and a complete list of SI units, and extensive references cover sources of information including databases, journals, government documents and conferences.

Table of Contents:
CONSTRUCTION Donn E. Hancher, Associate Editor Construction Estimating, James E. Rowings, Jr. Construction Planning and Scheduling, Donn E. Hancher Equipment Productivity, Tom Iseley Design and Construction of Concrete Formwork, Arch Alexander Contracts and Claims, Gary R. Smith Construction Automation, Jeffrey S. Russell ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING Robert B. Jacko, Associate Editor Water and Wastewater Planning, Robert Sykes Physical Water Treatment Processes, Robert Sykes Chemical Water Treatment Processes, Robert Sykes Biological Water Treatment Processes, Robert Sykes Air Pollution, Robert B. Jacko and Robert W. Holden III Incineration, Leo Weitzman Solid Waste/Landfills, Vasiliki Keramida GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING Milton E. Harr, Associate Editor Soil Relationships and Classification, Thomas F. Wolff Accounting for Variability (Reliability),Milton E. Harr Strength and Deformation, Dana Humphrey Groundwater and Seepage, Milton E. Harr Consolidation and Settlement Analysis, Pat Fox Stress Distribution, Milton E. Harr Stability of Slopes, Roy E. Hunt, W.S. Gardner and Associates, and Richard J. Deschamps Retaining Structures, Jonathan D. Bray Foundations, Bengt H. Fellenius Geosynthetics, R.D. Holtz Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering, Jonathan D. Bray Geoenvironment, Pedro Repetto In Situ Subsurface Characterization, J.D. Frost and Susan E. Burns In Situ Testing and Field Instrumentation, Rodrigo Salgado HYDRAULICS J.W. Delleur, Associate Editor Fundamentals of Hydraulics, Dennis A. Lyn Open Channel Hydraulics, Aldo Giorgini Surface Water Hydrology, A.R. Rao Urban Drainage,A.R. Rao, C.B. Burke, and T.T. Burke, Jr. Groundwater Engineering, J.W. Delleur Sediment Transport in Open Channels, Dennis A. Lyn Coastal Engineering, William L. Wood and Guy A. Medows Hydraulic Structures, J.W. Delleur Simulation in Hydraulics and Hydrology, A.R. Rao, C.B. Burke, and T.T. Burke, Jr. Water Resources Planning and Management, J.R. Wright and M.H. Houck MATERIALS ENGINEERING W.L. Dolch, Associate Editor Nature and Properties of Concrete, W.L. Dolch Durability of Concrete, W.L. Dolch and Sidney Diamond Special Cements and Concretes, Menashi D. Cohen Metals, Mark D. Bowman Woods as a Construction Material, John F. Senft Bituminous Materials and Mixtures, Jésus Larrade and Mang Tia STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING W.F. Chen, Associate Editor Mechanics of Materials, Austin D. Pan and Egor P. Popov Structural Analysis, N.E. Shanmugam and J.Y.R. Liew Structural Steel Design, Eric M. Lui Cold-Formed Steel Structures, N.E. Shanmugam and J. Rhodes Structural Concrete Design, J.A. Ramirez Structural Reliability, David V. Rosowsky SURVEYING ENGINEERING Edward M. Mikhail, Associate Editor General Mathematical and Physical Concepts, Edward M. Mikhail Plane Surveying, Steven D. Johnson and Wesley G. Crawford Geodesy, B.H.W. Van Gelder Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, J.S. Bethel Geographic Information Systems, GIS, J.D. Thurgood and J.S. Bethel TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING Kumares C. Sinha, Associate Editor Transportation Planning, David Bernstein Airport Planning and Design, Robert K. Whitford High Speed Ground Transportation, Kumares C. Sinha Urban Transit, Peter G. Furth Highway and Airport Pavement Design, Tien-Fang Fwa Geometric Design, Said M. Easa Highway Traffic Operations, Michael J. Cassidy Intelligent Vehicle-Highway Systems, Yorgos Stephanedes Highway Infrastructure Management, Anton J. Kleywegt and Kumares C. Sinha Environmental Considerations during Transportation Planning, Roger Wayson