1 “... projects, when previous experience has not been available. The book covers the history of using of physical...”

2 Table of Contents: “...Introduction -- Trends in historic preservation and relevance of understanding curved masonry...”

3 Table of Contents: “...Chapter 1 – Background -- Chapter 2 - Definition of clay and clay mineral -- Chapter 3 - Historical...”

4 Table of Contents: “... churches, by Fernando Pena and Julio Manzano -- Ongoing Research on Earthquake Behavior of Historical...”

5 Table of Contents: “...Historical Framework -- The Lisbon Earthquake of 1755 in Spanish Contemporary Authors -- The Lisbon...”

6 Table of Contents: “... to stop water seepage in an 8 km long embankment: the Bill Young reservoir case history -- Experimental...”

7 Table of Contents: “... Finance in the Private Sector -- Notes -- Appendix B. Historical Limits on Government’s Role...”

8 Table of Contents: “... Factors for RC Beams and Columns -- 5. Inherent Damping in Nonlinear Time-History Analyses -- 6. Initial...”

9 Table of Contents: “...Section 1 The Coweeta Hydrologie Laboratory -- 1. Introduction and Site Description -- 2. History...”

10 Table of Contents: “...Seismic base isolation of a strategic historic masonry building -- Multi-Storey Building Retrofit...”

11 Table of Contents: “... -- Historical Development of Danube Bridges in Slovakia -- Presentation of the Design and Construction...”

12 Table of Contents: “... Analysis -- Assessment of Existing Structures using Response History Analysis -- Base-isolated Systems...”

13 Table of Contents: “.... Historic stairs—elevation, tapering of steps, wreaths -- 3.9. Half-landings with stair railings above...”

14 “... are presented to explain the computational procedures. Further, to relate present knowledge to the history...”

15 “..., the borderline between architecture and structural engineering, the history of the relationship between...”

16 Table of Contents: “.... A Short History of Optimality Criteria Methods -- 9.1 The Origins of Optimality Criteria...”

17 Table of Contents: “... of Rocks -- 3.1. History of creep tests -- 3.2. Uniaxial creep -- 3.3. Mathematical model -- 3.4. Examples...”

18 “... but are of historical importance. This book discusses a wide array of topics that have entered the mainstream...”