- Email: [email protected]
Ground water in water resources planning
Software Development -- Manual for the Planning, " Reafization, and Installation of DP Systems Siemens John Wiley & Sons, £25.00, ISBN 0 855017406 The aims of all those who are engaged individually or as part of a team in design, development or management, or of teams, who are involved in planning, implementing, releasing or supporting data-processing systems, must be to keep the costs of the development and maintenance of the software as low as possible and to improve the quality of the software products. This manual is an aid for all these groups as they follow a systematic approach to planning and implementation, monitor the individual work stages from conception to release, and select and use suitable aids for planning and implementation.
Ground Water in Water Resources Planning Proceedings o f the Koblenz Symposium, August-September 1983, convened by UNESCO and organized by the National Committee of the Federal Republic of Germany for the IHP and the OHP. IAHS was one of the many cosponsors. 1212 pp., $22 Groundwater is indispensable for water supply. However, groundwater resources are often subject to overdevelopment and to impairment in quality. The symposium provided specialists in the fields of science, engineering, operations, and management with the opportunity to discuss questions, problems and results of studies that arise from the restrictions, shortage and endangering of groundwater resources and that are fundamental in water resources planning.
book explains the nature of process control, contrasting it with data processing and describes the main elements in a computer-based control facility. Attention is given to the use of digital and analogue signals for input and output, change detection, and annunciation (with details of alarms). The author distinguishes between process control and positional control, prior to specific focus on process control systems. Consideration is given to such aspects as sequence control, the operator interface, fault-tolerant hardware, and typical project life cycles. Specific software topics are examined, and advice is given to suppliers who need to be able to quote for the supply of a process control system. Bibliography and index are included.
Earthquake Engineering: Damage Assessment and Structural Design S. F. Borg John Wiley, January 1984, 128 pp., $21.95/£10.95 ISBN 0471 262617 In this book a new approach is presented for the complete earthquake engineering event, starting from the initiation of the 'quake (the mechanism) and including rational procedures for assessing damage and for structural analysis. The methods are straightforward, based strongly on engineering and physical reasoning and are suitable for use by ordinary engineering design offices. The theory lends itself to simple computer programming.
Simulation in Engineering Sciences Proceedings o f the IMACS International Nantes, France, 9-11 May 1983
Symposium,
Edited by J. Burger and Y. Jam), Elsevier Science Publishers, 1983,438 pp., US $52.00 ISBN 0 444 86795 3
IABSE Workshop Bergamo 1982 ISBN 3 85748 038 6, IABSE In structural engineering the new science of informatics the science of data processing and programming of computers - has become an indispensable tool. These Proceedings of the Workshop in Bergamo will, say the publishers, be useful to scientists and engineers in evaluating the future development in this important field.
Engineering Seismology K. Kanai University o f Tokyo Press, May 1983, 251 pp., £18.50 ISBN 86008 326 8 Engineering seismology is the application of seismological research techniques and findings to the design and construction of buildings and other structures, with the object of achieving reliable and economically feasible earthquake resistance. The author, a seismologist whose work on ground vibration theory is known worldwide, here presents a review of progress in engineering seismology, and a comprehensive primer on earthquake-resistant design. This book consists of the following main chapters: A Short History of Engineering Seismology; The Seismograph; Intensity, Magnitude, and Seismicity, Seismic Waves; Ground Vibration; Vibration of Structures; Earthquake Damage and Subsoil; Criteria for Earthquake-resistant Design;Earthquake Damage in General.
Software Concepts in Process Control A. Chard National Computing Centre Ltd, 255 pp., £12.50 1SBN 0 850123984 It is now widely recognised that computers can provide many benefits in the process control environment. This
This book contains the texts of the papers presented at the IMACS Symposium, held in Nantes, France. The various chapters of this volume take into account the topics used at the sessions of the Symposium. The four invited survey papers are followed by the contributions related to simulation methods and tools, studied from both the software and the hardware points of view. A great number of papers are devoted to technical applications, i.e. to the simulation of actual processes. The contributions concerning mainly modelling are not separated from the others in this work because of the strong connection between modelling and simulation.
Civil Engineering Systems Analysis and Design A. A. Smith, R. W. Lewis and E. Hinton John Wiley, September ISBN 0471 90059 1
1983, 520 pp. $44.00/£22.00,
A text for students of civil engineering, which exposes the reader to the concept and methods of systems analysis and design. These ideas are illustrated by means of problem types likely to be encountered in practice, and emphasise the full range of socioeconomic factors which have a bearing on the solution of multidisciplinary problems. The final chapter is devoted to a small number of cases studies and worked examples. This serves to illustrate the general methodology of problem solving and the selection of the appropriate techniques of optimisation. In order to allow meaningful examples in mathematical programming to be illustrated and studied by the student, a number of computer subroutines have been selected to be compatible with instructional goals and to encourage discrimination by the user in the use of ready-made software, but are sufficiently versatile to find application in practical problems.
Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 1984, Vol. 3, No. 2
115
Ground Water in Water Resources Planning Proceedings o f the Koblenz Symposium, August-September 1983, convened by UNESCO and organized by the National Committee of the Federal Republic of Germany for the IHP and the OHP. IAHS was one of the many cosponsors. 1212 pp., $22 Groundwater is indispensable for water supply. However, groundwater resources are often subject to overdevelopment and to impairment in quality. The symposium provided specialists in the fields of science, engineering, operations, and management with the opportunity to discuss questions, problems and results of studies that arise from the restrictions, shortage and endangering of groundwater resources and that are fundamental in water resources planning.
book explains the nature of process control, contrasting it with data processing and describes the main elements in a computer-based control facility. Attention is given to the use of digital and analogue signals for input and output, change detection, and annunciation (with details of alarms). The author distinguishes between process control and positional control, prior to specific focus on process control systems. Consideration is given to such aspects as sequence control, the operator interface, fault-tolerant hardware, and typical project life cycles. Specific software topics are examined, and advice is given to suppliers who need to be able to quote for the supply of a process control system. Bibliography and index are included.
Earthquake Engineering: Damage Assessment and Structural Design S. F. Borg John Wiley, January 1984, 128 pp., $21.95/£10.95 ISBN 0471 262617 In this book a new approach is presented for the complete earthquake engineering event, starting from the initiation of the 'quake (the mechanism) and including rational procedures for assessing damage and for structural analysis. The methods are straightforward, based strongly on engineering and physical reasoning and are suitable for use by ordinary engineering design offices. The theory lends itself to simple computer programming.
Simulation in Engineering Sciences Proceedings o f the IMACS International Nantes, France, 9-11 May 1983
Symposium,
Edited by J. Burger and Y. Jam), Elsevier Science Publishers, 1983,438 pp., US $52.00 ISBN 0 444 86795 3
IABSE Workshop Bergamo 1982 ISBN 3 85748 038 6, IABSE In structural engineering the new science of informatics the science of data processing and programming of computers - has become an indispensable tool. These Proceedings of the Workshop in Bergamo will, say the publishers, be useful to scientists and engineers in evaluating the future development in this important field.
Engineering Seismology K. Kanai University o f Tokyo Press, May 1983, 251 pp., £18.50 ISBN 86008 326 8 Engineering seismology is the application of seismological research techniques and findings to the design and construction of buildings and other structures, with the object of achieving reliable and economically feasible earthquake resistance. The author, a seismologist whose work on ground vibration theory is known worldwide, here presents a review of progress in engineering seismology, and a comprehensive primer on earthquake-resistant design. This book consists of the following main chapters: A Short History of Engineering Seismology; The Seismograph; Intensity, Magnitude, and Seismicity, Seismic Waves; Ground Vibration; Vibration of Structures; Earthquake Damage and Subsoil; Criteria for Earthquake-resistant Design;Earthquake Damage in General.
Software Concepts in Process Control A. Chard National Computing Centre Ltd, 255 pp., £12.50 1SBN 0 850123984 It is now widely recognised that computers can provide many benefits in the process control environment. This
This book contains the texts of the papers presented at the IMACS Symposium, held in Nantes, France. The various chapters of this volume take into account the topics used at the sessions of the Symposium. The four invited survey papers are followed by the contributions related to simulation methods and tools, studied from both the software and the hardware points of view. A great number of papers are devoted to technical applications, i.e. to the simulation of actual processes. The contributions concerning mainly modelling are not separated from the others in this work because of the strong connection between modelling and simulation.
Civil Engineering Systems Analysis and Design A. A. Smith, R. W. Lewis and E. Hinton John Wiley, September ISBN 0471 90059 1
1983, 520 pp. $44.00/£22.00,
A text for students of civil engineering, which exposes the reader to the concept and methods of systems analysis and design. These ideas are illustrated by means of problem types likely to be encountered in practice, and emphasise the full range of socioeconomic factors which have a bearing on the solution of multidisciplinary problems. The final chapter is devoted to a small number of cases studies and worked examples. This serves to illustrate the general methodology of problem solving and the selection of the appropriate techniques of optimisation. In order to allow meaningful examples in mathematical programming to be illustrated and studied by the student, a number of computer subroutines have been selected to be compatible with instructional goals and to encourage discrimination by the user in the use of ready-made software, but are sufficiently versatile to find application in practical problems.
Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 1984, Vol. 3, No. 2
115