Experimental Validation of Restoration Measures for Faulty Structures

ISBN-13: 9786139958559 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 68 str.

Abdul Rashid Dar

Opis

Prosperity of a society is gauged by the quality of its infrastructure. Failures of faulty structures have become a major concern for the construction industry worldwide resulting in enormous losses. Such undesirable events affect all the professionals involved adversely. Structural failures are rarely due to dearth of technical knowledge but mainly due to human error, ignorance, lack of coordination among the professionals, etc. Indeed, we learn much more from failures than success. The detailed study of each distressed structure provides valuable lessons with great potential to mitigate repeat of such failures. Unfortunately, properly documented failure studies including appropriate restoration measures and their rigorous validation are rarely disseminated widely. With the above goals in mind, this book presents the findings of a detailed investigation of distressed bridge truss of pipe rack at Srinagar, Kashmir including rigorous experimental validation of proposed remedial measures. The book will be useful for professionals like managers,design consultants, architects, site engineers, contractors as well as for researchers, students etc.

O autorze

Rashid Dar, Abdul
Dr A R Dar, the senior most Professor at N I T, Srinagar India is also structural consultant, mainly in rehabilitation of distressed structures. He has 35 years of experience in teaching, research etc. He obtained his PhD in Civil Engineering from University of Bristol, UK in 1993. He has expertise in Steel, Concrete and Composite Structures.