Macro-engineering: MIT Brunel Lectures on Global Infrastructure (Woodhead Publishing Series in Civil and Structural Engineering) - Hardcover

Frank P. Davidson

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1898563330 ISBN 13: 9781898563334

Publisher: Woodhead Publishing, 1997

Synopsis

This volume makes available the latest reflection on large-scale engineering for building a better world for tomorrow. International authorities from enginenering, oceonography, academia, public service, and law describe how great and imaginative concepts may be refined, tested, adapted, financed, implemented and put to use. Here are records and commentaries about some of the world's significant engineering achievements, including the planning and design of Nigeria's new capital city, and the use of software by the US military to clean up the Exxon-Valdez oil spill pollution in Alaska. <P>Contents: The Suez canal revisited: 19th century global infrastructure; Operation Mulberry: A floating transportable harbour for World-war II normandy invasion; Financial engineering for the channel tunnel; Old cities and new towns for tomorrow s infrastructure; Inland transport in Europe; Lessons learnt from major projects; Guided transport systems: Low-impact, High volume fail-safe transport; Prefabricated and relocatable artificial island technology; Command tactical information system: Military software for macro-engineering projects; Prospects for the next century: Survey and suggestions.

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About the Authors

Frank P. Davidson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA.

Ernst G. Frankel, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA.

C. Laurence Meador, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA.

Edition details

• Publisher: Woodhead Publishing
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 1898563330
• ISBN 13: 9781898563334
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 210
• Editor: Frank P. Davidson, C.Laurence Meador, Ernst G. Frankel