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Free Download Analytical and Experimental Methods in Mechanical and Civil Engineering: Contributions of the 1st Olympiad in Engineering Science (OES 2023) by Dimitrios Pavlou, Jose A.F.O. Correia, Tiago Fazeres-Ferradosa, Ove Tobias Gudmestad, Sudath C. Siriwardane, Hirpa Lemu, Gerhard Ersdal, Jayantha P. Liyanage, Vidar Hansen, Mona Wetrhus Minde, Chandima Ratnayake, Andreas Delimitis, Idriss El-Thalji, Nirosha Adasooriya, Samindi Samarakoon, Tor Hemmingsen
English | PDF (True) | 2024 | 579 Pages | ISBN : 3031497228 | 105.4 MB
This book publishes contributions of the 1st Olympiad in Engineering Science (OES 2023), an international congress and contest aiming to disseminate and evaluate the recent advances in Engineering Science. The book is divided in several parts. In ‘Materials Science,’ readers delve into nanostructural correlations in thermochromic VO2 thin films for smart windows, as well as microstructural observations of super duplex stainless steel. The ‘Marine Technology’ part explores riverbed scour, wave reflection, and innovative nature-based solutions for coastal protection. ‘Additive Manufacturing and Welding Technology’ delves into studies on carbon fiber-reinforced polymers and fatigue properties of 3D-printed specimens. ‘Structural Integrity and Structural Health Monitoring’ offers insights into offshore pipeline fatigue life prediction and risk-informed decision-making for existing structures. The ‘Non-destructive Testing and Evaluation’ part encompasses stress monitoring, rail profile measurement, and health-monitoring approaches for debonding diagnosis. ‘Dynamics and Vibrations’ ventures into investigations on combined viscous and Coulomb damped systems and seismic signal analysis for landslides. ‘Materials Engineering’ delves into strengthening reinforced concrete members and dynamic properties of carbon fiber-reinforced polymers. ‘Building Materials and Concrete Structures’ cover topics like minibar reinforced concrete, impact response of reinforced columns, and residual strength of cement-based composites. ‘Electronic Sensors and Intelligent Systems’ showcase simulations under high voltage transmission lines, synthesis of BaxSr(1-x)TiO3, and antenna catheter modeling. ‘Asset Integrity’ discusses analytical and experimental analyses of buckling in aluminum columns and I-beams, lateral-torsional buckling capacity, and modulation of fluid streams. Finally, ‘Climate Change and Circular Economy’ addresses climate-adaptive design, circular economy integration, and eco-innovative concrete applications with recycled materials. This book provides a comprehensive overview of cutting-edge research and advancements in mechanical and civil engineering, offering valuable insights for researchers, practitioners, and enthusiasts in the field.

Free Download An Occasion for War: Civil Conflict in Lebanon and Damascus in 1860 By Leila Tarazi Fawaz
1995 | 300 Pages | ISBN: 0520200861 | PDF | 6 MB
Leila Fawaz’s pioneering study tells the story of the 1860 civil wars that began in Mount Lebanon and spilled over into Damascus. This period witnessed the most severe outbreak of sectarian violence in the history of Ottoman Syria and Lebanon. The author’s close analytical narrative of the dramatic events of that year is set against the broader themes of nineteenth-century social, political, and economic change.Fawaz shows how social conflict, including "ethnic" civil wars, cannot be explained without analyzing the regional and international currents that play upon both central state power and local autonomy. She also demonstrates the important role of the communal balance between social and political institutions within regions.Fawaz’s new insights into the formation of sectarian identities and conflict will make An Occasion for War essential reading for all students of the modern Middle East.

Free Download Time-Life History of the Civil War By Time-Life Books & David Dunbar & Champ Clark & Henry Wiencek & Bryce S. Walker & William Goolrick & George Constable & Dianne Stine Thomas & James M. McPherson
1995 | 440 Pages | ISBN: 1566199026 | PDF | 190 MB
The editors of Time-Life Books present a masterful account of the Civil War, brilliantly re-creating the characters, conflicts, and bloody battles of this tragic episode in American history in one gripping, profusely illustrated volume.

Free Download The Next Civil War: Dispatches from the American Future
by Stephen Marche
English | 2022 | ISBN: 1982123214 | 256 Pages | AZW3/MOBI | 3.34 MB

Free Download Charles J Esdaile, "British Battles of the Spanish Civil War: How Volunteers from Britain Fought against Franco"
English | ISBN: 1526782812 | 2023 | 248 pages | EPUB | 19 MB
The Spanish Civil War continues to attract attention as a brutal political and military struggle which foreshadowed the wider war across Europe that followed, and it has given rise to myths that have become commonplace since the war ended eighty years ago. Few of these myths are as potent as those associated with the International Brigades, the 45,000 volunteers from many countries who traveled to Spain to fight for the Second Republic. That is why this perceptive and original study by Charles Esdaile is so valuable. Using the recorded experience of the British Brigaders as well as primary research in the Spanish archives, he thoroughly re-examines the contribution they made to the war effort against the Nationalists of General Franco.

Free Download T E Vineyard, "Battles of the Civil War"
English | 2019 | ISBN: 1017664293, 1010108948 | EPUB | pages: 172 | 0.9 mb
In all history of this American Republic, or perhaps any other nation, there was no conflict that was so terrible as our Civil war. Napoleon’s efforts to bring into reality his dream of universal empire would not compare with it.

Free Download Richard W. Hatcher III, "Thunder in the Harbor: Fort Sumter and the Civil War"
English | ISBN: 1611215935 | 2023 | 256 pages | EPUB | 3 MB
"A detailed, authoritative, and expansive new study of the centerpiece of Charleston’s defensive network." ― Pat Brennan, co-author of Gettysburg in Color

Free Download The Moral Foundations of Civil Society By Wilhelm Röpke
1995 | 278 Pages | ISBN: 1560008520 | PDF | 33 MB
Wilhelm Röpke may have been the soundest economist of the twentieth century. He understood the limitations as well as the strengths of his discipline. Economists are often tempted to take the easy way out, by denying reality to aspects of human existence and reducing them to arbitrary and subjective tastes and preferences. Roepke never does this, and this is his strength. He realizes that all of these are legitimate aspects of human experience which must be satisfied in a balanced and harmonious social existence. Nature, sex, religion, beauty, and politics are all meaningful as parts of the whole. Problems occur only when each segment attempts to become the whole. The original title of this book, Civitas Humana, contains a double meaning. It promises a treatment of questions fundamental not only to human society but also to humane society. The volume combines distinct aspects of life. Half of the book is devoted to questions of economic and social life. The other half examines spiritual and national life. Chapters include "Moral Foundations," "The Place of Science in the City of Man," "Counterweights to the State," "Congestion and Proletarianisation of Society," and "Economic System and International New Order." Although Röpke recognized the validity of the nation in the modern world, he was constantly trying to find the smaller agencies within society in which real allegiances and loyalties were to be developed. His ideas continue to be of significance. As described by William F. Campbell in the new introduction, The Moral Foundations of Civil Society is a necessary addition to the libraries of economists, sociologists, theologians, and philosophers.

Free Download Hope Lourie Killcoyne, "The Civil Rights Era (The African American Experience: From Slavery to the Presidency)"
English | 2015 | pages: 80 | ISBN: 1680480480 | EPUB | 10,6 mb
One of the most important chapters in American history, the civil rights era represents the path of recognition, acceptance, and lauding of one of America’s greatest assets: its black American citizenry. This resource guides readers through the key events, successes, and trials of the civil rights movement, from the Montgomery bus boycott to the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Though significant racial challenges remained even after the dismantling of legal segregation, that only makes studying the civil rights era all the more relevant for students in the twenty-first century.

Free Download Yun-Hae Kim, "Progress in Civil, Architectural and Hydraulic Engineering IV"
English | 2016 | pages: 1447 | ISBN: 1138029165 | PDF | 601,1 mb
The International Conference on Civil, Architectural and Hydraulic Engineering series provides a forum for exchange of ideas and enhancing mutual understanding between scientists, engineers, policymakers and experts in these engineering fields. This book contains peer-reviewed contributions from many experts representing industry and academic establishments worldwide. Authors from different countries have pooled their rich multidisciplinary up-to-date knowledge, in order to share their invaluable experience with the community.