{"product_id":"9780784406137","title":"Rehabilitating and Repairing the Buildings and Bridges of the Americas: Hemispheric Workshop on Future Directions","description":"\u003cp\u003eProceedings of a workshop, Rehabilitating and Repairing the Buildings and Bridges of the Americas: Hemispheric Workshop on Future Directions, held in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, April 23-24, 2001. Sponsored by Construction Institute of ASCE. Cosponsored by the Chancellor’s Office, the Department of Civil Engineering, and the Civil Infrastructure Research Center of the University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez; ISIS Canada; West Virginia University’s Constructed Facility Center; Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Non-Destructive Evaluation. Organized by Center of Hemispherical Cooperation; Civil Infrastructure Research Center.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis collection contains 17 papers that evaluate existing problems of infrastructure deterioration and propose specific research needs to improve the quality, durability, and efficiency of future rehabilitation and repair (R\u0026amp;R) work on bridges and buildings. Papers focus on the state of the art in R\u0026amp;R of buildings and bridges, various implementation problems, and future research priorities. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTopics include: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eR\u0026amp;R strategies using fiber-reinforced polymers, \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003estructural assessment and nondestructive evaluation, \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003elife-cycle evaluation for rehabilitated structures, \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003esensors, and \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ecase studies, such as the analysis of the structural collapse of a 26-story building and the repair and rehabilitation of a pony truss span bridges during service time. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"American Society of Civil Engineers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47026310250736,"sku":"9780784406137","price":33.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780784406137","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}