Banking and finance : theory, law and practice

Clifford Gomez has been Professor and Head, Department of Commerce, Fatima Mata National College, Kollam, Kerala. A distinguished teacher, Professor Gomez has more than 40 years of teaching experience. He has authored several books on commerce, including Financial Markets, Institutions and Financial Services, published by PHI Learning, New Delhi.

In a fast changing world, everything is subject to change and the field of banking is not an exception to this. It has also undergone significant changes over the years. This book, in the light of developmental changes, highlights and explains the concepts of banking and finance, and presents an up-to-date legal discussion on the subject. It is written in a simple and an easy-to-understand language.

The text is divided into two parts. Part I on Banking and Finance: Theory covers a wide range of topics such as money, evolution and systems of banking, classification of banks, commercial and hi-tech banking, deployment of funds, new finance services, banker’s clearing house, central banking, Indian finance system, Indian money market, banking legislation in India, etc. Part II on Banking and Finance: Law and Practice deals with the relationship between a bank and a customer, bank deposits, banking instruments, bank accounts, lending, etc.

This book is primarily intended for the undergraduate students of commerce. It will also be useful to the students of economics, banking professionals, chartered accountants and to all those who are engaged in commercial field.

ISBN: 9788120342378
Author: Clifford Gomez
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Mechanical behaviour and testing of materials

A. K. BHARGAVA is Professor, Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur. Dr. Bhargava has more than 30 years of teaching experience. He has published many technical papers in various national and international journals.

C. P. SHARMA is Professor, Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur. His areas of interest are Engineering Materials, Heat Treatment and Alloy Development.Dr. Sharma has more than three decades of industrial and teaching experience. He has published many papers in various national and international journals. He has been Founder Director of Asian Institute of Technology, Tonk, Rajasthan.

This comprehensive book provides an insight into the mechanical behaviour and testing of metals, polymers, ceramics and composites, which are widely employed for structural applications under varying loads, temperatures and environments.

Organized in 13 chapters, this book begins with explaining the fundamentals of materials, their basic building units, atomic bonding and crystal structure, further describing the role of imperfections on the behaviour of metals and alloys. The book then explains dislocation theory in a simplified yet analytical manner. The destructive and non-destructive testing methods are discussed, and the interpreted test data are then examined critically.

Specifically designed for the undergraduate and postgraduate students of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, the book will be equally beneficial for the undergraduate and postgraduate students of Mechanical engineering and related disciplines. Besides, the book will also be useful for the practising engineers.

ISBN: 9788120342507
Author: C. P. SHARMA & A. K. BHARGAVA
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Laws for business

M. M. SULPHEY, Ph.D., is Professor and Head, HR Domain, TKM Institute of Management, Kollam. Dr. Sulphey has more than 10 years of teaching experience and 20 years of professional experience. He is a member of the Executive Committee of the National Institute of Personnel Management.

AZ-HAR BASHEER is Assistant Professor at Allama Iqbal Institute of Management, Trivandrum. His major areas of interest include Business Law, Industrial Relations, and Human Resource Management. He holds a Master’s Degree in Law and also has acted as a consultant to many SMEs. He has published/presented several papers in reputed journals and conferences.

The knowledge of business laws is very important for the survival and growth of any organisation. This comprehensive and well-written book provides a sound understanding of the fundamentals of business laws.

The book presents a thorough discussion of various legal topics such as contract laws, corporate laws, labour legislations, taxation laws and the related acts including the Sale of Goods Act, 1930, the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, the Consumer Protection Act, 1986, the Insurance Act, 1938, the Limited Liability Partnership Act, 2008, the Companies Act, 1956, the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999, the Information Technology Act, 2000, the Environment Protection Act, 1986, and other important acts.

The subject has been made more interesting and authentic by the inclusion of many practical examples and studies of different law cases. In addition, the book provides Review Questions at the end of each chapter. Moreover, mind maps have also been provided in most of the chapters to give the readers a brief idea about the concepts discussed.

The book is primarily designed for the undergraduate and postgraduate students of management and other related courses for their subject Business Law. Besides the management students, the professionals and legal practitioners will also find the book very useful.

ISBN: 9788120342491
Author: AZ-HAR BASHEER & M. M. SULPHEY
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Financial analysis for management decisions

M. Sarngadharan (Ph.D.), former Professor and Head, and Ex-Dean and Chairman BoS, Faculty of Commerce, University of Kerala, is presently, Director, Conspi Academy of Management Studies (CAMS), Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. He has more than 35 years of teaching experience and has authored several books and articles. Dr. Sarngadharan has participated in several international conferences. He has also served as Member, Curriculum Committee, VHSE, Government of Kerala under the Chairmanship of State Minister for Education. He is the life member of the Indian Commerce Association.

S. Rajitha Kumar (Ph.D.) is Reader, School of Management Studies, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi. He has more than 13 years of teaching experience. He is an approved Research Guide in the Faculty of Social Science of Cochin University of Science and Technology. Dr. Kumar is co-editor of a couple of books and has authored several research papers published in various journals. He has also participated and presented papers at national and international seminars and conferences.

Intended for undergraduate (B.Com., BBA) and postgraduate (M.Com., MBA) students of Commerce and Management the book presents an in-depth analysis of various tools and techniques that help interpret the financial statements.

At the outset, the book deals with the basic concepts of all the three branches of accounting—financial accounting, cost accounting and management accounting—and explains the meaning of various financial statements such as profit and loss account, balance sheet, statement of retained earnings and statement of changes in financial position. Apart from discussing the tools used for the analysis of financial statements, this text includes discussions on accounting ratios, including ratios for measuring liquidity, solvency, activity and profitability. Besides, the techniques of identifying flow of funds from a transaction, and the preparation and uses of fund flow statement, comparison of fund flow statement with income statement and balance sheet as well as the limitations of fund flow analysis are also described. Finally, this book discusses preparation and uses of cash flow statement based on traditional approach and on Accounting Standard (AS-3).

ISBN: 9788120342477
Author: S. Rajitha Kumar & M. Sarngadharan
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Engineering mathematics volume ii

J. P. SHARMA, D.Phil., has been the Director of Atmiya Institute of Technology and Science, Rajkot and the Principal of Hasmukh Goswami College of Engineering, Ahmedabad. A gold medalist in M.Sc., he has taught mathematics in several engineering colleges for more than 38 years. Dr. Sharma is a life member of the Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE), the Computer Society of India (CSI) and Gujarat Ganit Mandal. He has also served as a member of the American Mathematical Society and a reviewer of Mathematical Reviews. His research works include convergence and approximation problems of general orthogonal expansion.

MAHESH A. YEOLEKAR is Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Head of the Department at Hasmukh Goswami College of Engineering, Ahmedabad. He has more than five years of teaching experience.

This Volume II of Engineering Mathematics is a sequel to volume I of Engineering Mathematics written by the same authors. It is designed for the second-semester courses for undergraduate students of engineering. It is a lucid and effective presentation of linear algebra, its mathematical concepts, its tools and techniques that are essential to the solution of problems encountered most frequently in connection with engineering applications.

The book introduces students to the related concepts, rules and use of matrices and vector spaces in the solution of linear systems of equations which appear frequently as models of various engineering problems. Separate chapters are devoted to a thorough study of linear transformations, inner product spaces and eigenvalue problems in connection with matrices. The book makes liberal use of solved examples and provides plenty of exercises for homework in order that the students can apply these mathematical methods to the successful solution of real problems.

ISBN: 9788120342484
Author: MAHESH A. YEOLEKAR & J. P. SHARMA
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Process calculations

V. VENKATARAMANI, Ph.D., has been Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli. He has more than 35 years of teaching and research experience. He has published several articles in reputed national and international journals.

N. ANANTHARAMAN, Ph.D., is Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli. He is a life member of Professional bodies like Institution of Engineers (India), Indian Society for Technical Education, and Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers. Professor Anantharaman has contributed several research articles to international and national journals and is actively involved in organizing continuing education programmes and workshops for teachers and practising engineers. He has also handled Modernization and R&D Projects by various agencies.

K. M. MEERA SHERIFFA BEGUM, Ph.D., is Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli. She is a life member of Professional bodies like Institution of Engineers (India), Indian Society for Technical Education, and Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers. Dr. Meera has also contributed several research articles to international and national journals and is actively involved in research and continuing education programmes.

This compact and highly readable text, now in its second edition, continues to provide a thorough introduction to the basic chemical engineering principles and calculations to enable the students to evaluate the material and energy balances in various units of a process plant. Unless a chemical engineer is conversant with the energy conservation techniques at every stage of the process, economy cannot be achieved in the design of process equipment.

The text lucidly explains the techniques involved in analyzing different chemical processes and the underlying theories by making a generous use of appropriate worked examples. The examples are simple and concrete to make the book useful for self-instruction.

In this new edition, besides worked examples, several exercises are included to aid students in testing their knowledge of the material contained in each chapter.

The book is primarily intended for undergraduate students of Chemical Engineering. It would also be useful to undergraduate students of Petroleum

ISBN: 9788120341999
Author: V. VENKATARAMANI, N. ANANTHARAMAN & K. M. MEERA SHERIFFA BEGUM
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Mass transfer : theory and practice

N. ANANTHARAMAN, Ph.D., is Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli. He is a life member of Professional bodies like Institution of Engineers (India), Indian Society for Technical Education, and Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers. Professor Anantharaman has contributed several research articles to international and national journals and is actively involved in organizing continuing education programmes and workshops for teachers and practising engineers. He has also handled Modernization and R&D Projects by various agencies.

K. M. MEERA SHERIFFA BEGUM, Ph.D., is Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli. She is a life member of Professional bodies like Institution of Engineers (India), Indian Society for Technical Education, and Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers. Dr. Meera has also contributed several research articles to international and national journals and is actively involved in research and continuing education programmes.

Mass transfer operations are of great importance in a process industry as it has a direct impact on the cost of the final product. A chemical/process engineer therefore should have sound knowledge of the basics of mass transfer and its applications. This book is designed to equip the reader with sufficient knowledge of mass transfer operations and face the challenges ahead.

The objective of this textbook is to teach a budding chemical engineer the principles involved in analyzing a process and apply the desired mass transfer operation to separate the components involved. It deals with operations involving diffusion, interphase mass transfer, humidification, drying, crystallization, absorption, distillation, extraction, leaching and adsorption. The principles and equipment used for different mass transfer operations have been lucidly explained.

Designed for a two-semester course, this text is primarily intended for the undergraduate students of chemical, pharmaceutical, petrochemical engineering as well as biotechnology and industrial biotechnology. It will also be useful to plant engineers and design professionals.

ISBN: 9788120341692
Author: K. M. MEERA SHERIFFA BEGUM & N. ANANTHARAMAN
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Instrumentation and control

D. PATRANABIS (Ph.D.) is former Professor and Head, Department of Instrumentation and Electronics Engineering, Jadavpur University, Kolkata. He is presently, Professor Emeritus, Department of Applied Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering, Heritage Institute of Technology, Kolkata and has more than 40 years of teaching experience.

Professor Patranabis has authored several books including Principles of Electronic Instrumentation and Sensors and Transducers (2nd ed.) published by PHI Learning and has authored about 150 research papers published in national and international journals. He has been awarded Lifetime Achievement Award by the International Society for Automation (ISA), USA.

Instrumentation and control plays a crucial role in the field of automation. This book presents an in-depth analysis of the essential concepts of the instrumentation and control systems.

The book introduces the students to instrumentation system and explains its designs, component selection and environmental effects. The statistical methods of data analysis and estimation of uncertainties are presented for an appropriate evaluation of the measured values. Dimensional metrology including the recent advancements is presented in an easy-to-grasp manner. The book also covers measurement of force, torque, shaft power and acceleration besides discussing signal conditioning and various display devices in a simple but effective style. Finally, it explains the time and frequency-measuring system, control theory and practice and various measurement-instruments as well as the nuclear techniques.

Designed for undergraduate and postgraduate students of electrical and instrumentation engineering, electrical and electronics engineering and mechanical engineering, this book will also be equally useful for the practising engineers and professionals.

ISBN: 9788120342460
Author: D. PATRANABIS
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A pragmatic approach to turbulence : a short course in fluid mechanics

LEIF N. PERSEN is Professor Emeritus, Department of Energy and Process Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway. Earlier, he was the Head of the Institutt for Mekanikk of the Norwegian Institute of Technology (NTH) of Trondheim from 1957 and, in 1960, he became full-time Professor at the same institute, a position he held until 1989. In 1960, he spent his second year as Visiting Professor at Brown University (USA). From 1964–69, he was a Visiting Scientist at the Wright–Patterson AFB, Dayton, Ohio. During 1973–74, he was a Visiting Scientist at the University of Rhode Island (USA), having been awarded a grant by the national science foundation (NSF). During 1985–90, he was appointed to the W.A. “Monty” Moncrief Centennial Chair in Petroleum Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. He was also the Norwegian representative to AGARD (Advisory Group for Aerospace Research and Development) for 20 years (1966–1986).

Intended for senior undergraduate students of mechanical, civil and aeronautical engineering and for postgraduate students of applied mathematics and physics for an advanced course in Fluid Mechanics focusing on the physics of turbulent fluid flow, this systematically organized text shows the fundamental difference between the conventional approach and the pragmatic approach discussed in the book. Professor Persen, with his wealth of experience and expertise, skilfully explains the concept of virtual velocities replacing the concept of Reynolds stresses.

ISBN: 9788120340923
Author: LEIF N. PERSEN
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Energy engineering and management

AMLAN CHAKRABARTI, M.Tech., is Professor and Head, Department of Electrical Engineering, Narula Institute of Technology, Kolkata. Earlier, he served as Deputy General Manager of CMC Limited. He is a member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, and is a fellow of the Institution of Engineers (India).

This textbook is designed for senior students of B.Tech. in Electrical/Mechanical Engineering and first-year students of M.Tech. in Energy Management. The book will also be useful for MBA courses on Energy Management conducted by some universities through distance education mode.

The book also offers comprehensive study material for the certification examination for certified energy auditor of Bureau of Energy Efficiency, Government of India and for some industrial training programmes in the industry.

The book provides an exhaustive discussion of the energy analysis methodologies and tools to optimize the utilization of energy and how to enhance efficiency during conversion of energy from one form to another. It illustrates the energy analysis methods used in factories, transportation systems and buildings highlighting the various forms of use. It discusses the thermodynamic principles of energy conversion and constitution of energy balance equation for such systems.

ISBN: 9788120342330
Author: AMLAN CHAKRABARTI
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Textbook of dynamics

KAUSHAL KUMAR SINGH, Ph.D., is Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, North-Eastern Hill University (NEHU), Shillong. He has about three decades of teaching experience. Dr. Singh has published 10 research papers in fluid mechanics in various national and international journals. He is a member of National Academy of Mathematics, India and Indian Society of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences.

This textbook is designed for the undergraduate students (B.A./B.Sc.) of mathematics for a course in dynamics. It conforms to the course curriculum prescribed by UGC. The book will also be useful to the undergraduate engineering students for a course in engineering mechanics.

The book presents the principle of kinematics describing the geometrical aspects of the motion of particles. It discusses the rectilinear motion with uniform and variable accelerations, the motion of a projectile in a vertical plane neglecting the air resistance, and the motion of a particle in resisting medium. The concepts of work, energy, power and impulse, impact of bodies, circular and cycloidal motions of a particle, motion of a particle under central forces, moments and products of inertia of different bodies, and motion of bodies with varying mass have been discussed in detail. In addition, the book describes the motion of a particle in three dimensions.

ISBN: 9788120341906
Author: KAUSHAL KUMAR SINGH
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Biomedical instrumentation and measurements

R. ANANDANATARAJAN, PhD, is Professor and Head, Department of Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering, Pondicherry Engineering College, Puducherry. He is a fellow of Institution of Engineers (India) and member of Instrumentation Systems Automation (ISA) Society, USA. With nearly two decades of teaching experience,

Dr. Anandanatarajan has published/presented several research papers in reputed national and international journals and conferences.

Designed as a text for the undergraduate students of instrumentation, electrical, electronics and biomedical engineering, it covers the entire range of instruments and their measurement methods used in the medical field. The functions of the biomedical instruments and measurement methods are presented keeping in mind those students who have minimum required knowledge of human physiology.

The purpose of this book is to review the principles of biomedical instrumentation and measurements employed in the hospital industry. Primary emphasis is laid on the method rather than micro level mechanism. This book serves two purposes: One is to explain the mechanism and functional details of human body, and the other is to explain how the biological signals of human body can be acquired and used in a successful manner.

ISBN: 9788120342279
Author: R. ANANDANATARAJAN
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Engineering mathematics : volume i

Banaphool is the pen name of the Bengali author, playwright and poet, Balai Chand Mukhopadhyay. Born in Manihari (or Purnia), Bihar, Mukhopadhyay began writing as a teenager and adopted the his pen name Banaphool (wild-flower in Bengali) to hide his work from his tutors. He is most noted for his short vignettes, often just one page long, but his body of work spanned sixty five years and included "thousands of poems, 586 short stories, 60 novels, 5 dramas, a number of one-act plays, an autobiography, and numerous essays. In addition to his literary works, Mukhopadhyay was also a physician, and practised medicine throughout his life. He died in 1979 and, on the 100th anniversary of his birth, India issued a postage stamp featuring his image.

Arunava Sinha is an Internet professional by day and a translator of classic and contemporary Bengali fiction by night. His translation of Sankar’s Chowringhee won the 2007 Crossword–Vodafone award for Best Translation. His other translations include Buddhadeva Bose’s My Kind of Girl (2009). Born and brought up in Calcutta, he lives in New Delhi.

This book, now in its second edition, is designed for the first-year undergraduate students of all branches of engineering of the various Indian universities.

The book presents the concepts of matrices and differential calculus. It elaborates differential equations and multiple integrals along with complex integration and vectors. The text explains Green’s theorem, Stokes’ theorem and Gauss’s divergence theorem with their applications. It also deals with the solution of differential and integral equations using the Laplace transform, and explains concepts in three-dimensional geometry (sphere, cone and cylinder) as well as functions of several variables.

ISBN: 9788120341951
Author: Banaphool & Arunava Sinha
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Object – oriented database systems : approaches and architectures

C.S.R. PRABHU (MTech, IIT Bombay), is Deputy Director General and State Informatics Officer, National Informatics Centre (NIC), Andhra Pradesh State Unit, Hyderabad. Prior to joining NIC, he worked in various capacities at Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), CMC, and TELCO (now Tata Motors). During his association with University of Central Florida, Mr. Prabhu served NASA at Cape Canaveral. He has also been a consultant to Hughes Aircraft Corporation, Irvine, California and Florida Savings and Loans, Orlando, Florida.

This well-received book, now in its third edition, is a comprehensive presentation of the fundamentals of object-oriented database systems (OODBMS). It provides extensive coverage of the different approaches to object data management, including the three major approaches—semantic database systems approach, object-oriented programming language extension approach, and the relational extension approach—as well as the various types of architectures of object-oriented database systems. The book discusses all recent developments in this field, such as the emergence of Java as the dominant object-oriented programming language—resulting in upcoming OODBMS products such as Ozone—and the provision of object-oriented database features in object-relational database systems (ORDBMS) products such as Oracle 9i and DB2.

The new edition provides an extensive discussion of PostgreSQL, a popular open source object-oriented database system which has emerged as a viable alternative to expensive commercial database systems such as Oracle.

The book is extensively illustrated, which enables students to develop a firm grasp of the underlying concepts. The chapter-end exercises help in testing the students’ comprehension of the fundamental principles.

The book is primarily meant for students of IT-related programmes having courses in database systems. Computer professionals will also find the book immensely useful.

ISBN: 9788120340930
Author: C.S.R. PRABHU
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Metal fabrication technology

SYAMAL MUKHERJEE is Senior Consultant in the Mechanical Engineering Department of the National Institute of Technical Teachers’ Training and Research (NITTTR), Kolkata. He has held various responsible positions during a career spanning nearly four decades in the fabrication industry. A Fellow of The Institution of Engineers (India), Mr. Mukherjee has also been a member of the Production Sub-Committee of the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII).

This book is a comprehensive presentation of the fundamental concepts and applications of metal fabrication technology. Designed primarily for undergraduate and postgraduate students of mechanical engineering and production engineering, the book will also be useful for students of engineering diploma programmes in the above fields and certificate courses in metal fabrication and erection, as well as for practising engineers and consultants involved in welding, fabrication, erection, production planning, testing and design.

The initial chapters of the book provide an overview of the metal fabrication industry, as well as an exhaustive discussion of the properties of the various engineering materials, heat treatment processes, and frame analysis. The focus then shifts to production planning and control, production line design, as well as drawing, marking and layout. The ensuing chapters explain elaborately the various metal cutting processes, metal forming methods, and manufacturing processes. Assembly and erection, joining and welding, fault analysis and inspection, and metal finishing are covered subsequently. The various systematic guidelines for erection as well as the different prohibited welding methods and welding defects are elucidated. The final chapter of the book is devoted to health and safety issues relevant to fabrication and erection.

The book contains numerous illustrations that enable the students to gain a thorough understanding of the subject matter. The review questions at the end of each chapter help to test their comprehension of the underlying concepts.

ISBN: 9788120340909
Author: SYAMAL MUKHERJEE
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Advanced soil dynamics and earthquake engineering

Bharat Bhushan Prasad, (Ph.D.), is Professor and Head, Department of Civil Engineering, Galgotias College of Engineering and Technology, Greater Noida. Earlier, he served as Director in the Department of Science and Technology, Government of Bihar and also as Professor of Civil Engineering at Muzaffarpur Institute of Technology, Bihar.

Dr. Prasad graduated in Civil Engineering in 1966 winning Gold Medal of Patna University. He secured his M. Tech. degree in Geotechnical Engineering from IIT Kanpur in 1975 and Ph.D. degree in 1987. Apart from 30 years’ experience in teaching and research, he has worked as a renowned consultant in the field of geotechnical engineering.

Dr. Prasad has taught Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering to senior undergraduate and postgraduate students. He has been associated with several earthquake resistant designs and construction of structures. He has guided several research scholars in Ph.D. programmes. Besides 21 publications to his credit in international journals/symposiums, he was also awarded the Gold Medal in 1979 by the Indian Geotechnical Society, for the best research paper in the field of soil dynamics.

This text presents the applications of soil dynamics and earthquake engineering for seismic-resistant design of foundations and earth-retaining structures. It is a sequel to the author’s book entitled Fundamentals of Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering that presents the basic principles, whereas advanced topics have been covered in this text.

The book discusses topics such as the emerging challenges to seismic-resistant foundations and other soil-retaining structures, the practical issues of soil investigations for a specific project, the basic principles of vibrations along with their practical applications to civil engineering structures, the dynamic stability of elastic systems, the dynamic response to bomb blast loading and their effect on foundations and sub-structures, the dynamics of beam on elastic foundations, and the dynamics of foundations.

This textbook is essentially meant for undergraduate students in Civil Engineering and also covers the postgraduate course in Earthquake Engineering. The book will also be helpful as a ready reference for design and consulting engineers.

ISBN: 9788120340398
Author: Prasad Bharat Bhushan
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