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This book develops several novel foam-filled structures and steel-concrete-steel (SCS) sandwich structures, which provides more alternatives for ensuring the safety of buildings and infrastructures under extreme loading, like impact and blast. In the first part of this book, the aluminium foam- and polyurethane foam-filled structures have been developed for dissipating impact and blast energy. Experimental and numerical studies have been conducted to obtain their behaviours under impact loading. In addition, analytical models have also been proposed to assess their energy absorption performances and facilitate the impact and blast design when using the proposed foam-filled structures. In the second part of this book, SCS sandwich structures with novel shear connectors have been developed and their behaviours under impact and blast loading have been experimentally, numerically and analytical studied. Analytical models for predicting the impact and blast responses of SCS sandwich structures have also been developed. In the third part of this book, a new steel-polyurethane foam-steel-concrete-steel (SPUFSCS) panel (i.e. the combination of foam material and SCS panel) has been developed to achieve a higher impact resistant capacity. Owing to the increasing impact and blast threats on buildings and infrastructures, the studies presented in this book are of significant importance for providing several new solutions for impact and blast enhancement. .

Mechanical engineering. --- Engineering, Mechanical --- Engineering --- Machinery --- Steam engineering --- Civil engineering. --- Fire prevention. --- Buildings --- Mechanics, Applied. --- Civil Engineering. --- Fire Science, Hazard Control, Building Safety. --- Engineering Mechanics. --- Protection. --- Applied mechanics --- Engineering mathematics --- Building damage prevention --- Building protection --- Protection of buildings --- Building failures --- Fire safety --- Fires --- Prevention of fires --- Fire protection engineering --- Public safety --- Insurance engineering --- Public works --- Damage prevention --- Fires and fire prevention --- Prevention

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This monograph is written based on the author's research on the assessment, control, and repair of cracking of early-age concrete in the recent decade. The technique of internal curing for increasing cracking resistance of early-age concrete is further developed through experimental and theoretical research. It establishes models for predicting the internal relative humidity and autogenous shrinkage of internally cured concrete at early age; reveals the variation law and mechanism of early-age tensile creep of internally cured concrete; and explores the variation law and mechanism of early-age cracking resistance of internally cured concrete under continuous restrained condition or uniaxial restrained condition. It is designed as a reference work for professionals or practitioners and a textbook for undergraduates or postgraduates. As such, this book provides valuable knowledge, useful methods, and practical experience that can be considered in the field of concrete cracking control.

Concrete --- Cracking. --- Cracking of concrete --- Defects --- Building materials. --- Fire prevention. --- Buildings—Protection. --- Building Materials. --- Structural Materials. --- Fire Science, Hazard Control, Building Safety. --- Buildings --- Fire safety --- Fires --- Prevention of fires --- Fire protection engineering --- Public safety --- Insurance engineering --- Architectural materials --- Architecture --- Building --- Building supplies --- Construction materials --- Structural materials --- Materials --- Fires and fire prevention --- Prevention

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The fundamental purpose of this handbook is to raise awareness about environmental impacts of fire and fire suppression, primarily within the fire engineering and firefighting communities, but also within the environmental engineering and planning disciplines. The Handbook provides readers with a fundamental understanding of the problem and its magnitude and includes a set of tools and methods for assessing environmental, social and financial impacts, and a set of tools for identifying and selecting appropriate mitigation options.

Fire extinction --- Fire ecology. --- Equipment and supplies. --- Ecopyrology --- Fires --- Fire --- Ecology --- Environmental aspects --- Fire prevention. --- Buildings—Protection. --- Environmental health. --- Physical geography. --- Fire Science, Hazard Control, Building Safety. --- Environmental Health. --- Earth System Sciences. --- Geography --- Environmental quality --- Health --- Health ecology --- Public health --- Environmental engineering --- Health risk assessment --- Buildings --- Fire safety --- Prevention of fires --- Fire protection engineering --- Public safety --- Insurance engineering --- Health aspects --- Fires and fire prevention --- Prevention

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This book highlights recent findings in civil and environmental engineering and urban planning, and provides an overview of the state of the art in these fields, mainly in Russia and Eastern Europe. A broad range of topics and issues in modern engineering are discussed, including construction, buildings and structures, advanced materials, innovative technology, methods and techniques in civil engineering, heating, gas supply, water supply and sewerage, foundation engineering, BIM, structural reliability, durability and monitoring, special and unique structures construction (bridge, tunnel, road, railway engineering), design and construction of hydraulic structures, concrete engineering, urban regeneration and sustainable development, urban transport system, engineering structure safety and disaster prevention, water resources engineering, water and wastewater treatment, recycling and reuse of wastewater, etc. The volume gathers selected papers from the 6th International Conference on Construction, Architecture and Technosphere Safety (ICCATS), held in Sochi, Russia in September 2022. The authors are experts in various fields of engineering, and all papers have been carefully reviewed.

Buildings—Design and construction. --- Fire prevention. --- Buildings—Protection. --- Urban economics. --- Building Construction and Design. --- Fire Science, Hazard Control, Building Safety. --- Urban Economics. --- Cities and towns --- City economics --- Economics of cities --- Economics --- Buildings --- Fire safety --- Fires --- Prevention of fires --- Fire protection engineering --- Public safety --- Insurance engineering --- Economic aspects --- Fires and fire prevention --- Prevention --- Civil engineering --- Environmental engineering --- Safety measures --- Environmental control --- Environmental effects --- Environmental stresses --- Engineering --- Environmental health --- Environmental protection --- Pollution --- Sustainable engineering --- Public works

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This book provides a comprehensive overview of hazardous areas containing explosive gases, vapors, and combustible dust. It also discusses about the different types of protection techniques used in explosion-proof electrical equipment. This book further provides guidance on how to deal with electrical explosions caused by fires due to arcs and sparks caused by a failure in the design, manufacture, selection, installation, or maintenance of electrical equipment. Among the topics covered in this book are overview of hazardous areas, various types of protection available, mechanisms for explosion pressure to build inside flameproof enclosures, concept of preventing explosions in flammable and dusty environments, unique features of explosion-proof motors, process of testing and certifying explosion-proof equipment in India and abroad, and mechanisms for the initiation and prevention of explosions resulting from non-electric sources. The book also discusses topics such as the selection, installation, inspection, and maintenance of electrical equipment. In addition, this book will be useful for researchers and professionals working in the fields of electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, petroleum engineering, mining engineering, and testing laboratories that test and certify explosion-proof equipment.

Fire prevention. --- Buildings --- Electric machinery. --- Industrial engineering. --- Production engineering. --- Fire Science, Hazard Control, Building Safety. --- Electrical Machines. --- Industrial and Production Engineering. --- Protection. --- Manufacturing engineering --- Process engineering --- Industrial engineering --- Mechanical engineering --- Management engineering --- Simplification in industry --- Engineering --- Value analysis (Cost control) --- Electromechanical devices --- Machinery --- Building damage prevention --- Building protection --- Protection of buildings --- Building failures --- Fire safety --- Fires --- Prevention of fires --- Fire protection engineering --- Public safety --- Insurance engineering --- Damage prevention --- Fires and fire prevention --- Prevention