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This book mainly focuses on the roles of engraved symbols and ornamentation in Liangzhu culture. It categorizes the engraved symbols discovered in Liangzhu culture as means of ideographical expression and decoration, aspects that are explored in detail. Further, the engraved symbols and ornamentation are subdivided in terms of certain similarities, including the dragon and bird systems. A separate chapter is especially designed to help readers appreciate the typical paintings and symbols in selected objects and vessels. In this way, the book seeks to analyze and generate a particular formula so as to explore patterns in the thinking of Liangzhu’s people, thus deciphering the spiritual code of the Liangzhu world.

Signs and symbols. --- Symbolic dynamics. --- Liangzhu culture. --- Neolithic period --- Dynamics, Symbolic --- Differentiable dynamical systems --- Representation, Symbolic --- Semeiotics --- Signs --- Symbolic representation --- Symbols --- Abbreviations --- Omens --- Semiotics --- Sign language --- Symbolism --- Visual communication --- Prehistoric peoples. --- Cultural property. --- Archaeology. --- Semiotics. --- Prehistoric Archaeology. --- Archaeology and Heritage. --- Cultural Heritage. --- Semiology (Linguistics) --- Semantics --- Signs and symbols --- Structuralism (Literary analysis) --- Archeology --- Anthropology --- Auxiliary sciences of history --- History --- Antiquities --- Cultural heritage --- Cultural patrimony --- Cultural resources --- Heritage property --- National heritage --- National patrimony --- National treasure --- Patrimony, Cultural --- Treasure, National --- Property --- World Heritage areas --- Cavemen (Prehistoric peoples) --- Early man --- Man, Prehistoric --- Prehistoric archaeology --- Prehistoric human beings --- Prehistoric humans --- Prehistory --- Primitive societies --- Human beings --- Antiquities, Prehistoric

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Suspension bridges --- Structural health monitoring. --- Testing.

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This book investigates the substructuring technology in structural health monitoring (SHM) to improve the accuracy and efficiency of the present SHM methods. SHM has been developed for monitoring, evaluation, and maintenance of civil structures. As the civil structures are usually large scale and a large number of sensors are deployed on a structure, accurate evaluation and maintenance of civil structures are always time-consuming. The book establishes a fundamental framework of substructuring method for the fast analysis of finite element (FE) model and monitoring data. Several practical civil structures are used for illustration. The book is intended for undergraduate and graduate students who are interested in SHM technology, researchers investigating the accurate, efficient, and effective methods in SHM field, and engineers working on evaluation and maintenance of civil structures or other structural dynamics applications.

Buildings --- Engineering mathematics. --- Mathematical models. --- Fire prevention. --- Civil engineering. --- Building Repair and Maintenance. --- Engineering Mathematics. --- Mathematical Modeling and Industrial Mathematics. --- Fire Science, Hazard Control, Building Safety. --- Civil Engineering. --- Repair and reconstruction. --- Maintenance. --- Protection. --- Engineering --- Public works --- Building damage prevention --- Building protection --- Protection of buildings --- Building failures --- Fire safety --- Fires --- Prevention of fires --- Fire protection engineering --- Public safety --- Insurance engineering --- Models, Mathematical --- Simulation methods --- Engineering analysis --- Mathematical analysis --- Building maintenance --- Building reconstruction --- Building renovation --- Building repair --- Reconstruction of buildings --- Remodeling of buildings --- Renovation of buildings --- Maintenance --- Repairing --- Architecture --- Damage prevention --- Fires and fire prevention --- Prevention --- Mathematics --- Repair and reconstruction --- Reconstruction --- Remodeling --- Renovation --- Protection --- Conservation and restoration