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Special topic volume with invited peer-reviewed papers only
Special topic volume with invited peer-reviewed papers only
Selected peer-reviewed extended articles based on abstracts presented at the 8th International Conference on Civil Engineering and Materials Science (ICCEMS 2023) and 9th International Conference on Architecture, Materials and Construction (ICAMC 2023) Aggregated Book
Aleppo is one of the longest-surviving cities of the ancient and Islamic Middle East. Until recently it enjoyed a thriving urban life—in particular an active traditional suq, whose origins can be traced across many centuries. Its tangle of streets still follow the Hellenistic grid and above it looms the great Citadel, which contains recently-uncovered remains of a Bronze/Iron Age temple complex, suggesting an even earlier role as a ‘high place’ in the Canaanite tradition. In the Arab Middle Ages, Aleppo was a strongpoint of the Islamic resistance to the Crusader presence. Its medieval Citadel is one of the most dramatic examples of a fortified enclosure in the Islamic tradition. In Mam...
The special issue contains articles that reflect the modern level of research and development in the area of materials and materials processing technologies and will be useful to specialists in modern machinery. Polymer, Composite, Steel, Alloy, Additive Manufacturing, Injection Moulding, Selective Metallization, Ultrasonic Vibration Welds, Rotary Friction Welds, Strength of Materials, Wear, Structural Element, Fatigue Life, Tool Wear, Fracture, Stress, Mechanical Properties Materials Science, Building Materials, Mechanics.
A fully revised and updated new edition of this leading introduction to the theory and conduct of warfare in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The book combines analysis of key concepts, theory and military doctrine with reference to relevant examples from history, and integrates the land, sea and air environments.
Traversing landscapes and expediting travel, railroads have allowed us to conquer once elusive frontiers to improve both transportation and commerce. Railroad design has changed remarkably little in the years since the invention of the steam engine, yet trains remain a prevalent form of transport and the railways. The bridges that have been developed to support them continue to be a vital part of infrastructures in countries around the world. This engaging volume examines the evolution of railways, railcars, and bridges, as well as the lives of pioneers and tycoons in the railroad business.
"On Friendship, with its total of one hundred sayings, is the perfect gift for friends." Feng Yingjing, renowned scholar and civic official, 1601 Matteo Ricci (1552-1610) is best known as the Italian Jesuit missionary who brought Christianity to China. He also published a landmark text on friendship the first book to be written in Chinese by a European that instantly became a late Ming best seller. On Friendship distilled the best ideas on friendship from Renaissance Latin texts into one hundred pure and provocative Chinese maxims. Written in a masterful classical style, Ricci's sayings established his reputation as a great sage and the sentiments still ring true. Available for the first tim...