Geometric Procedures for Civil Engineers

• Main Authors: Tonias, Elias C. (Author), Tonias, Constantine N. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Subjects: Mathematics.; Algebraic geometry.; Applied mathematics.; Engineering mathematics.; Buildings > Design and construction.; Building.; Construction.; Engineering, Architectural.; Algebraic Geometry.; Building Construction.; Appl.Mathematics/Computational Methods of Engineering.

This book provides a multitude of geometric constructions usually encountered in civil engineering and surveying practice.  A detailed geometric solution is provided to each construction as well as a step-by-step set of programming instructions for incorporation into a computing system. The volume i...

Table of Contents:

• Historic Synopsis
• Basic Geometric Features
• Support Procedures
• Point and Line Features
• Curve Features
• Intersections
• Tangencies
• Compound and Reversed Curves
• Spiral Transition Curves
• Special Constructions
• Vertical Parabolic Curves
• Elliptic Features
• Appendix A Resection Problems
• Appendix B Line and Curve Fitting
• Appendix C Tangent Circle to Three Circles
• Acknowledgments
• Bibliography
• Index. .