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WVU ENGINEERING AND MINERAL RESOURCES Volume 3 Issue 1
Hota GangaRao P.V. Vijay Syd Peng Parviz Famouri
Civil Engineering
Faculty Co-Author Book
ON CONCRETE DESIGN
Two faculty members in our Department of Civil and
Environmental Engineering have co-authored a book
on reinforced concrete design with fiber-reinforced
polymer composites.
Hota GangaRao, professor and director of the
Constructed Facilities Center (CFC), and P. V. Vijay,
research assistant professor and also a faculty
member in the CFC, authored “Reinforced Concrete
Design with FRP Composites” along with Narendra
Taly, professor of civil engineering at California State
University. The book was published recently by
Taylor and Francis.
The book includes a state-of-the-art analysis and
design of concrete members with fiber-reinforced
polymer (FRP) strengthening or wrapping systems,
and presents readers with specific information
needed for designing concrete structures with FRP
reinforcing bar as a substitute for steel bar, and/or
using FRP fabrics to strengthen concrete members.
The 400-page book presents an in-depth
discussion of the analysis, including mathematical
derivations and design approaches. It also includes
many practical examples, an extensive list of
references, and a glossary of terms. It is intended to
serve as a textbook in colleges and universities for
courses in concrete design using FRP reinforcing
bars/wrapping systems both as internal and external
reinforcement.
Peng Publishes
LONGWALL MINING
SECOND EDITION
Syd S. Peng, the Charles E. Lawall chair and
professor in the Department of Mining
Engineering, has published the second edition of
Longwall Mining. The first edition, published in
1984, was and remains the most comprehensive
book on the subject. The second edition has
been completely revamped to emphasize the
practical aspects of longwall mining operations,
based on the author’s worldwide research and
consulting over the past 30 years.
“This edition covers all aspects of longwall mining
technology as it has developed over the past 30
years and is practiced today,” said Peng.
Born in Taiwan, Peng came to the U.S. in 1965
for advanced study and received his Ph.D. in
mining engineering from Stanford University in
1970. He joined the WVU faculty in 1974, and
was appointed chair of mining engineering in
1978, a position he held until August 2006.
Peng has performed research in hundreds of coal
mines in the U.S. and internationally, and has
authored or co-authored three textbooks,
numerous journal and proceedings articles, and
many research reports in the areas of longwall
mining, ground control, and surface subsidence.
Famouri
Authors Book
ON REDUCED
ORDER SYSTEMS
Parviz Famouri, a professor in the Lane
Department of Computer Science and
Electrical Engineering, has co-authored a
book, Reduced Order Systems, that has
potential applications for space exploration.
In an age of challenging engineering
systems problems, like those occurring with
the international space station, many
engineers and scientists are facing
complicated technical problems, said
Famouri, who co-authored the book with
colleagues Ali Jalali and Craig Sims.
“Engineers have begun to design controllers
and estimators for mathematically
complicated systems, such as flexible space
structures, which would include a space
shuttle’s robotic arms and large power
networks,” Famouri said.
“By reducing the order, or complexity, of
such systems,” explained Famouri, “the
computational burden of the systems can be
more easily managed, but the systems can
be more practical to implement. This book
provides a coherent view of many important
results in this area of research, how they
relate to each other, and what their strong
and weak points are,” he added.
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