土木工程专业英语

　　本书是为高等院校土木工程专也类学生选编的专业英语教材。全书以土木工程为主线，系统地介绍了土木工程及其所包括的有关分支学科的基本内容和历史概况·如建筑、桥梁、道路、交通、水坝、岩土、材料、经济与管理以及计算机的应用等。共编排二十二篇课文作为课堂教学用。每篇课文后附两篇内容紧密相关的阅读材料，注重介绍世界土木工程界的名人、趣事、重大工程，供教师指导学生阅读，或者根据实际教学学时选作机动教材。本书也可作为从事土木工程的专业人员了解专业知识、提高英语水平的辅助阅读材料。

　　段兵廷，男，华中科技大学土木工程与力学学院副教授。1981年9月至1988年3月就读于同济大学地下建筑与工程系·获工学学士、硕士学位；2000年8月至2001年8月受国家留学基金管理委员会资助赴美国（Purdue University，Louisiana Tech University）作访问学者。主讲课程：“地下工程”、“钢筋混凝土结构”、“专业英语”等；主要研究方向：深基坑开挖及支护技术、城市地铁和隧道规划与施工技术、非开挖铺设和修复地下管道技术、预应力钢筋混凝土结构施工工艺等。

Lesson 1
Text :Civil Engineering
　Readi.ng Material (1) : On Being Your Own Engineer
　Reading Material (2): Peck, Ralph Brazehon
Lesson 2
　Text : Building and Architecture
　Reading Material (1): Architecture of China
　Reading Material (2): Pei Ieoh Ming
Lesson 3
　Text :Components of A Building
　Reading Materiel (1): Structural Forms
　Reading Material (2): Popov, Egor Paul
Lesson 4
　Text : Tall Buildings
　Reading Material (1): Steel Construction
　Reading Material (2): Khan, Fazlur Rahman
Lesson 5
　Text : Environmental Engineering
　Reading Material (1): Plumbing
　Reading Material (2): A Typical City Sewer System: Washington D. C.
Lesson 6
　Text : Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning
　Reading Material (1): Man and His Environment
　Reading Material (2): Architectural Acoustics
Lesson 7
　Text : Bridge
　Reading Material (1): Modern Bridges
　Reading Material (2): Roebling, John Augustus and Washington Augustus
Lesson 8
　Text: Bridge Design and Construction
　Reading Material (1). Accidents on Bridges
　Reading Material (2): Ammann, Othmar Hermann. Steinman, David Barnard
Lesson 9
　Text: Harbours and Sea Works
　Reading Material (1): Breakwaters
　Reading Material (2): Canal
Lesson 10
　Text : Dam
　Reading Material (1): The Modern Concrete Dam
　Reading Material (2): The Three Gorges Project
Lesson 11
　Text : Highway Engineering
　Reading Material (1): System Planning of'National Expressways
　Reading Material (2) : The Road of China
Lesson 12
　Text : Traffic Control
　Reading Material (1): Urban Transit Systems: Examination of Options
　Reading Material(2) Urhan Transit Svsterns of Five Cities in the World
Lesson 13
　Text: Underground Space Utilization
　Reading Material (1): Subway Engineering
　Reading Material (2): Future Trends in Underground Construction
Lesson 14
　Text: How Tunnels Are Built
　Reading Material (1): Shields
　Reading Material (2) : The Channel Tunnel: The Dream Becomes Reality
Lesson 15
　Text : Soil Mechanics
　Reading Material (1) : Geologic Origins of Soils
　Reading Material (2): Karl Terzaghi
Lesson 16
　Text : Foundations
　Reading Material (1): Five Lessons from Five Jobs
　Reading material (2): The Weaknesses of Mother Earth
Lesson 17
　Text : Construction Engineering
　Reading material (1): Construction Equipment
　Reading Material (2): Prefabrication and Shop Fabrication
Lesson 18
　Text : Building Materials
　Reading Material (1). Concrete
　Reading Material (2) :Prestressed Concrete Pioneer T. Y. Lin named Cal's　Alumnus of Year
Lesson 19
　Text : Structural Analysis
　Reading Material (1) .. The Building of a Theory
　Reading Material (2): Newmark, Nathan Mortimore
Lesson 20
　Text : Structural Design
　Reading Material (1): Tall Order in Hong Kong
　Reading Material (2): Severud, Fred. N.
Lesson 21
　Text：Compruer—Aided Drafting and Design
　Reading Material (1): Where the Interstate Meets the Information Highway
　Reading Material (2): Argyris, John H.
Lesson 22
Appendix of Reading Materials
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