Unit 1 RC Floor Systems and Single-Storey Structures(钢筋混凝土楼盖系统和单层结构) 1
Vocabulary and Expressions 7
Explanations 8
Exercises 8
Reading Material：Lateral Bracing System for Concrete High-Rise Buildings(混凝土高层建筑的横向支撑系统) 8
Explanations 17
Unit 2 Characteristics of Tension Structures(张拉结构的特性) 20
Vocabulary and Expressions 30
Explanations 31
Exercises 31
Reading Material：Steel Structures(钢结构) 32
Explanations 38
Unit 3 Masonry Structures(砌体结构) 40
Vocabulary and Expressions 48
Explanations 49
Exercises 49
Reading Material：Structural Behaviour of Masonry Elements and Forms(砌体构件和结构形式的特性) 50
Vocabulary and Expressions 58
Unit 4 Building Construction(建筑施工) 60
Vocabulary and Expressions 67
Explanations 68
Exercises 68
Reading Material：Project Planning(项目计划) 69
Explanations 74
Unit 5 Soil(土) 75
Vocabulary and Expressions 78
Explanations 79
Exercise 79
Reading Material：Micro Piles(微桩) 79
Explanations 85
Unit 6 Designing Underground Houses for the Site(根据场地设计地下房屋) 86
Vocabulary and Expressions 97
Explanations 98
Exercises 98
Reading Material：The Cooper House(库柏房宅) 100
Explanations 102
Unit 7 Deep Foundations(深基础) 104
Exercises 118
Vocabulary and Expressions 118
Reading Material：In-Situ Soil Test(土的现场试验) 119
Unit 8 The Design of Westminster Station(西敏地铁车站的设计) 125
Vocabulary and Expressions 132
Explanations 132
Exercises 133
Reading Material：Future Prospects for Underground Space Use(地下空间利用的展望) 133
Explanations 137
Unit 9 Bridge Structures(桥梁结构) 138
Vocabulary and Expressions 144
Explanations 145
Exercises 145
Reading Material：Birth of the Modern Bridge(现代桥梁的诞生) 146
Explanations 154
Unit 10 Techniques of Bridge Construction(桥梁施工技术) 155
Vocabulary and Expressions 158
Explanations 159
Exercises 159
Reading Material：Bridge Construction(桥梁施工) 160
Explanations 162
Unit 11 Traffic Engineering and Urban Transportation Planning(交通工程和城市运输规划) 163
Vocabulary and Expressions 167
Explanations 167
Exercises 168
Reading Material 1：Traffic Engineering(交通工程) 168
Reading Material 2：Basic Concepts of Capacity and Level of Service(容量和服务等级的基本概念) 172
Explanations 177
Unit 12 Design Concepts for Safe Highways(公路安全设计概念) 178
Vocabulary and Expressions 180
Reading Material：General Design Considerations and Specific Design Elements for Safe Highway(公路安全的一般原理和设计细则) 180
Vocabulary and Expressions 186
Unit 13 Hydraulic Structures(水工结构) 188
Vocabulary and Expressions 191
Explanations 191
Reading Material：The Choice of the Type of a Dam(水坝的选型) 192
Explanations 193
Unit 14 River and Fluvial Processes(河流与河床演变) 194
Vocabulary and Expressions 197
Reading Material：Sedimentation and River Morphology(泥沙沉淀与河流形态学) 198
Exercises 198
Explanations 198
Explanations 203
Unit 15 Topographic Surveying(地形测量) 204
Vocabulary and Expressions 206
Explanations 206
Reading Material：Map Conception and Contour(地图的概念和等高线) 207
Explanations 207
Unit 16 Plane Surveying(平面测量) 209
Vocabulary and Expressions 220
Explanations 221
Exercises 221
Reading Material：Plane Survey Computations(平面测量计算) 222
Explanations 225
Unit 17 Seismic Damage Indices for RC Buildings：Evaluation of Concepts and Procedures(钢筋混凝土房屋的地震损伤指标：概念和方法的评价) 226
Vocabulary and Expressions 238
Explanations 239
Exercises 240
Reading Material：Wind Dynamics of Long-Span Bridges(长跨桥梁的风动力学) 240
Unit 18 Architectural Drawing(建筑图) 251
Vocabulary and Expressions 261
Explanations 262
Exercises 262
Reading Material：Structural Drawing(结构图) 263
Appendix 1 List of Abbreviations(缩写词表) 271
Appendix 2 Index of Vocabulary and Expressions(总词汇索引表) 272
References(各单元参考文献) 272