техническая литература
Seismic Vulnerability of Structures
Philippe Gueguen
This book is focused on the seismic vulnerability assessment methods, applied to existing buildings, describing several behaviors and new approaches for assessment on a large scale (urban area). It is clear that the majority of urban centers are...
Marine Renewable Energy Handbook
Bernard Multon
Marine renewable energy is a significant resource for generating electricity, and if some conversion technologies have already reached a certain level of maturity, others are emerging. The originality of this multidisciplinary book is to offer a...
Decision Making and Action
Jean-Charles Pomerol
Making a decision, of any importance, is never simple. On the one hand, specialists in decision theory do not come within the reach of most policy makers and, secondly, there are very few books on pragmatic decision that are not purely...
Ultra Wide Band Antennas
Xavier Begaud
Ultra Wide Band Technology (UWB) has reached a level of maturity that allows us to offer wireless links with either high or low data rates. These wireless links are frequently associated with a location capability for which ultimate accuracy...
Shape-Memory Alloys Handbook
Christian Lexcellent
The aim of this book is to understand and describe the martensitic phase transformation and the process of martensite platelet reorientation. These two key elements enable the author to introduce the main features associated with the behavior of...
Introduction to Audiovisual Archives
Peter Stockinger
Today, audiovisual archives and libraries have become very popular especially in the field of collecting, preserving and transmitting cultural heritage. However, the data from these archives or libraries – videos, images, sound tracks, etc. –...
Oxydative Ageing of Polymers
Jacques Verdu
This book aims to rehabilitate kinetic modeling in the domain of polymer ageing, where it has been almost abandoned by the research community. Kinetic modeling is a key step for lifetime prediction, a crucial problem in many industrial domains...
Polymeric Sensors and Actuators
Johannes Fink Karl
This book covers in-depth the various polymers that are used for sensors and actuators from the vantage point of organic chemistry. Since many chemists may not be familiar with the physics and operational specifics of sensors, the book has a...
Broadband Wireless Multimedia Networks
Benny Bing
Provides a clear, coherent review of all major wireless broadband standards with an emphasis on managing the explosive growth in mobile video 802.11ac/ad, 802.16m, 802.22, and LTE-Advanced are the emerging broadband wireless standards that offer...
Project Management Case Studies
Harold Kerzner, Ph.D.
A new edition of the most popular book of project management case studies, expanded to include more than 100 cases plus a «super case» on the Iridium Project Case studies are an important part of project management education and training. This...
Gears and Gear Drives
Damir Jelaska T.
Understanding how gears are formed and how they interact or ‘mesh’ with each other is essential when designing equipment that uses gears or gear trains. The way in which gear teeth are formed and how they mesh is determined by their geometry and...
Membrane Technology and Applications
Richard Baker W.
“… the best handbook on membrane technology, which is currently on the market… ” –Membrane News (on the previous edition) Building on the success of the previous edition, Membrane Technology and Applications Third Edition provides a...
Oats Nutrition and Technology
YiFang Chu
A considerable amount of research has emerged in recent years on the science, technology and health effects of oats but, until now, no book has gathered this work together. Oats Nutrition and Technology presents a comprehensive and integrated...
Introduction to Polymer Rheology
Montgomery Shaw T.
An introduction to the rheology of polymers, with simple math Designed for practicing scientists and engineers interested in polymer rheology science, education, consulting, or research and development, Introduction to Polymer Rheology is a...
Synthetic Aperture Radar Polarimetry
Jakob J. van Zyl
This book describes the application of polarimetric synthetic aperture radar to earth remote sensing based on research at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). This book synthesizes all current research to provide practical information for...
Porous Media Transport Phenomena
Faruk Civan
The book that makes transport in porous media accessible to students and researchers alike Porous Media Transport Phenomena covers the general theories behind flow and transport in porous media—a solid permeated by a network of pores filled with...
Hydrocolloids in Food Processing
Thomas Laaman R.
In Hydrocolloids in Food Processing, a group of the most experienced and impartial experts explains what stabilizers should be used and how they should be used, food product by food product. Numerous actual product formulations are packed into...
Practical Guide to RF-MEMS
Jacopo Iannacci
Closes the gap between hardcore-theoretical and purely experimental RF-MEMS books. The book covers, from a practical viewpoint, the most critical steps that have to be taken in order to develop novel RF-MEMS device concepts. Prototypical RF-MEMS...
Surface Modification of Nanoparticle and Natural Fiber Fillers
Vikas Mittal
A review of the various methodologies for the surface treatment of different types of inorganic spherical and fibrous fillers, describing ball milling, cationic polymerization, vapor phase grafting, plasma treatment and UV irradiation in detail....
Spherical and Fibrous Filler Composites
Vikas Mittal
Scrutinizing various fillers, such as fly ash, inorganic nanoparticles, Kevlar and wood flour, this book exemplifies how the choice of filler influences the micro- and macroscopic behavior of the resulting polymer composites, such as friction,...
Microstructural Design of Advanced Engineering Materials
Dmitri Molodov A.
The choice of a material for a certain application is made taking into account its properties. If, for example one would like to produce a table, a hard material is needed to guarantee the stability of the product, but the material should not be...
Handbook of Loss Prevention Engineering, 2 Volume Set
Joel Haight M.
Loss prevention engineering describes all activities intended to help organizations in any industry to prevent loss, whether it be through injury, fire, explosion, toxic release, natural disaster, terrorism or other security threats. Compared to...
Privileged Chiral Ligands and Catalysts
Qi-Lin Zhou
Catalytic asymmetric synthesis has been one of the most active research areas in chemistry (Nobel Prize in 2001). The development of efficient chiral catalysts plays a crucial role in asymmetric catalysis. Although many chiral ligands/catalysts...
Surface Modification of Nanotube Fillers
Vikas Mittal
The book series «Polymer Nano-, Micro- and Macrocomposites» provides complete and comprehensive information on all important aspects of polymer composite research and development, including, but not limited to, synthesis, filler modification,...
Handbook of Stimuli-Responsive Materials
Marek Urban W.
Adopting a broad approach, this volume provides the scientific community with a much-needed overview of developments and scientific findings in stimuli-responsive materials. Its primary focus is on the designing, synthesizing, formulating, and...
Amplitude Modulation Atomic Force Microscopy
Ricardo Garc?a
Filling a gap in the literature, this book features in-depth discussions on amplitude modulation AFM, providing an overview of the theory, instrumental considerations and applications of the technique in both academia and industry. As such, it...
Taschenbuch f?r den Tunnelbau 2015
Deutsche Gesellschaft f?r Geotechnik e.V. / German Geotechnical Society
The Tunnelling Pocket Book has for many years provided practical advice for clients, consultants and contractors. It deals with current developments and problems, presents innovative solutions and thus documents the latest state of the technology.
Empfehlungen des Arbeitskreises «Baugruben» (EAB)
Deutsche Gesellschaft f?r Geotechnik e.V. / German Geotechnical Society
Mit der Herausgabe der Empfehlungen, die normen?hnlichen Charakter haben, unterst?tzt der Arbeitskreis „Baugruben“ der Deutschen Gesellschaft f?r Geotechnik e.V. (DGGT) die Planungspraxis bei Entwurf und Berechnung von Baugrubenumschlie?ungen....
Recommendations of the Committee for Waterfront Structures - Harbours and Waterways (EAU 2004)
Arbeitsausschuss
Since 1949 the «Committee for Waterfront Structures» has operated on honorary base as a committee of the Society for Harbour Engineering (HTG), Hamburg, and since 1951 also as working group of the German Society for Geotechnics (DGGT), Essen....
Handbook of Lean Manufacturing in the Food Industry
Michael Dudbridge
The principles of lean manufacturing – increasing efficiency, reducing waste, lowering costs and improving control – may be applied to any industry. However, the food industry is unique, and creates unique demands. The political, social and...
World Atlas of Oil and Gas Basins
Guoyu Li
Professor Li’s World Atlas of Oil and Gas Basins is a fresh and comprehensive treatise of the distribution of the world’s hydrocarbon reserves. The Atlas highlights the geographical, sedimentary and geological features of the basins, using a...
Handbook of Food Safety Engineering
Da-Wen Sun
This book presents a comprehensive and substantial overview of the emerging field of food safety engineering, bringing together in one volume the four essential components of food safety: the fundamentals of microbial growth food safety...
Dairy Powders and Concentrated Products
Adnan Tamime Y.
The economic importance of dairy powders and concentrated products to dairy-producing countries is very significant, and there is a large demand for them in countries where milk production is low or non-existent. In these markets, dairy products...
Dairy Fats and Related Products
Adnan Tamime Y.
Whilst milk fat has always been appreciated for its flavour, the market had suffered from concerns over cardiovascular diseases associated with the consumption of animal fats. However, recent clinical studies have indicated benefits,...
Code of Practice for Project Management for Construction and Development
CIOB (The Chartered Institute of Building)
In 1991 the Chartered Institute of Building initiated a multi-institute task force and a Code of Practice for Project Management for Construction and Development was published in 1992, with second and third editions in 1996 and 2002. Like...
Photovoltaics System Design and Practice
Heinrich H?berlin
With the explosive growth in PV (photovoltaic) installations globally, the sector continues to benefit from important improvements in manufacturing technology and the increasing efficiency of solar cells, this timely handbook brings together all...
An Introduction to Fire Dynamics
Dougal Drysdale
Drysdale's book is by far the most comprehensive – everyone in the office has a copy…now including me. It holds just about everything you need to know about fire science. (Review of An Introduction to Fire Dynamics, 2nd Edition) After 25 years...
Morphing Aerospace Vehicles and Structures
John Valasek
Morphing Aerospace Vehicles and Structures provides a highly timely presentation of the state-of-the-art, future directions and technical requirements of morphing aircraft. Divided into three sections it addresses morphing aircraft,...
Gas Insulated Transmission Lines (GIL)
Hermann Koch
Gas-insulated transmission lines (GIL) is an established high voltage technology used when environmental or structural considerations restrict the use of overhead transmission lines. With an overview on the technical, economical and...
Food and Industrial Bioproducts and Bioprocessing
Nurhan Dunford Turgut
Food and Industrial Bioproducts and Bioprocessing describes the engineering aspects of bioprocessing, including advanced food processing techniques and bioproduct development. The main focus of the book is on food applications, while numerous...
Information Retrieval in Digital Environments
Jerome Dinet
Information retrieval is a central and essential activity. It is indeed difficult to find a human activity that does not need to retrieve information in an environment which is often increasingly digital: moving and navigating, learning, having...
Radio-Frequency Integrated-Circuit Engineering
Cam Nguyen
Radio-Frequency Integrated-Circuit Engineering addresses the theory, analysis and design of passive and active RFIC's using Si-based CMOS and Bi-CMOS technologies, and other non-silicon based technologies. The materials covered are...
A Scientific Approach to Writing for Engineers and Scientists
Robert Berger E.
A SCIENTIFIC APPROACH TO WRITING Technical ideas may be solid or even groundbreaking, but if these ideas cannot be clearly communicated, reviewers of technical documents—e.g., proposals for research funding, articles submitted to scientific...
Endocrine Disruptors in the Environment
Sushil Khetan K.
A concise and engaging overview of endocrine disruption phenomena that brings complex concepts within the reach of non-specialists For most of the last decade, the science of endocrine disruption has evolved with more definitive evidence of its...
Synthesis and Applications of Copolymers
Anbanandam Parthiban
Understanding the reactivity of monomers is crucial in creating copolymers and determining the outcome of copolymerization. Covering the fundamental aspects of polymerization, Synthesis and Applications of Copolymers explores the reactivity of...
Scale Issues in Remote Sensing
Qihao Weng
Provides up-to-date developments in the field of remote sensing by assessing scale issues in land surface, properties, patterns, and processes Scale is a fundamental and crucial issue in remote sensing studies and image analysis. GIS and remote...
Energy and Process Optimization for the Process Industries
Frank (Xin X.) Zhu
Exploring methods and techniques to optimize processing energy efficiency in process plants, Energy and Process Optimization for the Process Industries provides a holistic approach that considers optimizing process conditions, changing process...
Guidelines for Enabling Conditions and Conditional Modifiers in Layer of Protection Analysis
Группа авторов
The initial Layer of protection analysis (LOPA) book published in 2001 set the rules and approaches for using LOPA as an intermediate method between purely qualitative hazards evaluation/analysis and more quantitative analysis methods. Basic...
Concept-Oriented Research and Development in Information Technology
Kinji Mori
A pioneering, concept-oriented research and development approach improves business results in technology-driven industries With contributions from IT, systems, and operations experts from around the globe, this book sets forth a tested and...
Applied Mathematics for Science and Engineering
Larry Glasgow A.
Prepare students for success in using applied mathematics for engineering practice and post-graduate studies • moves from one mathematical method to the next sustaining reader interest and easing the application of the techniques • Uses...
