техническая литература
Technology of Bottled Water
Nicholas Dege
The fully revised third edition of this unique and comprehensive overview of the science and technology of the bottled waters industry contains brand new chapters which address these new developments. As well as an updated introductory chapter...
Building Surveys and Reports
James Douglas
This book provides guidance on building survey work for typical residential, commercial and industrial buildings, with advice on how to diagnose a wide range of defects. It considers both modern and older construction methods, together with new...
Processed Cheese and Analogues
Adnan Tamime Y.
Part of the Society of Dairy Technology Series, this book deals with a commercially significant sector of dairy science. The book includes chapters on legislation, functionality of ingredients, processing plants and equipment, manufacturing best...
Chocolate Science and Technology
Emmanuel Afoakwa Ohene
This book provides an overview of the science and technology of chocolate manufacture from cocoa production, through the manufacturing processes, to the sensory, nutrition and health aspects of chocolate consumption. It covers cocoa cultivation...
Code of Estimating Practice
CIOB (The Chartered Institute of Building)
This code of practice, long established as a leading publication for the construction industry, provides an authoritative guide to essential principles and good practice in estimating for building work. The seventh edition includes new material...
ESD: Design and Synthesis
Steven Voldman H.
Electrostatic discharge (ESD) continues to impact semiconductor components and systems as technologies scale from micro- to nano-electronics. This book studies electrical overstress, ESD, and latchup from a whole-chip ESD design synthesis...
Chern on Dispute Boards
Cyril Chern
A dispute board is a panel of impartial members, appointed at the outset of the construction contract, whose purpose is to monitor progress, resolve disputes as they arise and provide a forum for discussing difficult matters. This book provides...
Antenna Theory and Applications
Hubregt Visser J.
This comprehensive text on antenna theory explains the origin of radiation and discusses antenna parameters in-depth This book offers an in-depth coverage of fundamental antenna theory, and shows how to apply this in practice. The author...
Kinematic Geometry of Gearing
David Dooner B.
Building on the first edition published in 1995 this new edition of Kinematic Geometry of Gearing has been extensively revised and updated with new and original material. This includes the methodology for general tooth forms, radius of torsure’,...
Wind Power in Power Systems
Thomas Ackermann
The second edition of the highly acclaimed Wind Power in Power Systems has been thoroughly revised and expanded to reflect the latest challenges associated with increasing wind power penetration levels. Since its first release, practical...
Chinese Cybersecurity and Defense
Daniel Ventre
Cyberdefense has become, over the past five years, a major issue on the international scene. China, by the place it occupies, is the subject of attention: it is observed, criticized, and designated by many states as a major player in the global...
Beyond CMOS Nanodevices 1
Francis Balestra
This book offers a comprehensive review of the state-of-the-art in innovative Beyond-CMOS nanodevices for developing novel functionalities, logic and memories dedicated to researchers, engineers and students. It particularly focuses on the...
Practical Power System Operation
Ebrahim Vaahedi
Power system operation from an operator’s perspective Power systems are operated with the primary objectives of safety, reliability, and efficiency. Practical Power System Operation is the first book to provide a comprehensive picture of power...
Unpacking Construction Site Safety
Fred Sherratt
Unpacking Construction Site Safety provides a different perspective of safety in practice. ? examines how useful the concept of safety actually is to the development of effective management interventions ? providing new insights and information...
Wireless Communications Systems Design
Haesik Kim
Wireless Communications Systems Design provides the basic knowledge and methodology for wireless communications design. The book mainly focuses on a broadband wireless communication system based on OFDM/OFDMA system because it is widely used in...
Plastics Additives and Testing
Muralisrinivasan Subramanian Natamai
“Plastics Additives and Testing” is a practical book for engineers and operators and discusses both inorganic and organic chemicals that are widely used as additives in plastics processing operations. It is common practice today to use...
Current Interruption Transients Calculation
David Peelo F.
Provides an original, detailed and practical description of current interruption transients, origins, and the circuits involved, and how they can be calculated Current Interruption Transients Calculationis a comprehensive resource for the...
Fatigue Limit in Metals
Claude Bathias
Is there a fatigue limit in metals? This question is the main focus of this book. Written by a leading researcher in the field, Claude Bathias presents a thorough and authoritative examination of the coupling between plasticity, crack initiation...
Nanomaterials and Surface Engineering
Jamal Takadoum
This book covers a wide range of topics that address the main areas of interest to scientists, engineers, and students concerned with the synthesis, characterization and applications of nanomaterials. Development techniques, properties, and...
Sustainable Supply Chain Management
Jo?lle Morana
It is commonly recognized that logistics has become a major strategic issue for all companies, whether they are part of the primary, secondary or tertiary sector. Faced with the external pressures of globalization and competition, logistics...
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...
