Science Technology category: 45382 books
by Mrinmoy Majumder, Soumya Ghosh
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2013
The present study has attempted to apply the advantage of neuro-genetic algorithms for optimal decision making in maximum utilization of natural resources. Hydro-power is one of the inexpensive, but a reliable source of alternative energy which is foreseen as the possible answer to the present crisis...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2015
Adaptive management is an approach to managing social-ecological systems that fosters learning about the systems being managed and remains at the forefront of environmental management nearly 40 years after its original conception. Adaptive management persists because it allows action despite uncertainty,...
by Florin Pavel, Viorel Popa, Radu Vacareanu
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2018
This book discusses the impact of long-period ground motions on structural design using the situation in Bucharest, the capital city of Romania, as a case study. The first part explores the seismic hazard situation in Bucharest, and the causes of long-period ground motions related to both the source...
by Yury A. Rossikhin, Marina Shitikova
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2011
This short book analyses the dynamic stability with respect to small perturbations, as well as the local damage of geometrically nonlinear elastic, spatially curved, open section beams with axial precompression. Transient waves, which are the surfaces of strong discontinuity and wherein the stress...
Fundamentals of Spacecraft Charging
Spacecraft Interactions with Space Plasmas
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2011
As commercial and military spacecraft become more important to the world's economy and defense, and as new scientific and exploratory missions are launched into space, the need for a single comprehensive resource on spacecraft charging becomes increasingly critical. Fundamentals of Spacecraft Charging...
Grappling with Gravity
How Will Life Adapt to Living in Space?
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2011
Grappling with Gravity explores the physiological changes that will occur in humans and the plants and animals that accompany humans as we move to new worlds, be it to colony in the emptiness of space or settlements on the Moon, Mars, or other moons or planets. This book focuses on the biomedical...
by Mwinyikione Mwinyihija
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2010
The tanning industry is a major source of pollution worldwide, particularly in developing countries. The major public concern over tanneries has traditionally been about odours and water pollution from untreated discharges. Important poll- ants associated with the tanning industry include chlorides,...
Dealing with Contaminated Sites
From Theory towards Practical Application
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2011
This standard work on contaminated site management covers the whole chain of steps involved in dealing with contaminated sites, from site investigation to remediation. An important focus throughout the book is on Risk Assessment. In addition, the book includes chapters on characterisation of natural...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2017
This book presents new research results in multidisciplinary fields of mathematical and numerical modelling in mechanics. The chapters treat the topics:
mathematical modelling in solid, fluid and contact mechanics
nonconvex variational analysis with emphasis to nonlinear solid and...
Gas Hydrates
Immense Energy Potential and Environmental Challenges
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2011
Gas hydrates are both a huge energy resource and an environmental challenge. They have a significant impact on society because of their applications to the future of energy, protection of the environment and fuel transportation.
Gas Hydrates opens up this fascinating, multidisciplinary field...
Multiscale Modeling and Uncertainty Quantification of Materials and Structures
Proceedings of the IUTAM Symposium held at Santorini, Greece, September 9-11, 2013.
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2014
This book contains the proceedings of the IUTAM Symposium on Multiscale Modeling and Uncertainty Quantification of Materials and Structures that was held at Santorini, Greece, September 9 – 11, 2013. It consists of 20 chapters which are divided in five thematic topics: Damage and fracture, homogenization,...
The Pesticide Question
Environment, Economics and Ethics
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2008
Pesticides have contributed impressively to our present-day agricultural productivity, but at the same time they are at the center of serious concerns about safety, health, and the environment. Increasingly, the public wonders whether the benefits of pesticides - `the perfect red apple' - outweigh...
Exoplanets
Finding, Exploring, and Understanding Alien Worlds
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2011
Exoplanets: Finding, Exploring, and Understanding Alien Worlds probes the basis for possible answers to the fundamentals questions asked about these planets orbiting stars other than our Sun. This book examines what such planets might be like, where they are, and how we find them.
Until around...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2018
This second edition offers a comprehensive overview of the priority indoor air pollutants, such as volatile organic compounds, indoor particles and fibres, combustion products and other chemical agents that may affect health. It includes updated reviews with a focus on emission processes and on the...