There is an urgent need to build human capacity to make the often vulnerable and exposed buildings and communities we live and work in more resilient to the changing social, economic and physical environments around us. Extensive research has been done over the last decades on both mitigation and adaptation to climate change in the built environment, but the outputs of much of this research have failed to result in the wider uptake of effective greenhouse gas emission reduction solutions. This v

This book deals with the classical plate theory most commonly used for the analysis of thin metallic plate structures. The basic assumptions of the plate theory are not straightaway taken for granted but are deduced as logical inferences from a three-dimensional elasticity solution for a thin rectangular slab. In addition the elasticity results are used to verify the accuracy of the plate theory. Statics dynamics as well as stability of plates are dealt with. Besides a lucid explanation of the t

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Dictionary for Automotive Engineering

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Flavor in the Era of the LHC

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Covers trends in modern biotechnologyAll aspects of this interdisciplinary technology, where knowledge, methods and expertise are required from chemistry, biochemistry, microbiology, genetics, chemical engineering and computer science, are treated

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The book reviews the two features of the variational approach: its use as a universal tool to describe physical phenomena and as a source for qualitative and quantitative methods of studying particular problems. Berdichevsky's work differs from other books on the subject in focusing mostly on the physical origin of variational principles as well as establishing their interrelations. For example, the Gibbs principles appear as a consequence of the Einstein formula for thermodynamic fluctuations

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The wireless industry is in the midst of a fundamental shift from providing voice-only services to offering customers an array of multimedia services, including a wide variety of audio, video and data communications capabilities. Future wireless networks will be integrated into every aspect of daily life, and therefore could affect our life in a magnitude similar to that of the Internet and cellular phones. This monograph demonstrates that these emerging applications and directions require funda

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Devoted to novel optical measurement techniques that are applied both in industry and life sciences, this book contributes a fresh perspective on the development of modern optical sensors. These sensors are often essential in detecting and controlling parameters that are important for both industrial and biomedical applications. The book provides easy access for beginners wishing to gain familiarity with the innovations of modern optics.

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Creep Modeling for Structural Analysis" develops methods to simulate and analyze the time-dependent changes of stress and strain states in engineering structures up to the critical stage of creep rupture. The principal subjects of creep mechanics are the formulation of constitutive equations for creep in structural materials under multi-axial stress states; the application of structural mechanics models of beams, plates, shells and three-dimensional solids and the utilization of procedures for

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This Landolt-Börnstein volume IV/25 is a supplement to the volume IV/18 "Viscosity of Pure Organic Liquids and Binary Liquid Mixtures" and provides viscosity data published in the years 2000-2006. Included in this volume are viscosities of pure organic liquids and binary liquid mixtures at different temperatures and pressures including organic liquids, organometallic liquids, and organononmetallic liquids and their mixtures. Not all published data could be included in the printed version,

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A selection of papers exploring a wide spectrum of new trends in nonlinear dynamics and control, such as bifurcation control, state estimation and reconstruction, analysis of behavior and stabilities, dynamics of nonlinear neural network models, and numerical algorithms. The papers focus on new ideas and the latest developments in both theoretical and applied research topics of nonlinear control. Because many of the authors are leading researchers in their own fields, the papers presented in thi

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The resurgence of the nuclear power industry at a time when the nuclear plant I and C workforce is diminishing due to aging and retirements has been the motivation for writing this book. This book compiles 30 years of practical knowledge gained by the author and his staff in testing the I and C systems of nuclear power plants around the world. It focuses on process temperature and pressure sensors and the verification of these sensors? calibration and response time. In spite of great advances i

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This volume is divided into two major parts following a general introductory chapter: the reliability of materials and that of devices. In the first part, the mechanical properties of the materials used in MEMS are examined and the necessary measuring technologies explained in detail - nanoindenters, bulge methods, bending tests, tensile tests, and others. Part two treats the actual devices, organized by important device categories such as pressure sensors, inertial sensors, RF MEMS, and optical

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Written by an international team of experts, this book provides detailed knowledge on self-ignition mechanisms, fire propagation and fire-related properties of bulk materials. Identifying ignition sources and risk assessment are taught along with preventive and detection measures by means of case studies. A wide range of firefighting techniques and equipment is discussed. Engineers, chemists in industry, plant operators, environmental consultants, firefighters and administrative professionals wi

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Design and synthesis of base materials was the main topic of the first joint meeting 8th European Symposium on Polymer Blends and Eurofillers 2005, organized in Bruges, Belgium, from May 9 to May 12, 2005. This volume covers most of the plenary and oral contributions presented at the meeting.

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In order to understand fluid flows in underground porousformations, engineers need to produce models, in the form of grid systems populated with physical properties such aspermeability and porosity.This procedure is of crucial importance but it is also problematic. It is crucially important in determining where and how fluids flow; reservoir or aquifer modeling is used to plan field development, optimize oil production with the judicious selection of well locations, assess contaminant migration,

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Throughout the world, research and development in the field of vehicle transportation is increasingly focusing on engine and fuel combinations. The conventional and alternative fuels of the future are seen as fundamental to the development of a new generation of internal combustion engines that attain low well-to-wheel CO2 emissions along with near-zero pollutant emissions. With its recognized expertise in both fuels and engines, IFP is in an ideal position to host an international event focusin

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This interdisciplinary dictionary presents 64,000 technical terms and expressions used in the fields of: automatic control, electronics, electrotechnics, mechanics, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, chemical engineering, production engineering, robotics, energy production, production and processing industries. It should be valuable to engineers and technicians, especially since it contains a wealth of current technical expressions. The presentation in boldtype of the headword and s

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