A wealth of recent research into the continued deterioration of reinforced concrete structures has led to a review of methods of investigation and repair techniques. This thoroughly revised and updated edition brings together the fundamental aspects of this world wide problem and offers advice on how ... more »

Product Info Proceedings of the International Workshop on Intelligent Systems held in Perugia, Italy, 27-29 June 1991. more »

Product Info It forms the Proceedings of the International RILEM Workshop in Mainz, Germany, March 1990. more »

Chapter 1 Roots: The Making of a Teenage Scientist YouScientist! The Golden Book of Chemistry Experiments, 1960 David Hahns earliest memory seems appropriate in light of later events; it is of conducting an experiment in the bathroom when he was perhaps four years old. With his father at work and his ... more »

Facade-retention schemes are being used more and more as a means of providing modern accommodation for commercial and industrial buildings in conservation areas and city centres. This book is the first authoritative guide to this highly complex technique and deals with the key issues associated with ... more »

Simulation modeling is becoming increasingly popular as a technique for evaluating the performance of resource allocation and alternate operating policies. It is a cost-effective method for improving process performance and can be used to evaluate the performance of capital equipment before making an ... more »

Product Info This book presents the proceedings of a major conference held in April 1991 at the Manchester Business School, examining current issues and new directions in practice management. more »

Handpicked by renowned editors, the contributors of the Ion Exchange and Solvent Extraction series represent the vanguard of research on solvent extraction, covering principles of electrolyte extraction and other subjects of increasing interest to the field. Volume 17 begins with pharmaceutical applications ... more »

Smart Antennas examines nearly all aspects of array signal processing. It delivers a detailed treatment of antenna array processing schemes, adaptive algorithms to adjust weighting, direction of arrival (DOA) estimation methods, and diversity-combining methods that combat fading and reduce errors. The ... more »

We always hear how everyone in America is firmly planted in red or blue. They're permanently conservative or irreversibly liberal. But are we all really that locked in to the left or the right? Is America still a place where it's possible to change someone's mind and get them to cross over to the other ... more »

Certain wastes such as nuclear wastes, are so hazardous that their disposal creates a major challenge requiring considerable technical skill and understanding. Their effective isolation in the ground depends on the properties of the surrounding clays. This authoritative book explains the detailed function ... more »

Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) is an emerging technique for determining elemental composition. With the ability to analyse solids, liquids and gases with little or no sample preparation, it is more versatile than conventional methods and is ideal for on-site analysis. This is the first comprehensive ... more »