Product Info more »

This clear and compact solutions manual provides lecturers adopting 'hydraulics in Civil and Environmental Engineering' with an invaluable support. It complements the new editionof this classical hydraulics textbook and is designed for use on civil engineering and public health engineering courses worldwide ... more »

Sulfate attack is one of several mechanisms of concrete deterioration. This book provides a comprehensive reference to this important subject, covering: a short history of concrete deterioration due to sulfate attack, the origin of sulfates in concrete, the importance of appropriate concrete processing ... more »

Thoroughly reviewing emerging methods for analyzing food safety, this book covers the detection of foreign bodies and other contaminants such as toxins, pesticides, dioxins and veterinary residues, and rapid methods for detecting pathogenic and spoilage bacteria. Topics include the measurement of product ... more »

The Date is January 11, 1911. A young German paleontologist, accompanied only by a guide, a cook, four camels, and a couple of camel drivers, reaches the lip of the vast Bahariya Depression after a long trek across the bleak plateau of the western desert of Egypt. The scientist, Ernst Freiherr Stromer ... more »

Oops may be the only American cultural history to ever include flaming elephants, government-funded psychics, and a cutting-edge cinematic technology known as Smell-O-Vision. This chronicle of often overlooked snafus will delight fans of popular culture who appreciate that Americans' failures are as ... more »

First published in 1981 as the Offshore Information Guide this guide to information sources has been hailed internationally as an indispensable handbook for the oil, gas and marine industr... more » more »

Commissioned by the British Materials Handling Board, this book provides advice and guidance on all aspects of silo design and assessment. The book is the definitive guide to the successful implementation of the new Eurocode, and will be of great interest to structural designers, manufacturers and owners ... more »

This book covers the use of life-cycle assessment, risk assessment, and a combined framework of the two in the estimation of environmental damage, providing explanations of methods and descriptions in the environmental analysis of industrial processes. The book opens by examining environmental strategies ... more »

Bringing together the leading European expertise in behaviour and design of silos, this important new book is an essential reference source for all concerned with current problems and developments in silo technology. Silos are used in an enormous range of industries and the handling characteristics of ... more »

Teasing Secrets from the Dead is a front-lines story of crime scene investigation at some of the most infamous sites in recent history. In this absorbing, surprising, and undeniably compelling book, forensics expert Emily Craig tells her own story of a life spent teasing secrets from the dead. Emily ... more »

Product Info This book provides an insight into how whole life costing is affecting design, construction, maintenance and disposal of structures. more »