Defining and exploring emerging market trends, Sausage Manufacture: Principles and Practice is a concise guide to manufacturing high-quality. The book summarizes the key stages in production from raw material procurement through chopping, filling, and cooking to storage and distribution. Building on ... more »

Crack reflection through a road structure is one of the main causes of premature pavement deterioration. This is a widespread problem in many countries and highway maintenance authorities are having to find economic means of repairing and updgrading their more »

This book provides a general treatise covering precast concrete as a whole. It gives a comprehensive account of materials, properties, manufacture and usage. Materials, processes, mix-designs, accelerated curing, performance, durablility and quality control, as well as repairs, are each discussed in ... more »

The assessment of risks due to large landslides in the alpine environment is the first activity carried out within the IMIRILAND Project. This book presents the risk assessment procedure developed and the case studies performed within the framework of the IMIRILAND Project to develop risk management ... more »

In the area of geomechanics, sophisticated sampling and analytical techniques can be used to provide accurate ground and soil information, but only within the limits of the initial assumptions and the modelling used. The accuracy of the model can be increased by the use of computer based numerical modelling ... more »

Phytochemicals: Mechanisms of Action is the latest volume in a highly regarded series that addresses the roles of phytochemicals in disease prevention and health promotion. The text links diets rich in plant-derived compounds with decreased risk of chronic degenerative diseases. Chapters highlight recent ... more »

Numerical Modeling of Water Waves, Second Edition covers all aspects of this subject, from the basic fluid dynamics and the simplest models to the latest and most complex, including the first-ever description of techniques for modeling wave generation by explosions, projectile impacts, asteroids, and ... more »

Written by a hydrogeologist and an economist, The Economics of Groundwater Remediation and Protection integrates economics and cost-benefit analysis tools with optimal remediation and protection strategies for groundwater resources. The authors' step-by-step methodology for decision-making focuses on ... more »

Throughout the world, boreholes and tubewells operate inefficiently or have been abandoned. Diagnosis of the problems requires hydrogeological and operational information, which is often not available because appropriate monitoring has not taken place. Guidelines on cost effective monitoring and maintenance ... more »

Based upon a special symposium sponsored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Remote Sensing and GIS Accuracy Assessment evaluates the important scientific elements related to the performance of accuracy assessments for remotely sensed data, GIS data analysis, and integration products. ... 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 »