A summary of the development, methods, and application of the Relative Risk Model (RRM), Regional Scale Ecological Risk Assessment demonstrates the capabilities of RRM using nine case studies in the Pacific Northwest, Pennsylvania, Brazil, and Tasmania. The book provides numerous real world examples ... more »

The life cycle engineering method has evolved to meet the demands of the current trend towards sustainable civil engineering and building. This holistic approach encompasses all aspects of the construction practice, from design, construction, and service life management, to demolition and the recycling ... more »

Written by a leading expert, the Handbook of Yarn Production: Technology, Science and Economics is an authoritative and comprehensive guide to textile yarn manufacturing. The book is designed to allow readers to explore the subject in various levels of detail. The first chapters provide an overview of ... more »

As part of the Polymeric Foams series and a companion to the volume, Foam Extrusion: Principles and Practice (2000), the book includes new topics such as polymer blends and mechanical properties, and further develops several topics appearing in Foam Extrusion, such as extensional rheology and solubility ... more »

This volume consists of papers presented at a conference on Structural Integrity Assessment, held at Owens Park Conference Centre, University of Manchester, UK, 31 March-2 April 1992. more » more »

Edited by a leading expert in the field, and with a distinguished international team of contributors, Novel Food Packaging Techniques provides an authoritative and comprehensive review of the key trends. The book covers the range of active packaging techniques and the use of intelligent systems such ... more »

Presenting the latest research from a distinguished panel of international contributors, Materials in Sports Equipment on the chemical structure and composition, microstructure and material processing of the various materials used in a wide range of sports equipment. The book provides insight into the ... more »

This E. & F. N. Spon title is now distributed by Routledge in the US and Canada This title available in eBook format. Click here for more information. Visit our eBookstore at: www.ebookstore.tandf.co.uk. more »

Citing recently realized applications for extruders as polymerization, modification, and degradation reactors and presenting a telling array of new research results and illustrative experimental cases, Reactive Extrusion Systems sheds light on the complex set of interactions underlying reactions in extruders ... more »

This book is a comprehensive guide to the techniques and materials for accurate small-scale modelling with chapters by leading international researchers and engineers. In particular, impact, earthquake and dynamic problems are presented for the first time covering reinforced and pre-stressed concrete ... more »

Testing in Concrete Structures provides a comprehensive overview of the techniques involved in testing concrete in structures. It discusses both established techniques and new methods, showing potential for future development, and documents them with illustrative examples. Topics which have been expanded ... more »

This book deals with recent advances relating to design, assessment and repair of structures subjected to repeated loading. Written by researchers from around the world this book will be of interest to those concerned with structural engineering. more »