Building on a wealth of research, The Automotive Industry and the Environment addresses current challenges in the automotive industry and how they can be met. The authors discuss the development of the automotive industry and the problems it currently faces and consider possible solutions. The book reviews ... more »

This reference illustrates the interaction and operation of transformer and system components and spans more than two decades of technological advancement to provide an updated perspective on the increasing demands and requirements of the modern transformer industry. Guiding engineers through everyday ... more »

The Handbook of Pneumatic Conveying Engineering provides a complete understanding of every facet of pneumatic conveying system selection, design, maintenance, and optimization. This reference compares various conveying system types, components, and flow mechanisms and offers an abundance of practical ... more »

Liquid Pipeline Hydraulics addresses issues affecting the day-to-day practices of those who design, operate, and purchase liquid pipelines in the oil, water, and process industries. Written by a professional engineer and consultant with more than 30 years of experience in pipeline design and construction ... more »

In this book, prominent Russian scientist Yuriy I. Khavkin shows that the droplet sizes in swirl atomizers depend only on the specific energy of the liquid drops and on viscosity. The new theory based only on two parameters is shown to be far simpler and in better agreement with experimental data than ... more »

This book examines fibers generated entirely from chemicals. Authors consider nylon, polyester, acrylic, and polyolefin fiber, which have a wide range of applications including clothing, soft furnishing, flooring, and geo-textiles. In addition to covering physical, chemical, and structural properties ... more »

Independent, practical guidance on the structural design of polymer composites is provided for the first time in this book. Structural designers familiar with design of conventional structural materials such as steel and concrete will be able to use it to design a broad range of polymeric composites ... more »

Specialists in building and civil engineering, architecture, traffic and transport engineering, urban planning and avalanche science came together at the Fifth International Conference on Snow Engineering, organized by the Federal Swiss Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research (SLF), Davos, Switzerland ... more »

Written by internationally recognized experts and practitioners, Restoration of Boreal and Temperate Forests summarizes the entire range of restoration protocols at both local and regional scales and documents over 20 case studies of forest restoration projects in a geographically diverse range of temperate ... more »

Why spend countless hours searching for relevant thought leadership articles, specific pieces of statistical data, and navigable reference information, when one resource provides it all? In The CTO Handbook, former CTO of IBM Next Generation Group Mark Minevich, guides readers through what need not be ... more »

This Second Edition of Robust Control System Design expands upon a groundbreaking and combinatorial approach to state space control system design that fully realizes the critical loop transfer function and robustness properties of state/generalized state feedback control. Revised and expanded throughout ... more »

Ranging from fundamental theoretical concepts to advanced device technologies, this reference/text explores the engineering, characteristics, and performance of specific semiconductor lasers. It defines key principles in electromagnetics, optoelectronics, and laser implementation for novel applications ... more »