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    • Advanced Applied Finite Element Methods

      • 1st Edition
      • September 1, 1998
      • Carl T. F. Ross
      • English
      • Hardback
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      • eBook
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      This book is aimed at senior undergraduates, graduates and engineers. It fills the gap between the numerous textbooks on traditional Applied Mechanics and postgraduate books on Finite Element Methods.

    • Pattern Recognition and Image Processing

      • 1st Edition
      • September 1, 1998
      • D Luo
      • English
      • Hardback
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      • eBook
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      This book delivers a course module for advanced undergraduates, postgraduates and researchers of electronics, computing science, medical imaging, or wherever the study of identification and classification of objects by electronics-driven image processing and pattern recognition is relevant. Object analysis first uses image processing to detect objects and extract their features, then identifies and classifies them by pattern recognition. Its manifold applications include recognition of objects in satellite images which enable discrimination between different objects, such as fishing boats, merchant ships or warships; machine spare parts e.g. screws, nuts etc. (engineering); detection of cancers, ulcers, tumours and so on (medicine); and recognition of soil particles of different types (agriculture or soil mechanics in civil engineering).

    • Symmetry and Group theory in Chemistry

      • 1st Edition
      • September 1, 1998
      • M Ladd
      • English
      • eBook
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      A comprehensive discussion of group theory in the context of molecular and crystal symmetry, this book covers both point-group and space-group symmetries.

    • Engineering Coatings

      • 2nd Edition
      • August 24, 1998
      • S Grainger + 1 more
      • English
      • Hardback
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      • eBook
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      It is now 10 years since the first edition of Engineering Coatings by Stan Grainger appeared. The success of that edition, and the developments in the area since its publication make this new edition a valuable additionto the literature on the subject.This new edition describes the many methods by which surface coatings or surface modification can be carried out to delay surface degradation and prolong the useful life of engineering components. Since surface technology has advanced in many areas, new techniques such as the newer thermal spray processes and laser surfacing are now covered and the book has been expanded to include more coverage on corrosion.Major changes have also taken place in health and safety legislation, and the sections covering health and safety have been entirely revised as a result. Engineering Coatings with its breadth of coverage and sound basis inindustrial practice is an invaluable guide to methods which have the potential to save money in many industries concerned with wear, corrosion, welding and thermal spraying of engineering components.

    • Forecasting Company Profits

      • 1st Edition
      • August 24, 1998
      • Fred Wellings
      • English
      • Paperback
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      • eBook
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      In the first book to look from a thoroughly practical perspective on the crucial business of profits forecasting, Fred Wellings provides an integrated approach to the theories which underpin the forecasting process. This approach also recognises the limitations faced by the outsider in the real world where both time and hard facts may be in equally short supply. It lays emphasis on the patterns of industrial and corporate behaviour and the forecaster's ability to recognise and anticipate these patterns. The first part of the book covers the industrial background within which the individual companies operate, and part two moves the forecaster on from the industry to the company.

    • Underwater Wet Welding and Cutting

      • 1st Edition
      • July 29, 1998
      • Gyoujin Cho
      • English
      • Paperback
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      • eBook
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      The proceedings of an international seminar organised by TWI in conjunction with the Paton Welding Institute, Ukraine and held at TWI Middlesbrough in April 1997. The delegates examined recent theoretical and practical developments of the materials, equipment and processes involved.

    • Atlas of Fibre Fracture and Damage to Textiles

      • 2nd Edition
      • July 14, 1998
      • J. W. S. Hearle + 2 more
      • English
      • eBook
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      This new, retitled, edition of Fibre Failure and Wear of Materials has been updated and expanded to include more examples from work at UMIST (University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology) in the 1990s and to take account of recent research elsewhere. It contains over 500 new micrographs to add to the 1,000 in the first edition and includes two new sections on forensic and medical studies. Based on over 25 years of research at UMIST, the book is concerned with how fibres fail under stress. Until comparatively recently little was known about the way in which fibres break. In this book about 20 different modes of fibre failure are examined. Case studies have been selected both from the traditional uses of textiles in clothing and in household products, such as sheets, towels and carpets and also from the study of failure in textile structures used in industry and engineering, for example seat belts and ropes.This unique collection of more than 1500 scanning electron micrographs and other pictures for identifying failure modes, together with the accompanying explanatory text, provides fibre scientists, polymer scientists and others working in textile research with a better understanding of fracture mechanisms. The book will also be of interest to forensic scientists and medical specialists using fibre implants. Finally, it will help textile technologists and design engineers to manufacture improved textile products and to use them in ways which will maximise their life span.

    • Microstructural Characterisation of Fibre-Reinforced Composites

      • 1st Edition
      • July 10, 1998
      • John Summerscales
      • English
      • Hardback
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      • eBook
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      Over the last 50 years, great progress has been made in developing artificial fibre-reinforced composite materials, generally using filaments with microscopic diameters. A wide range of reinforcement forms, from random arrays to fully aligned, can be used for commercial applications, with the microstructure being a critical factor in realising the required properties in a material.This is the first up-to-date review of how to apply advanced microstructural characterisation techniques to fibre-reinforced composites. Each chapter is designed to offer both a stand-alone introduction to its topic and detailed referencing for follow-up research. With contributions from experts from around the world, the book will be an essential reference for materials scientists and research workers in industry and academia alike.

    • Competitor Analysis in Financial Services

      • 1st Edition
      • July 3, 1998
      • Ian Youngman
      • English
      • eBook
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      This is the first comprehensive professional guide to the strategies and techniques of competitor analysis for the financial services industry. It explains how to set up systems and models to identify and analyse competitors and their products.The book begins with an overview of the need for competitor analysis in financial services. It continues with the identification of competitors, the setting up of competitor analysis systems, and a consideration of key sources of information. The core of the book examines the process of analysis, modelling, dissemination and monitoring of information and its application for competitive advantage.Key concepts in Competitor analysis in financial services:Don't just copy others' systemsUnderstand the need for competitor intelligenceFind out what competitors doUnderstand the methodologySet up the systems to fit your companyThis book is thoroughly practical in its approach and international in its coverage and is essential reading for all financial services professionals seeking competitive advantage.

    • Gums and Stabilisers for the Food Industry 9

      • 1st Edition
      • July 1, 1998
      • Peter A. Williams + 1 more
      • English
      • eBook
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      This work contains the proceedings of a conference on gums and stabilisers for the food industry. Contributions are concerned with the structure-function relationships of various polysaccharides and protein systems, as well as progress on mixed biopolymer systems.

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