Skip to main content
Elsevier
View Cart

Woodhead Publishing

    • Welding Mechanisation and Automation in Shipbuilding Worldwide

      • 1st Edition
      • May 31, 1996
      • R Boekholt
      • English
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 1 8 5 5 7 3 2 1 9 3
      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 8 5 7 0 9 3 1 9 6
      This report contains information from more than sixty shipyards from around the world, and gives a unique inventory of the different aspects of welding mechanization and automation used in building large, middle and small-sized ships. Shipbuilders, marine engineers and trade organisations will welcome and value this unique collection of data, assembled for the first time in such a comprehensive format, and interpreted by the author into trends for the future operation of the industry.

    • Investment Performance Measurement

      • 1st Edition
      • February 28, 1996
      • William Bain
      • English
      • Hardback
        9 7 8 1 8 5 5 7 3 1 9 5 0
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 1 8 5 5 7 3 3 3 9 8
      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 8 5 7 0 9 9 9 7 6
      This book is split into four distinct sections to provide a complete account of investment performance measurement. The first section examines the development of the concept of performance measurement with the evolution of benchmarks and the increasing sophistication of performance analysis. The practical implications of performance measurement are tackled in the second section, with particular emphasis on the calculations that can be used to derive a rate of return for a fund and risk is also examined in detail. The third section covers the performance measurement of pension funds over the last 25 years and the lessons that can be learned about the investment performance and measurement process. The final section considers the future prospects for performance measurement and proposes potential future directions for the measurement of investment performance.

    • How Charts Can Make You Money

      • 3rd Edition
      • February 28, 1996
      • T H Stewart
      • English
      • Hardback
        9 7 8 1 8 5 5 7 3 2 4 5 2
      • eBook
        9 7 8 1 8 4 5 6 9 9 0 2 4
      The author has provided an introductory guide to technical analysis for investors. Whereas most books on the subject start some way up the learning curve, this begins at the beginning. This book is very extensively illustrated and international in its coverage. Topics covered include: trends; reversal; continuation patterns; chart assessment; bar charts; point and figure charts; indicators; volume and open interest; long term investment; and, speculation. This is a new and thoroughly revise edition of a successful book. This book will be an invaluable introduction for the private investor and as a working handbook for the professional adviser.

    • Surface Engineering Casebook

      • 1st Edition
      • January 30, 1996
      • J S Burnell-Gray + 1 more
      • English
      • Hardback
        9 7 8 1 8 5 5 7 3 2 6 0 5
      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 8 5 7 0 9 2 9 6 0
      This book concisely and uniquely encompasses the principles of corrosion and wear as manifested in industrial failures and the solutions offered by surface engineering.

    • Finite Element Programs in Structural Engineering and Continuum Mechanics

      • 1st Edition
      • January 1, 1996
      • Carl T. F. Ross
      • English
      • Hardback
        9 7 8 1 8 9 8 5 6 3 2 8 0
      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 8 5 7 0 9 9 8 3 9
      Bridging the gap between theoretical texts and the massive and expensive software packages, this handbook covers finite element programming in a wide range of problems in mechanical, civil, aeronautical and electrical engineering. Comprehensive, it ranges from the static analysis of two- and three-dimensional structures to stress analysis of thick slabs on elastic foundations, and from two- and three- dimensional vibration analysis problems to two-dimensional field problems including heat transfer and acoustic vibrations.The 24 printouts of powerful and valuable engineering computer programs, written in QUICK BASIC, are introduced by a preliminary chapter giving useful hints and formulae intended for structural design. The programs are capable of analysing problems in engineering design and manufacture, with text fully describing how to use the computer programs for their particular problems or tasks. The finite element method is used in all the programs, and the problems for analysis can be of quite complex design and shape and with complex boundary conditions.

    • Optimisation of Composite Structures Design

      • 1st Edition
      • January 1, 1996
      • A Miravete
      • English
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 1 8 5 5 7 3 2 0 8 7
      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 8 5 7 0 9 2 9 7 7
      Composite materials have been used more and more during the last decade to lighten structures. But until now, there has been no clear way of establishing how to design properly optimised laminated composite plates with no reduction in strength. Most modern references lack adequate information for the designer wanting to tailor or synthesise a design. This exciting package offers a solution. It relates the theory of composite materials to real life and provides 'rules' for designing composites structures properly and in an optimum way.In the book, Professor Miravete demonstrates the optimisation of beams, plates and sandwich constructions in the designs of advanced composite materials. He also illustrates optimal material systems, fibre orientations and lay-up through functions of geometry, load type and boundary conditions. The associates software, on two disks, will enableusers to adapt the information to their own requirements and is very user-friendly with helpful manuals. This will be an essential package for designers and engineers in a wide range of areas, from aeronautics to automotive andmarine as well as general industry.Chapter 1 provides a general background on composite materials.Chapters 2, 3, 4, and 5 are concerned with constant thickness composite structures, and provide a survey of various design methodologies of shells, plates and sandwich constructions.Chapte... 6, 7, 8 and 9 examine variable thickness composite structures, and consider beams, plates and sandwiches.

    • Separation Processes in the Food and Biotechnology Industries

      • 1st Edition
      • January 1, 1996
      • A S Grandison + 1 more
      • English
      • Hardback
        9 7 8 1 8 5 5 7 3 2 8 7 2
      • eBook
        9 7 8 1 8 5 5 7 3 6 5 7 3
      This book reviews methods and techniques for separating food components and products of the biotechnology industry. The introduction focuses on food composition and some of the conventional separation techniques. Subsequent chapters deal with each specific type or area of application individually and include information on the basic principles, industrial equipment available, commercial applications and an overview of research and development.

    • The International Sugar Trade

      • 1st Edition
      • January 1, 1996
      • Tony Hannah + 1 more
      • English
      • Hardback
        9 7 8 1 8 5 5 7 3 0 6 9 4
      • eBook
        9 7 8 1 8 4 5 6 9 9 1 9 2
      This is the first book to cover in a comprehensive way, the conduct and structure of the international sugar industry from cultivation right through to end use. The authors look in detail at the workings of the growing and production sector and the trends in world production, consumption and trading of sugar. Important sections consider the policies of the world's major sugar producers and the likely future developments of the trade in the light of the developments in Eastern Europe and China, and in the substitute sugar sweetener products. The book will be an invaluable reference source for sugar producers and traders and for all those involved in the financial, advisory and investment communities.Publishe... in association with the International Sugar Organization

    • The Chemistry and Processing of Wood and Plant Fibrous Material

      • 1st Edition
      • January 1, 1996
      • J F Kennedy + 2 more
      • English
      • Hardback
        9 7 8 1 8 5 5 7 3 3 0 5 3
      • eBook
        9 7 8 1 8 4 5 6 9 8 6 9 0
      This book covers the production, management and changing patterns of global wood and fibre resources, with emphasis on the inter-disciplinary character of wood and related plant materials in terms of their resource value.

    • Wheat Structure

      • 1st Edition
      • January 1, 1996
      • J D Schofield
      • English
      • Hardback
        9 7 8 1 8 5 5 7 3 7 9 7 6
      • eBook
        9 7 8 1 8 4 5 6 9 8 4 7 8
      Understanding the structural, compositional and physicochemical properties of the wheat used in bread, biscuits, pasta and other consumer products is important. This book brings together international experts to provide an overview of the progress made to date and also to give an insight into the new approaches that can be used to solve outstanding problems. It covers progress in areas including: what grain structure; structural features of the gluten proteins; structual-functional... relationships of wheat protein; lipid-binding proteins; rheology of dough systems; and the importance of non-starch polysaccharides.

Browse by Publisher

Academic Press

Butterworth-Heinemann

Chandos

Elsevier

Morgan Kaufmann

Newnes

Syngress