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The Engineering and Technology portfolio includes comprehensive overviews of all major research and practical developments in aerospace and automotive engineering, civil and environmental engineering, mechanical and industrial engineering, materials engineering, electrical engineering, communications engineering, and more. In-depth coverage, innovative state-of-the-art approaches, and real-world case studies provide valuable, actionable insights for researchers, applied engineers and students. The content in Elsevier's Engineering and Technology books program addresses core issues in industry and society, such as sustainability, the circular economy, AI, and automation.

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    • Drying

      • 1st Edition
      • October 22, 2013
      • R. B. Keey
      • P. V. Danckwerts
      • English
      • eBook
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      Drying Principles and Practice presents the fundamental principles that underlie drying arts as a basis for explaining the behavior of a drying plant. This book begins with an introductory chapter, followed by an account of the phenomena that causes the influence of moisture on its host material and manner in which moisture may be expelled by heat into the humid surroundings. The quantitative description of the way a moist material dries and how it dries under commercial conditions are also provided. The remainder of this text is devoted to surveying less-common methods of drying, moisture-measurement techniques, dryer-control systems, and aspects of the choice and design of industrial dryers. This publication is valuable to engineers, but is also a good source for senior undergraduate and postgraduate students engaged in studies of heat with mass transfer.

    • Data Processing

      • 1st Edition
      • October 22, 2013
      • T F Fry
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Data Processing discusses the principles, practices, and associated tools in data processing. The book is comprised of 17 chapters that are organized into three parts. The first part covers the characteristics, systems, and methods of data processing. Part 2 deals with the data processing practice; this part discusses the data input, output, and storage. The last part discusses topics related to systems and software in data processing, which include checks and controls, computer language and programs, and program elements and structures. The text will be useful to practitioners of computer-related fields who wish to have a better comprehension of the inner workings of data processing.

    • Fresh Concrete

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 38
      • October 22, 2013
      • P. Bartos
      • English
      • eBook
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      Fresh concrete is generally featured in publications on concrete technology where the focus is often on fundamental rheology or diverse research methods, or the standards describe the tests but do not provide practical advice on interpretation of the results. This book aims to fill the gap between highly scientific and fundamental works and the many fragmented test specifications. It summarises the existing knowledge on the properties of fresh concrete in a form accessible to practicing engineers and concrete technologists. It includes a manual of practical tests which cover both the standard tests in major countries and new tests specifically applicable to site testing. The testing equipment required and the procedures are described in sufficient detail for the tests to be carried out, with references to selected national standards when compliance with specific conditions applicable in those countries is required. Particular attention is paid to properties of special fresh concrete mixes which are increasingly used in practical construction. The work will be of interest to engineers and others involved in the research, development, design and execution of concrete construction, including those working in EEC countries.

    • A Critical Review of Equilibrium Data for Proton- and Metal Complexes of 1,10-Phenanthroline, 2,2'-Bipyridyl and Related Compounds

      • 1st Edition
      • October 22, 2013
      • W.A.E. McBryde
      • English
      • Paperback
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      • eBook
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      A Critical Review of Equilibrium Data for Proton- and Metal Complexes of 1,10-Phenanthroline, 2,2'-Bipyridyl and Related Compounds is a compilation of acidity constants for the 1,10-phenanthroliniu... and 2,2'-bipyridinium ions and their derivatives, as well as stability constants for metal complexes formed by the conjugate bases of these. These equilibrium data are critically examined. This monograph includes values determined in non-aqueous or mixed solvents, as well as those for a large number of ""mixed"" metal complexes incorporating these bases and a second ligand. The survey also contains known values for the enthalpies and entropies of formation for the proton- and metal-ion complexes. The compilation indicates the conditions under which the equilibrium constants apply and the methods by which they were determined. The acid-base properties of the compounds are represented by the acidity constant of the phenanthrolinium or bipyridinium ion expressed as a pK value. Nearly all the values listed were obtained either potentiometrically or spectrophotometrical... both of which depend fundamentally on measurements of pH or hydrogen-ion concentration. This book will be of value to chemists.

    • Nanomaterials in Tissue Engineering

      • 1st Edition
      • July 31, 2013
      • A K Gaharwar + 3 more
      • English
      • Hardback
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      • eBook
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      Nanomaterial technologies can be used to fabricate high-performance biomaterials with tailored physical, chemical, and biological properties. They are therefore an area of interest for emerging biomedical technologies such as scaffolding, tissue regeneration, and controlled drug delivery. Nanomaterials in tissue engineering explores the fabrication of a variety of nanomaterials and the use of these materials across a range of tissue engineering applications.Part one focuses on the fabrication of nanomaterials for tissue engineering applications and includes chapters on engineering nanoporous biomaterials, layer-by-layer self-assembly techniques for nanostructured devices, and the synthesis of carbon based nanomaterials. Part two goes on to highlight the application of nanomaterials in soft tissue engineering and includes chapters on cardiac, neural, and cartilage tissue engineering. Finally, the use of nanomaterials in hard tissue engineering applications, including bone, dental and craniofacial tissue engineering is discussed in part three.Nanomaterials in tissue engineering is a standard reference for researchers and tissue engineers with an interest in nanomaterials, laboratories investigating biomaterials, and academics interested in materials science, chemical engineering, biomedical engineering and biological sciences.

    • Wear of Metals

      • 1st Edition
      • October 22, 2013
      • A. D. Sarkar
      • J. Halling
      • English
      • Paperback
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      • eBook
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      Wear of Metals deals with the mechanisms underlying the wear of metals such as brass, cast iron, and aluminum-silicon alloys. Topics covered include surface topography, contact of solids, and friction, along with the effect of sliding and rolling resistance. Fretting, wear under rolling contact, and the friction and wear of polymers are also discussed. Comprised of 27 chapters, this volume begins with an overview of adhesion, types of wear, and friction and wear experiments. The following chapters explore surface topography and the contact (single and multiple) of solids; molecular theory of friction and wear; running-in wear and abrasive wear; and surface contaminants. An oxidational hypothesis of wear is then presented, and the phenomenology of metal transfer involving steel on brass and steel on steel is described. The remaining chapters consider sliding in surfaces and subsurfaces; the effect of temperature and speed on friction and wear; the role of solubility and crystal structure in friction and wear; and wear of brass. The two principal effects associated with rolling, namely, the slip or creep and energy loss, are also examined. Examples of tribological components are given. This book should be of value to undergraduates and research workers in the fields of metallurgy and engineering.

    • Friction Wear Lubrication

      • 1st Edition
      • October 2, 2013
      • I V Kragelsky
      • English
      • eBook
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      Friction, Wear, Lubrication, Volume 1 is a handbook of tribology that deals with friction, wear, and lubrication. Topics covered include contact of solids; coefficients of external friction and preliminary displacement; wear rate; and calculation of tribological joints for wear. The choice of materials for rubbing parts is also considered, along with metals for rubbing components and metallic anti-friction materials. Comprised of 10 chapters, this volume begins by focusing on the calculation of the characteristics of a contact with the use of statistical methods that make it possible to describe the deformation of a certain averaged surface peak and account for the laws of distribution of surface peaks and waves. The reader is then introduced to calculations of the coefficients of external friction and preliminary displacement, wear rate, and tribological joints for wear. Subsequent chapters deal with the choice of materials for rubbing parts; metals for rubbing components; metallic anti-friction materials; manufacturing methods for improving the wear resistance of materials and tribological joints; and lubricants and additives. The book concludes with an analysis of the thermal stability of boundary lubrication films and solid lubricant films. This monograph will be of interest to engineers, metallurgists, tribologists, and materials scientists.

    • List of Standard Abbreviations (Symbols) for Synthetic Polymers and Polymer Materials 1974

      • 1st Edition
      • September 11, 2013
      • Sam Stuart
      • English
      • eBook
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      List of Standard Abbreviations (Symbols) For Synthetic Polymers and Polymer Materials 1974 provides a standardized abbreviation of the various synthetic polymers and polymer materials. The text also provides the basic definitions of various terms related to polymers. The book will be of great use to researchers and professionals whose work involves polymers and other synthetic materials.

    • Fluid Dynamics Transactions

      • 1st Edition
      • October 22, 2013
      • W. Fiszdon
      • English
      • Paperback
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      • eBook
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      Fluid Dynamics Transactions, Volume 1 is a compilation of papers presented at the Fifth Symposium on Fluid Dynamics held in Poland from August 26 to September 2, 1961. The symposium provided a forum for discussing developments in fluid dynamics based on the following topics: mathematical methods, hypersonic flow, rarefied gas dynamics, and magnetohydrodynamics... This volume is comprised of 26 chapters and begins by presenting equations for gas dynamics and highlighting some of applications of the general results. The discussion then turns to Cauchy's problem for the compressible flow of the simple wave type; the use of exact numerical methods for the solution of boundary layer problems; and the effect of surface catalytic efficiency on stagnation point heat transfer. A geometric method of classifying solutions of gas dynamics using certain space and the time-space Lie transformation groups is described. Subsequent chapters explore supersonic flow past blunt bodies; application of the Monte Carlo method to the analysis of rarefied gas flows; and fluid-fluid displacement in a porous medium. This book will be a useful resource for engineers and other scientists interested in fluid dynamics.

    • Problems of Product Design and Development

      • 1st Edition
      • October 22, 2013
      • C. Hearn Buck
      • English
      • Paperback
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      • eBook
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      Problems of Product Design and Development provides an elementary introduction to product design and development. Some of the topics discussed include an introduction to the kinds of design and production; initiation of a new product; function and use of designed products; design for production and maintenance; coordination of design; job description of a designer; and research and legal protection of designs. This book is a good reference for students taking management studies and individuals who want to understand the significance of design and development to the commercial organization.

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