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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.

  • The Foundations of Magnetic Recording

    • 2nd Edition
    • John C. Mallinson
    • English
    This expanded and updated new edition provides a comprehensive overview of the science and technology of magnetic recording. In the six years since the publication of the first edition, the magnetic recording and storage industry has burgeoned with the introduction of a host of new ideas and technologies. His book contains a discussion of almost every technologically important aspect of recording.

  • Foundations of Genetic Algorithms 1993 (FOGA 2)

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 2
    • FOGA
    • English
    Foundations of Genetic Algorithms, Volume 2 provides insight of theoretical work in genetic algorithms. This book provides a general understanding of a canonical genetic algorithm. Organized into six parts encompassing 19 chapters, this volume begins with an overview of genetic algorithms in the broader adaptive systems context. This text then reviews some results in mathematical genetics that use probability distributions to characterize the effects of recombination on multiple loci in the absence of selection. Other chapters examine the static building block hypothesis (SBBH), which is the underlying assumption used to define deception. This book discusses as well the effect of noise on the quality of convergence of genetic algorithms. The final chapter deals with the primary goal in machine learning and artificial intelligence, which is to dynamically and automatically decompose problems into simpler problems to facilitate their solution. This book is a valuable resource for theorists and genetic algorithm researchers.

  • Engineering Metallurgy Applied Physical Metallurgy

    Applied Physical Metallurgy
    • 6th Edition
    • Malcolm Higgins
    • English
    An ideal introduction to physical metallurgy, this popular and well-established text offers far more specific information on alloys and steels that comparable general materials books. Placing emphasis very much on applied metallurgy, the author employs a simple, direct style, together with helpful diagrams, to relate theory to commercial alloys and real applications.

  • Pumps for a Safer Future

    The Proceedings of the 13th International Pump Technical Conference
    • 1st Edition
    • Elsevier Chennai Outsource Office
    • English
    Pumps for a Safer Future

  • Design of Flood Storage Reservoirs

    • 1st Edition
    • M J Hall + 2 more
    • English

  • Handbook of Sputter Deposition Technology

    Principles, Technology and Applications
    • 1st Edition
    • Kiyotaka Wasa + 1 more
    • English
    A concise, comprehensive overview of sputter deposition technologyùa key technology for materials research in the next decade. Cathode sputtering is widely used in the microelectronics industry for silicon integrated circuit production and for metallurgical coatings. High temperature superconductors can be synthesized with sputtering under non-equilibrium conditions. Diamond films and ferroelectric materials are other applications.

  • Integrated Engineering/Construction Projects

    Proposal to Completion
    • 1st Edition
    • Edward Dansker
    • English
    Shows how to develop an integrated engineering/construc... project. Details the physical aspects of a complicated construction project and provides an overview of the organization required to produce such a project.

  • Chemical Vapor Deposition of Tungsten and Tungsten Silicides for VLSI/ ULSI Applications

    • 1st Edition
    • John E.J. Schmitz
    • English
    This monograph condenses the relevant and pertinent literature on blanket and selective CVD of tungsten (W) into a single manageable volume. The book supplies the reader with the necessary background to bring up, fine tune, and successfully maintain a CVD-W process in a production set-up. Materials deposition chemistry, equipment, process technology, developments, and applications are described.

  • Sick Building Syndrome

    Sources, Health Effects, Mitigation
    • 1st Edition
    • M. C. Baechler
    • English
    This book summarizes information about indoor air quality and ventilation in both new and existing commercial buildings. The quality of indoor air is dependent on the complex interaction between sources of indoor pollutants, environmental factors within buildings such as temperature and humidity, the removal of air pollutants by air cleaning devices, and the removal and dilution of pollutants from inside air by ventilation. The book addresses specific pollutants in the second section.

  • Lubricants and Special Fluids

    • 1st Edition
    • V. Stepina + 1 more
    • English
    The constitution, properties, production and applications of lubricants and related fluids of all states of aggregation are reviewed in this volume. Special attention is devoted to synthetic lubricants and to additives for lubricants. Standards of quality are listed, together with systems of classification and the most important specifications and methods of testing the properties of lubricants and their performance in service. Future trends in lubricants are also discussed. Non-conventional lubricants and additives are examined in detail. The relationship between constitution and properties of lubricants, e.g., the viscosity -temperature -pressure relationship, the behaviour in ageing, the biodegradability, synergisms and antagonisms in the blends of lubricants, of additives and lubricant-additive are analyzed. Guidelines for the selection of lubricants and fluids in the design, service and maintenance of machines and machine parts are also given. The work will be of interest to all those involved in the research and development of petrochemical and machinery industries, as well as lecturers and students specializing in this field.

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