Books in Engineering and technology

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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Net Zero Energy Buildings (NZEB)

2nd Edition
September 1, 2025
Shady Attia
English
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Net Zero Energy Buildings (NZEB): Concepts, Frameworks, and Roadmap for Project Analysis and Implementation, Second Edition is an essential reference for both industry professionals and academics in civil engineering and related fields. The book provides a comprehensive review of principles guiding the planning and design of high-performance buildings, alongside practical implementation techniques to meet regulatory standards. This updated edition incorporates the latest advancements in materials and technologies, as well as innovative approaches to ensure buildings achieve net-zero energy consumption. It delves into advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, data analytics, and digital twins for modeling and monitoring a building’s performance.It includes case studies of various NZEB types, practical lessons learned, and evidence-based methodologies for robust decision-making processes. Highlighting the need for transformative changes at scale, this resource underscores the built environment's critical role in addressing the climate crisis.

Sensors, Circuits, and Systems for Scientific Instruments

1st Edition
September 1, 2025
Soumyajit Mandal
English
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Sensors, Circuits, and Systems for Scientific Instruments: Back-Ends and Applications delves into the advanced world of sensors and circuits tailored for precision measurements. This text builds on foundational concepts from prior studies and focuses on the sophisticated processes in the later stages of measurement. From data converters to digital signal processing, and parameter estimation to machine learning, this volume provides students with critical insights into testing, verification, and system integration through practical case studies involving various scientific instruments.Designed for senior undergraduates and entry-level graduate students in electrical and computer engineering, applied physics, and biomedical engineering, this book bridges a gap between component-focused texts and broad surveys, offering a thorough understanding of back-end systems and applications.

Powder Metallurgy

1st Edition
August 1, 2025
Sachin Salunkhe + 2 more
English
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Powder Metallurgy: Characterization, Processing, and Optimization Techniques explores the evolving role of powder metallurgy in producing parts for various applications. This comprehensive text focuses on the tribological performances of powder metallurgy materials. It delves into processes such as sintering, electrolytic methods, atomization techniques, cold compaction, and cold isostatic pressing, alongside techniques for measurement, testing, and characterization. Moreover, the book covers sustainability in powder metallurgy and the use of artificial intelligence for modeling and optimizing the process. Applications span across aerospace, defense, automotive, consumer products, industrial products, and more.

High-Pressure Thermoelastic and Thermophysical Properties of Smart Materials

1st Edition
August 1, 2025
Anjani Kumar Pandey + 2 more
English
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High-Pressure Thermoelastic and Thermophysical properties of smart materials: EOSs at High Pressure and Thermal Properties describes how high-pressure research is instrumental in different sectors and how EOS plays an important role in high-pressure research; displays various EOS modelling techniques; explains thermoelastic and thermophysical properties of materials from EOSs, and provides a blueprint of size and shape dependence thermal properties of smart materials. This book opens with an introduction to high-pressure research, surveys experimental and theoretical tools for study at high pressure, covers the role of EOSs to describe thermoelastic properties and their limitations, looks at different modelling techniques of EOSs, considers how extreme-compression behaviour is different from low-compression behaviour, examines thermoelastic properties of smart materials at high pressure, addresses the search of universal EOSs, analyzes the effect of shape and size on thermal properties of smart materials and culminates in future research. This volume provides researchers and academicians working in the field of high-pressure research and shape / size dependent thermal properties a one-stop reference that summates correlations between different aspects of high-pressure thermoelastic and thermophysical properties of advanced materials. It serves as a thorough introduction for less-experienced readers, but also provides a summary of state-of-the-art in the field to physicists, materials scientists and engineers working to exploit high pressure techniques for possible materials development and application.

Additive Manufacturing of Magnetic Materials

1st Edition
August 1, 2025
Moataz Attallah + 1 more
English
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Additive Manufacturing of Magnetic Materials: Techniques, Materials, Applications, Opportunities and Challenges outlines different 3D printing techniques that can be employed to create an array of different magnetic materials, along with how these materials can be effectively applied. The book discusses the additive manufacturing (AM) of soft magnets, permanent (hard) magnets, 4D magnetic shape memory alloys, magnetocaloric materials, and rare earth based magnetic alloys. Different AM techniques are covered, including laser powder bed fusion, directed laser deposition, binder jetting, cold spray, and the different influences of these techniques on the microstructure of the material produced.Common challenges are highlighted with solutions also provided, and applications covered include magnetic shielding, actuators, sensors, robotics, and magnetic heat exchangers for solid state heat pumps.

Recent Developments in the Field of IR Detectors

1st Edition
Volume 118
August 1, 2025
Sarath Gunapala + 1 more
English
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Recent Developments in the Field of IR Detectors, Volume 118 in the Semiconductors and Semimetals series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters, including Type-II superlattice unipolar barrier infrared detectors, Fabrication and characterization of Ga-free T2SL structure for high performance infrared photodetector, Extracting Material and Structural Properties from Conventional Test Data of III-V Superlattice Detectors, Antimony-based Type-II superlattice infrared detectors: Focal Plane Arrays, Near-room temperature InAsSb-based infrared photodetectors, and more.Other sections cover Interband cascade infrared Photodetectorsand Engineering of Superlattice Based Avalanche Photodiodes.

Advances in Imaging and Electron Physics

1st Edition
Volume 235
August 1, 2025
Peter W. Hawkes + 1 more
English
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Advances in Imaging and Electron Physics, Volume 235 merges two long-running serials, Advances in Electronics and Electron Physics and Advances in Optical and Electron Microscopy. Chapters in this release cover Unified formalism of light beam optics and light polarization, Relativistic Theory and Calculation of Electrostatic Focusing Systems, A Nonlinear Representation Theory of Equivariant Deep Learning Using Group Morphology.

Computational Biomechanics of Human Joints

1st Edition
July 25, 2025
Abdelwahed Barkaoui + 2 more
English
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Computational Biomechanics of Human Joints delves into the intricate details of each joint, exploring anatomical, mechanical, pathological, and therapeutic aspects. The book offers a comprehensive understanding of joint biomechanics by dedicating each chapter to specific joints, detailing their anatomical structure, biomechanical mechanisms, associated diseases, and pathologies. It also covers treatments, surgical interventions, and imaging-based modeling alongside numerical simulation techniques using the finite element method. This approach provides readers with an innovative perspective on the technological advancements in joint biomechanics. In addition to exploring joint-specific details, the book discusses the advantages and limitations of modern techniques.Finally, the book emphasizes the potential for these methods to improve clinical decision-making, optimize personalized treatments, and design medical devices. The integration of advanced modeling and simulation techniques enhances the understanding of the complex mechanisms of joints, contributing significantly to both academic research and practical clinical applications.

Mechanical Behavior of Materials

1st Edition
July 7, 2025
Rajiv S. Mishra + 2 more
English
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Mechanical Behavior of Materials: Deformation and Design is the first textbook to adopt a design-led approach to the teaching of mechanical behavior of materials in which the underlying fundamental science is presented in the context of design. This approach has been found to help motivate and engage students through real-life case studies and illustrative applications. In addition to the design-led approach, Mishra and Charit cover newer content not found in other textbooks, such as recent advances in microstructural characterization techniques and up-to-date presentation of fundamentals that link the microstructure of engineering materials with realistic mechanical response.

Advanced Oxidation Process-Based Integrated and Hybrid Technologies for Degradation of Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products

1st Edition
July 1, 2025
Amit K. Thakur + 5 more
English
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Advanced Oxidation Process-based Integrated and Hybrid Technologies for Degradation of Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products addresses PPCP removal from wastewater by the recent application of AOP-based hybrid techniques. Technological advancement of AOPs and AOP-based hybrid methods are discussed and will highlight the perspectives on fundamental and technological advancements in AOP and AOP-based hybrid methods for PPCPs removal from wastewater. A detailed cost analysis of different AOP-based hybrid techniques is examined to help readers formulate guidelines to transform the wastewater treatment process from lab scale to pilot/industrial scale.

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