Skip to main content
Elsevier
View Cart

Books in Physical sciences and engineering

BooksJournals

    • Design of Marine Risers with Functionally Graded Materials

      • 1st Edition
      • October 23, 2020
      • Srinivasan Chandrasekaran
      • English
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 0 1 2 8 2 3 5 3 7 9
      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 1 2 8 2 3 5 6 1 4
      Design of Marine Risers with Functionally Graded Materials focuses on the application and use of marine risers fabricated with functionally graded materials (FGM) in ocean environments. Chapters cover the various types of marine risers available, common problems (corrosion), their fabrication and manufacturing, and their application and use in marine risers. A functionally graded materials mould is then subsequently investigated by various structural and metallurgical examinations to assess its suitability as an alternate material in the marine environment. Several characteristics of the newly developed FGM are compared with other conventional materials to explicitly highlight the superiority of the newly developed FGM. Further chapters focus on novel design methods, such as VIV suppression systems for risers with detailed experimental investigations carried out on cylinders and a chapter on advanced materials, including titanium and composites and their application and use in the marine environment.

    • Advances in Smart Grid Power System

      • 1st Edition
      • October 23, 2020
      • Anuradha Tomar + 1 more
      • English
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 0 1 2 8 2 4 3 3 7 4
      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 1 2 8 2 4 3 3 8 1
      Advances in Smart Grid Power System: Network, Control and Security discusses real world problems, solutions, and best practices in related fields. The book includes executable plans for smart grid systems, their network communications, tactics on protecting information, and response plans for cyber incidents. Moreover, it enables researchers and energy professionals to understand the future of energy delivery systems and security. Covering fundamental theory, mathematical formulations, practical implementations, and experimental testing procedures, this book gives readers invaluable insights into the field of power systems, their quality and reliability, their impact, and their importance in cybersecurity.

    • Advances in Applied Mechanics

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 53
      • October 23, 2020
      • Daniel S. Balint + 1 more
      • English
      • Hardback
        9 7 8 0 1 2 8 2 0 9 8 9 9
      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 1 2 8 2 0 9 9 0 5
      Advances in Applied Mechanics, Volume 53 in this ongoing series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on Phase field modelling of fracture, Advanced geometry representations and tools for microstructural and multiscale modelling, The material point method: the past and the future, From Experimental Modeling of Shotcrete to Large Scale Numerical Simulations of Tunneling, and Material point method after 25 years: theory, implementation, applications.

    • Murray-Darling Basin, Australia

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 1
      • October 23, 2020
      • Barry Hart + 4 more
      • English
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 0 1 2 8 1 8 1 5 2 2
      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 1 2 8 1 8 1 5 3 9
      Murray-Darling Basin, Australia: Its Future Management is a much-needed text for water resources managers, water, catchment, estuarine and coastal scientists, and aquatic ecologists. The book first provides a summary of the Murray-Darling River system: its hydrology, water-related ecological assets, land uses (particularly irrigation), and its rural and regional communities; and management within the Basin, including catchments and natural resources, water resources, irrigation, environment, and monitoring and evaluation. Additionally, the recent major water reforms in the Basin are discussed, with a focus particularly on the development and implementation of the Basin Plan. Murray-Darling Basin, Australia: Its Future Management then provides an analysis of the next set of policy and institutional reforms (environmental, social, cultural and economic) needed to ensure the Basin is managed as an integrated system (including its water resources, catchment and estuary) capable of adapting to future changes. Six major challenges facing the Basin are identified and discussed, particularly within the context of predicted changes to the climate leading to an increased frequency of drought and a hotter and dryer future. Finally, a ‘road map’ or ‘blueprint’ to achieve more integrated management of the Basin is provided, together with some ‘key lessons’ of relevance to others involved in the management of multijurisdictional river Basins.

    • Development and Application of Classical Capillary Number Curve Theory

      • 1st Edition
      • October 22, 2020
      • Lianqing Qi + 4 more
      • English
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 0 1 2 8 2 1 2 2 5 7
      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 1 2 8 2 2 6 2 7 8
      Development and Application of Classical Capillary Curve Theory shows readers how to improve chemical flooding recovery procedures in enhanced oil recovery (EOR) using sophisticated numerical modeling techniques for oil displacement that build on, and enhance, the accepted capillary curve in a novel way. The title presents research and technical data that amends the classical capillary curve, giving new impetus to chemical flooding research. By analyzing the capillary number experiment QL, the book models oil and water distribution in the micro-space of the reservoir core. Finally, the book discusses chemical flooding software, reservoir geological modeling, field tests, and a new technique of digital oil displacement testing being developed.

    • The Microbiology of Nuclear Waste Disposal

      • 1st Edition
      • October 22, 2020
      • Jonathan R. Lloyd + 1 more
      • English
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 0 1 2 8 1 8 6 9 5 4
      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 1 2 8 1 8 6 9 6 1
      The Microbiology of Nuclear Waste Disposal is a state-of-the-art reference featuring contributions focusing on the impact of microbes on the safe long-term disposal of nuclear waste. This book is the first to cover this important emerging topic, and is written for a wide audience encompassing regulators, implementers, academics, and other stakeholders. The book is also of interest to those working on the wider exploitation of the subsurface, such as bioremediation, carbon capture and storage, geothermal energy, and water quality. Planning for suitable facilities in the U.S., Europe, and Asia has been based mainly on knowledge from the geological and physical sciences. However, recent studies have shown that microbial life can proliferate in the inhospitable environments associated with radioactive waste disposal, and can control the long-term fate of nuclear materials. This can have beneficial and damaging impacts, which need to be quantified.

    • Handbook of Small Modular Nuclear Reactors

      • 2nd Edition
      • October 22, 2020
      • Daniel T. Ingersoll + 1 more
      • English
      • Hardback
        9 7 8 0 1 2 8 2 3 9 1 6 2
      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 1 2 8 2 3 9 1 7 9
      Handbook of Small Modular Nuclear Reactors, Second Edition is a fully updated comprehensive reference on Small Modular Reactors (SMRs), which reflects the latest research and technological advances in the field from the last five years. Editors Daniel T. Ingersoll and Mario D. Carelli, along with their team of expert contributors, combine their wealth of collective experience to update this comprehensive handbook that provides the reader with all required knowledge on SMRs, expanding on the rapidly growing interest and development of SMRs around the globe. This book begins with an introduction to SMRs for power generation, an overview of international developments, and an analysis of Integral Pressurized Water Reactors as a popular class of SMRs. The second part of the book is dedicated to SMR technologies, including physics, components, I&C, human-system interfaces and safety aspects. Part three discusses the implementation of SMRs, covering economic factors, construction methods, hybrid energy systems and licensing considerations. The fourth part of the book provides an in-depth analysis of SMR R&D and deployment of SMRs within eight countries, including the United States, Republic of Korea, Russia, China, Argentina, and Japan. This edition includes brand new content on the United Kingdom and Canada, where interests in SMRs have increased considerably since the first edition was published. The final part of the book adds a new analysis of the global SMR market and concludes with a perspective on SMR benefits to developing economies. This authoritative and practical handbook benefits engineers, designers, operators, and regulators working in nuclear energy, as well as academics and graduate students researching nuclear reactor technologies.

    • Uncertainties in Modern Power Systems

      • 1st Edition
      • October 22, 2020
      • Ahmed F. Zobaa + 1 more
      • English
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 0 1 2 8 2 0 4 9 1 7
      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 1 2 8 2 0 8 9 3 9
      Uncertainties in Modern Power Systems combines several aspects of uncertainty management in power systems at the planning and operation stages within an integrated framework. This book provides the state-of-the-art in electric network planning, including time-scales, reliability, quality, optimal allocation of compensators and distributed generators, mathematical formulation, and search algorithms. The book introduces innovative research outcomes, programs, algorithms, and approaches that consolidate the present status and future opportunities and challenges of power systems. The book also offers a comprehensive description of the overall process in terms of understanding, creating, data gathering, and managing complex electrical engineering applications with uncertainties. This reference is useful for researchers, engineers, and operators in power distribution systems.

    • Wastewater Treatment and Reuse - Lessons Learned in Technological Developments and Management Issues

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 6
      • October 22, 2020
      • English
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 0 3 2 3 8 5 6 8 4 3
      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 3 2 3 8 5 6 8 5 0
      Wastewater Treatment and Reuse - Lessons Learned in Technological Developments and Management Issues, Volume 6 explores emerging and state-of-the-art technologies. Chapters cover Treatment options for the direct reuse of reclaimed water in developing countries, Water reuse in India: Current perspectives and future potential, Water reuse practices, solutions and trends at international, Impact of the use of treated wastewater for agricultural need: behavior of organic micropollutants in soil, transfer to crops, and related risks, Environmental risks of sewage sludge reuse in agriculture, Modeling tools for risk management in reclaimed wastewater reuse systems: Focus on contaminants of emerging concern (CECs), and much more.

    • Intelligent Environmental Data Monitoring for Pollution Management

      • 1st Edition
      • October 22, 2020
      • Siddhartha Bhattacharyya + 4 more
      • English
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 0 1 2 8 1 9 6 7 1 7
      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 1 2 8 1 9 9 2 4 4
      Intelligent Environmental Data Monitoring for Pollution Management discusses evolving novel intelligent algorithms and their applications in the area of environmental data-centric systems guided by batch process-oriented data. Thus, the book ushers in a new era as far as environmental pollution management is concerned. It reviews the fundamental concepts of gathering, processing and analyzing data from batch processes, followed by a review of intelligent tools and techniques which can be used in this direction. In addition, it discusses novel intelligent algorithms for effective environmental pollution data management that are on par with standards laid down by the World Health Organization.

Related subjects

Astronomy astrophysics space science

Built environment

Chemical engineering

Chemistry

Computer science

Earth and planetary sciences

Energy and power

Engineering and technology

Environmental sciences

Materials science

Mathematics

Physics