Skip to main content
Elsevier
View Cart

Books in Physical sciences and engineering

BooksJournals

    • Lightweight Composite Structures in Transport

      • 1st Edition
      • January 22, 2016
      • James Njuguna
      • English
      • Hardback
        9 7 8 1 7 8 2 4 2 3 2 5 6
      • eBook
        9 7 8 1 7 8 2 4 2 3 4 3 0
      Lightweight Composite Structures in Transport: Design, Manufacturing, Analysis and Performance provides a detailed review of lightweight composite materials and structures and discusses their use in the transport industry, specifically surface and air transport. The book covers materials selection, the properties and performance of materials, and structures, design solutions, and manufacturing techniques. A broad range of different material classes is reviewed with emphasis on advanced materials. Chapters in the first two parts of the book consider the lightweight philosophy and current developments in manufacturing techniques for lightweight composite structures in the transport industry, with subsequent chapters in parts three to five discussing structural optimization and analysis, properties, and performance of lightweight composite structures, durability, damage tolerance and structural integrity. Final chapters present case studies on lightweight composite design for transport structures.

    • Application, Purification, and Recovery of Ionic Liquids

      • 1st Edition
      • February 25, 2016
      • Olga Kuzmina + 1 more
      • English
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 0 4 4 4 6 3 7 1 3 0
      • Hardback
        9 7 8 0 4 4 4 6 3 3 0 2 6
      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 4 4 4 6 3 3 0 1 9
      Application, Purification, and Recovery of Ionic Liquids provides a comprehensive overview of the usage of ionic liquids (IL). The book gives a description of the methods used for recovery and purification of ILs, a summary of the economic aspects of using ILs, and a review on the toxicity data of ILs. It is written for researchers, scientists, and engineers working with ILs, their properties, and usages. The book not only describes the chemical aspects, but the economic and environmental aspects as well, making it of particular interest to professionals applying this technology.

    • Thermal Protective Clothing for Firefighters

      • 1st Edition
      • August 25, 2016
      • Guowen Song + 2 more
      • English
      • Hardback
        9 7 8 0 0 8 1 0 1 2 8 5 7
      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 0 8 1 0 1 2 8 6 4
      Thermal Protective Clothing for Firefighters explores the materials, design, and usage of thermal protective clothing. The characteristics of fire hazards are discussed in detail, and the thermal environments faced by firefighters in these fire hazards are also examined. The different types of potential burn injuries and the heat stress that occurs to firefighters’ bodies when exposed to such thermal environments are analyzed. Furthermore, the development of various high performance fibers and fabrics for thermal protective clothing is discussed. The test methods and existing standards to evaluate the thermal protective and physiological comfort performances of the fabrics and clothing are critically reviewed. Recent developments in the field of fire- and heat-resistant materials have led to significant improvements in thermal protective clothing. In parallel with this, the complexity and risk levels of fires, especially in industrial-storage facilities, and developments in health and safety cultures have increased the demand for high-performance heat- and flame-resistant clothing and equipment, designed to mitigate skin burn injuries and reduce risk of death from fire hazards. Throughout the work, the gaps and limitations in existing test methods and standards are identified, and approaches are recommended for the development of enhanced test methods. Scenario modeling and its implications for firefighters’ protective clothing is discussed, and various factors affecting performance are established. Finally, various key issues related to thermal protective clothing are addressed to guide the future research in the field of thermal protective clothing for firefighters. This book will help materials-textile engineers to develop high performance thermal protective clothing that can enhance the protection, safety, and comfort of firefighters.

    • Current Trends in Organic Synthesis

      • 1st Edition
      • October 27, 2016
      • Hitosi Nozaki
      • English
      • eBook
        9 7 8 1 4 8 3 2 7 9 1 2 1
      Current Trends in Organic Synthesis is a collection of papers presented at the Fourth International Conference on Organic Synthesis, held in Tokyo, Japan on August 22-27, 1982. This conference brings together the significant achievements in the diversified frontier fields of organic synthesis. This book is composed of 33 chapters. The first chapters focus on the synthesis of biologically active natural compounds, including metabolites of arachidonic acid, erythromycin A, verrucarins, steroids, anthracyclines, terpenes, yeast alanine t-RNA, beta-lactam antibiotics, and palitoxin. Other chapters deal with the central problems in stereoselective and chiral synthesis, as well as processes of high degree of stereochemical control and asymmetric induction. These chapters also describe chiral pool synthesis by means of carbohydrate precursors. This book also examines the methodologies in organic synthesis using reagents with boron, aluminum, transition metals, silicon, phosphorus, and sulfur. The remaining chapters are devoted to reactions involving radical initiated ring closure, small ring hydrogenolysis, annulene synthesis, vicarious nucleophilic substitution of aromatic hydrogen, and dichlorine monoxide mediated powerful chlorination. This book is of value to organic chemists and allied scientists.

    • Biostatistics and Computer-based Analysis of Health Data using R

      • 1st Edition
      • July 11, 2016
      • Christophe Lalanne + 1 more
      • English
      • Hardback
        9 7 8 1 7 8 5 4 8 0 8 8 1
      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 0 8 1 0 1 1 7 5 1
      Biostatistics and Computer-Based Analysis of Health Data Using the R Software addresses the concept that many of the actions performed by statistical software comes back to the handling, manipulation, or even transformation of digital data. It is therefore of primary importance to understand how statistical data is displayed and how it can be exploited by software such as R. In this book, the authors explore basic and variable commands, sample comparisons, analysis of variance, epidemiological studies, and censored data. With proposed applications and examples of commands following each chapter, this book allows readers to apply advanced statistical concepts to their own data and software.

    • Bioresorbable Polymers for Biomedical Applications

      • 1st Edition
      • August 24, 2016
      • Giuseppe Perale + 1 more
      • English
      • Hardback
        9 7 8 0 0 8 1 0 0 2 6 2 9
      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 0 8 1 0 0 2 6 6 7
      Bioresorbable Polymers for Biomedical Applications: From Fundamentals to Translational Medicine provides readers with an overview of bioresorbable polymeric materials in the biomedical field. A useful resource for materials scientists in industry and academia, offering information on the fundamentals and considerations, synthesis and processing, and the clinical and R and D applications of bioresorbable polymers for biomedical applications.

    • Chitosan Based Biomaterials Volume 2

      • 1st Edition
      • September 23, 2016
      • Jessica Amber Jennings + 1 more
      • English
      • Hardback
        9 7 8 0 0 8 1 0 0 2 2 8 5
      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 0 8 1 0 0 2 5 6 8
      Chitosan Based Biomaterials: Tissue Engineering and Therapeutics, Volume 2, provides the latest information on chitosan, a natural polymer derived from the marine material chitin. Chitosan displays unique properties, most notably biocompatibility and biodegradability. It can also be easily tuned to modify its structure or properties, making chitosan an excellent candidate as a biomaterial. Consequently, chitosan is being developed for many biomedical functions, ranging from tissue engineering and implant coatings to drug and gene delivery. This book provides readers with a full coverage of the applications of chitosan-based biomaterials.

    • The World of Nano-Biomechanics

      • 2nd Edition
      • November 18, 2016
      • Atsushi Ikai
      • English
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 0 4 4 4 6 3 6 8 6 7
      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 4 4 4 6 3 6 8 7 4
      The World of Nano-Biomechanics, Second Edition, focuses on the remarkable progress in the application of force spectroscopy to molecular and cellular biology that has occurred since the book's first edition in 2008. The initial excitement of seeing and touching a single molecule of protein/DNA is now culminating in the development of various ways to manipulate molecules and cells almost at our fingertips, enabling live cell operations. Topics include the development of molecular biosensors, mechanical diagnosis, cellular-level wound healing, and a look into the advances that have been made in our understanding of the significance of mechanical rigidity/flexibility of protein/DNA structure for the manifestation of biological activities. The book begins with a summary of the results of basic mechanics to help readers who are unfamiliar with engineering mechanics. Then, representative results obtained on biological macromolecules and structures, such as proteins, DNA, RNA, polysaccharides, lipid membranes, subcellular organelles, and live cells are discussed. New to this second edition are recent developments in three important applications, i.e., advanced AFM-data analysis, high-resolution mechanical biosensing, and the use of cell mechanics for medical diagnosis.

    • Introduction to Bond Graphs and their Applications

      • 1st Edition
      • May 4, 2016
      • Jean U. Thoma
      • English
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 0 0 8 0 1 8 8 8 1 2
      • eBook
        9 7 8 1 4 8 3 1 3 7 6 0 5
      Introduction to Bond Graphs and Their Applications is an introductory text on bond graphs and their applications in the field of engineering. The applications of bond graphs in mechanical engineering and design, fluid mechanics, electronic data processing, and thermal and thermodynamic systems are discussed. This book is comprised of eight chapters and begins by comparing the different kinds of graphs, diagrams, and models before turning to the fundamentals of bond graphs. The next chapter introduces the reader to the systematic application of bond graphs in mechanical engineering and design; fluid power engineering (sometimes called oil hydraulics); electrotechnique and electronics; and thermodynamics. The use of bond graphs in automatic computer programming with the ENPORT program is also described. The final chapter is devoted to inertia and resistance fields; linear two-ports in different causalities; thermodynamics of flow processes; electromechanical components; systems with distributed parameters; and force and velocity as effort or flow. This monograph is intended primarily for all engineers interested in representing simple or complex engineering systems and should also be of value to students in the different engineering disciplines, mechanics, fluid mechanics, and electronics with electromechanical power conversion or thermodynamics.

    • Transboundary Water Resources in Afghanistan

      • 1st Edition
      • June 13, 2016
      • John F. Shroder + 1 more
      • English
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 0 1 2 8 0 1 8 8 6 6
      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 1 2 8 0 1 8 6 1 3
      Transboundary Water from Afghanistan: Climate Change, and Land-Use Implications brings together diverse factual material on the physical geography and political, cultural, and economic implications of Southwest Asian transboundary water resources. It is the outgrowth of long-term deep knowledge and experience gained by the authors, as well as the material developed from a series of new workshops funded by the Lounsbery Foundation and other granting agencies. Afghanistan and Pakistan have high altitude mountains providing vital water supplies that are highly contentious necessities much threatened by climate change, human land-use variation, and political manipulation, which can be managed in new ways that are in need of comprehensive discussions and negotiations between all the riparian nations of the Indus watershed (Afghanistan, China, India, and Pakistan). This book provides a description of the basic topographic configuration of the Kabul River tributary to the Indus river, together will all its tributaries that flow back and forth across the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan, and the basic elements that are involved with the hydrological cycle and its derivatives in the high mountains of the Hindu Kush and Himalaya.

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