Unchecked structural damages threaten public safety. This guide to non-destructive testing (NDT) methods helps inspectors select the most applicable and cost-effective technique for detecting defects in structures using steel, concrete, fibre-reinforced polymers, and timber.
The Aravalli Range’s Past, Present and Future Prospects
The Aravalli Mountains’ rich heritage is at a crossroads. Drawing on advanced geospatial technology and field research, this essential guide identifies critical threats and provides a powerful roadmap for sustainable, community-driven conservation.
This book covers the spatial anisotropy of induced optical effects in crystalline materials. It details analytical descriptions, 3D geometric representations, and experimental methods for studying electro-, piezo-, elasto-, and acousto-optic phenomena.
This book presents a clear introduction to first order partial dynamic equations (PDEs) on time scales. For senior undergraduate and graduate students of engineering and science, it offers proofs, numerous examples, exercises, and advanced practical problems with solutions.
Explore the synthesis and application of versatile building blocks in organic synthesis. This book systematically shows how understanding the chemical properties of precursors is essential for preparing a wide range of simple and complex organic compounds.
University texts on industrial electrochemistry often skip the fundamentals. This book details the central aspects of solution conductivity, electrode thermodynamics, and electrode processes not covered in usual programs. It will be useful for undergraduate and graduate students.
Extreme Events of Air-Sea Interaction
This book explores air-sea interaction, focusing on the Mediterranean and Red Seas. It reveals how anthropogenic activities have had destructive effects, shifting normal processes towards extreme events with severe impacts on our oceans, agriculture, and socioeconomic sectors.
This book covers current advances and methods in craniomaxillofacial bone bioengineering. It offers invaluable tools and methodologies for translating research from the bench to the clinic, making it an essential reference for researchers and specialist clinicians.
Fuel for the Future
Explore leading research on transforming low-rank coals into affordable, high-quality fuel for clean power generation. This book charts a course toward secure, zero-emissions energy from an abundant global resource, vital for industry and policymakers.
This work offers a holistic approach to landscape, agriculture, forests, and natural sciences. Featuring research from 50 expert contributors, it’s an excellent starting point for anyone looking to learn more about these topics.
This book describes terahertz radiation’s interaction with materials from dielectrics to metals. It covers all types of terahertz sources and detectors, investigates the “terahertz gap,” and explores means of increasing the working frequency and output power of the devices.
This book presents a theory of infrasound propagation in the atmosphere’s fine-scale layered structure. It explains experimental data from pulsed sources by developing a theory of how anisotropic inhomogeneities are formed by internal gravity waves and vortex structures.
Master the core methods of statistical research. This practical guide covers key techniques, from sampling to interconnection analysis, teaching you how to apply them effectively and interpret your results with confidence.
Heterogeneous catalysis is founded on solid state chemistry, but the relationship is often elusive. This book provides insights into solid state chemistry to widen the vision of catalysis, covering structure, bonding, and defects and their implications.
This book highlights the current state of the art of cybersecurity, covering key areas from systems design and management to emerging technology trends. It will appeal to practitioners, faculty, and students in cybersecurity, information technology, and computer science.
This volume is a selection of papers sharing knowledge on growth, new technologies, the environment, and the concept of the cognitive city. It will appeal to academics, professionals, governments, and NGOs in urban design, planning, engineering, and the social sciences.
Second Generation Mainframes
The IBM 7000 series led the way in many innovative concepts that helped to establish IBM as the foremost manufacturer of computer systems. This study describes IBM’s second generation of mainframe computers, detailing their new technology, new peripherals and advanced software.
In the 1970s, new technology was needed to build on Arctic ice. This book relates the human history and technical innovations developed, moving beyond lab studies to detail the testing, construction and use of ice in real conditions for designers, educators, and students.
Birthing the Computer
This volume, the first in a series, charts the progress of computer systems, including the Zuse machines and those by IBM. It details the transition from relays to vacuum tubes, and how this led to the first true computers, resulting in them becoming a commercial enterprise.
Birthing the Computer
Birthing the Computer examines the evolution of computer architecture, from magnetic drums to cores and the first transistors. These second-generation machines introduced key concepts in architecture and system software that are found in every computer system today.