A guide for process systems engineers to design environmentally conscious chemical processes. It introduces the Composite Sustainability Indicator (CSI), a tool integrating risk assessment and environmental impact models, and uses case studies to demonstrate its effectiveness.
This book covers the measurement of optoelectronic components, focusing on the implementation of static electrical and optical characterization. It links these measurements to solid state physics and presents different LED technologies through detailed experimental analyses.
This book offers a comprehensive examination of shape control, vibration analysis, and buckling in piezolaminated composite plates. Using shear deformation theory in finite element methods, it delivers accurate calculations of deformation, frequencies, and buckling modes.
Meeting the Challenges of Climate Change to Tourism
The travel and tourism industry is both a significant contributor to climate change and is directly impacted by it. As a vital driver of the global economy, the sector must adapt. This collection offers indispensable insights and models of best practice.
This book summarizes the latest research on applying nature-inspired metaheuristic algorithms with artificial neural networks (ANNs) to solve real-world hydrology problems. Discover novel models for rainfall prediction, water level forecasting, and imputing missing data.
Studying Shanghai and Nanjing, this book examines the behavior and impact of pollutants in developing metropolises. It offers innovative solutions, including a method to distinguish human-added trace metals in soil from natural levels. A guide for researchers and policymakers.
This book covers the design and quality control of microwave devices using simulation and measurement. It describes methods for designing simulators of microwave amplifiers and oscillators, enabling accurate measurements and effective quality control that minimizes costs.
This book covers mineral resource estimation, from classic geometric to modern geostatistical techniques. It includes essential theory, mine planning, international codes, and extensive diagrams. A comprehensive textbook and reference for students and mining geologists.
As sustainability becomes a priority for mining enterprises, operations must meet strict environmental safety provisions. This book highlights the problem of ensuring a future mining engineer’s environmental competence.
Microbes play a vital role in making the earth sustainable. Omnipresent in nature, they inhabit extreme conditions and are essential for human existence, from food fermentation to medicine. This volume highlights the importance of microbial biodiversity to society.
This book describes the principles of microwave circuit theory, bridging electromagnetic fields and circuit analysis. It explores scattering, admittance, impedance, and transmission matrices in detail. Learn analysis methods for complex networks, aided by numerous diagrams.
As pollution challenges drive research, this book reveals the science of selective adsorbents for heavy and precious metals. It offers a systematic guide to designing and optimizing these materials, combining theoretical knowledge with practical interdisciplinary applications.
MIMED Forum IV
This book explores the vital debate on flexibility in architectural education. As globalization risks making curricula uniform, a critical question arises: If the discipline’s autonomous nature resists, how will this occur and what will the impact be?
Mine Planning for Resource Sustainability
The first of its kind, this book offers a detailed, step-by-step guide to solving mine planning problems. For students and professionals, its integration of spreadsheet modelling allows the reader to analyze meaningful exercises beyond traditional assignments.
Mineral Resources in Iceland
This book honors the Icelandic coal miners who helped their nation survive the World Wars. The first overview of its kind, it covers the history of coal mining in Iceland, from the largest commercial galleries to the small pits used by local farmers.
Iceland’s mineral exploration is a story of gold fever, geology, and geothermal power. This book covers its history, from early settlers to modern discoveries linking geothermal systems to metal deposition, with stories of gold and silver and a chapter on the Faeroe Islands.
This book describes wireless channels for mobile communication system design. It explains mobile propagation and analyses multi-path channel properties, validated by experiments. Topics include street cell design, antenna diversity, and SU/MU-MIMO channel models for 5G systems.
This book focuses on developing direction dependent non-local approaches for modeling failure modes in multi-phase materials. It includes several numerical simulations with MATLAB codes to enhance the understanding of composite failure.
This book presents mathematical models of neuroscience and natural phenomena like tsunami waves. It covers models of tsunamis and examines Fitzhugh-Nagumo systems to understand nerve impulse propagation. For students, researchers, and specialists in nonlinear waves.
Discover innovative methods and world-first digital tools for determining metallurgical slag properties. A unique formula allows you to determine slag suitability with 93% reliability. Essential for professionals and students in metallurgy and materials engineering.