engineering newsletter - jan, feb & mar 2014

Engineering NewsletterJanuary, February and March 2014

New & Noteworthy Titles from CRC Press Biomedical Engineering - Page 2 - 4

Civil & Mechanical Engineering - Page 5 - 9 Electrical Engineering - 0 - 13

Ergonomics & Industrial Engineering - Page 14 -15 GIS & Environmental Engineering - Page 16 - 17 Materials & Chemical Engineering - Page 18 - 19

Mining, Geotechnical and Dam Engineering - Page 20 - 22

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Biomedical Engineering

Market Orthopaedic residents, graduate students in bioengineering, studying advanced and orthopaedic biomaterials.

Orthopaedic Biomaterials in Research and Practice, Second Edition

Kevin L. Ong, Exponent Inc., Philadelphia, PA, USA, Scott Lovald, Exponent, Inc., Menlo Park, CA and Jonathan Black, Clemson University (Professor Emeritus), South Carolina, USA

ISBN: 978-1-4665-0350-2January 2014 • HB • £114.00 • 476pp • 165 illus

Extensively revised, this text explores the biomaterials aspects of research on and treatment of injuries, disabilities, and diseases of the musculoskeletal system, emphasizing properties of natural soft and hard tissues and of materials used to replace or treat them, and the interactions between native tissues and man-made (engineered) materials. It is intended for use in both teaching and self-study settings. The work introduces materials science as applied to medical research and treatment (biomaterials) for students and practitioners who may lack formal training in engineering.

Key Features

• Focuses directly on the biomaterials aspects of orthopaedic research and practice

• Makes the material accessible without mathematical or engineering pre-requisites

• Supplies worked problems, problems to solve and a self-test• Includes a comprehensive glossary of engineering terms • Provides references at the end of each chapter

Editor: Michael Slaughter

REFERENCE

Sell this book with...

Biomaterials, ISBN: 978-0-8493-7888-1

An Introduction to Biomaterials, ISBN: 978-0-8493-2282-2

Biological Performance of Materials, ISBN: 978-0-8493-3959-2

International Features

• SI units used throughout.• Each chapter has been updated and expanded where appropriate.• Clinical applications have been thoroughly integrated.

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Market Graduate students and practitioners in a wide range of life sciences and related fields

Laboratory Protocols in Applied Life Sciences

Prakash Singh Bisen, Defense Research & Development Establishment, Gwalior, India

ISBN: 978-1-4665-5314-9February 2014 • HB • £114.00 • 1,844 pp • 732 illus.

This manual includes details of methodologies used in diverse disciplines of life sciences including biotechnology, pharmaceutical sciences, medical sciences, and related fields. It provides the comprehensive information required to build a firm foundation in the life sciences. Due emphasis is given to techniques encountered both in practical classes but also in high throughput techniques involved in modern eras of commercialization and product inventories. Well illustrated to explain the theories behind each exercise, this book covers both basic techniques and also new, advanced techniques that continue to evolve and change.

Key Features

• Offers a complete solution of protocols for graduate students and practitioners in life science technology/general and applied biology

• Provides comprehensive coverage and relevance as a unique and valuable guide

• Includes details of methodologies used in different disciplines e.g. animal science, plant science, biotechnology, biochemistry, general biology, life sciences and pharmaceutical sciences

• Presents a firm foundation on which to build further studies in different disciplines of life sciences

• Contains illustrations


REFERENCE


Introduction to Instrumentation and Measurements, ISBN: 978-0-8493-3773-4

Biomedical Sensors and Instruments, Second Edition, ISBN: 978-1-4200-9078-9

Clinical Procedures for Medical Technology Specialists, ISBN: 978-1-4200-8199-2


• Author is a leading academic and researcher in India.• All protocols represent internationally approved standards in all sub fields

within the biosciences• SI units incorporated throughout this work

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Market Senior undergraduate and first-year graduate students in biomedical engineering and electrical engineering; graduate students and practitioners in medical image processing.

Biosignal and Medical Image Processing, Third Edition

John L. Semmlow, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA

ISBN: 978-1-4665-6736-8January 2014 • HB • £76.99 • 620pp • 333 illus.

This third edition of a bestseller offers comprehensive coverage of the major approaches in biomedical signal and image processing. It provides a complete set of signal processing tools, including diagnostic decision-making tools, and classification methods. Thoroughly revised and updated, it supplies important new material on nonlinear methods for describing and classifying signals, including entropy-based methods and scaling methods. This edition covers data “cleaning” methods commonly used in such areas as heart rate variability studies, along with actual examples. It also includes new end-of-chapter problems.

Key Features

• Offers a substantial revision to a well-established textbook• Adds new material on nonlinear methods for describing and classifying

signals• Supplies new end-of-chapter problems and examples• Includes studies dealing with heart rate variability as actual examples• Incorporates MATLAB® throughout the text


TEXTBOOK


Image Processing with MATLAB, ISBN: 978-0-8493-9246-7

Signals and Systems Analysis In Biomedical Engineering, Second Edition, ISBN: 978-1-4398-1251-8

Design of Biomedical Devices and Systems, Second Edition, ISBN: 978-1-4200-6179-6


• Each chapter has been updated with new examples and problems.• Complete Solutions Manual and Figure Slides for all illustrations are

provided to adopting instructors

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Civil & Mechanical Engineering

Market Mechanical engineers involved in the design of machines, gears & metal products. Automotive and aerospace engineers specializing in surface engineering Senior (4th yr) & gradu-ate (5th yr) students in Mechanical, Aerospace & Automotive Engineering

Generation of Surfaces Kinematic Geometry of Surface Machining

Stephen P. Radzevich, Apex Tool Group, LLC, USA


This book presents approaches for optimal machining of part surfaces on machine tools, especially of sculptured part surfaces on a multi-axis numerical control (NC) machine. The approach is based on fundamental results of the research obtained in two main areas: in differential geometry (DG) of surfaces, and in kinematics (K) of rigid body in three-dimensional Euclidian space E3. Commonly referred to as DG/K-based method of part surface generation, this method is an extremely powerful tool for solving a plurality of problems in mechanical/manufacturing engineering.

Key Features

• Provides exact knowledge of how a part surface can be machined at the lowest possible cost

• Explains analysis mathematically, avoiding ambiguities • Presents approaches and methods so they can be adapted to computer

and CNC codes • Avoids overly complex mathematics in presentation of surface generation

and kinematic geometry • Uses numerous worked examples and illustrations to explain concepts

and methods


• SI units used throughout• Excellent reference for engineers in UK/ European automotive and

aerospace industries, where surface engineering is of great importance

Editor: Jonathan Plant

REFERENCE


Dudley’s Handbook of Practical Gear Design and Manufacture, Second Edition, ISBN: 978-1-4398-6601-6

Theory of Gearing, ISBN: 978-1-4665-1448-5

Direct Gear Design, ISBN: 978-1-4398-7618-3

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Market Professors and students involved in 1st year graduate (5th year) courses/modules in Convective

Convective Heat Transfer, Third Edition

Sadik Kakac, TOBB University of Economics & Technology, Ankara, Turkey, Yaman Yener, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA and Anchasa Pramuanjaroenkij, Kasetsart University, Sakon Nakhon, Thailand


With clear, concise coverage of the basics of convection, this third edition is written for senior/graduate students, who have taken a basic heat transfer course. Balancing basic concepts with engineering applications, the text is ideal for those wanting to learn more heat transfer for research work and advanced coursework. Convective heat transfer is important in many areas, including biomedical applications and energy technologies. It features complete new chapters on convective heat transfer in microchannels, convective heat transfer with nanofluids, and more coverage of numerical/computer methods.

Key Features

• Presents a balanced view of convection, with classical and numerical coverage

• Combines physical reasoning and theoretical analysis• Includes a new chapter on microscale/nanoscale convective heat transfer• Contains Numerous worked examples that develop topics in a thorough

manner• Provides a complete solutions manual is available for qualified adopting

professors


• Revision of a popular Convective Heat Transfer text by leading authorities in the field• Coverage of micro-scale and nano-scale convection has been added to the text• Examples and problem sets have been expanded and revised• Balanced approach that includes classical and numerical approaches to convection• Numerous engineering examples are included• A complete Solutions Manual and Figure Slides of all illustrations available for adopting professors• The book reflects the author’s accomplishments as a long-time design engineer in the UK• SI units used throughout


TEXTBOOK


Analytical Heat Transfer, ISBN: 978-1-4398-6196-7

Thermal Radiation Heat Transfer, 5th Edition, ISBN: 978-1-4398-0533-6

Heat Exchangers, ISBN: 978-1-4398-4990-3

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Market Mechanical Engineering students taking a junior (3rd year) Course/module in dynamic systems.

Modeling and Analysis of Dynamic Systems, Second Edition

Ramin S. Esfandiari, California State University, Long Beach, USA and Bei Lu, California State University, Long Beach, USA

ISBN: 978-1-4665-7493-9March 2014 • HB • £89.00 • 576pp • 514 illus.

The goal of this second edition is essentially the same as that of the first edition, to provide the reader with a thorough knowledge of mathematical modeling and analysis of dynamic systems. Matlab, Simulink, and Simscape are introduced at the outset and are utilized throughout the book to perform symbolic, graphical, numerical, and simulation tasks. The textbook written at junior level, meticulously covers techniques for modeling dynamic systems, methods of response analysis, and in introduction to vibration and control systems.

Key Features

• Provides thorough integration of MATLAB, Simulink and Simscape throughout the book

• Includes chapters on vibrations and controls demonstrate modeling techniques and applications

• Presents essential mathematical background material that is explained at the outset

• Adds end-of-chapter review exercises that offer help in learning how a mix of ideas can be used

• Details worked-out examples that are included in each chapter


• SI units used throughout • Reviewed at Chalmers University (Sweden), Eindhoiven University of

Technology (the Netherlands), and the University of Sheffield (United Kingdom)


TEXTBOOK


Mechatronics, ISBN: 978-1-4200-8211-1

Measurement and Data Analysis for Engineering and Science, Second Edition, ISBN: 978-1-4398-2568-6

Dynamics in Engineering Practice, Tenth Edition, ISBN: 978-1-4398-3125-0

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Market Engineering students taking a first course in structural analysis.

Structural Analysis Principles, Methods and Modelling

Gianluca Ranzi, University of Sydney, Australia and Raymond Ian Gilbert, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

ISBN: 978-0-415-52644-9January 2014 • PB • £48.99 • 640pp • 665 illus

Combining a user-friendly, practical approach with detailed derivations and mathematical background, this text shows students how to use structural analysis accurately and efficiently to solve engineering problems. Many worked examples walk students through the methods and give them insight into creating analytical models. The book also challenges students to consider specific aspects of the material in more detail and to extend the methods to other problems. MATLAB® is used to perform complex analyses, with the code and other ancillaries accessible online.

Key Features

• Richly supported with ancillaries: • Matlab files -- for adopting lecturers and their students • Over 2000 PowerPoint presentations suitable for use in lectures for each chapter in the book• Revision versions of selected lectures with added narration• Solutions manual• Figure slides.• Presents “reflection points” in each chapter, encouraging students to look

into the details of the procedures and apply the methods to other kinds of problems

• Requires no prior knowledge of MATLAB and explains how to use it to perform complex analyses

• Provides MATLAB files on a companion website, enabling students to follow all the worked examples in the text, become familiar with the basic concepts of structural analysis programming, and get a clear understanding of the underlying solution process

• Includes numerous worked examples and problems


• A mid-range structural analysis textbook – neither too light nor too heavy for mainstream students• Not oriented to any particular country or code of practice• numerous worked examples, “Reflection points” for each chapter • Provides in-depth coverage of all the major analysis methods and expands into more advanced topics such as

Nonlinear Analysis, Finite Element Method and Structural Stability.

Editor: Tony Moore

REFERENCE


Structural Analysis 6th edition, iSBN 9780415774321

Seeing and Touching Structural Concepts ISBN: 9780415397742

Structural and Stress Analysis, ISBN: 9780415368797 Design of Structural Elements 3rd edition, ISBN: 9780415467193

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Market Practicing bridge engineers and consultants working in design, construction, and maintenance; students in bridge engineering courses.

Bridge Engineering Handbook, Second Edition

Edited by Wai-Fah Chen, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, USA and Lian Duan, California Department of Transportation, Sacramento, USA

ISBN: 978-1-4398-5205-7January 2014 • HB • £181.00 • 3,104pp • 1,500 illus

The second edition of the bestselling Bridge Engineering Handbook covers virtually all the information an engineer would need to know about any type of bridge—from planning to construction to maintenance. It contains more than 1,600 tables, charts, and illustrations in a practical, ready-to-use format. An abundance of worked-out examples give readers numerous step-by-step design procedures. Special attention is given to rehabilitation, retrofit, and maintenance, and coverage also includes seismic design, building materials, and more. Thoroughly revised and updated, this second edition includes 14 new chapters. The handbook includes five volumes:• Bridge Engineering Handbook, Second Edition: Fundamentals• Bridge Engineering Handbook, Second Edition: Construction and

Maintenance• Bridge Engineering Handbook, Second Edition: Seismic Design• Bridge Engineering Handbook, Second Edition: Substructure Design• Bridge Engineering Handbook, Second Edition: Superstructure Design

Key Features

• Covers every facet of bridge engineering: fundamentals, superstructure and substructure design, construction, maintenance, and more

• Offers an entire section on seismic implications, from design, to analysis of damage, to retrofitting of existing steel and reinforced concrete bridge structures

• Contains numerous worked-out examples that give readers step-by-step design procedures

• Brings together contributions by leading experts from around the world in their respective areas of bridge engineering

• Includes updates throughout and 14 completely new chapters


• Written by the leading experts from around the world in their respective areas of bridge engineering.

• It offers a historical sketch, and design specifications, as well as the various types of bridges, and materials for several different countries and regions.

Editor: Joe Clements

REFERENCE


Design of Modern Steel Railway Bridges, ISBN: 978-1-4200-8217-3

Handbook of International Bridge Engineering, ISBN: 978-1-4398-1029-3

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Electrical Engineering

Market Nanoscience, Nanotechnology, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering.

Dekker Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Third Edition Seven Volume Set

Sergey Edward Lyshevski, Rochester Institute of Technology, New York, USA

ISBN: 978-1-4398-9134-6January 2014 • HB • £2165.00 • 6,779p • 800 illus.

With its original publication, the Dekker Encyclopedia of Nanoscience andNanotechnology immediately became the reference against which allother nano references are measured. Continuing to cover the field as noother resource, the six-volume third edition crosses disciplines to examinefundamental nano principles, theories, and methodologies, as well asthe latest information on nano-relevant properties. It covers advances innanoscale engineering, simulation tools, and computational methods. Thisextensively updated and revised Third Edition also includes 50 new entries.

Key Features

• Explores innovations in nanostructured materials, nanodevices, and• system architectures• Describes the properties, performance, and engineering of materials that• have controllable features on the nanometer scale• Presents simulation tools and computational methods• Discusses the construction, integration, and application of tools for the• measurement and imaging of biological materials• Includes fundamental principles, theories, and methodologies that impact

nanosystem design• Blends chemistry, physics, biology, and engineering• Includes more than 60 entries never before published in print

Editor: Nora Konopka

ENCYCLOPEDIA


• Contributors are from 39 countries around the world, including: Japan (68), Germany (56), France (36), the U.K.• (33), Italy (18), the Netherlands (17), China (13), India (12), South Korea (12), Romania (11), and Canada (10)• The Editor-in-Chief is based in Kiev, Ukraine, and has made significant contributions in design, analysis and• deployment of advanced aerospace, electronic, electromechanical and naval systems• The topic of Environmental Applications and Societal Implications is reviewed by 23 entries• The product will be available in both print and online formats. The online product is in both PDF and full XML,• with active links to referenced material• Text has over 380 worldwide contributors and is an essential reference for engineers• Encyclopedias are well-received by international audiences


Handbook of Nanoscience, Engineering, and Technology, Third Edition, ISBN: 978-1-4398-6015-1

Handbook of Nanophysics, ISBN: 978-1-4200-7538-0

Fundamentals of Microfabrication and Nanotechnology, Third Edition, Three-Volume Set, ISBN: 978-0-8493-3180-0

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Measurement, Instrumentation, and Sensors Handbook, Second Edition: Two-Volume Set

Edited by John G. Webster, University of Wisconsin - Madison, USA and Halit Eren, Curtin University, Bentley, Australia

ISBN: 978-1-4398-4883-8January 2014 • HB • £191.00 • 3,559pp • 1,960 illus.

Market Engineers, scientists, academic faculty, students, designers, managers, and industry professionals involved in sensors, power engineering, instrumentation, measurements, control systems, aerospace and electric systems, biomedical engineering, human health monitoring, vehicular technology, intelligent systems and ocean engineering, material science, electromagnets, geosciences and remote sensing, lasers, optics, and photonics.

Concise and useful to industry and academia, Measurement, Instrumentation, and Sensors Handbook describes the implementation of instruments and techniques for performing practical measurements in engineering, physics, chemistry, and life sciences. This two-volume Second Edition of the bestseller contains expert contributions, new chapters, and updates to all 194 existing chapters. It addresses different ways of making measurements for given variables and emphasizes intelligent and virtual instruments and techniques, human factors, instrument networks, and modern display methods. This edition explains modern wireless techniques, sensors, measurements, and applications.

Key Features

• Describes the use of instruments and techniques for performing practical measurements in engineering, physics, chemistry, and the life sciences

• Discusses processing systems, automatic data acquisition, reduction and analysis, operation characteristics, accuracy, errors, calibrations, and the incorporation of standards for control purposes

• Contains contributions from field experts, new chapters, and updates to all 194 existing chapters

• Addresses different ways of making measurements for given variables• Emphasizes modern intelligent instruments and techniques, human

factors, modern display methods, instrument networks, and virtual instruments

• Explains modern wireless techniques, sensors, measurements, and applications


• Consists of 2 volumes• Features worldwide contributions from 240+ field experts• Contains 53 new chapters, plus updates to all 194 existing chapters• Addresses different ways of making measurements for given variables• Emphasizes modern intelligent instruments and techniques, wireless

network operations, human factors, modern display methods, and virtual instruments

• Halit Eren is a senior lecturer for Curtin University, Bentley, Australia• John G. Webster is a highly cited researcher for King Abdulaziz University,

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia


REFERENCE


Introduction to Sensors, ISBN: 978-1-4398-0852-8

The Control Handbook, Second Edition (three volume set), ISBN: 978-1-4200-7366-9

Instrumentation Design Studies, ISBN: 978-1-4398-1948-7

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Market Electrical, protection, consulting, and governmental engineers; electric utility companies; and college students in power engineering courses.

Protective Relaying Principles and Applications, Fourth Edition

J. Lewis Blackburn, Consultant, Bothell, Washington, USA and Thomas J. Domin, PPL, Inc., Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA ISBN: 978-1-4398-8811-7 February 2014 • HB • £89.00 • 666pp • 324 illus.

Protection engineers require a solid understanding of new technologies as well as of power system operations and economics to function proficiently. Continuing in the bestselling tradition of the previous editions, this fourth edition retains the fundamentals of protection relays and power system protection while incorporating new developments in the field. Thoroughly updated and revised, it focuses on technological changes in the design of protective systems, the practical concerns of power system protection encountered by users, and the techniques for protecting typical facilities used in modern power systems.

Key Features

• Presents the basic technology behind the applications of protective relays in electric power systems

• Addresses the benefits and problems associated with applying microprocessor-based devices in protection schemes

• Contains two new chapters on monitoring the performance of protective systems and on technological advances, trends, and challenges

• Includes updates and revisions throughout• Supplies new homework problems in each chapter• A solutions manual and figure slides are available upon qualifying course

adoption


• Power System Protection Regulations & Standards• Modern Power System Protection Systems • Refinements• Additions, and examples added to core material• 1 New Chapter• 6 Updated Chapters• 6 New Homework Problems• Now with a Solutions Manual!• 26 New Figures


TEXTBOOK


Electrical Calculations and Guidelines for Generating Station and Industrial Plants, ISBN: 978-1-4398-5503-4

Power System Analysis, ISBN: 978-1-4398-2078-0

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Small and Short-Range Radar Systems

Gregory L. Charvat, Butterfly Network Inc., Guilford, Connecticut, USA

ISBN: 978-1-4398-6599-6March 2014 • HB • £95.00 • 478pp • 247illus.

Coupling theory to reality by demonstrating the implementation of actual radar systems to enable those interested in developing small radar technology to move quickly from idea to proof of concept, this book analyzes and provides practical examples of small and short-range radar systems. It supplies a derivation of the radar range equation, an explanation of applicable algorithms, and a case study for each of the several different types of small radar systems covered, including CW, ultrawideband (UWB) impulse, UWB linear FM, SAR, and phased array.

Key Features

• Analyzes and provides practical working examples of small and short-range radar systems

• Discusses several different types of small radar systems, including CW, ultrawideband (UWB) impulse, UWB linear FM, SAR, and phased array

• Supplies a derivation of the radar range equation, an explanation of applicable algorithms, and a case study for each type of radar system covered

• Couples theory to reality by demonstrating the implementation of actual radar systems

• Enables those interested in developing small radar technology to move quickly from idea to proof of concept


• Top Countries: Germany – leading in automotive radars, followed by Italy, France, Netherlands, and Japan because of consumer devices.

Editor: Ashley Gasque

REFERENCE

Market Defense contractors, autonomous vehicle designers, RF microwave subsystem contractors, automotive companies, and researchers.


Antenna Theory and Microstrip Antennas, ISBN: 978-1-4398-0727-9

Through-the-Wall Radar Imaging, ISBN: 9978-1-4398-1476-5

Ultrawideband Radar, ISBN: 978-1-4200-8986-8

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Ergonomics & Industrial Engineering

Market Industrial Engineers, Lean Engineers, Six Sigma Engineers, Quality Control Engineers, Quality Assurance, Quality Improvement, Total Quality Mgmt., Statistical Process Control, Production Engineers, Quality Mgmt., Manufacturing Engineers, Reliability Engineers, Industrial Statisticians, Business Mgmt., Process Engineers, Engineering Mgmt., Logistics engineers, Supply Chain Mgmt., Engineering Technology, Operations Research, Undergraduate and graduate level students for courses such as Total Quality Mgmt., Quality Control, Statistical Process Control, Lean Six Sigma

Quality Management for Organizations Using Lean Six Sigma Techniques

Erick Jones, University of Texas, Arlington, USA

ISBN: 978-1-4398-9782-9 February 2014 • HB • £95.00 • 637pp • 287 illus.

A reference on the workings of Modern Lean Six Sigma techniques, this book presents the background on quality and lean six sigma techniques and tools. It reviews the previous history of lean six sigma in manufacturing, current applications of lean six sigma in operations, which projects should be selected and prioritized, and what to do with non-lean six sigma projects. It also describes the different six sigma certitications, and closes with future directions.

Key Features

• Presents decision a model tor choosing Lean Six Sigma as an organizational initiative

• Includes an economic comparison model for implementing Leans Six Sigma and Quality initiatives

• Demonstrates how to integrate Lean Six Sigma with other Quality initiatives in organizations

• Offers the history of quality initiatives such as ISO 9000• Provides case studies from academic researchers, consulting and

practioners

Editor: Cindy Carelli

REFERENCE


Lean Six Sigma in Service, ISBN: 978-1-4200-7888-6

Operational Excellence, ISBN: 978-1-4200-6250-2

Statistical Process Control for Real-World Applications, ISBN:978-1-4398-2000-1

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Ergonomics & Industrial Engineering

Market Human Factors and Ergonomics, Process Engineers, Industrial Engineers, Production Engineers, Occupational Health & Safety Engineering. Industrial Hygienists, Health and Safety Engineers, Environmental Engineers, Public Health Practitioners

Human Thermal Environments The Effects of Hot, Moderate, and Cold Environments on Human Health, Comfort, and Performance, Third Edition

Ken Parsons, Loughborough University, Leicestershire, UK

ISBN: 978-1-4665-9599-6March 2014 • HB • £57.99 • 636pp • 149 illus.

The third edition of a bestseller, this book will continue to be the standard text for the design of environments for humans to live and work safely, comfortable, and effectively, and for the design of materials which help the same people cope with their environments. This book covers hot, moderate, and cold environments, and defines them in terms of six basic parameters: air temperature, radiate temperature, humidity, air velocity, clothing worn, and the person’s activity. It focuses on the principles and practice of human response, which incorporates psychology, physiology and environmental physics with applied ergonomics.

Key Features

• Provides the principles and development of models of human thermoregulation

• Explains how to determination of the thermal properties of clothing for assessing the human response to heat and cold

• Includes heat transfers between a person and the environment• Covers the principles and practice that can be used to avoid casualties in

the heat and cold• Discusses skin response to contact with hot moderate, and cold

temperatures including burn and injury

Editor: Cindy Carelli

REFERENCE


• This book is very international. Global warming, implications for energy consumption, deaths during heat waves and cold snaps, thermal comfort are just some of the issues that are of international interest.

• The author is the founder member of the UK Clothing Science Group, the United Kingdom Indoor Environments Group, the Network for Comfort and Energy Use in Buildings and the European Society for Protective Clothing. He has also been the advisor to the World Health Organisation on health and heat waves and is a Fellow of the International Ergonomics Association.

• This book remains the standard international text for the design of environments in which humans can live and work safely, comfortably and effectively, and for the design of materials which help people cope with their environments.


Human Factors in Lighting, Third Edition, ISBN: 978-1-4398-7488-2 Physical Hazards of the Workplace, Second Edition, ISBN: 978-1-4665-5703-1 Evaluation of Human Work, Fourth Edition, ISBN: 978-1-4665-5961-5

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GIS & Environmental Engineering

Market Decision-makers, project managers, planners, scientists, lawyers, students, advisories, and laypersons involved in preparing Environmental Impact Statements for their business or governmental agencies and nonprofits.

The EIS Book Managing and Preparing Environmental Impact Statements

Charles H. Eccleston, Environmental Consultant, USA


Written by a leading national expert, Charles H. Eccleston, this book identifies and describes all regulatory requirements for preparing a legally defensible Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). Beginning with fundamental topics and advancing into successively more advanced subjects, this book can be used by beginners and experts alike. The reader is presented with a single compendium, synthesizing and describing all relevant EIS requirements. Eccleston describes EIS preparation as a comprehensive framework for planning future actions, rather than merely a document preparation procedure. He supplies direction that facilitate well-planned projects and improved decision-making.

Key Features

• Discusses EIS document requirements including the Council of Environmental Quality’s NEPA regulations and related guidelines

• Covers how to perform a legally sufficient cumulative impact assessment and how to evaluate greenhouse emissions and climate change

• Details a step-by-step approach for navigating the entire EIS process that includes all pertinent process requirements

• Provides tools, techniques, and best professional practices for preparing the EIS and performing the analysis

• Presents a case study that reinforces key EIS regulatory requirements, and integrates lessons learned from this case study

Editor: Irma Britton

REFERENCE


Environmental Impact Assessment, ISBN: 978-1-4398-2873-1

Preparing NEPA Environmental Assessments, ISBN: 978-1-4398-0882-5

NEPA and Environmental Planning, ISBN: 978-0-8493-7559-0


• Charles Eccleston is listed in Marquis Who’s Who in America and Who’s Who in the World as one of nation’s foremost experts in EISs and NEPA.

• EIS are applicable worldwide through The International Association for Impact Assessment

• Impact Assessment is a practical tool for helping all countries meet today’s needs without compromising the opportunities of future generations

• The book is not about preparing bigger or more complicated EISs—but better ones

• No other book synthesizes all such requirements and guidance into a single source for easy and rapid access

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GIS & Environmental Engineering

Market Professionals working in waste management (industrial, hazardous, non-hazardous)

Waste Management Practices Municipal, Hazardous, and Industrial, Second Edition

John Pichtel, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, USA

ISBN: 978-1-4665-8518-8 February 2014 • HB • £108.00 • 704pp • 264 illus.

A practical guide for the identification and management of a range of hazardous wastes, this book integrates technical information including chemistry, microbiology, and engineering, with current regulations. Emphasizing basic environmental science and related technical fields, the book is an introductory manual for waste management as mandated by Resource Conservation and Recovery Act and related statutes. This new edition includes several new challenging waste management case study scenarios, and includes a new chapter on auto salvage yards and scrap tire waste.

Key Features

• Covers the three main categories of wastes under regulation in the US: hazardous, municipal, and “special” wastes

• Provides in-depth coverage of the management of various types of waste, ranging from the innocuous to the extremely toxic

• Covers environmental laws and regulations (such as RCRA), and compliance issues

Editor: Joe Clements

REFERENCE


Industrial Composting, ISBN: 978-1-4398-4531-8

Combustion and Incineration Processes, ISBN: 978-1-4398-0503-9

Principles of Hazardous Materials Management, Second Edition, ISBN: 978-1-4200-8970-7

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Materials & Chemical Engineering

Market Composites manufacturing and testing, materials science, aerospace engineering, automotive engineering, civil engineering

Experimental Characterization of Advanced Composite Materials, Fourth Edition

Leif Carlsson, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, USA, Donald F. Adams, Wyoming Test Fixtures, Inc., USA and R. Byron Pipes, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA

ISBN: 978-1-4398-4858-6February 2014 • HB • £108.00 • 382pp • 243 illus.

This practical treatment of the best available methods for determining mechanical properties, thermal expansion coefficients, and fracture and strength data for composite materials presents processing techniques, specimen preparation, analyses of test methods, test procedures, and data reduction schemes; covers specific aspects of lamina testing and laminate responses; and examines composite durability issues. The Fourth Edition is revised to include major additions in processing of thermoset resins, neat resin tests, sandwich structures, cure analyses, damage tolerance tests, single fiber tests, fiber matrix interface tests, and more.

Key Features

• Offers a concise, systematic presentation of techniques for testing advanced composites

• Incorporates step-by-step procedures for materials processing, specimen preparation and instrumentation, test methods, and data reduction methods

• Contains tests for determining tension, compression, shear, flexure, off-axis tension, and thermoelastic response properties

• Includes major additions in processing of thermoset resins, neat resin tests, sandwich structures, cure analyses, damage tolerance tests, single fiber tests, fiber matrix interface tests, and more

• Provides expert assessments of current test methods, new figures, updated ASTM standards, and an expanded index


• Highly international market. Composites are of interest globally for use in aerospace, automotive, marine, biomedical, construction, and many other applications.

• This book includes 7 new chapters, all chapters updated throughout, latest ASTM standards used worldwide, and major new additions on processing, residual shrinkage, sandwich structures, and bolted joints, among others.

Editor: Allison Shatkin

REFERENCE


Principles of Composite Material Mechanics, Second Edition, ISBN:978-0-8247-5389-4

Finite Element Analysis of Composite Materials, ISBN: 978-1-4200-5433-0

Fiber-Reinforced Composites, ISBN: 978-0-8493-4205-9

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Materials & Chemical Engineering

Market Engineers, Scientists and Practitioners in Materials Science, Mechanical Engineers, Physics

High Temperature Materials and Mechanisms

Yoseph Bar-Cohen, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, USA

ISBN: 978-1-4665-6645-3February 2014 • HB • £121.00 • 541pp • 411 illus.

Addressing the growing interest in high-temperature technologies, this book covers technology related to energy, space, aerospace, electronics, and other areas. While some applications involve the use of materials at high temperatures, others require materials processed at high temperatures for use at room temperature. Reflecting the multidisciplinary nature of the subject, the chapters bring as broad a perspective to the field as possible. The book addresses the related science and engineering disciplines, including chemistry, material science, electrical and mechanical engineering, metallurgy, and physics.

Key Features

• Provides a broad perspective on high-temperatures materials and their applications

• Covers the latest state of the art• Includes contributors by world-class researchers in their respective fields• Discusses subjects that are not widely covered in current books, including

drills, actuators, and sensors• Supplies extensive references at the end of each chapter to enhance

further study


REFERENCE


Introduction to Composite Materials Design, Second Edition, ISBN: 978-1-4200-7915-9

Energetic Materials, ISBN: 978-1-4398-3513-5

Physical Metallurgy, Second Edition, ISBN: 978-1-4398-1360-7


• Contributors from a number of different countries, namely Japan, Switzerland, Germany, Saudi Arabia and South Korea.

• SI Units used throughout.

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Mining, Geotechnical and Dam Engineering

Market Mining and civil engineers, Geotechnical engineers, Engineering geologists and hydrogeologists involved in the investigation design and construction of stable rock slopes

Guidelines for Evaluating Water in Pit Slope Stability

Edited by Geoff Beale, Schlumberger Water Services Ltd, Coton Hill, UK and John Read, CSIRO, Earth Sciences & Resource Engineering, Kenmore, Australia

ISBN: 978-1-138-00134-3January 2014 • HB • £121.00 • 680pp

Guidelines for Evaluating Water in Pit Slope Stability is a comprehensive account of the hydrogeological procedures that should be followed when performing open pit slope stability design studies. Created as an outcome of the Large Open Pit (LOP) project, an international research and technology transfer project on the stability of rock slopes in open pit mines, this book expands on the hydrogeological model chapter in the LOP project’s previous book Guidelines for Open Pit Slope Design (Read & Stacey, 2009; CSIRO Publishing/CRC Press).

The book comprises six sections which outline the latest technology and best practice procedures for hydrogeological investigations. The sections cover: the framework used to assess effect of water in slope stability; how water pressures are measured and tested in the field; how a conceptual hydrogeological model is prepared; how water pressures are modelled numerically; how slope depressurisation systems are implemented; and how the performance of a slope depressurisation program is monitored and reconciled with the design.

Guidelines for Evaluating Water in Pit Slope Stability offers slope design practitioners with a road map that will help them decide how to investigate and treat water pressures in pit slopes. It provides guidance and essential information for mining and civil engineers, geotechnical engineers, engineering geologists and hydrogeologists involved in the investigation, design and construction of stable rock slopes.

Key Features

• Provides best practice procedures for performing hydrogeological investigations in the field, developing conceptual hydrogeological models, modelling water pressure, depressurizing rock slopes and monitoring systems, actual slope performance, and water risk management.

• Offers guidance and essential information on the latest technologies and innovations for all those involved in the investigation, design and construction of stable rock slopes.

• Developed and written by industry experts with extensive knowledge and experience in the stability of rock slopes in open pit mines.

• Provides comprehensive guidelines for slope design practitioners, written in an accessible style and extensively illustrated.

Editor: Janjaap Blom

REFERENCE


Guidelines for Open Pit Slope Design; ISBN:9780415874410

Open Pit Mine Planning and Design, Third Edition; ISBN:9781482225778

Rock Slope Engineering ISBN: 9780415280013 (PB) 9780415280006 (HB)


• created as an outcome of the Large Open Pit (LOP) project, an international research and technology transfer project with contributions from all over the World, managed by CSIRO, Australia

• of particular interest to mining countries: Russia, Ukraine, USA/Canada, South Africa, Guinea, Australia, Poland, Chile, Brazil, Argentina• with contributions of researchers and consultants from USA, Peru, Canada, UK, Australia, Chile, South Africa and Suriname• the book draws on the experience of the sponsors (international mining companies) and a number of industry consultants and

practitioners who have shared their knowledge and experience by contributing to several of the sections in the book

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• a databook for the practicing geotechnical engineer worldwide• tables and design inputs in the book have been derived from international experience and the global scientific

literature• book covers data for the geotechnical works associated with planning, investigation, analysis, design and construction.

It is fundamentally a Geotechnical data handbook, covering the whole breadth of the geotechnical discipline• This book brings together both soil mechanics and rock mechanics under 1 umbrella. From acquiring the data to how

to use that data in practice


MarketsGeotechnical engineers, consultants Civil Engineers Engineering geologists and hydrogeologists involved in (site) investigation, design and construction Advanced undergraduate and post-graduate students in the above areas.

Handbook of Geotechnical Investigation and Design Tables, Second Edition

Burt G. Look, Geotechnical Practice Leader, Sinclair Knight Merz, Australia

ISBN: 978-1-138-00139-8January 2014 • PB • £63.99 • 456pp • 40 illus.

This practical handbook is intended primarily for practicing geotechnical engineers working in investigation, assessment and design, but should provide a useful supplement for postgraduate courses. It evolved from the need to have a “go to” reference book which has both breadth and depth of information to apply immediately to projects. This 2nd edition provides updated information and adjustment from feedback since first published in 2007.

Key Features

• a true data handbook providing only key explanations in a bullet point format, avoiding the wordiness of handbooks

• bridging the chasm between the collection of geotechnical data and the application of such data to design

• a quick reference source for industry professionals • focusing on the working professional – although also a quick reference

source for post graduate students • containing easy to apply data tables

Editor: Janjaap Blom

REFERENCE


Geological Engineering, ISBN: 9780415413527

Geotechnical Investigation Methods, ISBN: 9781420042740

The Mechanics of Soils and Foundations, Second Edition, ISBN: 9780415362566 (PB) 9780415362559 (HB)

Piles and Pile Foundations, ISBN: 9780415490665

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• Covers dam engineering and the design and construction of hydraulic structures around the world, with particular emphasis on Eastern Europe

• Thanks to the large international network and considerable experience of the author, this second edition provides significant insight into recent Chinese dam engineering projects

• Will be of global interest, particularly in regions with considerable hydraulic infrastructure: southern Europe, northernmost Africa, Middle and Far East, Middle and South America.


MarketsIntended for senior students, researchers and professionals in civil, hydraulic and environmental engineering and dam construction and exploitation.

Dams and Appurtenant Hydraulic Structures, 2nd edition

Ljubomir Tanchev, St. Cyril and Methodius University, Skopje, Macedonia (Emeritus)

ISBN: 978-1-138-00006-3February 2014 • HB • £194.00 • 800pp

Comprehensive and complete overview of all kinds of dams and appurtenant hydraulic structures, now in its second edition. Discusses various topics: general questions, design, construction, surveillance, maintenance and reconstruction of various embankment and concrete dams, hydromechanical equipment, spillway structures, bottom outlets, some special hydraulic structures, composition of structures in river hydraulic schemes, reservoirs, environmental effects of river hydraulic schemes and reservoirs and environmental protection. Special attention is paid to advanced methods of static and dynamic analysis of embankment dams. Richly-illustrated, fully revised, updated and expanded. Intended for senior students, researchers and professionals in civil, hydraulic and environmental engineering and dam construction and exploitation.

Key Features

• The most comprehensive overview of dams and appurtenant hydraulic structures available on the market

• Treats the entire life span of dams and other related structures, from design and construction through surveillance and maintenance to reconstruction

• Covers various types of dams, including embankment and concrete dams• Includes great number of case studies highlighting performance of dams

under testing conditions and best practice • Richly illustrated, wholly revised and significantly expanded

Editor: Alistair Bright

REFERENCE

Sell this book with...Geotechnical Engineering of Dams, ISBN: 9780415364409Design of Hydraulic Gates, ISBN: 9789058096210Hydraulic Structures, ISBN: 9780415386258Concrete Face Rockfill Dams, ISBN: 9780415578691Dams in Japan: Past, Present and Future, ISBN: 9780415494328

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