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Magnetic Fusion Energy
From Experiments to Power Plants
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2016
Magnetic Fusion Energy: From Experiments to Power Plants is a timely exploration of the field, giving readers an understanding of the experiments that brought us to the threshold of the ITER era, as well as the physics and technology research needed to take usbeyond ITER to commercial fusion power...
Organic Light-Emitting Diodes (OLEDs)
Materials, Devices and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2013
Organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) are opening up exciting new applications in the area of lighting and displays. OLEDs are self emissive and by careful materials and device design can generate colours across the visible spectrum. Together with simple monolithic fabrication on a range of different...
Understanding and Mitigating Ageing in Nuclear Power Plants
Materials and Operational Aspects of Plant Life Management (PLIM)
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2010
Plant life management (PLiM) is a methodology focussed on the safety-first management of nuclear power plants over their entire lifetime. It incorporates and builds upon the usual periodic safety reviews and licence renewals as part of an overall framework designed to assist plant operators and regulators...
Semiconductor Lasers
Fundamentals and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2013
Semiconductor lasers have important applications in numerous fields, including engineering, biology, chemistry and medicine. They form the backbone of the optical telecommunications infrastructure supporting the internet, and are used in information storage devices, bar-code scanners, laser printers...
Materials Ageing and Degradation in Light Water Reactors
Mechanisms and Management
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2013
Light water reactors (LWRs) are the predominant class of nuclear power reactors in operation today; however, ageing and degradation can influence both their performance and lifetime. Knowledge of these factors is therefore critical to safe, continuous operation. Materials ageing and degradation in...
Advanced Mine Ventilation
Respirable Coal Dust, Combustible Gas and Mine Fire Control
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2018
Advanced Mine Ventilation presents the reader with a unique book providing the theory and applications for designing mine ventilation with computers, controlling respirable coal dust and diesel particulate matter, combustible gas control and, mine fire management. The book summarizes the latest knowledge...
by Ivanka Netinger Grubeša, Ivana Barisic, Aleksandra Fucic
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2016
Characteristics and Uses of Steel Slag in Building Construction focuses predominantly on the utilization of ferrous slag (blast furnace and steel slag) in building construction.
This extensive literature review discusses the worldwide utilization of ferrous slag and applications in all sectors...
Forensic Polymer Engineering
Why Polymer Products Fail in Service
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2016
Forensic Polymer Engineering: Why Polymer Products Fail in Service, Second Edition presents and explains the latest forensic engineering techniques used in the investigation of failed polymer materials that are illustrated with a very large number of detailed case studies which show the different...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2017
Traditional dental materials such as metals and ceramics have a number of disadvantages such as cost and the significant damage caused in grinding to make space for such reconstructions. Fiber-reinforced composites (FRCs) are a novel group of dental materials characterized by fibrous fillers that...
Forensic Polymer Engineering
Why Polymer Products Fail in Service
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2010
Given the infinite number of applications of polymeric materials in everyday life, especially applications where a failure in service may lead to economic loss, injury or death, the ability to determine the cause of failure using forensic engineering techniques is essential. Forensic polymer engineering:...
Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) Power Systems
Technologies and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2016
Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) Power Systems: Technologies and Applications provides a systematic and detailed description of organic Rankine cycle technologies and the way they are increasingly of interest for cost-effective sustainable energy generation. Popular applications include cogeneration from...
Polymer Electrolyte Membrane and Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Technology
Volume 1: Fundamentals and Performance of Low Temperature Fuel Cells
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2012
Polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) and direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs) technology are promising forms of low-temperature electrochemical power conversion technologies that operate on hydrogen and methanol respectively. Featuring high electrical efficiency and low operational emissions,...
Materials for a Healthy, Ecological and Sustainable Built Environment
Principles for Evaluation
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2017
Principles for Evaluating Building Materials in Sustainable Construction: Healthy and Sustainable Materials for the Built Environment provides a comprehensive overview of the issues associated with the selection of materials for sustainable construction, proposing a holistic and integrated approach.
The...
by M Hirst
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2008
Major operational elements of the world’s air transport system are examined in this important book, which provides a rare overview and an invaluable single information source to managers in all sectors of the air transport industry.
The air transport system considers route structure options...