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Promoting the design, application and evaluation of visually and electrically effective LED light sources and luminaires for general indoor lighting a…

The Multilevel Fast Multipole Algorithm (MLFMA) for Solving Large-Scale Computational Electromagnetic Problems provides a detailed and instructional o…

This monograph is the outcome of an American Geophysical Union Chapman Conference on longitude and hemispheric dependence of ionospheric space weather…

Water. Except for air, it is the most important ingredient to all life on Earth. It surrounds us every day. We are literally bathed in it, we cook our…

This book investigates the possible ways of improvement by applying more sophisticated electronic structure methods as well as corrections and alterna…

Hawaiian Volcanoes, From Source to Surface is the outcome of an AGU Chapman Conference held on the Island of Hawai‘i in August 2012. As such, this mon…

This book surveys our understanding of stars which change in brightness because they pulsate. Pulsating variable stars are keys to distance scales ins…

Statistical Models and Methods for Reliability and Survival Analysis brings together contributions by specialists in statistical theory as they discus…

The main aim of the book is to present new constructive methods of delay differential equation (DDE) theory and to give readers practical tools for an…

Holographic Data Storage: From Theory to Practical Systems is a primer on the design and building of a holographic data storage system covering the ph…

Traditional well logging methods, such as resistivity, acoustic, nuclear and NMR, provide indirect information related to fluid and formation properti…

The first broad and in-depth overview of current research in attosecond nanophysics, covering the field of active plasmonics via attosecond science in…

The aim of this book is to promote interaction between engineering, finance and insurance, as these three domains have many models and methods of solu…

Oil and gas projects have special characteristics that need a different technique in project management. The development of any country depends on the…

This book offers a comprehensive picture of nonequilibrium phenomena in nanoscale systems. Written by internationally recognized experts in the field,…

Vehicle noise, vibration, and emissions are only a few of the factors that can have a detrimental effects on overall performance of an engine. These a…

Biofuels production is one of the most extensively studied fields in the energy sector that can provide an alternative energy source and bring the ene…

Bringing together 18 chapters written by leading experts in dynamical systems, operator theory, partial differential equations, and solid and fluid me…

The edition introduces a new class of invariant derivatives and shows their relationships with other derivatives, such as the Sobolev generalized deri…

In this work the authors draw upon their expertise in geophysical and astrophysical MHD to explore the motion of electrically conducting fluids, the s…

Medical technology is a fast growing field. This new title gives a comprehensive review of modern optical technologies alongside their clinical deploy…

When installed and operated properly, general purpose steam turbines are reliable and tend to be forgotten, i.e., out of sound and out of mind. But, t…

Sound knowledge of the latest research results in the thermodynamics and design of thermoelectric devices, providing a solid foundation for thermoelec…

This 23nd volume in the series contains 15 invited reviews presented during the conference AG2010: «Zooming in, the cosmos at high resolution»

Gathering research from physics, mechanical engineering, and statistics in a single resource for the first time, this text presents the background to …

Lignocellulosic Biomass Production and Industrial Applications describes the utilization of lignocellulosic biomass for various applications. Although…

This clear and self-contained review of the last four decades of research highlights in the hot field of nonlinear optical (NLO) crystals, particularl…

Water is the Earth’s most precious resource. Until recent years, water was often overlooked as being overly abundant or available, but much has change…

A comprehensive and detailed reference guide on the integrity and safety of oil and gas pipelines, both onshore and offshore Covers a wide variety of …

A practical, one-stop reference on the theory and applications of statistical data editing and imputation techniques Collected survey data are vulnera…

Fossil fuels, especially petroleum, are still the primary energy source all over the world. With the advent of hydraulic fracturing (i.e. “fracking”),…

The books Fractional Calculus with Applications in Mechanics: Vibrations and Diffusion Processes and Fractional Calculus with Applications in Mechanic…

Offering an overview of principles and techniques, this book covers all major categories of self-assembled polymers – properties, processes, and desig…

The engineer's ready reference for mechanical power and heat Mechanical Engineer's Handbook provides the most comprehensive coverage of the entire dis…

An in-depth analysis of machine vibration in rotating machinery Whether it's a compressor on an offshore platform, a turbocharger in a truck or automo…

Rheology and Processing of Polymer Nanocomposites examines the current state of the art and new challenges in the characterization of nanofiller/polym…

Written by renowned experts in the field of photon management in solar cells, this one-stop reference gives an introduction to the physics of light ma…

Earthquakes are a way of life on Earth, and, whether you live in an area that is often affected by earthquakes or not, every building, every road, eve…

Full coverage of materials and mechanical design in engineering Mechanical Engineers' Handbook, Fourth Edition provides a quick guide to specialized a…

A comprehensive, one-stop guide to identifying, reducing, and managing nonresponse in household surveys Nonresponse and its impact on the sample selec…

Written by renowned experts in the field, this first book to focus exclusively on energy balance climate models provides a concise overview of the top…

Quantitative finance has become these last years a extraordinary field of research and interest as well from an academic point of view as for practica…

Optical Payloads for Space Missions is a comprehensive collection of optical spacecraft payloads with contributions by leading international rocket-sc…

Introducing a new practical approach within the field of applied mechanics developed to solve beam strength and bending problems using classical beam …

Bringing together basic ideas, classical theories, recent experimental and theoretical aspects, this book explains desiccation cracks from simple, eas…