Технические науки

The construction industry has not had a good record on health and safety and faces tough legal and financial penalties for breaches of the law. This b…

Published on behalf of the Chartered Institute of Building and endorsed by a range of construction industry institutes, this book explains the underly…

The conservation of fuel and power in buildings is an important part of the UK government's strategy to reduce national energy conservation. The revis…

The latest cutting-edge research on flood pulsing and wetland restoration in North America Presenting the latest research from leaders in the field of…

Structure of Dairy Products SOCIETY OF DAIRY TECHNOLOGY SERIES Edited by A. Y. Tamime The Society of Dairy Technology (SDT) has joined with Blackwell …

This book is the first in a series of volumes that combine conservation philosophy in the built environment with knowledge of traditional materials, a…

A key problem facing the construction industry is that all work is done by transient project teams, and in the past there has been no structured appro…

This book is written for users of mediation, whether they be a party, an advisor or an expert. It should also be of help to commercial mediators who h…

This reference gets you up to speed on mathematical modeling for environmental and water resources management. With a practical, application-oriented …

Building on the success of the first edition, Brewing Yeast Fermentation Performance, Second edition considers the importance of yeast quality on ferm…

The JCT standard forms of building contract require a thorough understanding of their procedural requirements, as well as their legal implications. Th…

This major handbook covers the structural use of brick and blockwork. A major feature is a series of step-by-step design examples of typical elements …

With a number of disparate, often geographically distributed, organisations involved in the delivery of construction projects, there has been consider…

The alarming consequences of global climate change have highlighted the need to take urgent steps to combat the causes of air pollution. Hence, unders…

Over the last few years the technologies employed in the production of dry pasta and semolina have changed dramatically. This highly practical book ex…

This important textbook provides an introduction to the concepts of the newly developed extended finite element method (XFEM) for fracture analysis of…

All structures suffer from stresses and strains caused by factors such as wind loading and vibrations. Stress analysis and measurement is an integral …

In the traditional view of project management, if a project manager completed a project and had adhered to the triple constraints of time, cost, and p…

Egg Bioscience and Biotechnology provides a very focused look at the most recent advances in the study and value-added use of the bioactive components…

Книга посвящена одному из важных инструментов ТРИЗ — анализу типовых ошибок при развитии технических система. Для упрощения освоения материала в книге…

Данная монография создана с целью представить ручное ткачество с различных точек зрения и сформировать целостную картину этого явления – важнейшей сос…

This manual for civil and structural engineers aims to simplify as much as possible a complex subject which is often treated too theoretically, by exp…

A comprehensive treatment of current fastening technology using inserts (anchor channels, headed stud), anchors (metal expansion anchor, undercut anch…

Whole Grains and Health presents a science-based discussion of whole grains and their expanding role in health and disease. An international collectio…

Rapeseed is now the second largest oilseed crop after soybean, and the third largest vegetable oil after soybean oil and palm oil, and it is therefore…

Dispute boards were first introduced almost 20 years ago. Since then close to $100 billion US dollars worldwide has been spent on construction project…

In Stochastic Dynamics of Structures, Li and Chen present a unified view of the theory and techniques for stochastic dynamics analysis, prediction of …

Three aspects are developed in this book: modeling, a description of the phenomena and computation methods. A particular effort has been made to provi…

Food scientists will dig into this robust reference on mushrooms Mushrooms as Functional Foods is a compendium of current research on the chemistry an…

Dietary fibre technology is a sophisticated component of the food industry. This highly practical book presents the state-of-the-art and explains how …

Health Monitoring of Bridges prepares the bridge engineering community for the exciting new technological developments happening in the industry, offe…

The Handbook of Water Economics is presented in three sections: theory, methods and applications, providing the latest information in the growing area…

Land contamination is of global concern with many of the world’s industries potentially harming the environment and human health. Along with rapidly c…

Biodeterioration can be defined as the breakdown of food by agents of microbiological origin, either directly or from products of their metabolism. Mi…

Knowledge, skill, and art are the three words to remember when working with foods. They are also the focus of the second edition of Food Selection and…

With accelerating change towards globalisation, the efficacy of design solutions not embedded within regional culture has been prone to failure – tech…

While the weight of a structure constitutes a significant part of the cost, a minimum weight design is not necessarily the minimum cost design. Little…

YOUR GUIDE TO PROJECT MANAGEMENT SUCCESS IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR There may be no simple formula for success in public-sector projects, but Public-Sector …

Since publication of the previous edition of this successful book, there have been many advances in the field of food science and metal analysis and t…

The bottled waters industry has become a vital and vigorous sector of the beverage world, in developed and developing countries worldwide. Since publi…

Whole life-cycle costing (WLCC) is rapidly becoming the standard method for the long-term cost appraisal of buildings and civil infrastructure project…

Unique, cutting-edge material on structural dynamics and natural forces for offshore structures Using the latest advances in theory and practice, Dyna…

Following on from the successful first edition of Waste Treatment & Disposal, this second edition has been completely updated, and provides comprehens…

Food Supply Chain Management Edited by Michael A. Bourlakis and Paul W. H. Weightman The food supply chain is a series of links and inter-dependencies…

Quality assessment and the need for authentication are important features of the food and personal care products industries. This volume provides an o…