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Engineering with Fibre-Polymer Laminates

This book has its recent origins in a Master's course in Polymer Engineering at Manchester. It is a rather extended version of composite mechanics covered in about twenty five hours within a two-week intensive programme on Fibre Polymer Composites which also formed part of the UK Government and Industry-sponsored Integrated Graduate Development Scheme in Polymer Engineering. The material has also been used in other courses, and in teaching to students of engineering and of polymer technology both in the UK and in mainland Europe. There are already many books describing the analysis of and mechanical behaviour of polymer/fibre composites, so why write another? Most of these excellent books appear to be aimed at readers who already have a substantial understanding of stress analysis for linear elastic isotropic materials, who are thoroughly at home with mathematical analysis, and who seem often not to need much of the reassurance which numerical examples and illustrated applications can offer. In teaching the mechanics of composites to many groups of scientists, technologists and engineers, I have found that most of them need and seek an introduction before consulting the advanced texts. This book is intended to fill the gap. Throughout this text is interspersed a substantial range of examples to bring out the practical implications of the basic principles, and a wide range of problems (with outline solutions) to test the reader and extend understanding.

Englisch für Maschinenbauer (Viewegs Fachbücher der Technik)

Entwicklung der Telekommunikation in den neuen Bundesländern: Beispiel einer erfolgreichen Strukturanpassung (Schriftenreihe des Wissenschaftlichen Instituts für Kommunikationsdienste #16)

Kommunikationsinfrastrukturen sind eine wichtige Voraussetzung für die wirtschaftliche und gesellschaftliche Entwicklung. Dieses Buch untersucht den Telekommunikationssektor in Ostdeutschland. Nach der Wende zeigte sich die ostdeutsche Telekommunikationsinfrastruktur zunächst als gravierendes Hemmnis für einen raschen wirtschaftlichen Aufschwung, in den Jahren danach wurden deutliche Fortschritte erreicht. Das Buch analysiert die Entwicklung des Sektors in der DDR vor der Wende, die Telekommunikationspolitik der Bundesregierung, die Entwicklung des Angebots der Telekom und ihrer privaten Wettbewerber sowie die Versorgung und die Zufriedenheit von Wirtschaft und Privathaushalten mit Telekommunikationsdiensten.

Entwicklung ingenieurwissenschaftlicher Datenbankanwendungen: Ein objektorientiertes Datenmodell (FZI-Berichte Informatik)

Der Einsatz objektorientierter Datenbanksysteme zur Datenverwaltung in ingenieurwissenschaftlichen Anwendungen erfordert zum einen eine weitreichende Integration der Anwender in den Datenbankentwurfsprozeß, zum anderen ergeben sich neue, bisher nur unzureichend berücksichtigte Anforderungen im Hinblick auf den Softwareentwurf. Das vorliegende Buch präsentiert einen methodischen Lösungsansatz für diese zwei Problemfelder. Beim Entwurf objektorientierter Datenbankschemata liegen die Schwerpunkte auf der Bestimmung geeigneter Informationseinheiten zur Objektmodellierung und der Identifikation des Objektverhaltens in den Phasen des konzeptuellen und des logischen Entwurfs des Datenbankschemas. Hinsichtlich des Softwareentwurfs wird ein Verfahren vorgestellt, das es ermöglicht, das für ingenieurwissenschaftliche Anwendungen typische Client-Server-Architekturkonzept und die damit verbundene verteilte Datenhaltung bereits in der Phase der Anforderungsanalyse zu berücksichtigen.

Entwicklung und Optimierung von Prozeßkomponenten zur ionenunterstützten Abscheidung bei PVD-Verfahren (IPA-IAO - Forschung und Praxis #202)

The Environment: Towards a Sustainable Future (Environment & Policy #1)

A sustainable future: a world in which sustainable development is possible and guaranteed? In this book, the Dutch Committee for Long-Term Environmental Policy, an expert advisory board to the Dutch Minister of Housing, Physical Planning and Environment, shows possible ways in which society can move towards a sustainable future. The book goes in search of a new social order, an order in which sustainability is guaranteed. This search holds four main elements: signs of hope: which positive initiatives and developments exist which will lead to a sustainable future? transformations: which transformations are needed to reach a sustainable future? philosophical and methodological reflections: can one predict the future? institutions: what are the necessary changes in the basic institutions of society to reach a sustainable future? The committee has invited well-known experts from different disciplinary backgrounds to check the existing social order from a point of sustainability and to give recommendations for a sustainable future. The central conclusion is that we are in need of an evolving green strategy aimed at sustainability. The contours of this strategy are described and a large set of recommendations to reach a sustainable future are given. As the committee states: `There is no certainty and no statistical probability for a sustainable future, but there is at least a chance.'

Environmental and Human Safety of Major Surfactants: Alcohol Ethoxylates and Alkylphenol Ethoxylates

The book summarizes and reviews the environmental and human safety of two classes of nonionic surfactants-alcohol ethoxylates (AE) and alkylphenol ethoxylates (APE). This unique resource contains critical data from published sources as well as from unpublished studies submitted by Soap and Detergent Association member companies. It reviews information on product chemistry and analysis, biodegradation, environmental levels (including fate and distribution), aquatic toxicity, and human safety. Recently developed analytical techniques for the extraction, separation, detection, and measurement of nonionic surfactants and their metabolites in environmental samples are described. Results of biodegradation studies performed with a variety of test systems are tabulated, as are results of field studies at wastewater treatment plants. Reported comparisons of environmental levels with results of acute and chronic aquatic toxicity tests are provided. The information on the toxicity and irritation potential of AE and APE surfactants includes data from in vitro, mammalian, and human studies.

Environmental and Human Safety of Major Surfactants: Alcohol Ethoxylates and Alkylphenol Ethoxylates

The book summarizes and reviews the environmental and human safety of two classes of nonionic surfactants-alcohol ethoxylates (AE) and alkylphenol ethoxylates (APE). This unique resource contains critical data from published sources as well as from unpublished studies submitted by Soap and Detergent Association member companies. It reviews information on product chemistry and analysis, biodegradation, environmental levels (including fate and distribution), aquatic toxicity, and human safety. Recently developed analytical techniques for the extraction, separation, detection, and measurement of nonionic surfactants and their metabolites in environmental samples are described. Results of biodegradation studies performed with a variety of test systems are tabulated, as are results of field studies at wastewater treatment plants. Reported comparisons of environmental levels with results of acute and chronic aquatic toxicity tests are provided. The information on the toxicity and irritation potential of AE and APE surfactants includes data from in vitro, mammalian, and human studies.

Environmental Economics & the Mining Industry (Studies in Risk and Uncertainty #4)

Superfund liability). This is an issue that is currently having an dramatic impact on the industry. The impact is being felt in transactions involving the potential sale of properties, insuring operations, development of new properties, joint ventures, or more generally, practically every phase of the mining firms operation. The second issue focuses on an environmental topic that has not been specifically addressed in federal legislation, although it has been indirectly considered, that is global warming or the "greenhouse effect". One of the interesting aspects to this environmental problem is the uncertainty associated with it at every phase of the analysis. The predictions of the general circulation models of climatologists are questioned due to the uncertainty of ocean effects, urbanization, etc. (see Burness & Martin, Chapter 5). The economic models are criticized for the uncertainty associated with the benefit estimates from reducing greenhouse gases, particularly carbon dioxide (COJ, concentrations in the atmosphere as well as estimates of the cost of reducing GHG concentrations and/or emissions. This raises the interesting question of what is the optimal policy and what will be the impact of this policy(s) on the mining sector, given the uncertainty. The first of these two topics is addressed by V. Kerry Smith and Ronald G. Cummings, et al. Professors Smith and Cummings were chosen due to their pioneering work in the area of valuation of nonmarket goods, particularly involving the use of survey methods.

Environmental History of Britain since the Industrial Revolution, An

The present and future state of the environment gives rise to ever increasing concern, but much less is known as yet about the past: the damage that has been done since, and by, the Industrial Revolution; how far our predecessors were aware of it; the steps they took; and the gradual development of a wider concern for the state of the world and our impact on it. This timely and pioneering survey, designed for general readers as well as students and scholars, is a substantial contribution to that understanding.

Environmental History of Britain since the Industrial Revolution, An

The present and future state of the environment gives rise to ever increasing concern, but much less is known as yet about the past: the damage that has been done since, and by, the Industrial Revolution; how far our predecessors were aware of it; the steps they took; and the gradual development of a wider concern for the state of the world and our impact on it. This timely and pioneering survey, designed for general readers as well as students and scholars, is a substantial contribution to that understanding.

Environmental Law and Enforcement

Amid all the laws and regulations on environmental protection and worker safety, what is the responsible business or landowner to do? What should the responsible consultant advise? Environmental Law and Enforcement provides you with a practical guide that takes the mystery out of environmental law and related land use controls.The author provides a synopsis of major environmental topics from A to Z and features citations to the major federal statutes in the United States Code (USC) and the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) so you can easily find governing statutes and regulations. Special sections discuss the use of experts in case preparation and how to be an effective case witness. A checklist for compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act is included. The book covers strategies to cope with landowner liability for hazardous waste, consultant liability for mistakes in hazardous waste site assessments, and guidelines for emergency managers to minimize legal liability. The section on insurance liability provides practical approaches to dealing with insurance companies on hazardous waste claims. The successful organization will manage for environmental protection as a corporate goal, and consequently stays ahead of new government requirements-away from lawyers and lawsuits-and ahead of the competition. Environmental Law and Enforcement gives you the tools you need to achieve this mission.

Environmental Law and Enforcement

Amid all the laws and regulations on environmental protection and worker safety, what is the responsible business or landowner to do? What should the responsible consultant advise? Environmental Law and Enforcement provides you with a practical guide that takes the mystery out of environmental law and related land use controls.The author provides a synopsis of major environmental topics from A to Z and features citations to the major federal statutes in the United States Code (USC) and the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) so you can easily find governing statutes and regulations. Special sections discuss the use of experts in case preparation and how to be an effective case witness. A checklist for compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act is included. The book covers strategies to cope with landowner liability for hazardous waste, consultant liability for mistakes in hazardous waste site assessments, and guidelines for emergency managers to minimize legal liability. The section on insurance liability provides practical approaches to dealing with insurance companies on hazardous waste claims. The successful organization will manage for environmental protection as a corporate goal, and consequently stays ahead of new government requirements-away from lawyers and lawsuits-and ahead of the competition. Environmental Law and Enforcement gives you the tools you need to achieve this mission.

Environmental Management in Construction (Building and Surveying Series)

Organisations of many kinds, perhaps none more so than those within the construction industry, are increasingly aware of the growing need to reduce the potentially harmful effects of their business upon the environment. Environmental management and environmental management systems are concepts that embrace those aspects of policy, strategy, procedure and practice that form an organisation's response to its environmental situation. This book provides a detailed guide to the concepts and practices involved in the field of construction.

Environmental Problems in Third World Cities

Describes and analyses the environmental problems of Third World cities, showing how they affect human health and the local ecology. The authors show how readily available practical solutions are, if the political means can be found.

Environmental Problems in Third World Cities

Describes and analyses the environmental problems of Third World cities, showing how they affect human health and the local ecology. The authors show how readily available practical solutions are, if the political means can be found.

Environmental Toxicology, Economics and Institutions: The Atrazine Case Study (Economy & Environment #8)

This work stems from the activities carried out under the European Science Foundation's Environmental Toxicology Programme and its daughter programme, Environmental Damage and its Assessment. The work served also as a pilot study for the ESF Scientific programme on Environment, Science and Society (ESS), thus demonstrating the interdependence of the natural and social sciences with respect to environmental issues. The book is unique in the sense that it records the results of a four year collaboration between environmental toxicologists, economists and institutionalists. Its objective was to achieve better characterized or even novel insights into the theory and practice of water resource management, quality assurance and chemical safety regulation.

Epidemiology and Management of Root Diseases

Root disease epidemics, because much of the activity takes place in soil and out of sight, pose special challenges to growers who seek to manage them and to scientists who study them. All relevant topics of root disease epidemics and their management are presented: The critical aspects of specific disease components including inoculum, host roots, mycorrhiza and the soil environment are explored. Challenges of disease assessment and the temporal and spatial aspects of epidemic development are considered, and approaches to root disease management including host resistance, chemical, biological and cultural management are discussed in detail. The book fulfills the needs of researchers, teachers, and practitioners of plant pathology.

Erfolgs- und umweltorientierte Produktionstheorie (Heidelberger Lehrtexte Wirtschaftswissenschaften)

Ergonomie: Produkt- und Arbeitsplatzgestaltung (Technologiemanagement - Wettbewerbsfähige Technologieentwicklung und Arbeitsgestaltung)

Erhöhung der Fertigungssicherheit und -qualität beim Hochdruckwasserstrahlen durch den Einsatz von Sensoren (IPA-IAO - Forschung und Praxis #199)

European Construction: Procedures and techniques (Building and Surveying Series)

A comparative review of construction techniques relating to low and medium rise buildings, based on five representative European Community countries - Denmark, France, Germany, The Netherlands and Portugal. Professional relationships and the roles of the architect, engineer and surveyor are described, together with contractual procedures as appropriate. Case study examples are discussed under each country and numerous line diagrmas illustrate the different techniques adopted for the construction of foundations, floors, internal and external walls and roofs. Comparative data on other EC countries not examined in detail is included. A textbook and reference source for students of the built environment.

Excel 5 à la Carte: Über 100 Praxislösungen sofort einsetzbar für jeden Anwender

Das Buch bietet 109 Anwendungen mit Excel in der neuen Version 5.0. Alle Beispiele decken wichtige Aufgabenstellungen im "Business-" wie auch "Nonbusiness"-Bereich ab. Sie sind in Form von "Rezepten für Feinschmecker" gestaltet und bieten auf kleinstem Raum ein Höchstmaß an Informationen. Die entsprechenden Makrorezepte sowie alle sonstigen Anwendungen liegen "ready-to-use" in komprimierter Form auf der beiliegenden Diskette bereit. Pfiffige Ideen und verblüffende Lösungen werden in Buch- und Dateiform einfach und übersichtlich dargereicht. Für das professionelle und praxisgerechte Arbeiten mit dem neuen Excel genau das richtige Buch.

Excel für Techniker und Ingenieure: Eine grundlegende Einführung am Beispiel technischer Problemstellungen

Excimer Lasers (NATO Science Series E: #265)

Among the many intense light sources, excimer lasers have a unique set of properties that place them at the forefront of tooling for material processing. Their extreme versatility means that they can be used in many areas of materials science and medicine. But three conditions need to be fulfilled in order that their versatility be truly appreciated and exploited: the characteristics and limitations of the sources must be known; the basic excimer laser processes should become reasonably widely known; and problems in search of a solution should be clearly identified. Excimer Lasers covers all three of these points in an instructive and logical way. Probably for the first time, both instrumental and fundamental aspects of excimer laser interaction with matter are presented side-by-side, with examples drawn from the widest range of materials. The articles gathered here are tutorial in their nature, thus making them suitable for a wide readership, from recent graduates and postgraduate students to those established scientists entering the field, all of whom could not find a better, nor more authoritative work with which to start their reading.