Engineering & Technology Books

New and Published Books

1. Electrokinetic Particle Transport in Micro-/Nanofluidics

   Direct Numerical Simulation Analysis

   By Shizhi Qian, Ye Ai

   Series: Surfactant Science

   Numerous applications of micro-/nanofluidics are related to particle transport in micro-/nanoscale channels, and electrokinetics has proved to be one of the most promising tools to manipulate particles in micro/nanofluidics. Therefore, a comprehensive understanding of electrokinetic particle...

   Published May 28th 2012 by CRC Press
2. Handbook of Nanoscience, Engineering, and Technology, Third Edition

   Edited by William A. Goddard III, Donald Brenner, Sergey E. Lyshevski, Gerald J Iafrate

   In his 1959 address, "There is Plenty of Room at the Bottom," Richard P. Feynman speculated about manipulating materials atom by atom and challenged the technical community "to find ways of manipulating and controlling things on a small scale." This visionary challenge has now become a reality,...

   Published May 28th 2012 by CRC Press
3. Integrated Infrastructure for Sustainable Improvement of Movement and Safety in Urban Road Corridors

   UNESCO-IHE PhD Thesis

   By Christina Kayoza

   This study, conducted in the capital city of Tanzania - Dar es Salaam, investigated the impact of urban infrastructure interaction on movement and safety on arterial roads. By studying characteristics of urban infrastructure interconnections the effects of urban infrastructure interactions on...

   Published May 25th 2012 by CRC Press
4. Biopolymer Engineering in Food Processing

   Edited by Vania Regina Nicoletti Telis

   Series: Contemporary Food Engineering

   Due to their unique properties and ability to interact with other food components, biopolymers have traditionally played a major role in food processing. Biopolymer Engineering in Food Processing explores processing technology associated with biopolymer applications and discusses both operational...

   Published May 24th 2012 by CRC Press
5. Environmental Fluid Mechanics

   Memorial Volume in honour of Prof. Gerhard H. Jirka

   Edited by Wolfgang Rodi, Markus Uhlmann

   Series: IAHR Monographs

   This volume contains the papers of invited lectures presented at the Memorial Colloquium on Environmental Fluid Mechanics, held on June 3 and 4, 2011, in Karlsruhe, Germany in honour of the late Professor Gerhard H. Jirka, who passed away unexpectedly in February 2010. With both the colloquium and...

   Published May 24th 2012 by CRC Press
6. Lean Design Management

   Edited by Stephen Emmitt

   Series: Architectural Engineering and Design Management

   The fields of design management and lean construction appear to be developing independently. This volume brings together authors from four continents to argue that lean thinking should be integral to design management in the fields of architecture, engineering and construction (AEC). The...

   Published May 24th 2012 by Routledge
7. Handbook of Tropical Residual Soils Engineering

   Edited by Bujang B.K. Huat, David G. Toll, Arun Prasad

   Residual soils are found in many parts of the world. Like other soils, they are used extensively in construction, either to build upon, or as construction material. They are formed when the rate of rock weathering is more rapid than transportation of the weathered particles by e.g., water, gravity...

   Published May 23rd 2012 by CRC Press
8. SPICE for Power Electronics and Electric Power, Third Edition

   By Muhammad H. Rashid

   Series: Electrical and Computer Engineering

   Power electronics can be a difficult course for students to understand and for professors to teach. Simplifying the process for both, SPICE for Power Electronics and Electric Power, Third Edition illustrates methods of integrating industry standard SPICE software for design verification and as a...

   Published May 23rd 2012 by CRC Press
9. The National Politics of Nuclear Power

   Economics, security, and governance

   By Benjamin Sovacool, Scott Victor Valentine

   Series: Routledge Global Security Studies

   This book offers a comprehensive assessment of the dynamics driving, and constraining, nuclear power development in Asia, Europe and North America, providing detailed comparative analysis. The book formulates a theory of nuclear socio-political economy which highlights six factors necessary for...

   Published May 23rd 2012 by Routledge
10. Microhydrodynamics and Complex Fluids

    By Dominique Barthès-Biesel

    A self-contained textbook, Microhydrodynamics and Complex Fluids deals with the main phenomena that occur in slow, inertialess viscous flows often encountered in various industrial, biophysical and natural processes. It examines a wide range of situations, from flows in thin films, porous media and...

    Published May 23rd 2012 by CRC Press