Soil Dynamics and Liquefaction (Developments in Geotechnical Engineering)

Engineering & Transportation

Engineering

WIT Press

From the preface: This Handbook was compiled with the intention to provide boundary element practitioners - users as well as scholars - with a reference book giving details of the most important boundary element publications as well as the most up to date codes. The editors believe that this handbook will fill an important role in boundary element research and applications, by providing not only a comprehensive set of references but also detailed information of available boundary element software. They also hope that the Who's Who section will help boundary element researchers to become more aware of the work carried out by their colleagues and help to strengthen the contacts between members of the boundary element community. Advances in scientific research are a direct function of the degree of contact and interaction between individual researchers. The editors hope that this Handbook will help to motivate research within the boundary element community.

The Boundary Element Reference Book

Brebbia, C.A.

Mackerle, J.

Reference

New York Ranger's Wit

Andrew K. Merz

Biographies & Memoirs

Computer Techniques and Applications

Blain, W. R.

Boundary Element Methods (BEM) have gained widespread acceptance in the areas of engineering analysis related to potential problems and elasticity. These techniques are also being used increasingly for the analysis of heat and mass transfer problems and more recently in flow analysis or momentum transport. The advantages of the method, such as the reduction of dimensionality for linear differential equations, ease of coding and smaller memory requirements and its high level of accuracy and computational efficiency, will ensure that its use will become more and more common. Until now coverage of the method's use in transport phenomena has been confined to journals and multi-editor works and textbook coverage has not been available. The purpose of this book is to provide a monograph to fill this gap. It aims to provide a thorough understanding of the fundamentals of the method and its capability in solving a wide range of transport phenomena problems, especially in heat and mass transfer. The book can be used as a stand alone text for a short BEM course or as a supplement to the more traditional transport phenomena texts in a conventional course to reinforce the numerical aspects of the subject. It can also be used as a self study tool for researchers involved in engineering analysis. Examples are provided throughout the text to illustrate the ideas and solutions.

Boundary Element Methods in Transport Phenomena/Book and Disk (International Series on Computational Engineering)

P. A. Ramachandran

Spark-ignition engines and compression-ignition diesel engines have been almost unchallenged as power units for road vehicles for the last century. However, the air pollution problems which they cause, and their poor efficiency in today's typical operating conditions, make it essential that alternatives to these engines are fully explored. Many have been proposed, but few have been exploited commercially. This book discusses the technologies that presently exist for alternative engines. For each alternative engine that is considered, the operating principle is discussed, together with the primary advantages and disadvantages of the particular technology. The development of each alternative is noted and current manufacturer research and experimental testing is described, together with results where available. The alternative engines and prospects for further development of conventional engines are discussed and compared with reference to fuel economy and exhaust emissions. Cost issues are made generally, with definitive data provided where it exists. This book forms part of a programme of study on the contribution of road transport to global warming and air pollution, and investigating ways of reducing it.

Alternative Engines for Road Vehicles

M. L. Poulton

Automotive

<p>For many years the integration of the location of land use and activities in spatial systems, as well as the provision of transport in movement of goods, services and people, has been recognized as a challenge amongst various specialists, including: engineers, transportation planners, economists, environmentalists, urban and regional planners and developers.The purpose of this book is to address transportation modelling in terms of technology, techniques and methodology application in context to the interface between transportation systems, land use planning, and environmental challenges and application.The methodology of transportation modelling is applied to international practices and application based on specific case studies, inclusive of public transportation projects; transportation modelling techniques in practice; international research agenda; network design and channel strategies; strategic planning; application of technology in traffic surveys and interpretation; emissions from transportation systems; application of mathematical models and the interface between environment, land use and development in terms of location in space and the resulting activities.Of value to both theorists and practitioners, this book references the integration of transportation modelling techniques within an interdisciplinary environment inside all spatial systems.</p>

Transportation, Land Use and Integration: Applications in Developing Countries

I.M. Schoeman

Transportation

Containing the proceedings of the 2016 New Forest Conference on Complex Systems, this multi-disciplinary book presents new approaches for resolving complex issues that cannot be resolved using conventional mathematical or software models.Complex Systems occur in an infinite variety of problems encompassing fields as diverse as economics, the environment, humanities, social and political sciences, physical sciences and engineering. The papers in the book, cover such topics as: Complex business processes; Supply chain complexity; Complex adaptive software; Management of complexity; Complexity in social systems; Complexity in engineering; Complex issues in biological and medical sciences; Complex energy systems Complexity and evolution.

Complex Systems: Theory and Applications

Science & Math

G. Rzevski

Mathematics

<p>Environmental pollution and related human health concerns have now reached critical levels in many areas of the world. International programs for researching, monitoring and preventing the causes of these phenomena are ongoing in many countries. There is an imperative call for reliable and cost-effective information on the basal pollution levels both for areas already involved in intense industrial activities, and for sites with industrial development potential. Biomonitoring methods can be used as unfailing tools for the control of contaminated areas, as well as in environmental prevention studies. Human biomonitoring is now widely recognized as a tool for human exposure assessment, providing suitable and useful indications of the `internal dose' of chemical agents. Bioindicators, biomonitors, and biomarkers are all well-known terms among environmental scientists, although their meanings are sometimes misrepresented. Therefore, a better and full comprehension of the role of biological monitoring, and its procedures for evaluating polluting impacts on environment and health is needed. This book gives an overview of the state of the art of relevant aspects of biological monitoring for the evaluation of ecosystem quality and human health.</p>

Biological Monitoring : Theory and Applications (The Sustainable World)

M. E. Conti

Biological Sciences

This book deals with applications of advanced computational-mechanics techniques for structural analysis, strength rehabilitation and aseismic design of monuments, historical buildings and related structures. The authors have extensive experience working with complicated structural analysis problems in civil and mechanical engineering in Europe and North America and have worked together with architects, archaeologists and students of engineering. The text evolves gradually and introduces the material without the burden of deep theoretical details. The authors believe that this is the most effective, didactical way to help readers to start working on real-life problems as soon as possible, with the use of sophisticated, but user-friendly software. The book is divided into five chapters under the following headings: Architectural form and structural system; Static and dynamic analysis; Computational techniques; Case studies of selected heritage structures; Restoration modeling and analysis

Computational Mechanics for Heritage Structures (High Performance Structures and Materials)

B. Leftheris

M. E. Stavroulaki

A. C. Sapounaki

G. E. Stavroulakis

Physics

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