Books published by Elsevier Science & Technology

Contains a selection of papers presented at the International Symposium on Inverse Problems in Engineering Mechanics (ISIP2001), held in February of 2001 in Japan. This volume covers such subjects as: mathematical and computational aspects of inverse problems, parameter or system identification, shape determination, sensitivity analysis, and more.

This title will contain selected proceedings from the International Conference on Traffic and Transport Psychology. Around 90-100 papers have been selected on themes such as road user attiudes and behaviour, driver support systems and automated vehicle guidance, psychology of mobility, transport mode choice and more.

Contains the proceedings of Explomett 2000, International Conference on Fundamental Issues and Applications of Shock-Wave and High-Strain-Rate Phenomena, held in Albuquerque, New Mexico, 2000; the fifth in the Explomett quinquennial series which began in Albuquerque in 1980.

Features proceedings of the workshop held at Berkeley, CA in October, 2000 that brought together engineers and scientists, who have received grants from the initiative NSF 98-42, to share their results on the study of long-term durability of materials and structures.

Focusing on plastic products, this book shows the importance of making ties between basic technical knowledge and the process of life cycle engineering. It offers a practical, deliberate way to make ecologically and economically sensible decisions about product reuse and recycling and other critical dimensions of product life behavior.

Provides a background to the understanding and use of advanced polymer composites in the civil infrastructure. This book discusses fabrication techniques, design methods and formulae for the design of structural composite systems. It also looks at the fundamentals of geosynthetics used in geotechnical engineering.

The problem of ship stability is so complex that meaningful solutions are feasible only through international collaboration. Building on an established track record of co-operative research between UK and Japan, a Collaborative Research Project was launched in 1995. This volume includes selected material from the first four workshops.

Summarizes the status of our understanding of RNA, with particular emphasis on the chemistry of this key biological molecule. This book covers various RNAs such as messenger RNA, ribosomal RNA, transfer RNA and RNA enzymes (ribozymes). It details biophysical and chemical methods to investigate RNA structure and function.

Linking practical experience with theory, this handbook examines and illustrates the integration of conceptualization and treatment of child and adolescent psychopathology. Conceptual models and intervention strategies are illustrated, and chapters cover several specific disorders.

Offers information on various aspects of the crucial interface between language and religion. This title explains the discussion of various topics including the creation of special sacred scripts, religious calligraphy, and the use of religious symbols in meditation, magic and elsewhere by illustrations, diagrams and tables.

Bioceramics in medicine has become one of the more important fields of biomaterials. The clinical applications of bioceramics are numerous. This book contains the proceedings of the 10th International Symposium on Ceramics in Medicine, held in Paris, France, in October 1997.

Moire fringe techniques have expanded considerably and are established as important metrological tools. The main reason for this flourishing expansion is the use of the moire fringe method in the common availability of the laser light. This book covers the major theoretical aspects and applications of the moire technique.

This volume presents articles containing up-to-date expositions of work in the optics field. Topics covered include: transverse patterns in wide-aperture nonlinear optical systems; coherent population trapping in laser spectroscopy; and quantum phase properties of nonlinear optical phenomena.

Deals with the field of Hadron and Nuclear Physics with Electromagnetic Probes.

Discusses a range of issues from the preparation, structure, properties and observation of quantum effects in carbon nanotubes in comparison with 0-D fullerenes. This book contains reviews on carbon nanoparticles such as carbon nano-capsules, onion-like graphite particles and metal-coated fullerenes.

Provides information required for application in real-life engineering practice. This book introduces the principles and practical considerations that underlie the informed selection of materials in mechanical and production engineering. It features worked examples, case studies, assignments and is useful for undergraduates in Engineering courses.

Covers the developments in technology and applications of transistor circuit design, including computer circuit simulation, and such topics as thyristors, Darlington transistors, amplifiers, ring modulators, power supplies, optoelectronics and logic circuits. This book offers a step-by-step introduction to the subject, suitable for novices.

This volume examines the environmental issues currently under debate in the international arena. The text approaches the topic at a conceptual level, and from an interdisciplinary viewpoint. It analyzes key players, international relations and considers prospects for sustainable developments.

These conference proceedings in three volumes cover the ISSC technical committee report, proceedings papers covering issues relating to ship design, subsea structures and floating structures and discussions of these reports in the final volume.

This text presents an alternative way of understanding the effect of small defects on the phenomenon of metal fatigue. The author also describes a practical method of assessing the influence of small defects and non-metallic inclusions.

The organisation responsible for the international rules is the International Standards Organisation (ISO). This book is a short introduction to the subject of engineering drawing for manufacture, in the context of standards.

Covers practical applications of Variable Speed Drives (VSDs) in process control and materials handling, such as those for pumping, ventilation, conveyers, compressors and hoists. This work provides coverage of key topics such as troubleshooting, control wiring, operating modes, braking types, automatic restart, harmonics, and more.

Dealing primarily with applications of statistics, this text is divided into six parts; results for specific distributions; linear estimations; inferential methods; prediction; goodness-of-fit tests; and applications.

Inorganic membrane science and technology is a field of membrane separation technology. This book describes the fundamental principles of both synthesis of inorganic membranes and membrane supports and also the associated phenomena of transport and separation in a semi-quantitative form. It is useful for scientists and engineers.

Hardbound. This volume is devoted to Sample Surveys, which is the most widely used method in statistical practice. It covers many theoretical and practical aspects of social and biological investigations, and is a valuable guide for those involved in designing sample surveys.

Written by the Working Party on Culture Media, of the International Committee on Food Microbiology and Hygiene, this is a handy reference for microbiologists wanting to know which media to use for the detection of various groups of microbes in food, and how to check their performance.

Health economics has made or stimulated numerous contributions to various areas of economics: the theory of human capital; the economics of insurance; principal-agent theory; asymmetric information; econometrics; the theory of incomplete markets; and, the foundations of welfare economics. This title surveys the literature in health economics.

Encapsulates the author's many years of experience gained designing manufacturing systems and supply-chains in factories across the world. This work provides a proven, logical sequence of events needed to design effective modular factories capable of competing with the world's best.

Brings together the work of a motion picture film laboratory together with the specialist techniques for preservation and restoration of archival film. This book includes coverage of digital technology and is useful for conservators, archivists, curators worldwide, film history and film conservation students.

Reviews the transport pricing policy debate and reports on the advances made in measuring the marginal social costs of transport, particularly through UNITE and other European research projects. This book examines how the results of case studies might be generalised to obtain estimates of marginal social costs for various circumstances.