Books published by WIT Press

This book is intended as a course book for introductory courses in stochastic optimization algorithms and it has grown from a set of lectures notes used in courses, taught by the author, at the international master programme Complex Adaptive Systems at Chalmers University of Technology in Goteborg, Sweden.

Deals with fundamental principles underlying environmental degradation of construction materials such as metals, stone, brick, concrete, timber, cast iron, steel, copper alloys and aluminium. This book features information on methods of deterioration, as well as general information on the economic impact of damaging processes.

This volume features papers from the First International Conference on Monitoring, Simulation and Remediation of the Geological Environment.

Deals with plate heat exchangers (PHEs), which are one of the most common types in practice. This work's objectives are to present descriptions of such heat exchangers and their advantages and limitations, to provide in-depth thermal and hydraulic design theory for PHEs.

Contains the results of a three-year research programme by a joint team of experts from four different EU countries, whose main focus was on investigating the possibility of using abandoned underground mines for the disposal of hazardous chemical waste with negligible pollution of the environment.

A set of new studies are included in this volume which provides solutions that lead towards sustainability. Contributions originate from a diverse range of researchers, resulting in a variety of topics and experiences.

Studies, repairs and maintenance of heritage architecture are becoming increasingly important in modern society. Comprising specially selected papers, this book address a series of topics related to the historical aspects and reuse of heritage architecture, as well as technical issues on the structural integrity of different types of buildings.

This book contains papers presented by an extensive selection of international delegates at the 23rd International Conference on Urban Transport and the Environment. Due to its continued success and multiplicity of topics, the series is considered to be a leading source of new research in the area of transport engineering.