Written by leading experts from Australia and North America, this book covers the impact of new mining technology on human work performance and safety. Ergonomics experts Tim John Horberry, Robin Burgess-Limerick, and Lisa J. Steiner draw on their personal experience to provide up-to-date research, case studies, and examples, making the book useful, accurate, informative, and easy to read. The authors combine their in-the-trenches experience and academic expertise to present a treatment that balances breadth with depth. The book supplies a much-needed overview of the human element in the journey to optimal equipment design of mining equipment.
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Machine Design
Optics & optoelectronics
Health & Safety
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Focusing primarily on the project execution phase of a project, this book provides a practical approach for executing large industrial and commercial projects. The author identifies people, processes, and system readiness as key components of an overall process so that projects can be executed within budget and on schedule. He also identifies strong leadership behaviors, stakeholder relations and management as key requirements for successful project execution. An easy to follow road map, the book discusses practical tools and processes which can be adapted for varying scales of projects and in many different industries.
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Production Systems
Engineering Project Management
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Completely revised and updated, this second edition of a bestseller contains new chapters on damage mechanics, fabric reinforced composites, and external strengthening for infrastructure. It covers design aspects such as fiber and matrix selection, fabrication processes, prediction of material properties, and structural analysis and design of beams, plates, and shells, including many fully developed examples. Powerful preliminary design tools, such as "carpet plots," are used in examples throughout the book. Instructional materials (including PowerPoint slides), special software coordinated with the book, and other pedagogical tools are available from a password-protected website maintained by the author.
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Composites
Mechanics
Structural Engineering
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Undergraduate

Following in the tradition of its predecessors, this third edition continues to offer a practical, example-based exploration of a critical topic, maintaining academic rigor but eschewing complicated calculations. It discusses the world’s current energy consumption and the role of renewable energy in the future, examines exothermic reactions, uses Mathcad ® to calculate a plot of Gibbs energy, explains the Lambda sensor, and employs FactSage software to calculate and describe the production of silicon in an arc (oven) furnace. This latest edition re-works problems that have proven to be the most difficult for students and adds several new ones to further amplify complex areas.
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Thermodynamics
Physical Chemistry
Statistical Physics
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This book begins with a concise introduction to one of the oldest biotechnological processes – food fermentation – including its history and global varieties. After covering the various preparation techniques and culinary methods, the book addresses the microbiology-phenotypic and genotypic characterizations, the identifications of function microorganisms, the functional and technological properties, and issues related to food safety. The book also explores the functional properties of fermentation, how it improves product shelf life, ensures food safety, enriches nutritional supplements, and increases the probiotic functions in some foods. The rising popularity of probiotic and prebiotic foods and the health benefits they are known for are also discussed.
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Food Laws & Regulations
Brewing
Nutraceuticals & Functional Foods
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Professional

With many concrete examples and questions, this book provides an engaging, accessible account of core theoretical results of evolution equations in a way that gradually builds intuition and culminates in exploring active research. Developing all necessary prerequisite material, from real analysis to functional analysis, it gives nonspecialists the foundation to understand what evolution equations are and how to work with them in various areas of practice. The book covers 35 different models spanning chemical kinetics, pharmacokinetics, neural networks, chemotaxis, mathematical physics, beam dynamics, aeroelasticity, infectious disease epidemiology, combustion, and environmental issues.
• Chapman & Hall/CRC Applied Mathematics & Nonlinear Science
Differential Equations
Mathematical Analysis
Mathematics & Statistics for Engineers
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Professional

Unlocking the secrets that govern the physics of lubricated and dry contacts, this book helps tribologists on their quest to reduce friction, minimize wear, and extend the operating life of mechanical equipment. It presents a fresh approach to tribology that links advances in applied mathematics with fundamental problems in tribology related to contact elasticity, fracture mechanics, and fluid film lubrication. The book also provides a real-world industrial perspective so that readers can attain a practical understanding of the material. The authors incorporate the classical tenets of tribology while providing new mathematical solutions that address various shortcomings in existing theories.
• Modern Mechanics and Mathematics
Tribology
Materials Science
Mathematics & Statistics for Engineers
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Professional

With coverage ranging from the complex characteristics and behaviors of enterprises to the challenges they pose for engineering and technology, this book examines the impacts of enterprise processes and leading-edge technologies on the evolution of an enterprise. It discusses new and emerging modes of thought that are increasingly being recognized as essential to successful systems engineering, defining and examining key building blocks of this evolving field. It addresses the issues of the changing nature of SE, lays out a recommended direction for the future, and provides a unified basis for moving toward a mature discipline with the expanded scope.
• Complex and Enterprise Systems Engineering
Systems & Control Engineering
Engineering Management
Manufacturing Engineering
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Professional

Bringing together a prominent roster of 42 leading investigators and their teams, this volume details the wide range of theoretical and experimental knowledge that can be successfully applied for investigating nanosystems. The book provides researchers with a full examination of nano-disperse colloids, homogeneous and heterogeneous nano-structured materials (and their properties), and shelf-organization at the nano-scale. It explores non-linear lectrokinetic phenomena in nano-sized dispersions and nano-sized biological systems. It discusses application aspects of technological processes in great detail, offering scientists and engineers across all fields authoritative commentary on colloid and interface science operating at the nanoscale.
• Surfactant Science
Physical Chemistry
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Materials Chemistry
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Professional

An introduction to modeling of composite manufacturing processes, this book covers the basic principles of fluid mechanics and heat transfer. The book includes example problems solved to facilitate the use of back-of-the-envelope calculations, introducing a scientific basis to manufacturing. The end of each chapter has questions and problems that reinforce the content and fill in the blanks sections that will develop the experience base of the manufacturing, materials, and design engineer or scientist. In this new edition, the computer based solutions were obtained using MATLAB code and also flow simulation based analysis.
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Composites
Industrial Engineering & Manufacturing
Aerospace Engineering
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Undergraduate