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  • Acoustic Emission - Research and Applications
    Acoustic Emission - Research and Applications
    Editor Wojciech Sikorski
    ISBN 978-953-51-1015-6
    221 pages, March, 2013
    Downloads: 785
    Acoustic emission (AE) is a phenomenon in which elastic or stress waves are emitted from rapid, localized change of strain energy in material. The practical application of the AE first emerged in the 1950's, but only in the last 20 years the science, ...
  • Finite Element Analysis - New Trends and Developments
    Finite Element Analysis - New Trends and Developments
    Editor Farzad Ebrahimi
    ISBN 978-953-51-0769-9
    398 pages, October, 2012
    Downloads: 1817
    In the past few decades, the Finite Element Method (FEM) has been developed into a key indispensable technology in the modeling and simulation of various engineering systems. The present book reports on the state of the art research and development f ...
  • MATLAB - A Fundamental Tool for Scientific Computing and Engineering Applications - Volume 1
    MATLAB - A Fundamental Tool for Scientific Computing and Engineering Applications - Volume 1
    Editor Vasilios N. Katsikis
    ISBN 978-953-51-0750-7
    520 pages, September, 2012
    Downloads: 7781
    This is the first book in a three-volume series deploying MATLAB-based applications in almost every branch of science. This volume, presents interesting topics from different areas of engineering, signal and image processing based on the MATLAB envir ...
  • Earthquake Engineering
    Earthquake Engineering
    Editor Halil Sezen
    ISBN 978-953-51-0694-4
    336 pages, August, 2012
    Downloads: 2488
    Recent major earthquakes around the world have shown the vulnerability of infrastructure and the need for research to better understand the nature of seismic events and their effects on structures. As a result, earthquake engineering research has bee ...
  • Hydrodynamics - Theory and Model
    Hydrodynamics - Theory and Model
    Editor Jinhai Zheng
    ISBN 978-953-51-0130-7
    306 pages, March, 2012
    Downloads: 1767
    With the amazing advances of scientific research, Hydrodynamics - Theory and Application presents the engineering applications of hydrodynamics from many countries around the world. A wide range of topics are covered in this book, including the theor ...
  • Effective Thermal Insulation - The Operative Factor of a Passive Building Model
    Effective Thermal Insulation - The Operative Factor of a Passive Building Model
    Editor Amjad Almusaed
    ISBN 978-953-51-0311-0
    102 pages, March, 2012
    Downloads: 1519
    This book has been written to present elementary practical and efficient applications in saving energy concept, as well as propose a solitary action for this category of topics. The book aims to illustrate various methods in treatment the concept of ...
  • Earthquake-Resistant Structures - Design, Assessment and Rehabilitation
    Earthquake-Resistant Structures - Design, Assessment and Rehabilitation
    Editor Abbas Moustafa
    ISBN 978-953-51-0123-9
    524 pages, February, 2012
    Downloads: 3024
    This book deals with earthquake-resistant structures, such as, buildings, bridges and liquid storage tanks. It contains twenty chapters covering several interesting research topics written by researchers and experts in the field of earthquake enginee ...
  • Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering - Soil Liquefaction and Seismic Safety of Dams and Monuments
    Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering - Soil Liquefaction and Seismic Safety of Dams and Monuments
    Editor Abbas Moustafa
    ISBN 978-953-51-0025-6
    424 pages, February, 2012
    Downloads: 1911
    This book sheds lights on recent advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering with special emphasis on soil liquefaction, soil-structure interaction, seismic safety of dams and underground monuments, mitigation strategies against landslide and fir ...