Heat treatment is a method used to alter the physical, and sometimes chemical, properties of a material. Heat treatment involves the use of heating...

Heating, ventilating and air conditioning is the technology of indoor and vehicular environmental comfort. Its objective is to provide thermal comf...

This book is concerned with heavy metals, which are considered to be the most hazardous pollutants present in the water system. Heavy metals are ex...

Ternary Mn-based Heusler alloys often exhibit a ferromagnetic shape memory effect,which is best studied in Ni2MnGa, a prototype of Heusler alloys. ...

The book "High Performance Coating for Automotive and Aerospace Industries" is both a reference and a tutorial for understanding the most advanced ...

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Polymers are substances whose molecules have high molar masses and are composed of a large number of repeating units. There are both naturally occu...

Intermetallic compounds can be simply defined as ordered alloy phases formed between two or more metallic elements. These materials have different ...

High strength steels cover a broad spectrum of applications and are being increasingly used in different areas due to their distinguished features,...

Following the discovery of the oxide superconductors in 1986 by Bednorz and Müller, a number of new superconducting compounds was found exhibiting ...

The Homer Laughlin China Company has produced more than 100 different shapes for their dinnerware lines since 1873 (sometimes using mixed shapes in...

Fluid mechanics provides the theoretical foundation for hydraulics, which focuses on the engineering uses of fluid properties. In fluid power, hydr...

As the inorganic constituents of skeletons, dentine and the enamel of teeth in all vertebrates, as well as antlers of male deer, calcium orthophosp...

As the inorganic constituents of skeletons, dentine and the enamel of teeth in all vertebrates, as well as antlers of male deer, calcium orthophosp...

As the inorganic constituents of skeletons, dentine and the enamel of teeth in all vertebrates, as well as antlers of male deer, calcium orthophosp...

The study of complex hysteresis problems has become increasingly important in recent years, since the hysteresis phenomenon affects significantly t...

Indirect Solar, Geothermal & Nuclear Energy

In this book, the authors present current research in industrial control systems. Topics discussed include the development of friction identificati...

Many industrial areas and management paradigms have been transformed in the last several years. Mass customization, global value stream networks, e...

"The world's population endures to upsurge, having approximately doubled in the past third of a century. World energy consumption has augmented eve...

Injection moulding is one of the most versatile and important manufacturing processes, capable of mass-producing complicated plastic parts in a var...

A wide variety of materials are used in automotive parts, and most of them are mechanical components. Steels are most widely used for the power tra...

This book presents current research in the study of photofunctional hybrid materials having potential applications for current issues relating to e...

This book and the accompanying computer software are intended to enhance and streamline the study of the field of thermodynamics. The package is de...