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Sustainability, Architecture Building Management and Construction
by Nihal E Wijeysundera
The comprehensive textbook brings the principles of renewable energy engineering together in a single book equivalent to that of a standard engineering title. A novel feature of this unique reference is the 30 worked examples and problems highlighted at the end of each chapter. Numerical answers are provided for all the problems. Readers should be able to avoid the need to refer to several books on individual energy sources to develop a course on renewable energy.
Readership: Professionals, academics, researchers, undergraduate and graduate students in mechanical engineering, chemical engineering, civil engineering and energy studies.
500pp
Aug 2022 978-981-125-114-6 US$168 £150 978-981-125-115-3(ebook) US$252 £220
HANDBOOK ON MECHANICS OF INELASTIC SOLIDS
(In 2 Volumes)
Volume 1: Plasticity, Creep and Viscous Deformation Volume 2: Finite and Cyclic Deformation; Structural Applications
by David Rees (Brunel University London, UK) This handbook covers a number of the more recent developments regarding the mechanics of deforming solids. In recent years, much progress has been reported in the wide-ranging mechanical behaviour of solids under stress. Here the term stress in a solid arises from a number of external actions including direct tension, compression, pressure, bending, shear and torsion. Many of the topics covered are yet to find their way into the standard texts, which are often restricted to isotropic elasticity and plasticity. Readership: This handbook is intended for an academic readership and is designed for researchers, engineers and advanced undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate students studying or dealing with inelastic solids and/or classical mechanics.
1160pp
Feb 2023 978-1-80061-206-8(Set) US$690 £550 978-1-80061-207-5(Set)(ebook) US$1170 £935
MECHANICS OF MATERIALS
A Friendly Approach
by Prashant Kumar (Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India) This comprehensive book presents materials with a three-dimensional approach rather than two-dimensional analysis adopted by existing books. It develops the required background thoroughly before basic elements such as stress and strain tensors are formulated. The presentation is richly filled with anecdotes, illustrations and solved examples. Special care has been taken to carry out algebra and the derivations in small digestible steps. This useful reference text largely meets the requirements of computer-aided engineering (CAE) softwares which are widely used in industrial-sector and research & development laboratories to design structural members. Readership: Researchers, professionals, academics, undergraduate and graduate students in mechanical engineering, civil engineering, aerospace engineering, materials science and chemical engineering.
ARCHITECTURAL EDUCATION IN 21ST CENTURY ASIA
How to Learn Architecture
by Kheng Soon Tay (National University of Singapore, Singapore) New Asian architects must be able of finding new design languages, expressions, new geometries within new working methods capable of engaging in trans-disciplinary discourses and be able to inspire the masses of people at all levels of society to the new future Asia will lead globally. To do this, this book advocates and calls attention to learning basic skills lost in the context of rapid urbanisation and distortions caused to deep Asian civilizational values. In this process, the fostering of relevant attitudes through empowering our Asian architecture students is of the utmost importance. There are many examples of such empowerment in this book.
250pp
Feb 2023 978-981-4417-76-1 US$110 £91 978-981-4417-77-8(ebook) US$165 £137
World Scientific Series in Current Energy Issues - Vol 7
WIND, WATER AND FIRE
The Other Renewable Energy Resources
edited by Gerard M Crawley (Marcus Enterprises LLC, USA) This book deals with a number of renewable energy resources including one of the most abundant namely Wind Energy. This is a field that is changing rapidly especially as wind turbines become larger and move offshore. It also provides an important update on generating electrical energy from hydroelectric dams particularly in developing countries. Other “water” sources described include developments using the energy from waves and tides, including the flow in rivers Readership: Scientists, engineers and policy makers who need to know about or who deal with economic, policy and technical issues in the field of energy. Students and lay persons interested.
296pp
Apr 2021 978-981-122-591-8 US$108 £95 978-981-122-592-5(ebook) US$162 £145
World Scientific Series in R&D Management - Vol 7 A PERSPECTIVE ON HOLISTIC ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT
Learning, Adapting and Creating Value
by Robert J Aslett (3e8 Consulting, USA), John MAcken (Portland State University, USA) & Siva K Yerramilli (Synopsys Inc., USA) In an ecosystem characterized by rapid changes in technology and how it is developed, an engineering R&D organization will quickly become irrelevant if it fails to keep the pace of innovation needed to succeed. This book provides readers with a holistic approach to engineering management. We have seen that successful managers create a strong foundation of a common culture that enables learning, value creation, diversity and inclusion. They create organizations that tightly connect the core engineering functions of strategic planning, research and development and are able to comprehend and direct a broader R&D system that stretches well beyond their own organization’s boundary. Doing all of this to extract the greatest value in the least amount of time is what we call holistic engineering management. Readership: Advanced undergraduate and graduate students, researchers and practitioners in the field of engineering.
