Electronic Books

Rugged Free Energy Landscapes : Common Computational Approaches to Spin Glasses, Structural Glasses and Biological Macromolecules

This collection of lectures and tutorial reviews by renowned experts focusses on the common computational approaches in use ...

Self Healing Materials : An Alternative Approach to 20 Centuries of Materials Science

This book, the first in this new field of materials science, aims to present a coherent picture of the design principles ...

Self-Consistent Methods for Composites : Vol. 2: Wave Propagation in Heterogeneous Materials

The book is dedicated to the application of self-consistent methods to the solution of static and dynamic problems of the ...

Self-Consistent Methods for Composites : Vol.1: Static Problems

The book is dedicated to the application of self-consistent methods to the solution of static and dynamic problems of the ...

Self-Healing Construction Materials : Fundamentals, Monitoring and Large Scale Applications / Antonios Kanellopoulos

Provides a thorough overview of all techniques for producing self-healing construction materials. Construction materials ...

Sex Work, Health, and Human Rights Global Inequities, Challenges, and Opportunities for Action

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the health inequities and human rights issues faced by sex workers globally ...

Simplified Engineering for Architects and Builders / James Ambrose, Patrick Tripeny

Reference on structural design, giving architects and designers a concise introduction to the structures commonly used for ...

Smart Buildings Digitalization : Case Studies on Data Centers and Automation / O.V. Gnana Swathika, K. Karthikeyan, Sanjeevikumar Padmanaban

Explains the concept of data centers, including data collection, public parking systems, smart metering, and sanitizer dispensers. ...

Smart Buildings Digitalization : IoT and Energy Efficient Smart Buildings Architecture and Applications / O.V. Gnana Swathika, K. Karthikeyan, Sanjeevikumar Padmanaban

Discusses various artificial intelligence and machine learning applications concerning smart buildings. It includes how renewable ...

Smart Cement : Development, Testing, Modeling and Real-Time Monitoring / Cumaraswamy Vipulanandan

Over three billion metric tons of cement are produced annually worldwide, making concrete the most extensively used construction ...

Solving Complex Problems for Structures and Bridges using ABAQUS Finite Element Package / Farzad Hejazi, Hojjat Mohammadi Esfahani

Aims to present specific complicated and puzzling challenges encountered for application of the Finite Element Method (FEM) ...

Spacecraft Structures

Space flight is a comprehensive and innovative part of technology. It encompasses many fields of technology. This monograph ...

Spectral Finite Element Method : Wave Propagation, Diagnostics and Control in Anisotropic and Inhomogeneous Structures

This book is the first to apply SFEM to inhomogeneous and anisotropic structures in a unified and systematic manner. The ...

Springer Handbook of Acoustics

Acoustics, the science of sound, has developed into a broad interdisciplinary field encompassing the academic disciplines ...

Static Analysis of Determinate and Indeterminate Structures / Kenneth Derucher, Chandrasekhar Putcha

Presents students with the key fundamental elements of structural analysis and covers as much material as is needed for a ...

Static and Dynamic Analysis of Engineering Structures : Incorporating the Boundary Element Method / Levon G. Petrosian, Vladimir A. Ambartsumian

Illustrates the modern methods of static and dynamic analysis of structures; Provides methods for solving boundary value ...

Steel Corrosion and Degradation of its Mechanical Properties / Chun-Qing Li, Wei Yang

Presents the state-of-the-art-knowledge on corrosion of steel, cast iron and ductile iron with a focus on corrosion-induced ...

Steel Designers' Handbook / Branko E. Gorenc, A. Syam, Ron Tinyou

Steel-Reinforced Concrete Structures : Assessment and Repair of Corrosion / By Mohamed Abdallah El-Reedy

Examines the corrosion of reinforced concrete from a practical point of view, highlights protective design and repair procedures, ...

Steel–concrete composite bridges

Steel Concrete Composite Bridges outlines the various forms that modern steel-concrete composite bridges take, from simple ...