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Not only does this text give an introduction to applications of rock mechanics within the petroleum industry, it has a strong focus on basics, drilling, production and reservoir engineering. It covers assessment of rock mechanical parameter; and, is acoustic wave propagation in rocks, with link to 4D seismics as well as log interpretation.

CFD is one of basic tools for design procedures to produce machineries, such as automobiles, ships, aircrafts, etc. This book covers several aspects of parallel computings and its applications.

Mobile IPv6 has become the key enabling technology for mobile data and multimedia services and devices worldwide. This book covers the IPv6 host mobility protocol known as 'mobile IPv6' and begins with a basic description of mobile IPv6 and then details protocol specifications and data structures as well as actual implementation.

Quantification and modalities have always been topics of great interest for logicians. These two themes emerged from philosophy and language in ancient times. This title emphasises on model-theoretic and it concentrates on descriptions of different sound semantics and completeness problem.

Addressing the question of why UNIX should be used in the first place, this text explains the background to system characteristics, explores the general principles for applying UNIX philosophy to software development, and details the tenets of the UNIX operating system philosophy.

Covers different aspects of text entry systems. This book offers researchers and developers: global guidelines for conducting research on text entry; history of entry systems; and, specific guidelines for designing entry systems for a specific target, depending on devices, modalities, language, and different physical conditions of users.

Offers a selection of articles that focuses on a broad variety of plant and animal species as well as refer to diverse aspects of their physical, chemical and human environment. This title also features articles that discuss processes such as primary production of phytoplankton, fish locomotion, feeding and foraging, and seabird conservation.

Providing an overview, this book discusses the phenomenon of thought suppression in the light of broader theories, such as, the cognitive theory of obsession, and the ego depletion hypothesis. It also links the thought suppression paradigm to other research fields, such as, directed forgetting and repressive coping.

Aims to apply multi-component phase diagrams to commercial aluminum alloys, and give a comprehensive coverage of assessed phase diagrams for aluminum-based alloy systems of different dimensionality. This title features data on non-equilibrium phase diagrams. It offers coverage of various groups of commercially important alloys and materials.

Reviews information on all types of practical radical reactions, for example, cyclizations, additions, hydrogen-atom abstractions, decarboxylation reactions. This book provides experimental details for the important reactions as well as numerous references to the original literature. It covers both the fundamentals and synthetic applications.

Advanced characterization and fabrication methods are enabling scientists to build structures atom-by-atom or molecule-by molecule. This title focuses on the effective use of such advanced analysis and characterization techniques in the design of materials. It contains examples of materials in which such design concepts have been applied.

Dynamic fracture in solids has attracted much attention from engineers as well as physicists due both to its technological interest and to inherent scientific curiosity. It is necessary to understand the mechanisms and mechanics of fracture under dynamic loading conditions to design suitable procedures for assessing the susceptibility to fracture.

Clarifies hurricane generated sea conditions necessary for the design and operation of marine systems in a seaway. This work provides information for the protection of near shore/onshore structures and the environment at the time of hurricane landing. It also includes detailed analysis of hurricane sea wave data obtained by buoys.

Arc welding is one of the key processes in industrial manufacturing, with welders using two types of processes - Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW) and Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW). This book provides a survey-oriented account of the modeling, sensing, and automatic control of the GMAW process.

Contains data from a range of techniques, including synchrotron radiation X-ray topography that provide safer and surer methods of identifying deformation mechanisms. This book also informs the direction of research in intermediate and high temperature processes by providing original treatment of dislocation climb.

Presents a comprehensive guide to designing with Atmel's controller family. This text is divided into three sections: hardware, which covers internal peripherals; software, which covers programming and the instruction set; and tools, which explains using Atmel's Assembler and Simulator as well as IAR's C compiler.

Addresses the confusion surrounding CE Marking. This book offers guidance on both legal and design issues. It helps engineers and managers to easily identify which rules apply to their products and pinpoint what they need to do to comply. It shows design engineers how to comply with CE requirements for product conformity.

Suitable for those interested in learning digital electronics, this book presents practical exercises, building techniques, and ideas for over thirty-five useful digital projects. It gives the reader hands-on learning experiences through building simple projects. It explains circuit design, circuit testing, and how to design your own projects.

Opioids and analgesics are members of a group of drugs used to relieve pain. They are used in combination with prescription and nonprescription pain relievers, and misuse is prevalent. This work helps pain medicine specialists and physicians in prescribing the appropriate drugs for pain therapy and for preventing misuse of the medication.

Focusing on the uninterrupted geological and palaeontological record of Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego since the Miocene-Pliocene boundary to the arrival of Man and Modern Times, this book provides an overview of the scientific work in related fields with a palaeoclimatic approach.

Features empirical findings across a spectrum of corporate finance issues. This book offers roadmaps into the empirical research landscape and provide suggestions for further work. It includes chapters summarizing research advances and other topics in the classical issues of capital structure choice, corporate investment behavior, and firm value.

Helps you to gain the knowledge and skills needed to develop web-based applications. This book features tutorial-based approach that enables the reader to master the tasks and techniques essential to the various client-server projects using sockets in C. It includes advancements such as support for IPv6 as well as defensive programming strategies.

Aims to apply the wisdom of six disciplines - logic, mathematics, psychology, safety analysis, computer science, and engineering - to the problem of debugging. This work offers a systematic approach to identifying and correcting software errors.

A collection of comprehensive reviews in the field of nanoporous materials. It cover various aspects of nanoporous materials, including their preparation and structure, their post-synthetic modification, their characterization and their use in catalysis, adsorption/separation and various other fields of potential application.

Presents a synopsis of lectures on thermodynamics of non-equilibrium processes and a particular course on thermodynamics of operating catalysts. This book applies simple approaches of non-equilibrium thermodynamics to analyzing properties of chemically reactive systems.

Scleractinian reefs first appeared about 300 million years ago. This title presents knowledge from coral reefs gained since the eighties. It introduces geologists, oceanographers and environmentalists to sedimentological and paleoecological studies of an ecosystem encompassing some of the world's richest biodiversity.

Aims to describe the possibilities of qNMR in pharmaceutical analysis. This work offers an introduction to the physical fundamentals and techniques. It describes the principles of the application in drug analysis: quality evaluation of drugs, polymer characterization, natural products and corresponding reference compounds and drug formulations.

Bridges the gap between the technological and philosophical aspects of information technology. This book offers both professionals and academics a philosophical foundation of IT so they can understand their own disciplines. It focuses on a part of IT which is often overshadowed by its technical counterparts.