Author: Adedeji B. Badiru
Publisher: CRC Pre
Keywords: industrial, innovation, engineering, systems, handbook
Number of Pages: 768
Published: 2005-12-15
List price: $154.95
ISBN-10: 0849327199
ISBN-13: 9780849327193

Responding to the demand by researchers and practitioners for a comprehensive reference, Handbook of Industrial and Systems Engineering offers full and easy access to a wide range of industrial and systems engineering tools and techniques in a concise format. Providing state of the art coverage from more than 40 contributing authors, many of whom are "rising stars" in this area, this volume emphasizes systems engineering aspects and expands beyond the topics found in the existing references in this field.The handbook is a one-stop source for industrial and systems engineering. It introduces ne

Author: Joaquim Casal
Publisher: Elsevier Science
Keywords: industrial, plants, volume, safety, series, accidents, effects, consequences, major, evaluation
Number of Pages: 378
Published: 2007-12-22
List price: $249.00
ISBN-10: 0444530819
ISBN-13: 9780444530813

The book analyzes the different major accidents which can occur in process plants and during the transportation of hazardous materials. The main features of fires, explosions and toxic releases are discussed, and a set of mathematical models allowing the prediction of their effects and consequences are explained. With a practical approach, the models are applied to simple illustrative examples, as well as to more complex real cases. The use of these calculations in the frame of Quantitative Risk Analysis is also treated.Evaluation of the effects of major accidents in industrial installations c

Authors:Pat J. Devine, Yannis S. Katsoulacos, Roger Sugde,
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: industrial, strategies, europe, economic, policy, subsidiarity, competitiveness
Number of Pages: 264
Published: 1996-06-14
List price: $200.00
ISBN-10: 0415139856
ISBN-13: 9780415139854

In recent years, discussion of economic policy has become dominated by the notion of competitiveness. In this volume a group of leading economists explore the issue through cross-country comparisons and by means of single country case studies. They also examine the relationship between competitiveness and community objectives, the co-existence of diversity, subsidiarity and European Union industrial policy and the impact of European enlargement and further integration.

Author: James A. Kent
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: chemistry, industrial, handbook, riegels, riegel
Number of Pages: 1374
Published: 2003-06-01
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0306474115
ISBN-13: 9780306474118

Substantially refining nine widely used previous editions, here is the most accessible reference available for professionals who need an orientation and overview on today’s varied chemical processes, products, and practices. No other one-volume source offers as much detailed data on the chemistry, engineering, economics, and technological infrastructure of all major chemical industry segments. Some 50 top experts cover the chemistry and technology that underlie the major components of thechemical process industries. Every chapter in this edition has been thoroughly updated, and several h

Author: Mital A
Publisher: Taylor & Franci
Keywords: safety, ergonomics, industrial, advances
Number of Pages: 1
Published: 1989-06-01
List price: $281.00
ISBN-10: 0850664934
ISBN-13: 9780850664935

This is the first volume in a major new series comprising the proceedings of the Annual International Industrial Ergonomics and Safety conference - the official conference of the International Foundation for Industrial Ergonomics and Safety Research, held in Cincinatti in June 1989.

Author: P. M. Deane
Publisher: Cambridge University Pre
Keywords: revolution, industrial, first
Number of Pages: 332
Published: 1980-01-31
List price: $43.00
ISBN-10: 0521296099
ISBN-13: 9780521296090

An industrial revolution is the process of economic change by which a country is shifted on to a path of sustained growth in productivity and living standards. It represents the origins of modern industry in today’s developed countries and it is what today’s developing countries are now trying to promote or to bring to a successful conclusion. The book identifies the strategic changes in economic organisation, industrial structure and technological progress associated with the industrial revolution which took place in Britain over the century 1750-1850 and which marked a watershed

Author: Graham T. Smith
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: metrology, industrial
Number of Pages: 352
Published: 2002-07-28
List price: $295.00
ISBN-10: 1852335076
ISBN-13: 9781852335076

This book offers a clear and unambiguous approach to Engineering Metrology from a practitioner’s point of view. It looks at dimensional surface measurement and roundness, covering how, where and when surfaces are measured, together with the appropriate techniques for their measurement. The author explores techniques common to surface microscopy and how surface texture and roundness instrumentation calibration methods are selected and employed. Through a comprehensive treatment of the subject, colour images and easy-to understand line diagrams, the reader will gain an insight into the tec