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conditions and environmental factors which play a decisive role in designing engineering structures in Danubian countries.
Exposure to Contaminants in Drinking Water: Estimating Uptake through the Skin and by Inhalation examines the current state of science in this field by identifying and reviewing the available information resources; evaluating various models and approaches; and demonstrating the feasibility of developing estimates of the distribution of absorbed doses of contaminants in drinking water through contact with the skin and by inhalation.This book, the product of a fifteen-member expert working group convened by the Risk Science Institute of the International Life Sciences Institute under a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Water, includes contributions from experts in exposure modeling and measurement; water chemistry; time-activity patterns; dermal and respiratory uptake; and the use of probability distributions in characterizing exposures.

Geomechanics from Micro to Macro contains 268 papers presented at the International Symposium on Geomechanics from Micro and Macro (IS-Cambridge, UK, 1-3 September 2014). The symposium created a forum for the dissemination of new advances in the micro-macro relations of geomaterial behaviour and its modelling. The papers on experimental investigati
The main themes of this conference are experimental investigations into deformation properties -from very small strains to beyond failure, laboratory, in-situ and field observation interpretations, and behaviour characterization and modelling.Emphasis is placed on exploring recent investigations into time-related stresses, and on applying advanced geotechnical testing to real engineering problems.
Plastics extrusion is a high volume manufacturing process in which raw plastic material is melted and formed into a continuous profile.Extrusion produces items such as pipe/tubing, weather stripping, fence, deck railing, window frames, adhesive tape and wire insulation.There are fundamentally two different methods of extruding film, namely, below extrusion and slit die extrusion.The design and operation of the extruder up to the die is the same for both methods.The moulding process is one of the most important plastic processing operations.It is an important commercial process whereby a resinous polymeric compound is converted into useful finished articles.The origin of this process is dates back about a century to the invention of a plunger type machine.The mould has its own importance, which give the required shapes of the products.The vast growth of injection moulding is reflected dramatically in many types and sizes of equipment available today.Plastic moulding especially thermoplastic items may be produced by compression moulding methods, but since they are soft at the temperature involved, it is necessary to cool down the mould before they may be ejected.Injection moulding differs from compression moulding is that the plastic material is rendered fluid in a separate chamber or barrel, outside the mould is then forced into the mould cavity by external pressure.Plastic technology is one of the most vigorous manufacturing branches, characterised by new raw materials, changing requirements, and continuous development in processing methods.The injection moulding machines manufacturers plays an important part in the creation of injection moulding technology, process control, to essential mechanical engineering.Even though design is a specialized phase in engineering field, in tool and mould engineering it is totally divided into two wings as product design and tool and die design.This book basically deals with transport phenomena in polymer films, reinforcements for thermosets, miscellaneous thermoset processes, injection molding, blow molding, extrusion, basic principles of injection moulding, correct injection speed is necessary for filling the mould, plastic melt should not suffer degradation, the mould must be controlled for better quality product, logical consideration of moulding profile and material is important than standard setting guide lines, economical setting of the machine, proper maintenance of machine;, safety operations., preliminary checking for moulding, material, component, mould, machine, injection moulding technique, the various type of injection moulding machines, specifications, platen mounting of moulds, locating spigots, mould clamping, etc.The book covers manufacturing processes of extruded and moulded products with the various mould designs.This is very useful book for new entrepreneurs, technocrats, researchers, libraries etc.This is a well thought-out, highly practical text covering contemporary 'in vitro' techniques for drug absorption studies.Starting at the molecular level of investigation, it continues with cell monolayer models (both primary and cell lines) and culminates with in situ techniques as a final testing format.In addition, chapters on high-throughput assays, in vitro-in vivo correlation, bioinformatics and regulatory issues are covered, giving a comprehensive overview of available models and techniques.Moreover, an appendix consisting of a number of practical protocols is available online, updated as needed, and should prove very helpful to apply the techniques directly to the benchside.

Presents authoritative state-of-the-art discussions of the key issues pertinent to transdermal drug delivery, examining those topics necessary to enable a critical evaluation of a drug candidate's potential to be delivered across the skin; from physical chemistry and assessment of drug permeability to available enhancement technolgies, to regulator A discussion of developments in the measurement and interpretation of advanced laboratory stress-strain testing of geomaterials. It includes a collection of case studies which apply the test results and is based on the activities of the technical committee No 29 of the ISSMGE.
Unsaturated materials comprise residua, collapsible and expansive naturally occurring soils, compacted soils and, more recently, residues of solid wastes.The engineering problems associated with unsaturated materials range from those related to conventional geotechnical works (e.g.foundations, pavements, slopes and excavations, retaining structures, earthdams, irrigation canals, tunnelling, compacted embankments) to those included in the environmental area (e.g.natural slope instability, erosion and subsidence processes, tailings, residues or solid waste disposal, contaminant transport, remediation of contaminant sites, engineered barriers for environmental protection, re-use of residues).This book, published in three separate volumes, comprises a selection of selected and invited papers presented at the Third International Conference on Unsaturated Soils - UNSAT '2002 -that took place in Recife, Brazil, form Broms (1977Broms ( , 1978) )  CO2 capture and geological storage is seen as the most effective technology to rapidly reduce the emission of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.Up until now and before proceeding to an industrial development of this technology, laboratory research has been conducted for several years and pilot projects have been launched.So far, these studies have mainly focused on transport and geochemical issues and few studies have been dedicated to the geomechanical issues in CO2 storage facilities.The purpose of this book is to give an overview of the multiphysics processes occurring in CO2 storage facilities, with particular attention given to coupled geomechanical problems.The book is divided into three parts.The first part is dedicated to transport processes and focuses on the efficiency of the storage complex and the evaluation of possible leakage paths.The second part deals with issues related to reservoir injectivity and the presence of fractures and occurrence of damage.The final part of the book concerns the serviceability and ageing of the geomaterials whose poromechanical properties may be altered by contact with the injected reactive fluid.

Unsaturated Soils: Advances in Geo-Engineering comprises 136 contributions from leading international researchers and practitioners, presented at the First European Conference on Unsaturated Soils (Durham, UK, 2-4 July 2008). The papers report on the latest advances in geo-engineering aspects of unsaturated soils. It is the first collection to focu
Residual soils are found in many parts of the world and are used extensively as construction materials for roads, embankments and dams, and to support the foundations of buildings, bridges and load-bearing pavements.The characteristics and engineering properties of residual soils can differ significantly from those of the more familiar transported soils.The fact that residual soils occur often in areas with tropical and subtropical climates and (extensively) in semi-arid climates, adds another dimension to their engineering performance, that of unsaturation.Although there are many books that deal with the mechanics of soils, these are based mainly on the characteristics and behaviour of saturated transported soils.The first edition of this book was the first book to be written specifically about the mechanics of residual soils.The book was prepared by a panel of authors drawn from the Technical Committee on Tropical and Residual Soils of the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering.It was written as a practical professional guide for geotechnical engineers working with residual soils.The second edition has retained the valuable information contained in the first edition.The present editors and authors have extensively revised and augmented the content to bring it completely up to date, adding significantly to the sections on unsaturated soil mechanics and expanding the range and number of instructive case histories.Furthermore, sections on pedocretes, dispersive soils and karst have been added.

Introduction and definitions --Skin structure and function --Skin transport mechanisms and theoretical concepts --Metabolism in the skin --In vitro tests for dermal absorption --In vivo tests for dermal absorption --Comparative studies --Data collections --Estimation/prediction of dermal penetration --Use of dermal penetration studies in risk assessment --Controversial topics in the assessment of dermal absorption --Conclusions and recommendations.
This publication is an assemblage of selected papers that have been authored or co-authored by D.G. Fredlund.The substance of these papers documents the milestones of both the science of unsaturated soil mechanincs and the career of the author during his tenure as a faculty member in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada.
The definitive guide to unsaturated soil-from the world's experts on the subject This book builds upon and substantially updates Fredlund and Rahardjo's publication, Soil Mechanics for Unsaturated Soils, the current standard in the field of unsaturated soils.It provides readers with more thorough coverage of the state of the art of unsaturated soil behavior and better reflects the manner in which practical unsaturated soil engineering problems are solved.Retaining the fundamental physics of unsaturated soil behavior presented in the earlier book, this new publication places greater emphasis on the importance of the "soil-water characteristic curve" in solving practical engineering problems, as well as the quantification of thermal and moisture boundary conditions based on the use of weather data.Robotics and Machine Learning: 2013 Edition has been produced by the world's leading scientists, engineers, analysts, research institutions, and companies.All of the content is from peer-reviewed sources, and all of it is written, assembled, and edited by the editors at ScholarlyEditions™ and available exclusively from us.You now have a source you can cite with authority, confidence, and credibility.More information is available at http://www.ScholarlyEditions.com/.
Analytical and comprehensive, this state-of-the-art book, examines the mechanics and engineering of unsaturated soils, as well as explaining the laboratory and field testing and research that are the logical basis of this modern approach to safe construction in these hazardous geomaterials; putting them into a logical framework for civil engineering and design.The book: illustrates the importance of state-dependent soilwater characteristic curves highlights modern soil testing of unsaturated soil behaviour, including accurate measurement of total volume changes and the measurement of anisotropic soil stiffness at very small strains introduces an advanced state-dependent elasto-plastic constitutive model for both saturated and unsaturated soil demonstrates the power of numerical analysis which is at the heart of modern soil mechanics studies and simulates the behaviour of loose fills from unsaturated to saturated states; explains the difference between strain-softening and static liquefaction, and describes real applications in unsaturated soil slope engineering includes purpose-designed field trials to capture the effects of two independent stress variables, and reports comprehensive measurements of soil suction, water contents, stress changes and ground deformations in both bare and grassed slopes introduces a new conjunctive surface and subsurface transient flow model for realistically analysing rainfall infiltration in unsaturated soil slopes, and illustrates the importance of the flow model in slope engineering.Including constitutive and numerical modelling, this volume will interest students and professionals studying or working in the areas of geotechnical engineering and the built environment.
Bearing Capacity of Roads, Railways and Airfields includes the contributions to the 10th International Conference on the Bearing Capacity of Roads, Railways and Airfields (BCRRA 2017, 28-30 June 2017, Athens, Greece).The papers cover aspects related to materials, laboratory testing, design, construction, maintenance and management systems of transport infrastructure, and focus on roads, railways and airfields.Additional aspects that concern new materials and characterization, alternative rehabilitation techniques, technological advances as well as pavement and railway track substructure sustainability are included.The contributions discuss new concepts and innovative solutions, and are concentrated but not limited on the following topics: Consolidation is one of the most important behaviors of saturated fine-grained soils that needs to be understood for settlement analysis of these soils.The two most important aspects of laboratory consolidation tests are: (1) estimation of the compression index (Cc), used to predict total settlement of normally consolidated soils provided the void ratio versus log (effective stress) is linear; and (2) the coefficient of consolidation (Cv), used to predict the rate of settlement in the range of primary consolidation.Several researchers have proposed various graphical methods for obtaining estimates of Cv from laboratory oedometer tests.Olson (1985) concluded that since different graphical methods estimate different values for Cv for the same data, the only rational way to estimate the Cv value is to base it on the coefficient of volume compressibility (mv) and the coefficient of permeability (k).Guided by these considerations, an attempt has been made to establish the feasibility of estimating Cv using stress state-permeability relationships (Nagaraj et al. 1993).The input parameters are the liquid-limit void ratio (eL) and the overburden pressure (p).
New theories and testing techniques related with Unsaturated Soil Mechanics have proven to be valuable tools to study a broad spectrum of geo-materials which includes rocks, rock fills, frozen soils and domiciliary solid wastes.These new theories and testing techniques have permitted the analysis of several traditional problems from a new perspect In this exceptionally important new work, a panel of distinguished authors discusses all the latest to the Present (R D Holtz)The Active Design Concept Applied to Soil Compaction (K R Massarsch & E Westerberg)Wave-Offshore Pipelines-Seabed Interation (B Mazurkiewicz & W Magda)and other papers Readership: Engineers, researchers and students in geotechnical engineering.keywords: A companion to Mendenhall and Sincich's Statistics for Engineering and the Sciences, Sixth Edition, this student resource offers full solutions to all of the odd-numbered exercises.

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10th to 13th March 2002.The book is of interest to consultants, researchers, practitioners, lecturers and students with a background in geotechnical engineering, environmental engineering and engineering geology.With high urbanization rates, advancement in technologies, and changes in consumption behavior of people, wastes generated through the daily activities of individuals and organizations pose many challenges in their management.The articles presented in this edited volume deal with the attempts made by the scientists and practitioners to address contemporary issues in geoenvironmental engineering such as characterization of dredged sediments, geomaterials & waste, valorization of waste, sustainability in waste management and some other geoenvironmental issues that are becoming quite relevant in today's world.This volume is part of the proceedings of the 1st GeoMEast International Congress and Exhibition on Sustainable Civil Infrastructures, Egypt 2017.The principles and concepts for unsaturated soils are developed as extensions of saturated soils.Addresses problems where soils have a matric suction or where pore-water pressure is negative.Covers theory, measurement and use of the fundamental properties of unsaturated soils--permeability, shear strength and volume change.Includes a significant amount of case studies.Drug Delivery Systems examines the current state of the field within pharmaceutical science and concisely explains the history of drug delivery systems, including key developments.The book translates the physicochemical properties of drugs into drug delivery systems administered via various routes, such as oral, parenteral, transdermal and inhalational.Regulatory and product development topics are also explored.Written by experts in the field, this volume in the Advances in Pharmaceutical Product Development and Research series deepens our understanding of drug delivery systems within the pharmaceutical sciences industry and research, as well as in chemical engineering.Each chapter delves into a particular aspect of this fundamental field to cover the principles, methodologies and technologies employed by pharmaceutical scientists.This book provides a comprehensive examination that is suitable for researchers and advanced students working in pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, biotechnologies, and related industries.Provides up-to-date information on how to translate the physicochemical properties of drugs into drug delivery systems Explores how drugs are administered via various routes, such as oral, parenteral, transdermal and inhalational Contains extensive references and further reading for course and self-studyThe Bengt B Broms Symposium on Geotechnical Engineering was organised to pay tribute to Professor Broms for his outstanding contribution to the advancement of geotechnical engineering.A number of eminent geotechnical engineers and researchers were invited to contribute to this Symposium.This volume is a compilation of 27 invited papers presented at the Symposium, covering the various aspects of geotechnical engineering, with the main focus on pile foundations, excavation and retaining structure, and soil improvement.Contents:The Republic Plaza in Singapore -Foundation Design (AnaB P Papadopoulos)Short and Long Term Behaviour of Non-Treated and Lime-or Cement-Stabilized Fly Ash (H Brandl)Capacities of Drilled Shafts in Sand Subjected to Overturning and Torsion (J M Duncan & G M Filz)Prediction of Unsaturated Soil Functions Using the Soil-Water Characteristic Curve (D G Fredlund)Earth Pressure in Moving Soil Mass (M Fukuoka)Dee gnostopoulos (B B Broms & H P Lai)Stabilization of Soft Soils with Lime-Cement Columns (J Hartlen & G Holm)Retaining Walls Reinforced with Geosynthetics: From Topics covered include: Theory to Practice of Unsaturated Soil Mechanics Nature and Phase Properties of Unsaturated Soil State Variables for Unsaturated Soils Measurement and Estimation of State Variables Soil-Water Characteristic Curves for Unsaturated Soils Ground Surface Moisture Flux Boundary Conditions Theory of Water Flow through Unsaturated Soils Solving Saturated/Unsaturated Water Flow Problems Air Flow through Unsaturated Soils Heat Flow Analysis for Unsaturated Soils Shear Strength of Unsaturated Soils Shear Strength Applications in Plastic and Limit Equilibrium Stress-Deformation Analysis for Unsaturated Soils Solving Stress-Deformation Problems with Unsaturated Soils Compressibility and Pore Pressure Parameters Consolidation and Swelling Processes in Unsaturated Soils Unsaturated Soil Mechanics in Engineering Practice is essential reading for geotechnical engineers, civil engineers, and undergraduate-and graduate-level civil engineering students with a focus on soil mechanics.July 2014).The two volumes provide an overview of recent experimental and theoretical advances in a wide variety of topics related to unsaturated soil mechanics:-Unsaturated Soil Behavi Issues in Artificial 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sustainability Bearing Capacity of Roads, Railways and Airfields is essential reading for academics and professionals involved or interested in transport infrastructure systems, in particular roads, railways and airfields.A companion to Mendenhall and Sincich's Statistics for Engineering and the Sciences, Sixth Edition, this student resource offers full solutions to all of the odd-numbered exercises.This Book Brings Out The Possibilities Of Generalizations Of Behaviour Of Soils And Hence Of Predicting The Required Engineering Properties Without Elaborate Testing.We Recognize That A Single Approach Cannot Be Evolved For All Soil Types And Hence The Necessity For Classifying Soils Into Different Categories And To Use Appropriate Model For Each.First Of All, Based On Mechanism Of Stress Transfer And Interaction Between The Phases, Two Obvious Classes, The Fine Grained And Coarse-Grained Soils Have Been Differentiated.The Discussions Bring Out That Because Of Identical Mode Of Stress Transfer, The Mechanical Behaviour I.E., Compressibility, Shear Strength Relations, Permeability Variations Etc.Can Be Generalized For All Fine Grained Soils, Enabling The Prediction Of Behaviour Of Such Soils With Just The Knowledge Of Certain State And Index Properties.The Sequence Of Discussion Is On The Characterization Of Specific Soil States And Prediction Of Proportion Starting From The Ideal Saturated Uncemented Soils, Both Normally And Over Consolidated, Cemented Saturated Soils And Partly Saturated Soils.In Dealing With The Behaviour Of Coarse Grained Soils, The Importance Of Microfabric And The Difficulties In Possible Generalizations Are Discussed.Perhaps The Unique Feature Of This Book Is That The Division Of The Chapters Is Based On Different Soil States, All The Mechanical Behaviours Being Discussed Under Each Soil State.The Book Will Be Of Interest To Both Academicians And Practising Engineers, Researchers And Postgraduate Students.It Would Serve As A Textbook For Undergraduate Students With Prior Knowledge Of Basic Soil Mechanics.270 Expert contributions on aspects of landslide hazards, encompassing geological modeling and soil and rock mechanics, landslide processes, causes and effects, and damage avoidance and limitation strategies.Reference source for academics and professionals in geo-mechanical and geo-technical engineering, and others involved with research, des