Pavement engineering : principles and practice

Covering the entire range of pavement construction, from soil preparation to structural design, life-cycle costing, and analysis, this book integrates the concepts of mix and structural design, emphasizing pavement evaluation and rehabilitation techniques. State-of-the-art content introduces the latest concepts, including ground-penetrating radar and seismic testing, legal issues and sustainabi…

Highway engineering : pavements, materials and control of quality

Preface Highway engineering is the term that replaced the traditional term road engineering used in the past, after the introduction of modern highways. Highway engineering is a vast subject that involves planning, design, construction, maintenance and management of roads, bridges and tunnels for the safe and effective transportation of people and goods. This book concentrates on design, constr…

Food materials science and engineering

Food Materials Science and Engineering covers a comprehensive range of topics in relation to food materials, their properties and characterisation techniques, thus offering a new approach to understanding food production and quality control. The opening chapter will define the scope and application of food materials science, explaining the relationship between raw material structure and proce…

Food forensics and toxicology

A comprehensive guide, offering a toxicological approach to food forensics, that reviews the legal, economic, and biological issues of food fraud Food Forensics and Toxicology offers an introduction and examination of forensics as applied to food and foodstuffs. The author puts the focus on food adulteration and food fraud investigation. The text combines the legal/economic issues of food fraud…

Selected Papers from the Proceedings of the 2016 World Environmental and Wate…

PROCEEDINGS World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2016: Professional Development, Innovative Technology, International Perspectives, and History and Heritage Edited by Chandra S. Pathak, Ph.D., P.E., D.WRE (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers) ; Debra Reinhart, Ph.D., P.E.(University of Central Florida) Papers from sessions of the Proceedings of the World Environmental and Water Resou…

Water and wastewater treatment: a guide for the nonengineering professional

Designed to meet the information needs of professionals without an engineering background, this book describes and explains in simple, non-mathematical terms the unit processes used to treat both drinking water and wastewater. The text presents each unit process, states what function(s) it performs, illustrates what equipment it uses, and explains its role in the process of purifying or cleanin…

Nanotechnology in Environmental Science

An overview of the current state of nanotechnology-based devices with applications in environmental science, focusing on nanomaterials and polymer nanocomposites. The handbook pays special attention to those nanotechnology-based approaches that promise easier, faster and cheaper processes in environmental monitoring and remediation. Furthermore, it presents up-to-date information on the econo…

Coagulation and flocculation in water and wastewater treatment

Edition

3rd ed

ISBN/ISSN

9781780407494

Collation

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Series Title

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Call Number

[TLK-LIB-154]

Ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction and adaptation in practice

This book is a compilation of recent developments in the field of ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction and climate change adaption (Eco-DRR/CCA) globally. It provides further evidence that ecosystem-based approaches make economic sense, and showcases how research has progressively filled knowledge gaps about translating this concept into practice. It presents a number of methods, and tools t…

Starch : chemistry and technology

The third edition of this long-serving successful reference work is a 'must-have' reference for anyone needing or desiring an understanding of the structure, chemistry, properties, production and uses of starches and their derivatives. * Everything needed to evaluate and apply the appropriate starch-based solution * Explores the genetics, biochemistry, and physical structure of starches * Inclu…