Pergamon imprint: 338 books
Compact Heat Exchangers
Selection, Design and Operation
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2001
This book presents the ideas and industrial concepts in compact heat exchanger technology that have been developed in the last 10 years or so. Historically, the development and application of compact heat exchangers and their surfaces has taken place in a piecemeal fashion in a number of rather unrelated...
Heavy Current Electricity in the United Kingdom
History and Development
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
Heavy Current Electricity in the United Kingdom: History and Development focuses on the history and development of the electricity supply industry in the United Kingdom. The laws passed by Parliament, including those governing gas or other public companies supplying light by electricity, are considered,...
Fast Pulsed and Burst Reactors
A Comprehensive Account of the Physics of Both Single Burst and Repetitively Pulsed Reactors
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2013
Fast Pulsed and Burst Reactors: A Comprehensive Account of the Physics of both Single Burst and Repetitively Pulsed Reactors discusses the physical principles involved in the operation of fast burst and periodic pulsed reactors.
The text first covers the concerns in fast burst reactors, such as the...
by J.W. Christian
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2002
This work is a classic reference text for metallurgists, material scientists and crystallographers. The first edition was published in 1965. The first part of that edition was revised and re-published in 1975 and again in 1981. The present two-part set represents the eagerly awaited full revision...
Structural Failure and Plasticity
IMPLAST 2000: 4-6 October 2000, Melbourne, Australia
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2000
As mankind continues to push back the boundaries and begins to explore other worlds and the ocean depths, a thorough understanding of how structures behave when subjected to extremes in temperature, pressure, and high loading rates will be essential. This symposium provided the perfect forum for presenting...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
Energy and Combustion Science is a collection of papers that covers advancement in the field of energy and combustion science. The materials presented in the book are organized thematically into parts.
The text first covers the issues, concerns, problems of the contemporary combustion technology....
Self-diffusion and Impurity Diffusion in Pure Metals
Handbook of Experimental Data
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2011
Diffusion in metals is an important phenomenon, which has many applications, for example in all kinds of steel and aluminum production, and in alloy formation (technical applications e.g. in superconductivity and semiconductor science). In this book the data on diffusion in metals are shown, both...
Homeostasis in Injury and Shock
Advances in Physiological Sciences
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
Advances in Physiological Sciences, Volume 26: Homeostasis in Injury and Shock covers the proceedings of Homeostasis in Injury and Shock, which is a satellite symposium of the 28th International Congress of Physiological Sciences.
This book discusses several studies that are relevant in understanding...
Space and Energy
Proceedings of the XXVIth International Astronautical Congress, Lisbon, 21–27 September 1975
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
Space and Energy contains the proceedings of the 26th Congress of the International Astronautical Federation, held in Lisbon, Portugal, on September 21-27, 1975. The papers explore developments and trends of interest as well as research in space and energy. Topics covered range from engineering and...
Semiconductor Circuits
Theory, Design and Experiment
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1966
Semiconductor Circuits: Theory, Design and Experiment details the information that are essential in designing and modifying circuits involving transistors and related semiconductor devices. The main concern of the book is the practical aspects of designing transistor circuits.
The title first covers...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
Central Actions of Angiotensin and Related Hormones investigates the centrally mediated actions of angiotensin and related hormones in the central nervous system (CNS). Topics covered include angiotensin I converting enzyme activity in the choroid plexus and in the retina; peptide regulation of neuronal...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2014
In more detail than has previously been available, this book comprehensively covers all the various mechanisms of caste differentiation in social insects. For the first time the most recent information regarding mechanisms of caste differentiation in higher termites has been compiled in a well illustrated...
Synthetic Analgesics
Morphinans: Benzomorphans
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2014
Synthetic Analgesics provides a comprehensive discussion of morphinans and 6,7-benzomorphans. Morphinans belong to a class of compounds possessing the main structural skeleton of morphine. Chemists have attempted to modify the morphine molecule in order to obtain analgesics without side-effects and...
Oxygen Transport in Red Blood Cells
Proceedings of the 12th Aharon Katzir Katchalsky Conference, Tours, France, 4–7 April 1984
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
Oxygen Transport in Red Blood Cells contains the proceedings of the 12th Aharon Katzir Katchalsky Conference held at Tours, France on April 4-7, 1984.
Organized into 16 chapters, this book begins with a discussion on the influence of heme pocket geometry on ligand binding to heme proteins. Subsequent...