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This volume is produced from digital images created through the University of Michigan University Library's large-scale digitization efforts. The Library seeks to preserve the intellectual content of items in a manner that facilitates and promotes a variety of uses. The digital reformatting process results in an electronic version of the original text that can be both accessed online and used to create new print copies. The Library also understands and values the usefulness of print and makes reprints available to the public whenever possible. This book and hundreds of thousands of others can be found in the HathiTrust, an archive of the digitized collections of many great research libraries. For access to the University of Michigan Library's digital collections, please see http://www.lib.umich.edu and for information about the HathiTrust, please visit http://www.hathitrust.org ... Read more

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This book calls upon the author's fifty-plus years of experience researching human factors engineering, and provides a wealth of information on the real world of machines, consumer products and operational environments. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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This is a convenient, one-volume reference that provides process engineers with quick information on the major equipment, processes and materials used in chemical, food, water/wastewater, fuel and other types of process engineering. The data is presented in short articles, supplemented and illustrated by tables, diagrams, charts and formulas. The data is organized in twenty short chapters with a detailed index for easy reference. Much of the data is economically presented in tables. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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Too often the Earth s surface acted as a divide between seismologists and engineers. Now it is becoming clear that the building behaviour largely depends on the seismic input and the buildings on their turn act as seismic sources, in an intricate interplay that non-linear phenomena make even more complex. These phenomena are often the cause of observed damage enhancement during past earthquakes. While research may pursue complex models to fully understand soil dynamics under seismic loading, we need also simple models valid on average, whose results can be easily transferred to end users.

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Traditionally society has regulated hazardous industries by detailed references to engineering codes, standards and hardware requirements.These days a risk-based approach is adopted.Risk analysis involves identifying hazards, categorizing the risks, and providing the necessary decision support to determine the necessary arrangements and measures to reach a "safe" yet economical operating level. When adopting such an approach the abundance of techniques available to express risk levels can often prove confusing and inadequate.This highly practical guide to safety and risk analysis in Marine Systems not only adds to the current techniques available, but more importantly identifies instances where traditional techniques fall short. Uncertainties that manifest within risk analysis are highlighted and alternative solutions presented.In addition to risk analysis techniques this book addresses influencing elements including: reliability, Maintenance Decision making and Human error. The highly practical approach of this title ensures it is accessible to the widest possible audience

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State-of-the-art in science & engineering aspects of rock mechanics in the areas of safety & environmental protection. Discusses various aspects concerning modelling in safety analysis, stability of underground structures, and the contribution of incident and accident cases to the progress of rock engineering activities. The influence of the environment is also considered, namely in heat & mass transport, contaminant migration, and underground storage of waste & products. ... Read more

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This outstanding monograph is an introduction to general ecology, life safety and environment protection. It reviews the current problems resulting from anthropogenic changes of the environment, discusses the ways and methods of reducing the negative sub-sequences, regards various aspects of biosphere preservation, the concept and the principles of forming environmental ideology and organising rational nature management. ... Read more

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Product design engineers must strive to identify and reduce potential hazards during every phase of product development. Focusing on the mechanical and structural aspects of the design of industrial, commercial, transportation, and consumer products, this authoritative book outlines the fundamental design principles utilized in achieving a reasonably safe product. Information is provided on all significant aspects of product design, product liability, and the legal process should litigation occur. Invaluable information is also provided on human factors and the codes and standards that affect the design of safe products. Case histories and examples illustrate key ideas. ... Read more

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Revised by
D.A. Dolbey Jones
Senior Engineering Inspector

Electrical Safety Engineering deals with the theory and practice of the safe design, installation and operation of industrial electrical equipment. It is well established as the leading comprehensive source of reference on electrical safety.


This third edition incorporates revisions that cover the Electricity at Work Regulations 1989, EC Directives on safety matters and many recent developments in safety legislation and guidance publications. W Fordham Cooper drew on his long experience as HM Electrical Inspector of Factories and a consultant to the Insurance Technical Bureau to write this wide-ranging work. D A Dolbey Jones, who has revised this classic for its third edition, adds his own insights gained as an HM Senior Electrical Inspector with the Health and Safety Executive, responsible for steering the project on the Electricity at Work Regulations and the official Memorandum of Guidance on the Regulations;and as a Senior Engineering Inspector with the Department of Energy (now the DTI) .

Published guidance and other useful reference material is signposted throughout the book. Two new appendices deal with essential up-to-date publications.

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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Modern society depends heavily upon a host of systems ofvarying complexity to perform the services required. The importance ofreliability assumes new dimensions, primarily because of the highercost of these highly complex machines required by mankind and theimplication of their failure. This is why all industrial organizationswish to equip their scientists, engineers, managers and administratorswith a knowledge of reliability concepts and applications. Based onthe author's 20 years experience as reliability educator, researcherand consultant,Reliability Engineering introduces the readersystematically to reliability evaluation, prediction, allocation andoptimization.
It also covers further topics, such as maintainability andavailability, software reliability, economics of reliability,reliability management, reliability testing, etc. A reliability studyof some typical systems has been included to introduce the reader tothe practical aspects.
The book is intended for graduate students of engineering schools andalso professional engineers, managers and reliability administratorsas it has a wide coverage of reliability concepts.
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