The book provides a practical guide, with worked examples, to the Scottish Building Regulations. The new edition takes account of substantial revisions to the Regulations on fire and means of escape, structural stability, conservation of fuel and power, and drainage.
Whole life appraisal entails a review not just of the capital costs of a project, but also the running and maintenance costs and is increasingly being required by clients seeking maximum value for money. This new book provides an introduction to the subject, discusses issues such as investment appraisal and life expectancy of components, and shows by means of case studies how to carry out a whole …
In September 1999, FIDIC introduced its new Suite of Contracts, which included a “new” Red, Yellow, Silver and Green forms of contract. The “new” Red Book was intended to replace the 1992 fourth edition of the Red Book, with the ambition that its use would cease with time. This ambition has not materialised and is unlikely to do so in the future. Despite the importance of the 1999 Forms, there has…
В пособии в форме вопросов и ответов в кратком изложении рассмотрены общая характеристика металла и стали, понятия структуры, структурных составляющих, фазовый состав и виды фазовых превращений в сталях и сплавах в изотермических условиях и в процессе сварки плавлением, процессы кристаллизации сварного шва, строение зоны термического влияния металла при сварке, виды и параметры термических циклов …
The petroleum and chemical industries contain a wide variety of corrosive environments, many of which are unique to these industries. Oil and gas production operations consume a tremendous amount of iron and steel pipe, tubing, pumps, valves, and sucker rods. Metallic corrosion is costly. However, the cost of corrosion is not just financial. Beyond the huge direct outlay of funds to repair or repl…
Актуальность рассматриваемой в статье темы состоит в решении проблем проектирования систем поддержки принятия управленческих решений для предприятий на основе технологии бизнес-аналитики. Цель исследования – проанализировать применяемые методологии на стадии проектирования информационной системы предприятия, разработать принципы использования систем поддержки принятия управленческих решений на осн…
В курсе рассмотрены актуальные теоретические и практические вопросы о сущности информатики как одной из главных областей государственной информационной политики и правовой информатики как системы знаний, о роли и значении правовой информации, а также информационных процессах в юридической деятельности. Отражены методы использования информационных технологий в деятельности органов публичной власти,…
Presents new developments on machine tool vibration control based on discontinuous dynamical systems Machining instability is a topical area, and there are a wide range of publications that cover the topic. However, many of these previous studies have started by assuming that the behavior of the system can be linearised. Meanwhile, there are many recent advances in the fields of signal processing,…
Изложены принципы действия типовых источников питания для дуговой и электрошлаковой сварки. Приведены примеры современных и перспективных источников и установок российского и иностранного производства. Рассмотрены правила эксплуатации источников. Сформулированы требования к сварочным свойствам источников. Для студентов вузов машиностроительных специальностей.
Дан обзор применения методов искусственного интеллекта при определении конструкции и геометрии режущей части инструмента и предложен анализ методов моделирования и оптимизации процессов резания. Описана концепция создания приложения для определения конструкции и геометрии режущего инструмента. Разработана модель предоставления знаний и на ее основе, база знаний основных параметров процесса резания…
Get to know a key ingredient to world-class product manufacturing With this manual, you have the best of the best management practices for the configuration management processes. It goes a long way toward satisfying Total Quality Management, FDA, GMP, Lean CM and ISO/QS/AS 9XXX process documentation requirements. The one requirement common to all those standards is to document the processes and to…
This book aims to provide a synthesis of work and ideas done by our team over the last fifteen years in the field of information processing for expression of industrial performance. The statement of objectives on the one hand and the calculation of the other performances are discussed, with the search for the explanation of the link between these two basic steps of an industrial improvement. Beyon…
The objective of the book is to provide all the elements to evaluate the performance of production availability and reliability of a system, to integrate them and to manage them in its life cycle. By the examples provided (case studies) the main target audience is that of the petroleum industries (where I spent most of my professional years). Although the greatest rigor is applied in the presentat…
An updated and expanded new edition of this comprehensive guide to innovation in wind turbine design Innovation in Wind Turbine Design, Second Edition comprehensively covers the fundamentals of design, explains the reasons behind design choices, and describes the methodology for evaluating innovative systems and components. This second edition has been substantially expanded and generally updated.…
The first and only comprehensive guide to best practices in winter road operations Winter maintenance operations are essential to ensure the safety, mobility, and productivity of transportation systems, especially in cold-weather climates, and responsible agencies are continually challenged to provide a high level of service in a fiscally and environmentally responsible manner. Sustainable Winter …