Description: The 51st volume of the journal contains articles representing the latest research results in electrospinning and additive manufacturing technologies with the use and production of biodegradable polymer materials for wide applications, mining wastewater treatment and processing sludge from water treatment. This publication presents also the numerical investigation of methods for the settlement reduction of a light-weight highway embankment on soft soils, the study of the dynamic behaviour of a distributed static synchronous compensator installed in a distribution network, the design of a pantograph for railway overhead power lines, and results of experimental investigation performances of diesel generator fueled by biodiesel. This volume will be helpful to many engineers in the chemical industry, geotechnics, machinery and power engineering.

Energy Efficient Technologies for Sustainability

Edited by: R. Edwin Raj, S. Joseph Sekhar and B.S.S. Daniel

Online since: September 2013

Description: Energy is the major driving force for the economy of any nation. The challenge for continuous generation of power to meet the ever growing demand is a daunting task, especially due to limited resources. This collection of peer reviewed papers contains original research articles in different areas of energy efficient technologies such as: Alternate Energy, Building Technologies, Automotive Technologies, Modeling and Design, Manufacturing Systems and Power Systems. We hope that the novel ideas presented in these papers will trigger more application oriented research in relation with latest technology to conserve and sustain energy.

Spacecraft Structures, Materials and Mechanical Testing

Edited by: Junqiao Xiong

Online since: February 2013

Description:

Selected, peer reviewed papers from the 2012
International Conference on Spacecraft Structures, Materials and Mechanical
Testing (ICSSMMT 2012), December 27-28, 2012, Xiamen, China.
The papers are grouped as follows:
Chapter 1: Material Engineering and Technology;
Chapter 2: Spacecraft Structures Technology;
Chapter 3: Advanced Achievements of Mechanical Engineering and Manufacturing
Technology;
Chapter 4: Advanced Applications of Electrical Engineering Development