Wind Energy in the Built Environment
Sander Mertens
To design buildings such that the wind harvest is maximized, in order to drive turbines which will then provide power for those buildings, is an idea explored for the first time in this book. The practicalities will greatly interest engineers and architects; and the possibilities of wind power being used at a 'domestic' level will delight proponents of renewable energy.
ISBN 0906522 35 8 • £37.50 • 200 pp • pbk • March 2005
Structures under Impact Loading
Professor Amir M. Horr
In the wake of 9/11, the impact of a flying object on a building and a building's response to that impact have become a renewed focus for study. There is a clear need to design structures that can absorb the impact without the progressive collapse of, for example, the Twin Towers. Professor Horr analyzes what happens when a building is impacted, how the energy is dissipated and what the consequences can be. He then turns his attention to energy damping: how to effectively design structures that can withstand impact. Essential reading for academic and professional architects and civil engineers.
ISBN 0906522 33 1 • £45.00 • 250 pp • pbk • June 2005
Dynamic Analysis of Rotating Systems and Applications
Professor A. Sekhar and Professor B. Prabhu
As machinery becomes more high-speed, as power/weight ratios increase, so determining rotor dynamic characteristics through mathematical modelling methods becomes more important. Developments in instrumentation and computational techniques have made models massively more effective. The authors bring readers up-to-date on methods of dynamic analysis, and show how future fault diagnoses systems will be heavily concerned with the improved design of expert systems and new at networks for condition monitoring of machinery. On-line condition monitoring will become commonplace. This book is appropriate for undergraduate/graduate/research students in mechanical engineering in general, especially those specializing in tribology, machine dynamics, maintenance engineering. It will also find a place on the shelves of the engineer professionally engaged in condition monitoring.
ISBN 0906522 34 X • £42.50 • 300 pp • pbk • July 2005
Scheduled for the 20052006 programme, among others, are
Structure borne sound and vibration in buildings near and above railway tunnels
Excitation and vibration of lightweight floor structures
Worship, acoustics and architecture
Product development and component design
Offshore wind energy
Dynamic behaviour of electric power systems with wind power
