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This volume contains the proceedings from the recent major conference on risk management in civil, mechanical and structural engineering, which was organized by the Health and Safety Executive in co-operation with the Institution of Civil Engineers. The book demonstrates that benefits, over and above the immediate safety of the workforce, can be obtained through the application of risk management to any system, design or process. It provides a comprehensive insight into risk management by reference to what has already been done in the past, what is to come in the future, and to related topics such as innovation and life-cycle costing.In-line with directives form the EU, the management of risk in the workplace will soon be required by UK regulations. The concept is not new, however; it has already been applied with tangible benefits, as is shown by the case studies drawn from THORP (Cumbria), the Channel Tunnel and motorway bridge maintenance. The book also deals with current research into risk management techniques and with minimizing safety and financial risks, by innovation and the application of life-cycle costing. ... Read more

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A complete guide to environmental, safety, and health engineering, including an overview of EPA and OSHA regulations; principles of environmental engineering, including pollution prevention, waste and wastewater treatment and disposal, environmental statistics, air emissions and abatement engineering, and hazardous waste storage and containment; principles of safety engineering, including safety management, equipment safety, fire and life safety, process and system safety, confined space safety, and construction safety; and principles of industrial hygiene/occupational health engineering including chemical hazard assessment, personal protective equipment, industrial ventilation, ionizing and nonionizing radiation, noise, and ergonomics. ... Read more

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Excellent Overview of ES&H
I found this book to be an excellent review of the field of environmental health and safety.It is balanced between the sometimes separate fields of environmental health and occupational health and safety.The book managesto cover both areas very well.Of the books I have read and used, this isprobably the best combined coverage of the entire ES&H field.A wealthof helpful examples are included so the reader can adapt them for their ownneeds.Definitely a worthwhile book for professionals and students dealingwith these issues to own.

Excellent Overview of ES&H
I found this book to be an excellent review of the field of environmental health and safety.It is balanced between the sometimes separate fields of environmental health and occupational health and safety.The book managesto cover both areas very well.Of the books I have read and used, this isprobably the best combined coverage of the entire ES&H field.A wealthof helpful examples are included so the reader can adapt them for their ownneeds.Definitely a worthwhile book for professionals and students dealingwith these issues to own. ... Read more

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This book gives you an insider's look at the successful career of an expert witness in traffic safety. Archie Burnham discusses what he has learned in his fifty years of experience as a traffic safety expert. You'll learn the secrets of what to look for during an investigation, how to work with public groups, how to testify as an expert witness and much more. This is the perfect book for someone looking to break into the field of traffic investigations or expert consulting. ... Read more

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Global inventories of spent nuclear fuel are expected to increase substantially in future years. Because of the widely accepted international principle of whoever generates the waste also is responsible for its safe and secure disposal, the focus for the long-term management of highly radioactive waste has been on national disposal efforts. The authors of this book examine the variety of international conventions used to help monitor and regulate national radioactive waste management efforts and establish international norms. Furthermore, this book examines the present nuclear fuel cycle, the minor actinides (MAs) which have been generated in light water reactors (LWRs) and which remain in the high-level radioactive waste. The long-term geological disposal of this waste, which may affect the environment, is examined as well. In addition, this book is dedicated to problems of elaboration of technology and apparatus for producing oxygen-free ceramic materials as applied to, predominantly, needs of nuclear power engineering. The promising strategies in development of crown-containing extraction systems for acidic radioactive waste reprocessing are discussed as well.The examples of the crown-based system applications in the solution of particular radiochemical tasks in USA, Russia, France and China are also presented. ... Read more

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Onshore and Offshore (Papers presented at the Third International Conference on Management and Engineering of Fire Safety and Loss Prevention, Aberdeen, UK, 18-20 February 1991 ... Read more

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Engineers traditionally base their designs on past experience; this is particularly true in the building and construction industry. In recent decades, however, as the design is increasingly required for systems in environments where there is very little experience to rely on, e.g. nuclear structures, offshore platforms, and space stations, the uncertainty that the engineer faces becomes an important issue and requires serious study. As the uncertainty in the structural loading in general plays a dominant role, in the last decade there has been a rapid increase in the study of the modeling and risk evaluation of loadings on structural systems, in particular, the problem of risk under multiple loads over the structure's lifetime. Methodologies based on probability and statistics theories have been developed to quantify the uncertainty and, as a result, engineers are now better equipped to face the challenge of design under uncertainty. This book provides an account of the development thus far in this area and can be understood by readers with only a basic background in probability and statistics. ... Read more

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Smart technologies comprise a dynamic new interdisciplinary research field that encompasses a wide spectrum of engineering applications including, but not limited to, intelligent structures and materials, actuators, sensors and structural observability, control systems and software tools for the design of adaptive structures. Smart technologies focus on the issues surrounding the safety and integrity of engineering systems.

Smart Technologies for Safety Engineering presents the achievements of ten years of research from the Smart-Tech Centre applied to some of the key issues of safety engineering. Results presented include:

• Original methods and software tools for modelling, design, simulation and control of adaptive structures and applicability of the adaptive concept to the design of structures for extreme loads;
• Application of the smart-tech concept to hot research topics and emerging engineering issues including health monitoring of structures and engineering systems, monitoring of loading conditions, automatic structural adaptation to unpredictable, randomly changing dynamic conditions and the optimal design of adaptive structures and engineering systems;
• Numerically efficient and original software packages that can be used for the design of adaptive, as well as passive (without control devices) structures.
• The Virtual Distortion Method, which has been developed especially for fast reanalysis of structures and systems and exact sensitivity analysis, allowing for effective modelling, design, health monitoring and control of smart engineering systems.

The original research and practical applications in Smart Technologies for Safety Engineering will appeal to a broad spectrum of engineers, researchers, professors and graduate students involved in the research, design and development of widely understood  adaptronics and mechatronics, including smart structures and materials, adaptive impact absorption, health and load monitoring, vibration control, vibroacoustics and related issues.  ... Read more

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(Choosing the best method and the best tool for quantitative analysis)Published by LiLoLe-Verlag ... 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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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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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

Product Description
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