From the Foreword written by Erick M. Carreira:

..". The Organic Synthesis Workbook is an ideal compilation of state-of-the art modern syntheses which wonderfully showcases the latest advances in synthetic chemistry in combination with fundamentals in a question-and-answer format. The structure of the book is such that the reader can appreciate the intricacies of strategic planning, reagent tailoring, and structural analysis within the context of the individual synthetic targets. In providing highlights of synthesis from a wider range of natural products classes (alkaloids, terpenes,...

Today's electricity industry - large power stations feeding a nationwide grid - will soon be a thing of the past. This text explains why and discusses what will replace it - decentralized and distributed electrical resources which can be up to 10 times as economically valuable.

The development of constitutive relations for geotechnical materials, with the help of numerical models, have increased notably the ability to predict and to interpret mechanical behaviour of geotechnical works. These proceedings cover the applications of computational mechanics in this area.

This text features 105 papers dealing with the fundamentals and the applications of poromechanics from the Biot conference of 1998, held in Louvain-la-Neuve. Topics include: wave propogation; numerical modelling; identification of poromechanical p...

This text covers the proceedings of the third International Symposium - TISAR 98, held in Amsterdam. Topics include: basin recharge; water management in arid regions; behaviour of pollutants; bank, basin, well and other types of recharge; and stor...

Reference methods recommended for workers on EEC funded research projects are described & sources cited. Site & soil description; Sampling for soil structure measurement; Inherent soil properties; Structural parameters; Water & air flow parameters; Soil strength & stability; Soil morphology.

In considering hydro-elasticity in marine technology, this text covers risers of floating production platforms, cables, pipelines, flexible containers, seal bag system of surface effect ships, slamming on ships, whipping, and springing of ships, T...

This volume contains papers contributed by experts on recent developments in geotextiles, geomembranes, and other geosynthetics in ground improvement. The papers presented here comprise the twelfth volume of a series of publications on the annual geotechnical symposia. For ease of reference this volume has been divided into four sections, namely: Laboratory and field tests; Embankments, excavations, slopes and earth retaining structures; Soil and rock improvement schemes; Site investigation and other selected topics.

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