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This worldwide best-selling text, now in its fourth edition, is suitable for both undergraduate and postgraduate courses in chemical engineering and its allied disciplines such as biochemical engineering and biotechnology. It provides thorough coverage of the fundamentals of chemical reaction engineering in a framework that allows students to develop practical problem-solving skills. Woven around the six pillars of chemical reaction engineering such as mole ...
Designed primarily as a text for undergraduate students of Civil Engineering for their first course on Limit State Design of Reinforced Concrete, this compact and well-organized text covers all the fundamental concepts in a highly readable style. The text conforms to the provision of the latest revision of Indian Code of Practice for Plain and Reinforced Concrete, IS : 456 (2000). First six chapters deal with fundamentals of limit states design of reinforced ...
This well-established book is designed for graduate students of civil engineering. The text includes many topics encompassing the theory of structural dynamics and the application of this theory regarding earthquake analysis, response, and design of structures. As an expert approach, the book relates structural idealization to real structures and enhances analytical and problem-solving skills through numerous worked out examples and pedagogically effective ...
This compact and reader-friendly book introduces students to materials and studies that are gaining importance in the study of fossils. It covers all the important branches of palaeontology and provides up-to-date and detailed analysis of the principles of palaeontology, systematics, palaeocolgy, evolution, invertebrate and vertebrate palaeontology, palaeobotany, and micropalaeontology. The text takes a holistic approach to the subject with concrete ...
This book is designed to fulfill a major gap in the taxtbook literature for students preparing for a professional career in geography as a field of higher learning. It provides a lucid guide to the spirit and purpose of geography as a scientific enterprise through specially written text and selected readings. The book is divided into 16 chapters grouped into five parts. Part I named Spirit and Purpose, includes chapters on the nature of ...
This book which treats C++, one of the most widely used programming languages of today, and object-oriented programming (OOP) paradigm, has been well received by the readers, and this enthusiastic response has prompted the author to bring out this second edition. This revised and updated new edition takes into account the recent trends in C++ and OOP. The book continues to give an overview of programming as well as an introduction to basic ...