Subject work has been released to address all existing contemporary problems of the White Sea together with its basin, and the main focus has been made on the interaction between the marine and social-economic environments. Different technologies are commonly applied to the investigation of the global and regional changes, remote sensing plus various field observations, and methods of numerical modelling plus GIS, standing for the "Geographic Information Systems".

The present volume presents a first attempt of application of the multi-disciplinary quantitative approach to the assessment of various changes that are occurring today as well as of the anticipated changes. The results of numerous relevant researches have been included in this volume. When trying to achieve all goals declared by the authors of this volume, the decision was made to co-author it by a huge team of recognized industry experts.

The main content of this book has been arranged in ten major thematic chapters addressing the geography of the area in question, its watershed hydrology, anthropogenic impact, climate and oceanographic regime, profile of the aquatic eco-system, satellite oceanography, economical issues, GIS, water quality assessment, and numerical simulations.

The Gill WindObserver II (WindObserver FC) wind sensor is a very robust, lightweight unit with no moving parts, outputting wind speed and direction. The units of wind speed, output rate and formats are all user selectable. The WindObserver II (WindObserver FC) is supplied with de-icing heating (recommended if icing is likely).

The WindObserver II (WindObserver FC) can be used in conjunction with a PC, data logger or other device, provided it is compatible with the RS422 output. The output message format is configured in Polar. NMEA (0183 Version 3); Continuous output, other formats can be configured as detailed in Section 7 Message Formats & Options. WindObserver II (WindObserver FC) may be configured using standard communications software on a PC. This is explained in Section 8 Configuring... 

This book is intended to cover the technical description of pumps as well as pumping stations used in liquid transporting pipelines. It will be a good working guide for technicians and engineers dealing with centrifugal pumps in oil, water, petroleum, water and process industries.

You will be introduced to the pumps theory and how these pumps are applied to different practical situations using various examples of simulations without any deep and extensive math analysis. Among the most important topics covered there are pump performance, pressure loss through piping systems, liquid properties vs pump performance, pump economics and applications, and others.

In his book the author, Shashi Menon, discusses various technical aspects of pump application that are used in the piping arrangement for transportation of liquids. The book gives some introduction to the theory of pumps and pump systems and shows the readers how pumps are usually applied to the numerous practical situations - the theoretical part of the book is supplemented with some informative examples and is free of any too extensive mathematical analysis that would make the book much more difficult to read and understand.

One of the main advantages of a question-and-answer approach used by the author of this book, was the focusing of the attention of th readers on the specific point facilitating learning the answer more quickly, as the mind of the reader is not yet cluttered with much unrelated information.

The publication is aimed to the newcomers to the industry, i.e. people having only few years of technical experience in design and operation of the heat exchangers, and will also be very helpful to students taking the design courses, to prepare for the examinations and find answers to more than a thousand of questions.

However, it is not the right choice for the experts in this field, though they could also use this book to review the information and refresh their knowledge. The material presented in the book is quite self-explanatory and self-contained, making the book so easy to read.

The book has been arranged in fifteen chapters covering shell-and-tube heat exchangers - general information and process design with and without phase change, augmented surface heat exchangers, heat exchangers designed for special services, plate and spiral plate exchangers, dynamics and optimization of the heat exchangers, applicable standards and codes, mechanical design issues and other important aspects.

When I wrote the first edition of this book, I wanted to cram a lot into it. Cookbook became my metaphor: a collection of everything I could think of that was useful and tasty—and set out in self-contained chapters that readers could use in any sequence they want. But now, I see certain coherences I didn't see then. I see first what commentators also noticed most: my so-called "romantic" approach, that is, my emphasis on freewriting, chaos, not planning, mystery, magic, and the intangible.

I am still singing this tune. "Just write, trust, don't ask too many questions, go with it. Put your effort into experiencing the tree you want to describe, not on thinking about which words to use. Don't put your attention on quality or critics. Just write." This is the je ne sais quoi dimension of writing. I always want to talk about what cannot quite be analyzed: the sense of voice in writing, the sense of a writer's presence on the page, the quality that makes a reader actually see or experience what you are saying. That is why I use so much indirection and metaphor. I have designed this book so you can either read it straight through or else skip around.

That is, I have arranged it in what seems to me the most logical order; you will find some cumulative benefits from reading it in the normal sequence. But I have also made each section and chapter fairly complete in itself so you can thread your own path and find the chapters you need for your particular writing tasks or for your own particular temperament or skills.

By reading Section I and the short introductions to the remaining five sections, you will get a good sense of how the whole book works. In addition, almost every chapter ends with a short summary or section of advice which you can consult for more information about what the chapter treats.

The official manual prepared and released by the professionals of WSS, i.e. Wilhelmsen Ships Service, the world's leading supplier of chemical products. All of the stuff presented in this publication are produced in Unitor Chemicals factory located in Norway, they are approved by IMO and compliant to the respective ISO standards. Highly competent WSS technical specialists will provide necessary application and all required support to the ships in ports.

The volume has been arranged in five major parts. The first part is dedicated to the fuel and oil treatment, covering soot removers, dieselite, valvecare etc. The second part deals with the cleaning, maintenance and biochemicals like metal brite, teak renewer, reefer cleaner, cleanbreak, foam agent, slip coat and so many others, while the remaining parts address water-, pool water treatment, e.g. hardness-, alkalinity- and oxygen control equipment, boiler coagulant, water stabilizer, as well as various equipment.

Talking about the equipment, this last part of the book covers the fuel and lubricating oil test kits, such as test cabinets, density and viscosity meters, samplers, water-in-oil test kits, compatibility and TBN test kites plus cleaning and dosing equipment, such as soot remover injectors, manual and auto-dosing units for soot remover liquids, and all other equipment designed for treatment of water and fuel oil.

The present set consists of two separate books with the content dedicated to the battleships of the American Navy fleet which fought in the Second World War. This is the important part of the naval history. These books were written by Robert C. Stern and perfectly illustrated by Don Greer. It will definitely be interesting to everyone who likes history due to the numerous famous battleships mentioned by author.

The first book addresses the so-called "old" battleships, i.e. ones built before the Washington Treaty. The second book is dealing with three major classes of "fast" battleships. The narrative text of both publications included in the volume is covering the technical development and influences of each of the classes and when/where they saw the action. The content of these volumes is capturing the critical updates that have been made to the ships of the Iowa class.

The documents include numerous ship line drawings that are showing the side views, all modification made to the hulls, missile launchers and radars plus other installed equipment. Plenty of photos demonstrating the different gunwork mounts and interior of the sixteen-inch turret have also been provided. The book is perfect for the ship modelers, naval historians, enthusiasts and even general readers.

This completely revised and best-selling work is covering all latest way of analyzing different stress and creating vessels capable of surviving fatigue, shocks and high pressures, high temperatures and irradiation, as well as other hostile environments. The current release of the volume includes several new chapters dedicated to the residual stress, autofrettage vessels and influence of the Bauschinger effect, as adopted by ASME.

Among the other new areas, we would mention the design of various tubular elements and tube seats, and utilization of the PWHT, standing for the post-weld heat treatment, to effect the residual stress. The text of the publication is supplemented with numerous live examples of combined creep and fatigue, providing very valuable practical help. John Harvey, the author of this book, has also discussed the matter of extending the working life of the pressure vessels, together with the effective cost cutting ways with no quality sacrificed.

He has also updated the respond to the constantly increasing demand for the high strength and lightweight pressure vessels in various industries, including petroleum and chemical industries, in addition to the growing need for the vessels that could resist high pressures, for example ones expected in the subsea exploration, offshore drilling and mining of minerals. The volume will be found interesting by all engineers directly involved in the design, construction and further testing of the pressure vessels.