To make a good and well-fastened assembly, their proper design and quality parts as well as the proper execution of the assembly procedures are required. This book will provide readers with thorough understanding of the mechanical joining and fastening and will also give the assembly information. The content of the publication is a compilation of the experience of James Speck, the author, in the present field.

This is a second edition of the book addressing the latest technological trends and looking at the current technologies of fastening that are used in key areas of the industry. The author is explaining the fastening function in detail and he is also describing various established effective approaches to the fastening. The text of the book has been expanded and revised to include the review and presentation of the fastened components, paying particular attention to the design and assembly, together with the manufacturing and subsequent installation of fastener products.

Among the topics covered within the book there are vibration issues, special materials, environmental factors, joining applications. The theory is supplemented with the numerous reference data charts for illustration. The readers will be provided with a thorough review of the engineering basics and all in fact all information required.

Since the very time when the initial release of the present publication was first introduced, i.e. around forty years back, it has already found a worldwide acceptance as a very reliable and remarkably detailed source of relevant technical information. And this second release of the volume, significantly revised and extended to include some of the additional info and keep the book duly updated with the latest relevant technological advances.

This release of the book is reflecting the rapid pace of both methodological and instrumental evolution that took place in the preceding decades. It shall be noted that this volume shall not be treated as an authors' attempt to cover all aspects of the analytical marine chemistry; is should rather be looked at a good and comprehensive attempt of the authors to describe in detail various methods they have already introduced and/or refined and that yielded reproducible enough results in day-to-day work.

This publication may definitely be recommended to all researchers of marine science, taking in due consideration the all wealth of technical info that has provided by the authors as well as its topicality. The students of marine science would also find this volume quite useful when used as a reference source.​

This useful manual was specifically released to present, in a reasonable practical and very clear manner, a really indispensable information resource to be used by the estimators as well a the owners/contractors who are directly involved with estimation of the mechanical costs on different construction projects, including comprehensive technical information, graphs and formulas, and charts.

The publication covers all relevant time-proven and effective procedures together with the established methodologies, offering its readers a broad range of the readily available forms, real-life examples and detailed guidelines to estimation. The readers will learn from the world leading experts how to produce the correct, accurate, quick and easy estimates of the sheet metals, plumbing and piping.

This publication is also expected to be of great value to mechanics and constructors, general contractors and engineers when used for scheduling of their activities, cost accounting and control, plus all associated aspects of the mechanical engineering - they will be given literally everything they need to estimate/bid the projects, including the background info showing where exactly the estimating numbers are coming from, and for sure knowing this all is very important. Subject information includes the correction factor tables which are easy to find and to understand.

In the present popular and useful publication, the authors have perfectly presented a very thorough topical research in the study of the eco-systems as well as economic significance and potential threats to the environment of the Mediterranean Sea region. Among the topics that have been covered within this volume, there are the necessity for the business-oriented and economic approach to the associated ecosystem services.

The publication also addresses the matters of marine pollution caused by the shipwrecks located at the bottom of the sea and various effects of the PFW, standing for the so-called "produced formation water" on the marine environment in the subject region. In addition to above, the authors have paid particular and close attention to the environmental modeling plan covering both construction and operation of the marine terminal for the re-gasifying of the LNG in the North Adriatic Sea, and they have also dealt with the study of various biologically active peptides from the venom of the cone snail conus ventricosus in the Mediterranean Sea. In short, this title is expected to be of great practical use for all people having serious interest in this geographic area, together with its ecological system and existing threats to the environment.

A good and comprehensive text - the author included introductory as well as intermediate and advanced materials which would definitely be appropriate for both students and seniors of mechanical engineering. It is covering all topics relating to the mechanical vibration, presented in quite simple and reader-friendly manner.

The list of the topics addressed in this book includes the very fundamentals of vibration, free vibration of the systems with single degree of freedom, vibration that is excited harmonically and the one under general forcing conditions, systems with two- or more freedom degrees, determination of the natural frequencies plus mode shapes, vibration control, it's measurement and applications, continuous systems, various numerical integration methods and their application to the vibration analysis; FEM (Finite element method), mathematical relationships and material properties, deflection of beams and plates, matrices, Laplace transform; it also provides some introduction to MATLAB program.

The author's aim was to prepare a book that would serve as an intro to the mechanical vibration and, looking at the tremendous number of favorable reactions by the students, professionals and all other interested parties, we may say that he definitely did succeed. This latest edition of the volume retains the style of the previous release but the material contained has been significantly re-worked.

Another publication covering the naval warfare of the past times. All readers with the interest in the history will find the answers to the most common questions, they will get to know hot the medieval navies were organized and how the rulers used them. The publication gives readers a real wealth of relevant information addressing both tactics and strategy of the fleets of those times and also the extent to which people managed to understand, explore and exploit the possibilities of sea.

The present interesting and fascinating account was prepared to bring to life all difficulties and dangers of the seafaring of medieval times. Particularly, the author of the book reveals the exploits of France, England and Italian city states, examining why there the naval battles took place, and how they were fought. The readers will find the information about the logistical back up required to maintain a navy fleet and the battles from the North Sea to the Mediterranean.

The book is really excellent taking into account the quality and depth of the performed analysis and coverage of the documents, it is considered a good reading companion for every naval historian and maritime archaeologist. A book is full of very illustrative examples showing how the warships were deployed and depicting the uses and limitations of the sea power of medieval period.

This book has been developed specifically to fill the existing need for students and professionals of mechanical engineering. With more than a thousand of pages containing useful and valuable information, more than five hundred illustrations and numerous data tables, it shall definitely be looked at as a very comprehensive handbook. The content of the handbook was worked out to cover literally all major fields of the mechanical engineering, including the definitions and mathematical formulas, theoretical information and live practical examples, and understandable explanations of all principles. We would say that this book is the essential companion for all students.

In fact, it may be used by anyone who is preparing to sit for the engineering licensing exams. Though the size of the book is quite small to make it compact, the material has been covered in depth, and that makes the book very handy for the practicing engineers in need for the quick reference tool.  The ultimate purpose of the authors was to provide readers with the text including both theory and examples, and they did succeed in this. Note that it will be equally useful for the researchers and designers since it is convenient to use and detailed.

The content includes the fundamental theories and laws including controls and math. The special features of the book include charts and tables, contributions by the respected experts, formulas with explanations, and special chapters dedicated to the mechanical design.

This handbook provides all students and practicing mechanical engineers with an essential reference text. James Carvill, the author of the handbook, has added numerous informative illustrations and data tables to the text to provide a clear and clear access to the information presented. The book includes many live examples of the detailed calculations on the applications of the relevant technologies that are commonly in use by the engineers as well as draftsmen and designers.

Though the handbook was mainly intended for students and professionals in mechanical engineering, it contents allows it to be useful for the marine engineers, specialists in offshore and mining engineering, and in fact a wide range of branches. This reference book contains all formulas that the readers may need to be able to correctly solve any mechanical engineering problem, without exhausting them with derivations.

The material is presented in a very clear manner and the lay-out is perfect. The book was prepared with the express intention of the author to present a compact yet quite comprehensive source of technical information that will be of particular value to the engineers owing to the coverage of all main disciplines of mechanical engineers and incorporation of the fundamental principles, formulas, tables and descriptive matter...