Fuel cells may become the energy-delivery devices of the 21st century. Although there are
many types of fuel cells, polymer-electrolyte fuel cells are receiving the most attention for …

The mechanisms involved in rubber reinforcement are discussed. A better molecular
understanding of these mechanisms can be obtained by combining characterization of the …

Stochastic Calculus for Finance evolved from the first ten years of the Carnegie Mellon
Professional Master's program in Computational Finance. The content of this book has been …

Since the publication of its first edition in 1999,'The Hydraulics of Open Channel Flow'has
been praised by professionals, academics, students and researchers alike as the most …

A pioneering text in its field, this comprehensive study is one of the most valuable texts and
references available. The author explores the classical kinetic theory in the first four …

The title of this book already says something about its contents and historical origin, but
since it is meant in a rigorous mathematical context, a few words of explanation may be …

Elastomeric materials experience stretch-induced softening as evidenced by a pre-stretched
material exhibiting a significantly more compliant response than that of the virgin material. In …

The dynamic shear rheometer (DSR) is used to characterize linear viscoelastic properties of
asphalt cement and asphalt mastic (asphalt cement with a filler that is smaller than 75 μm in …

During fixation of a stationary target, small involuntary eye movements exhibit an erratic
trajectory—a random walk. Two types of these fixational eye movements are drift and …

There is a whole range of emergent phenomena in a complex network such as robustness,
adaptiveness, multiple-equilibrium, hysteresis, oscillation and feedback. Those non …