Physical Sciences, Engineering and Technology Resources

Development of Physics

Editor: Gyo Takeda

Fundamentals of Physics

Editor: José Luis Morán López

Continuum Mechanics

Editors:José Merodio, Giuseppe Saccomandi

Civil Engineering

Editors : Kiyoshi Horikawa, Qizhong Guo

Mechanical Engineering, Energy Systems and Sustainable Development

Editors : Konstantin V. Frolov, Oleg N. Favorsky, R.A. Chaplin, Christos Frangopoulos

Electrical Engineering

Editor : Kit Po Wong

Physical Methods, Instruments and Measurements

Editor : Yuri Mikhailovitsh Tsipenyuk

Materials Science and Engineering

Editor : Rees D. Rawlings

Transportation Engineering and Planning

Editor : Tschangho John Kim

Telecommunication Systems and Technologies

Editor : Paolo Bellavista

Ships and Offshore Structures

Editor: Jeom Kee Paik

Pressure Vessels and Piping Systems

Editors: Yong W.Kwon, Poh-Sang Lam

Biomechanics

Editors: Manuel Doblare, Jose Merodio

Crystallography

Editors : John R.Helliwell and Santiago Gracia

Welding Engineering and Technology

Editors: Slobodan Kralj,Branko Bauer

Cold Regions Science and Marine Technology

Editor: Hayley Shen, Pat Langhorne, Matti Leppäranta, Knut Vilhelm Høyland

Experimental Mechanics

Editor: José Luiz de França Freire

Nanoscience and Nanotechnologies

President of International Commission: Valeri Kharkin

Vice Presidents : Chunli Bai, Osama O. Awadelkarim, Sergey Kapitsa

History and Philosophy of Science and Technology

Editors : Pablo Lorenzano, Hans-Jörg Rheinberger, Eduardo Ortiz, Carlos Delfino Galles

Telecommunications Engineering and Radio Science

Editor : Paolo Bellavista, Giovanni E. Corazza

Circuits and Systems

Editor : Paolo Bellavista, Bruno Ricco

Structural Engineering and Geomechanics

Editor : Sashi K. Kunnath

Tribology and Surface Engineering

Editor : Roberto Bassani

Power System Transients

Editor : Juan A. Martinez Velasco

Structural Engineering and Structural Mechanics

Editor: Xila S. Liu

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