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Materials and the Environment : Eco-informed Material Choice.
Addressing the growing global concern for sustainable engineering, Materials and the Environment, 2e€is the only book devoted exclusively to the environmental aspects of materials. It explains the ways in which we depend on and use materials and the consequences these have, and it introduces methods...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Burlington :
Elsevier Science,
2012.
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
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Full text (Wentworth users only) |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- Front Cover; Materials and the Environment: Eco-Informed Material Choice; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction: material dependence; 2. Resource consumption and its drivers; 3. The material life cycle; 4. End of first life: a problem or a resource?; 5. The long reach of legislation; 6. Eco-data: values, sources, precision; 7. Eco-audits and eco-audit tools; 8. Case studies: eco-audits; 9. Material selection strategies; Beams with efficient shapes; Sandwich structures; 10. Eco-informed materials selection; 11. Sustainability: living within our means.
- 12. Materials for low-carbon power13. Material efficiency; New and improved materials; Longer life, more intense use; 14. The bigger picture: future options; 15. Material profiles; Appendix--Useful numbers and conversions; A.1 Introduction; A.2 Physical constants in SI units; A.3 Conversion of units, general; A.4 Stress and pressure; A.5 Energy and power; A.6 Fuels; A.7 Energy prices (2011 data); A.8 Further reading; Index; Granta: CES EduPack.