This book aims to bring together the latest advances in, and applications of, fine and specialty chemicals, environmental chemical engineering, clean production technologies, green chemical processing technology, chemicals and equipment, sensors and sensor materials, energy materials technology, materials protection technology, materials processing technology, functional materials, etc. It constitutes a useful and timely review of those topics.

Covering a wide range of topics on safety, reliability and risk management, the present publication will be of interest to academics and professionals working in a wide range of scientific, industrial and governmental sectors, including: Aeronautics and Aerospace; Chemical and Process Industry; Civil Engineering; Critical Infrastructures; Energy; Information Technology and Telecommunications; Land Transportation; Manufacturing; Maritime Transportation; Mechanical Engineering; Natural Hazards; Nuclear Industry; Offshore Industry; Policy Making and Public Planning.

The book presents research papers presented by academicians, researchers, and practicing structural engineers from India and abroad in the recently held Structural Engineering Convention (SEC) 2014 at Indian Institute of Technology Delhi during 22 – 24 December 2014. The book is divided into three volumes and encompasses multidisciplinary areas within structural engineering, such as earthquake engineering and structural dynamics, structural mechanics, finite element methods, structural vibration control, advanced cementitious and composite materials, bridge engineering, and soil-structure interaction. Advances in Structural Engineering is a useful reference material for structural engineering fraternity including undergraduate and postgraduate students, academicians, researchers and practicing engineers.

This book aims to correlate the latest advances in, and applications of, biomass and resource utilization technology, energy chemical industry, biochemical industry, paper and fiber engineering, chemical process machinery, nano-biochemistry and nano-materials, medicine and biomedical engineering, etc. It will serve as a useful handbook guide to those fields. Volume is indexed by Thomson Reuters CPCI-S (WoS).