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This SpringerBrief presents information on a wide variety of hazards and the damage potential caused by installation of a photovoltaic (PV) system. The current installation practices for PV systems on roofs create electrical, fire, structural, and weather-related hazards that do not comply to current codes, standards and guidance documents. Potential dangers include structural loading, wind loads, hail, snow, debris accumulation, seismic hazards, firefighting hazards, and electrical hazards. Despite the increased popularity of PV systems after the environmental movement, research shows that the costs of installing PV systems outweigh the benefits. Hazards of PV systems on roofs have caused several incidents in the United States; the most notable in Bakersfield, California, and Mount Holly, North Carolina. Designed for fire engineers and professionals, Best Practices for Commercial Roof-Mounted Photovoltaic System Installation offers recommendations to set up PV systems safely and sustainably.

Buildings—Design and construction. --- Building. --- Construction. --- Engineering, Architectural. --- Mechanics. --- Mechanics, Applied. --- Quality control. --- Reliability. --- Industrial safety. --- Building Construction and Design. --- Solid Mechanics. --- Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk.

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Exploring the concept of quality management from a new point of view, this book presents a holistic model of how consumers judge the quality of products. It links consumer perceptions of quality to the design and delivery of the final product, and presents models and methods for improving the quality of these products and services. It offers readers an improved understanding of how and why the design process must consider how the consumer will perceive a product or service. In order to facilitate the presentation and understanding of these concepts, illustrations and case examples are also provided throughout the book.   This book provides an invaluable resource for managers, designers, manufacturers, professional practitioners and academics interested in quality management. It also offers a useful supplementary text for marketing and quality management courses.

Engineering. --- Engineering Design. --- Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk. --- Marketing. --- Engineering design. --- System safety. --- Ingénierie --- Conception technique --- Sécurité des systèmes --- Marketing --- Civil & Environmental Engineering --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Civil Engineering --- Service industries --- Quality control. --- Reliability. --- Industrial safety. --- Industrial accidents --- Industries --- Job safety --- Occupational hazards, Prevention of --- Occupational health and safety --- Occupational safety and health --- Prevention of industrial accidents --- Prevention of occupational hazards --- Safety, Industrial --- Safety engineering --- Safety measures --- Safety of workers --- Accidents --- System safety --- Dependability --- Trustworthiness --- Conduct of life --- Factory management --- Industrial engineering --- Reliability (Engineering) --- Sampling (Statistics) --- Standardization --- Quality assurance --- Quality of products --- Design, Engineering --- Engineering --- Industrial design --- Strains and stresses --- Consumer goods --- Domestic marketing --- Retail marketing --- Retail trade --- Industrial management --- Aftermarkets --- Selling --- Construction --- Industrial arts --- Technology --- Prevention --- Design --- Safety, System --- Safety of systems --- Systems safety --- Industrial safety --- Systems engineering

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This volume collects the papers from the 2013 World Conference on Acoustic Emission in Shanghai. The latest research and applications of Acoustic Emission (AE) are explored, with particular emphasis on detecting and processing of AE signals, development of AE instrument and testing standards, AE of materials, engineering structures and systems, including the processing of collected data and analytical techniques as well as experimental case studies.

Physics. --- Acoustics. --- Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk. --- Characterization and Evaluation of Materials. --- Engineering Acoustics. --- Acoustics in engineering. --- System safety. --- Surfaces (Physics). --- Physique --- Acoustique --- Sécurité des systèmes --- Surfaces (Physique) --- Physics --- Physical Sciences & Mathematics --- Acoustics & Sound --- Acoustic emission --- Emission, Acoustic --- Acoustical engineering. --- Quality control. --- Reliability. --- Industrial safety. --- Materials science. --- Acoustical engineering --- Materials --- Stress waves --- Testing --- Surface chemistry --- Surfaces (Technology) --- Safety, System --- Safety of systems --- Systems safety --- Accidents --- Industrial safety --- Systems engineering --- Prevention --- Acoustic engineering --- Sonic engineering --- Sonics --- Sound engineering --- Sound-waves --- Engineering --- Material science --- Physical sciences --- Industrial accidents --- Industries --- Job safety --- Occupational hazards, Prevention of --- Occupational health and safety --- Occupational safety and health --- Prevention of industrial accidents --- Prevention of occupational hazards --- Safety, Industrial --- Safety engineering --- Safety measures --- Safety of workers --- System safety --- Dependability --- Trustworthiness --- Conduct of life --- Factory management --- Industrial engineering --- Reliability (Engineering) --- Sampling (Statistics) --- Standardization --- Quality assurance --- Quality of products --- Industrial applications

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This book covers a wide range of issues in fire safety engineering in tunnels, describes the phenomena related to tunnel fire dynamics, presents state-of-the-art research, and gives detailed solutions to these major issues. Examples for calculations are provided. The aim is to significantly improve the understanding of fire safety engineering in tunnels. Chapters on fuel and ventilation control, combustion products, gas temperatures, heat fluxes, smoke stratification, visibility, tenability, design fire curves, heat release, fire suppression and detection, CFD modeling, and scaling techniques all equip readers to create their own fire safety plans for tunnels. This book should be purchased by any engineer or public official with responsibility for tunnels. It would also be of interest to many fire protection engineers as an application of evolving technical principles of fire safety.

Engineering. --- Civil Engineering. --- Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk. --- Structural Mechanics. --- Mechanical engineering. --- System safety. --- Civil engineering. --- Ingénierie --- Génie mécanique --- Sécurité des systèmes --- Génie civil --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Engineering - General --- Tunnels --- Fires and fire prevention. --- Highway tunnels --- Road tunnels --- Structural mechanics. --- Quality control. --- Reliability. --- Industrial safety. --- Civil engineering --- Underground construction --- Mechanics. --- Mechanics, Applied. --- Solid Mechanics. --- Applied mechanics --- Engineering, Mechanical --- Engineering mathematics --- Classical mechanics --- Newtonian mechanics --- Physics --- Dynamics --- Quantum theory --- Safety, System --- Safety of systems --- Systems safety --- Accidents --- Industrial safety --- Systems engineering --- Engineering --- Public works --- Prevention --- Industrial accidents --- Industries --- Job safety --- Occupational hazards, Prevention of --- Occupational health and safety --- Occupational safety and health --- Prevention of industrial accidents --- Prevention of occupational hazards --- Safety, Industrial --- Safety engineering --- Safety measures --- Safety of workers --- System safety --- Dependability --- Trustworthiness --- Conduct of life --- Factory management --- Industrial engineering --- Reliability (Engineering) --- Sampling (Statistics) --- Standardization --- Quality assurance --- Quality of products

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Synthetic Biology is already an object of intensive debate. However, to a great extent the discussion to date has been concerned with fundamental ethical, religious and philosophical questions. By contrast, based on an investigation of the field’s scientific and technological character, this book focuses on new functionalities provided by synthetic biology and explores the associated opportunities and risks. Following an introduction to the subject and a discussion of the most central paradigms and methodologies, the book provides an overview of the structure of this field of science and technology. It informs the reader about the current stage of development, as well as topical problems and potential opportunities in important fields of application. But not only the science itself is in focus. In order to investigate its broader impact, ecological as well as ethical implications will be considered, paving the way for a discussion of responsibilities in the context of a field at a transitional crossroads between basic and applied science. In closing, the requirements for a suitable regulatory framework are discussed. The book is intended as a source of information and orientation for researchers, students and practitioners in the natural sciences and technology assessment; for members of scientific and technological, governmental and funding institutions; and for members of the general public interested in essential information on the current status, prospects and implications of synthetic biology.

Engineering. --- Biomedical Engineering. --- Genetic Engineering. --- Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk. --- Energy, general. --- Genetic engineering. --- System safety. --- Biomedical engineering. --- Ingénierie --- Génie génétique --- Sécurité des systèmes --- Génie biomédical --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Biomedical Engineering --- Syntetisk biologi --- Synthetic biology. --- Bioengineering. --- Biological engineering --- Life science engineering --- Energy. --- Quality control. --- Reliability. --- Industrial safety. --- Biology --- Engineering --- Synthetic biology --- Bioengineering --- Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering. --- Safety, System --- Safety of systems --- Systems safety --- Accidents --- Industrial safety --- Systems engineering --- Designed genetic change --- Engineering, Genetic --- Gene splicing --- Genetic intervention --- Genetic surgery --- Genetic recombination --- Biotechnology --- Transgenic organisms --- Clinical engineering --- Medical engineering --- Biophysics --- Medicine --- Prevention --- Industrial accidents --- Industries --- Job safety --- Occupational hazards, Prevention of --- Occupational health and safety --- Occupational safety and health --- Prevention of industrial accidents --- Prevention of occupational hazards --- Safety, Industrial --- Safety engineering --- Safety measures --- Safety of workers --- System safety --- Dependability --- Trustworthiness --- Conduct of life --- Factory management --- Industrial engineering --- Reliability (Engineering) --- Sampling (Statistics) --- Standardization --- Quality assurance --- Quality of products