Computational Methods in Engineering

Informationen zum Autor Professor S. P. Venkateshan received his Ph.D. in Heat Power Engineering from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore in 1977. He has taught computational methods in engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras for 15 years. Recently, Professor Venkateshan worked as Head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at IIT Madras. Prasanna Swaminathan is a research scholar at the Heat Transfer and Thermal Power Lab at IIT Madras. Fish Physiology: Organic Chemical Toxicology of Fishes discusses the different types of organic chemical contaminants and their respective toxic effects in fish. The book also covers the detection of dissolved organic compounds and methods to assess organic toxicity. Substances addressed in this book include organometallics, hydrocarbons, endocrine disrupting compounds (EDCs), insecticides, herbicides, and pharmaceuticals. Fish are exposed to an ever-increasing array of organic chemicals that find their way into rivers and oceans. Some of these compounds are no longer being produced but nonetheless persist within the environment (persistent organic pollutants, or POPs). The exposure of fish to toxic organic compounds has potential impact on human, fish, and ecosystem health. Yet the regulations that govern environmental water quality vary worldwide, and compliance is never complete. This book provides a crucial resource on these issues for researchers in zoology, fish physiology, and related fields; applied researchers in environmental monitoring, conservation biology, and toxicology; and university-level students and instructors in these areas.

Autorentext

Fish Physiology: Organic Chemical Toxicology of Fishes discusses the different types of organic chemical contaminants and their respective toxic effects in fish. The book also covers the detection of dissolved organic compounds and methods to assess organic toxicity. Substances addressed in this book include organometallics, hydrocarbons, endocrine disrupting compounds (EDCs), insecticides, herbicides, and pharmaceuticals.

Fish are exposed to an ever-increasing array of organic chemicals that find their way into rivers and oceans. Some of these compounds are no longer being produced but nonetheless persist within the environment (persistent organic pollutants, or POPs). The exposure of fish to toxic organic compounds has potential impact on human, fish, and ecosystem health. Yet the regulations that govern environmental water quality vary worldwide, and compliance is never complete. This book provides a crucial resource on these issues for researchers in zoology, fish physiology, and related fields; applied researchers in environmental monitoring, conservation biology, and toxicology; and university-level students and instructors in these areas.

Inhalt

1. Preliminaries
2. Solution of Linear Equations
3. Computation of Eigenvalues
4. Solution of Algebraic Equations
5. Interpolation
6. Interpolation in Two and Three Dimensions
7. Regression or Curve Fitting
8. Numerical Differentiation
9. Numerical Integration
10. Initial Value Problems
11. Boundary Value Problems (ODE)
12. Introduction to PDEs
13. Laplace and Poisson Equations
14. Advection and Diffusion Equations
15. Wave Equations
16. Beyond The Book - The Way Ahead