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This reference presents a comprehensive description of flow through porous media and solutions to pressure diffusion problems in homogeneous, layered, and heterogeneous reservoirs. It covers the fundamentals of interpretation techniques for formation tester pressure gradients, and pretests, multiprobe and packer pressure transient tests, including...

Thin Metallic multilayer films have become an important part in today's computer technology. The giant magnetoresistance (GMR) effect, which plays a central role here, was discovered in the late 1980s. This can be essentially described as the effect of a magnetic field on the electron transport leading to significant changes in the resistance....

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Mathematics is a key element in determining success for the Edexcel BTEC National Engineering courses. Updated for the 2010 BTEC Nationals in Engineering syllabus, "Engineering Mathematics, 6/e" by John Bird covers the main elements of mathematics in the core, mechanical and Electrical/ Electronic Units. There are currently over 13,000 BTEC...

Written by one of the founders of this field, this book provides a historical overview of the invention of superlattice, one of the most important devices of the second half of the twentieth century. In addition to describing the fundamental concepts, this completely revised and updated edition provides new insights in the field of man-made solids....

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