Издание представляет собой труды Лондонского симпозиума (1982 г.) по вопросам устойчивости деформируемых элементов конструкций. Изучается выпучивание и потеря устойчивости на примере прямолинейных стержней, цилиндрических и сферических оболочек

Chemistry of the Environment focuses on the role of chemistry in environmental issues- including air and water pollution, solid waste, and the field of green chemistry. It presents an overview of pollution in human societies and describes the various problems arising from it with which people have had to deal. The balance between progress and pollution is considered, and a brief introduction to social, political, economic, legal, and other issues related to the environment is provided