This book covers leading-edge research in a cross-section of fields centring on engineering applications including current research data on the field measurement methods for fatigue life evaluation of steel bridges; silicon PV solar cell manufacturing technologies and cost reduction trends; internal flows of Non-Newtonian fluids; abrasion of cermets; physical modelling for wave-mud interaction in ocean engineering; global optimization methods applied to the nuclear reactor core design and experimental evaluation of hydraulic oils based on pump performance.