TABLE OF CONTENTS; FOREWORD; OPENING REMARKS; INTRODUCTION; PREDICTION OF OPERATION VOLTAGES OF CO2 LASERS AND LIMITING CURRENTS OF CIRCUIT BREAKERS; COMPOSITE REINFORCEMENT OF CRACKED AIRCRAFT COMPONENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS FOR GAS DISTRIBUTION IN THE IRONMAKING BLAST FURNACE; THE MODELLING OF STRUCTURAL FRAMES SUBJECTED TO DYNAMIC LOADING: A PARTICULAR APPLICATION; BLAST FURNACE HEARTH DRAINAGE; A MATHEMATICAL MODEL FOR AN URBAN DRAINAGE SYSTEM; APPLICATION OF ACTUARIAL TECHNIQUES TO NON-LIFE INSURANCE: ESTABLISHMENT OF PROVISIONS FOR OUTSTANDING CLAIMS. A DIRECT COMBINATORIAL ALGORITHM FOR CUTTING STOCK PROBLEMSACCEPTANCE SAMPLING WITH AN EXAMPLE FROM THE PEANUT INDUSTRY; ON THE GRINDING OF CONTACT LENSES -A MATHEMATICAL ABERRATION; THE FABRICATION OF A THREE DIMENSIONAL FEEDER: A PROBLEM IN SHEET-METAL BENDING; FABRICATION OF OPTICAL FIBRES; A SIMPLE MODEL FOR COIL INTERIOR TEMPERATURE PREDICTION DURING BATCH ANNEALING; INDEX.