Preface Chapter 1: Fluid Flow Obstructed Branching Networks: A Constructal Approach in Fluid Flow Investigation Manning Coefficient Effect on the Shallow Water Flow Equation Validation and Verification of Computational Model for the Numerical Simulation of the Operational Principle of a Submerged Horizontal Plate Device Application of Time Series in the Analysis of Physical-Chemical Data to Support the Management of Water Clarification Efficiency in a Water Treatment Plant Analyzing Foam Injection Dynamics in Porous Media: A Combined Computational and Experimental Approach Numerical Simulation of Shale Gas Flow in Non-Conventional Reservoirs Using the OpenACC API Chapter 2: Earth-Air Heat Exchangers Numerical Simulation of Vertical Helical Earth-Air Heat Exchangers Multiobjective Performance Assessment Analysis of Thermal Comfort of the Building Envelope Using an Earth-Air Heat Exchanger Performance Analysis of Galvanized Structures for an Earth-Air Heat Exchanger System Numerical Simulation of the Thermal Performance of a Building Using Electrochromic Devices Chapter 3: Defect Identification and Fault Analysis Specifics of Experimental and Fem Approaches in Structural Integrity Assesment of Penstock Made of HSLA Steel Free Vibration of Composite Rectangular Plates with Internal Crack Comprehensive Measurement and Simulation of Prototype Injection Moulds Chapter 4: Optical Materials The Effect of the Number of Precursor Spin-Coating on the Properties of Sb2(S,Se)3 Thin Film Plasmonic-Metal Nanostructures-Enhanced Photoconductive Terahertz Emission and Detection Synthesis, Structure, and Light Absorption of Octanoyl Amino Acids.