Hydraulic engineering

This book provides a timely review on recent advancements in rock-filled concrete dam: a new type of dam originated from Tsinghua University in China.

The fields of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) have grown dramatically in recent years, with an increasingly impressive spectrum of successful applications.

This book shows how to consistently obtain annual and multiannual manufacturing target profit regardless of the evolution of sales volumes, increasing or decreasing, using the Manufacturing Cost Policy Deployment (MCPD) system.

This book focuses on the impact of digitalization on supply chains and how it is affecting every aspect of people's lives.

This book looks at industry change patterns and innovations (such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, big data analysis, and blockchain support and efficiency technology) that are speeding up industrial transformation, industrial infrastructure, biodiversity, and productivity.

Have you ever asked yourself how the inventions, gadgets, and devices that surround us actually work?

This book discusses smart technologies and their influence in the field of manufacturing and industrial systems engineering, in the context of performability enhancement, and explores the development of the workforce for the execution of such smart and advanced technologies.

The book, which is part of a two-volume handbook set, presents a collection of recent advances in the field of industrial engineering, design, and related technologies.

Presents an up-to-date description of current and new hydraulic fracturing processes Details Emerging Technologies such as Fracture Treatment Design, Open Hole Fracturing, Screenless Completions, Sand Control, Fracturing Completions and Productivity Covers Environmental Impact issues including Geological Disturbance; Chemicals used in Fracturing; General Chemicals; Toxic Chemicals; and Air, Water, Land, and Health impacts Provides many process diagrams as well as tables of feedstocks and their respective products

Organizations need to stay competitive and transition from a linear make-use-dispose supply chain model to a sustainable one.

This captivating book explores the intersection where performing art meets human interaction and delves into the application of human factors' principles in this field.

This edited volume takes a comprehensive look at solid waste management across jurisdictions in Canada, including provinces, territories, municipalities, and Indigenous communities.

Reliability and maintenance modeling with optimization is the most fundamental and interdisciplinary research area that can be applied to every technical and management field.

The goal of this book is to provide a reference for applications of mathematical modelling in social media and related network analysis and offer a theoretically sound background with adequate suggestions for better decision-making.

The book emphasizes the technological advancements in tissue engineering related to biomaterials and biomanufacturing techniques.

The importance of good documentation can build a strong foundation for any thriving organization.

The manufacturing system is going through substantial changes and developments in light of Industry 4.

This book shows an independent metering electro-hydraulic control system involving its flexible hardware layouts, complex software control, representative products and applications.

This volume of the Handbook of Usability and User Experience (UX) presents research and case studies used to design products, systems and environments with good usability and consequent acceptance, pleasure in use, good user experience, and understanding of human interaction issues with products and systems for their improvement.

Focusing on applications and real-world problems, this advanced textbook explains the fundamentals of groundwater flow for students and professionals.

The swelling of concrete is a major concern for the owners and operators of dams and hydraulic structures.

No manufacturer can afford to ignore the pressing environmental issues of today.

This book presents the broad aspects of measurement, performanceanalysis, and characterization for materials and devices through advanced manufacturing processes.

First published in 1990, this book provides an overview of the global distribution of the electronics industry and the structural factors which promoted this distribution by the end of the 1980s.

Management process groups along with the processes in the knowledge areas having to do with the principles and concepts used in the development of major construction activities are very important in the overall construction management process.

The text presents advances in the field of thermal claddings for protection against erosion, corrosion, and wear in hydraulic turbines, automobiles, agricultural equipment, power plant, chemical industries, and jet engines.

This book is intended to help young and novice scientists by providing them with advice on how to overcome adversities.

Water Supply and Distribution Systems, Second edition is a comprehensive introduction to the topic of how water is delivered to homes and businesses throughout the world.

This book introduces linear transformation and its key results, which have applications in engineering, physics, and various branches of mathematics.

This book introduces and explains the parametric accelerated life testing (ALT) methodology as a new reliability methodology based on statistics, to help avoid recalls of products in the marketplace.

This text highlights the role of artificial intelligence-powered robots and automation systems in revolutionizing digital manufacturing, covers prod-uct design and customization, and discusses various artificial intelligence algorithms for manufacturing processes and supply chain optimization.

This book explains the application of ergonomics in three different areas of design, namely product, space, and communication.

Introducing Hydrology's New Benchmark Reference Here's the first book in nearly 30 years to provide comprehensive coverage of the current state of hydrologic knowledge and practice--saving you hours of time tracking down the latest techniques in professional journals.

A common source of failure in a human dependent barrier or safety critical task is a designed in mismatch error.

Training and certification for Seafarers has been founded on technical aspects, but maybe the most important thing to do aboard a ship is dealing with people.

Through direct exploration of the subseafloor, U.

Global Supply Chain: Using Systems Engineering Strategies to Respond to Disruptions uses a systems-based approach of the tools and techniques of industrial engineering applied to the global supply chain.

This book presents an overview of operations research and systems engineering and takes a look into both fields on content, histories, contributions, and future directions so a sound career choice can be made for those who might be deciding on a career path.

This book highlights topics ranging from green chemistry and engineering to bioremediation, smart technologies, and sustainable business practices.

This book highlights authentication and trust evaluation models in the Industrial Internet of Things.

The city of Venice, Italy, has been subjected to periodic flooding, or acqua alta, for centuries.

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The latest cutting-edge research on flood pulsing and wetland restoration in North America Presenting the latest research from leaders in the field of restoration ecology, Flood Pulsing in Wetlands reflects the current movement to incorporate flood pulsing into wetland restoration efforts.

There are individual and professional factors that have the greatest impact on the preservation of work ability for people of advanced age, and people with chronic health issues and disabilities.

This book outlines the process of sustainable product design and development.

The Landmark Water Use and Treatment Resource-Fully Updated for Optimizing Water ProcessesThis industry-standard resource from the world s leading water management company offers practical guidance on the use and treatment of water and wastewater in industrial and institutional facilities.