Mechanical engineering and materials

This book provides an in-depth, comprehensive, and comprehensible description of the theoretical background and numerical methodologies corresponding to advanced particle methods formulated in classical Newtonian mechanics for simulation of fluids, structures, and their interactions.

The Dictionary of Concrete Technology is a thorough resource encapsulating the progressions in concrete technology, which connects traditional methodologies with contemporary innovations.

The 2nd edition of this book builds on the success of its predecessor, offering a comprehensive overview of recent advances and emerging applications in the area of laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS).

This book is the 1st volume of proceedings of the 1st Smart Nuclear Power Technology Forum and the 8th China Nuclear Power Plant Digital Technology and Application Seminar held in Shenzhen, China in June 2024.

This thesis describes the development of iron-catalyzed thienyl C-H/C-H coupling.

This book highlights the synthesis, luminescence, and applications of rare earth-doped phosphors materials for solid-state lighting.

This book showcases cutting-edge research papers from the 9th International Conference on Research into Design (ICoRD 2023) - the largest in India in this area - written by eminent researchers from across the world on design processes, technologies, methods and tools, and their impact on innovation, for supporting design for a connected world.

This book showcases cutting-edge research papers from the 9th International Conference on Research into Design (ICoRD 2023) - the largest in India in this area - written by eminent researchers from across the world on design processes, technologies, methods and tools, and their impact on innovation, for supporting design for a connected world.

This book covers natural and synthetic nanoclays, focusing on the fundamentals of nanoclay-chemistry and applications in advanced technologies.

This book originated from seminars given at the Institute of Nuclear Energy Technology (INET) of Tsinghua University, China, by the author in 1999.

This 2-volume book highlights cutting-edge ecodesign research and covers broad areas ranging from individual product and service design to social system design.

This book highlights the presentation of methods for studying oscillations under external periodic influence and random changes in parameters in dynamic systems with nonlinearities that have discontinuities and kinks.

This new edition retains its class-tested explanation of the physics of phase transformation and associated constraints from a metallurgical/materials science point of view, and adds an enhanced treatment of the underlying theoretical concepts with greater clarification.

This book is the 2nd volume of proceedings of the 1st Smart Nuclear Power Technology Forum and the 8th China Nuclear Power Plant Digital Technology and Application Seminar held in Shenzhen, China in June 2024.

This book explores the innovative landscape of functionalized cellulose materials, emphasizing sustainable manufacturing practices and their wide-ranging applications.

The book describes the collection of the Museum Engines and Mechanisms of the University of Palermo, Italy, one of the most important and heterogeneous collections of engines and mechanisms in Europe, the first one in Italy to be awarded as Mechanical Engineering Heritage Collection by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

Inverse Differential Quadrature Method and its Application in Engineering Authoritative reference introducing iDQM as a numerical tool to accurately perform high fidelity analyses efficiently for solving problems in engineering governed by higher-order ordinary and partial differential equations.

Soft computing and Industry 5.

This book subtly presents the Peste des Petits Ruminants Virus (PPRV), a morbillivirus closely related to rinderpest virus, that decimates sheep and goats along with those of other susceptible domestic ruminants and many wildlife species.

This book introduces classical modal optics and discrete quantum systems using a common mathematical approach based on linear vector spaces.

The landscape of orthopaedics and trauma is rapidly evolving, driven by groundbreaking advancements in biomaterials.

This book focuses on the foundations of compressible flow, illustrating the use of principles of thermodynamics and fluid dynamics in the development of compressible flow equations.

This book presents a comprehensive exploration of the latest research in nanomaterial development for environmental pollution control.

This second edition presents updated key concepts and exercises in chemical reaction engineering.

This book covers all the standard introductory topics in classical mechanics, for the first part: Statics (the analysis of forces and moments acting on a mechanical system in equilibrium with its environment).

This book presents the proceedings of the International Workshop on Engineering Methodologies for Medicine and Sports (EMMS), held in Rome, Italy on February 7-9, 2024.

This book offers a systemic introduction and summarization of nanoscale characterization techniques on cementitious materials.

For decades, scientists have envisioned the possibility of storing energy in the form of nuclear excitations, resulting in specific nuclear configurations known as isomers.

This book deals with surface defects in wide-bandgap crystals of lithium fluoride, silicon dioxide, and zinc oxide.

This book includes proceedings of the 21st International Workshop on Physics of Semiconductor Devices.

This edited book covers a wide range of novel scientific and engineering aspects of diamond films produced from chemical vapor deposition.

This book introduces the synthesis of functional mesoporous carbon-based films and their applications in energy systems.

This book highlights the latest research advancements and developments in the fields of materials science and thermophysical properties.

This book focuses on the construction of redox systems composed of doubly fused para-quinodimethane (p-QD) units and on the elucidation of the unique redox behavior.

This book presents the advanced theory and application of the combined Computational Fluid Dynamics - Discrete Element Method (CFD-DEM) to multiphase flow simulations of the gas and bio-particulate matter of non-uniformly shaped biomass.

This book is designed to facilitate teaching and informal discussion in a supportive and friendly environment.

This book provides graduate students and scientists with fundamental knowledge on the mechanics of granular suspensions as well as on the mathematical and numerical techniques that can be adopted to investigate geophysical flows.

This book provides essential knowledge and techniques required to assess materials for extending the life of ageing offshore structures used for energy production.

This textbook serves as a comprehensive resource for readers interested in applying the principles of engineering mechanics to analyse the mechanical and structural functions of the musculoskeletal system.

Why do engineers need to know about materials?

This book presents the result of an innovative challenge, to create a systematic literature overview driven by machine-generated content.

This book bridges the gap between theoretical rheology and practical industry applications by introducing Control Theory (CT) and the linear Unified Model.

This book highlights the fundamentals of thin films and coatings, including deposition techniques and material properties.

This book gives a step-by-step approach to the design of a cryogenic infrastructure required for superconducting, all-electric aircraft systems which is also partially applicable to liquid hydrogen fueled subsonic and hypersonic aircraft, as well as hybrids.

This book presents a comprehensive exploration of the latest research in nanomaterial development for environmental pollution control.

This book presents the existing photocatalytic reactor design and the future developments and the progress needed for both solar light-driven hydrogen generation and environmental purification.

This book gathers the latest advances, innovations, and applications in the field of computational engineering, as presented by leading international researchers and engineers at the 30th International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences (ICCES), held in Singapore on August 3-6, 2024.

The book describes the collection of the Museum Engines and Mechanisms of the University of Palermo, Italy, one of the most important and heterogeneous collections of engines and mechanisms in Europe, the first one in Italy to be awarded as Mechanical Engineering Heritage Collection by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

Vaccination is considered one of humanity’s most transformative medical breakthroughs, with its origins tracing back to Edward Jenner’s groundbreaking smallpox vaccine in the late 18th century.