Mechanical engineering and materials

This book is focused on the seismic vulnerability assessment methods, applied to existing buildings, describing several behaviors and new approaches for assessment on a large scale (urban area).

This book contains theoretical and application-oriented methods to treat models of dynamical systems involving non-smooth nonlinearities.

This book contains theoretical and application-oriented methods to treat models of dynamical systems involving non-smooth nonlinearities.

Classical synchronous motors are the most effective device to drive industrial production systems and robots with precision and rapidity.

Classical synchronous motors are the most effective device to drive industrial production systems and robots with precision and rapidity.

The main purpose of this book is to put forward the fundamental role of grain boundaries in the plasticity of crystalline materials.

The main purpose of this book is to put forward the fundamental role of grain boundaries in the plasticity of crystalline materials.

Wood as an engineering material can be technically defined as a hygroscopic, orthotropic, biological, and permeable material having extreme chemical diversity and physical complexity with structures, that vary extensively in their shape, size, properties and function .

Reverse Engineering in Control Design proposes practical approaches to building a standard H-infinity problem taking into account an initial controller.

Wood as an engineering material can be technically defined as a hygroscopic, orthotropic, biological, and permeable material having extreme chemical diversity and physical complexity with structures, that vary extensively in their shape, size, properties and function .

Self-Compacting Concrete (SCC) is a relatively new building material.

Self-Compacting Concrete (SCC) is a relatively new building material.

Monitoring and diagnosis of electrical machine faults is a scientific and economic issue which is motivated by objectives for reliability and serviceability in electrical drives.

Monitoring and diagnosis of electrical machine faults is a scientific and economic issue which is motivated by objectives for reliability and serviceability in electrical drives.

Wall turbulence is encountered in many technological applications as well as in the atmosphere, and a detailed understanding leading to its management would have considerable beneficial consequences in many areas.

Wall turbulence is encountered in many technological applications as well as in the atmosphere, and a detailed understanding leading to its management would have considerable beneficial consequences in many areas.

This book presents a study of the stability of mechanical systems, i.

This handbook deals with the asynchronous machine in its close environment.

This handbook deals with the asynchronous machine in its close environment.

This book presents a study of the stability of mechanical systems, i.

Peptides are the building blocks of the natural world; with varied sequences and structures, they enrich materials producing more complex shapes, scaffolds and chemical properties with tailorable functionality.

Peptides are the building blocks of the natural world; with varied sequences and structures, they enrich materials producing more complex shapes, scaffolds and chemical properties with tailorable functionality.

The recent development of microscale technologies makes it possible to design complex microsystems devoted to transport, dosing, mixing, analysis or even synthesis of fluids.

The recent development of microscale technologies makes it possible to design complex microsystems devoted to transport, dosing, mixing, analysis or even synthesis of fluids.

Dynamics of Structures This book covers structural dynamics from a theoretical and algorithmic approach.

Since mathematical models express our understanding of how nature behaves, we use them to validate our understanding of the fundamentals about systems (which could be processes, equipment, procedures, devices, or products).

Since mathematical models express our understanding of how nature behaves, we use them to validate our understanding of the fundamentals about systems (which could be processes, equipment, procedures, devices, or products).

Presents a probabilistic and information-theoretic framework for a search for static or moving targets in discrete time and space.

Presents a probabilistic and information-theoretic framework for a search for static or moving targets in discrete time and space.

NMR OF QUADRUPOLAR NUCLEI IN SOLID MATERIALS Over the past 20 years technical developments in superconducting magnet technology and instrumentation have increased the potential of NMR spectroscopy so that it is now possible to study a wide range of solid materials.

NMR OF QUADRUPOLAR NUCLEI IN SOLID MATERIALS Over the past 20 years technical developments in superconducting magnet technology and instrumentation have increased the potential of NMR spectroscopy so that it is now possible to study a wide range of solid materials.

Mechanics of Solid Interfaces The growing occurrence of heterogeneous materials such as composites or coated substrates in structural parts makes it necessary for designers and scientists to deal with the specific features of the mechanical behavior of solid interfaces.

Mechanics of Solid Interfaces The growing occurrence of heterogeneous materials such as composites or coated substrates in structural parts makes it necessary for designers and scientists to deal with the specific features of the mechanical behavior of solid interfaces.

Making a decision, of any importance, is never simple.

Making a decision, of any importance, is never simple.

At present the literature gives students and researchers of the very general books on the formal technics.

At present the literature gives students and researchers of the very general books on the formal technics.

Providing a detailed overview of the fundamentals and latest developments in the field of energy autonomous microsystems, this book delivers an in-depth study of the applications in the fields of health and usage monitoring in aeronautics, medical implants, and home automation, drawing out the main specifications on such systems.

Providing a detailed overview of the fundamentals and latest developments in the field of energy autonomous microsystems, this book delivers an in-depth study of the applications in the fields of health and usage monitoring in aeronautics, medical implants, and home automation, drawing out the main specifications on such systems.

This title describes the various research results in the field of geometric tolerancing of products, an activity that highlights the difficult scientific locks.

This title describes the various research results in the field of geometric tolerancing of products, an activity that highlights the difficult scientific locks.

From basic physics to new products, Silica Optical Fiber Technology for Device and Components examines all aspects of specialty optical fibers.

The overall efficiency, effectiveness, and practicality of potential future energy sources and systems are directly related to many materials-related factors.

Based on a popular article in Laser and Photonics Reviews, this book provides an explanation and overview of the techniques used to model, make, and measure metal nanoparticles, detailing results obtained and what they mean.

Nanotechnologies: Concepts, Processing and Applications describes and explains how nanotechnologies have entered our everyday lives through scientific and industrial applications with the emphasis placed on the new perspectives in various fields related to societal problems.

This first book of a 3-volume set on Fracture Mechanics is mainly centered on the vast range of the laws of statistical distributions encountered in various scientific and technical fields.

This first book of a 3-volume set on Fracture Mechanics is mainly centered on the vast range of the laws of statistical distributions encountered in various scientific and technical fields.

This third book of a 3-volume set on Fracture Mechanics adds a pragmatic and supportive character to the previous volumes by focusing on case studies using corrected exercises that teachers, students or engineers will find extremely useful.

This second book of a 3-volume set on Fracture Mechanics completes the first volume through the analysis of adjustment tests suited to correctly validating the justified use of the laws conforming to the behavior of the materials and structures under study.

In the field of aeronautical dynamics, this book offers readers a design tool which enables them to solve the different problems that can occur during the planning stage of a private project.