Other technologies and applied sciences

This book describes the most complex machine ever sent to another planet: Curiosity.

In May 1961, President John F.

Explorer was the original American space program and Explorer 1 its first satellite, launched in 1958.

This book focuses on using and implementing Circulation Control (CC) - an active flow control method used to produce increased lift over the traditionally used systems, like flaps, slats, etc.

In this concise, gold-standard 4th edition book, the volume editors and authors synthesize the prior three editions and provide a comprehensive and expanded review on the latest in the diagnosis and management of thyroid nodules, as well as an update on parathyroid disease and non-endocrine lesions of the neck.

This book provides different engineering, management, economic solutions and methodologies regarding sustainable aviation, giving readers a great sense of how sustainable aviation works at the "e;systems"e; level.

This updated new edition provides an introduction to the field of thermoacoustics.

This book provides contributions from leading experts on the integration of novel sensing technologies to yield unprecedented observations of coupled biological, chemical, and physical processes in the ocean from the macro to micro scale.

This book highlights the potential of low-intensity pulsed ultrasound, or LIPUS, to introduce a new era in dentistry by revolutionizing the approach to dental treatment and providing a cure for pathologic conditions long considered untreatable.

This book presents selected papers from the 2nd Workshop on "e;Durability of Composites in a Marine Environment"e;, which was held in Brest, France in August 2016.

This classroom-tested textbook provides a self-contained one-semester course in semiconductor physics and devices that is ideal preparation for students to enter burgeoning quantum industries.

This book presents selected contributions to the Symposium of Aeronautical and Aerospace Processes, Materials and Industrial Applications of the XXV International Materials Research Congress (IMRC).

This book gathers contributions to the 20th biannual symposium of the German Aerospace Aerodynamics Association (STAB) and the German Society for Aeronautics and Astronautics (DGLR).

This textbook provides a unified approach to acoustics and vibration suitable for use in advanced undergraduate and first-year graduate courses on vibration and fluids.

This book summarizes the early successes, drawbacks and accomplishments in cell biology and cell biotechnology achieved by the latest projects performed on the International Space Station ISS.

This book presents computational methods for extracting the useful information from audio signals, collecting the state of the art in the field of sound event and scene analysis.

This book is a sequel to 'Deep-Sea Mining: Resource Potential, Technical and Environmental Considerations' (2017) and 'Environmental Issues of Deep-Sea Mining: Impacts, Consequences and Policy Perspectives' (2019), and aims to provide a comprehensive volume on different perspectives of deep-sea mining from specialists around the world.

This book addresses the wide range of issues that face the program leader - from how to choose a site and how to negotiate for equipment, to how to determine staffing requirements and how to anticipate and defuse possible turf issues with other programs and services in the hospital or healthcare facility.

This book offers an essential introduction to the notions of sound wave topology, duality, coherence and wave-mixing, which constitute the emerging new science of sound.

This modern textbook guides the reader through the theory and practice of the motion and attitude control of space vehicles.

This book deals with numerical simulations and computations of the turbulent flow around high-lift configurations commonly used in aircraft.

This volume is about ultra high-speed cameras, which enable us to see what we normally do not see.

This text is a thorough treatment of the rapidly growing area of aerial manipulation.

This book describes prominent technological achievements within a very successful space science mission: the Herschel space observatory.

This monograph describes the findings of spaceflight research related to spatial orientation, sensorimotor coordination and mental function.

This book proposes a new approach to dynamic and online risk assessment of automated and autonomous marine systems, taking into account different environmental and operational conditions.

The book presents a state-of-art overview of numerical schemes efficiently solving the acoustic conservation equations (unknowns are acoustic pressure and particle velocity) and the acoustic wave equation (pressure of acoustic potential formulation).

This book discusses the emerging field of industrial neuroscience, and reports on the authors' cutting-edge findings in the evaluation of mental states, including mental workload, cognitive control and training of personnel involved either in the piloting of aircraft and helicopters, or in managing air traffic.

This book details aluminum alloys with special focus on the aluminum silicon (Al-Si) systems - that are the most abundant alloys second only to steel.

This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the theory and practice of spherical microphone arrays, and was written for graduate students, researchers and engineers who work with spherical microphone arrays in a wide range of applications.

This book provides thorough coverage of the most important building physics phenomena: heat transfer, moisture, sound/acoustics, and illumination.

This textbook provides graduate and advanced undergraduate students with a comprehensive introduction to the application of basic principles and concepts for physical and engineering acoustics.

This graduate and advanced undergraduate textbook systematically addresses all core topics in physical and engineering acoustics.

This book focuses on the application of classical combustion theory to ignition and flame propagation in solid-solid and gas-solid systems.

This textbook provides readers with a good working knowledge of adaptive control theory through applications.

This book contributes to the field of hybrid technology, describing the current state of knowledge concerning the hybrid material concept of laminated metallic and composite sheets for primary aeronautical structural applications.

This textbook provides a detailed introduction to the use of software in combination with simple and economical hardware (a sound level meter with calibrated AC output and a digital recording system) to obtain sophisticated measurements usually requiring expensive equipment.

This book develops and applies an integrated socio-economic assessment of multi-use offshore platforms in European marine locations.

This edited volume includes thoroughly collected on sensing and control for autonomous vehicles.

This book offers an introduction to numerical optimization methods in structural design.

Sensors and Instrumentation, Volume 5.

This book tells the story of the Space Shuttle in its many different roles as orbital launch platform, orbital workshop, and science and technology laboratory.

Rotating Machinery, Hybrid Testing, Vibro-Acoustics & Laser Vibrometry, Volume 8: Proceedings of the 35th IMAC, A Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics, 2017, the eighth volume of ten from the Conference brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering.

This volume addresses challenges and solutions in transport and mobility of people and goods with respect to environment, safety, security and socio-economics issues, exploring advanced computational research work and the latest innovations in transport.

This book is based on the findings, conclusions and recommendations of the Global Space Governance study commissioned by the 2014 Montreal Declaration that called upon civil society, academics, governments, the private sector, and other stakeholders to undertake an international interdisciplinary study.

Shock & Vibration, Aircraft/Aerospace and Energy Harvesting, Volume 9:  Proceedings of the 35th IMAC, A Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics, 2017, the ninth volume of ten from the Conference brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering.

The present book is an illustrated guide on fetal medicine, including a wealth of normal and pathological/malformations ultrasound images, throughout the whole pregnancy.

Model Validation and Uncertainty Quantification, Volume 3:  Proceedings of the 35th IMAC, A Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics, 2017, the third volume of ten from the Conference brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering.

Structural Health Monitoring & Damage Detection, Volume 7: Proceedings of the 35th IMAC, A Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics, 2017, the seventh volume of ten from the Conference brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering.

This book offers the first complete account of more than sixty years of international research on In-Flight Simulation and related development of electronic and electro-optic flight control system technologies ("e;Fly-by-Wire"e; and "e;Fly-by-Light"e;).