Other technologies and applied sciences

The creation and utilization of the International Space Station (ISS) is a milestone in space exploration.

This book presents a comprehensive topical overview on soil dynamics and foundation modeling in offshore and earthquake engineering.

Canada's space efforts from its origins towards the end of the Second World War through to its participation in the ISS today are revealed in full in this complete and carefully researched history.

This book captures the most exciting advances in the harnessing of space as a global resource.

This book addresses the complex technical challenges presented by remote space mining in terms of robotics, remote power systems, space transport, IT and communications systems, and more.

This improved and updated second edition covers the theory, development, and design of electro-acoustic transducers for underwater applications.

Written by a former Aerodynamics Officer on the space shuttle program, this book provides a complete overview of the "e;new"e; U.

This expansive reference on the use of clean energy technologies in the aviation industry focuses on tools and solutions for maximizing the energy efficiency of aircrafts, airports, and other auxiliary components of air transit.

This textbook provides details of the derivation of Lagrange's planetary equations and of the closely related Gauss's variational equations, thereby covering a sorely needed topic in existing literature.

This thesis investigates passively mode-locked semiconductor lasers by numerical methods.

This book is dedicated to the nascent discussion of the legal aspects of human exploration and possible settlement of Mars, and provides fresh insights and new ideas in two key areas.

This book tells the fascinating stories of the valiant women who broke down barriers to join the space program.

The proceedings of the 2014 Reinventing Space conference present a number of questions in the context of a constantly innovating space industry, from addressing the future of global cooperation, investigating the impact of cuts in US government spending on the private space sector, and probing the overall future of the commercial launch sector.

The combined observational power of the multiple earth observing satellites is currently not being harnessed holistically to produce more durable societal benefits.

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;).

Point-of care ultrasound, or ultrasound performed and interpreted by the clinical in the clinic/office or at the bedside, has been rapidly expanding in use among multiple medical specialties.

This book provides recommendations for thermal and structural modelling of spacecraft structures for predicting thermoelastic responses.

This book comprehensively describes the physiological changes and consequences that occur in humans during spaceflight.

Following underwater acoustic channel modeling, this book investigates the relationship between coherence time and transmission distances.

This book focuses on all of the major problems associated with the absence of body weight in space, by analyzing effects, adaption, and re-adaptation upon returning to Earth, using sound scientific principles embedded in a historical context.

Reinventing Space is the largest global conference and exhibition for one of the space industry's fastest growing sectors.

This book provides a comprehensive description of numerical methods and validation processes for predicting transitional flows based on the Langtry-Menter local correlation-based transition model, integrated with both one-equation Spalart-Allmaras (S-A) and two-equation Shear Stress Transport (SST) turbulence models.

This book describes how different diagnostic techniques may facilitate the prenatal identification of orofacial malformations.

This book provides a comprehensive clinical review ofdiagnostic and interventional applications of musculoskeletal ultrasound at thepoint-of-care.

This book introduces several observer-based methods, including:* the sliding-mode observer* the adaptive observer* the unknown-input observer and* the descriptor observer methodfor the problem of fault detection, isolation and estimation, allowing readers to compare and contrast the different approaches.

This volume constitutes the results of the International Conference onUnderwater Environment, MOQESM 14, held at Le Quartz Conference Center in Brest,France, on October 14-15, 2014, within the framework of the 9thSea Tech Week, International Marine Science andTechnology Event.

This book is based on lectures held at the faculty of mechanical engineering at the Technical University of Kaiserslautern.

This atlas describes and illustrates a novel approach, referred to as full breast ultrasonography (FBU), that represents a challenge to conventional breast imaging diagnosis.

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This book celebrates the final spaceflight in the Mercury series, flown by NASA astronaut Gordon Cooper, who led an adventurous life in the cockpit of airplanes and spacecraft alike, and on his Mercury mission he became the last American ever to rocket into space alone.

As space ventures have become more numerous, leading scientists and theorists have offered ways of building a living habitat in a hostile environment, taking an 'ecosystems' view of space colonization.

Topics in Modal Analysis & Testing, Volume 10.

Shock Vibration, Aircraft /Aerospace, Energy Harvesting, Acoustics Optics, Volume 9.

Rotating Machinery, Hybrid Test Methods, Vibro-Acoustics & Laser Vibrometry, Volume 8.

This book presents flight mechanics of aircraft, spacecraft, and rockets to technical and non-technical readers in simple terms and based purely on physical principles.

Special Topics in Structural Dynamics, Volume 6.

The intention of this book is to shine a bright light on the intellectual context of Euler's contributions to physics and mathematical astronomy.

This thesis describesthe design and fabrication of ultrasound probes for pedicle screw guidance.

This volume of the Series SpringerBriefs in Space Life Sciences summarizes the newest finding in the field of mental health and physiological exercise in Space.

This is the story of the work of the original NASA space pioneers; men and women who were suddenly organized in 1958 from the then National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics (NACA) into the Space Task Group.

This volume collects the papers from the World Conference on Acoustic Emission 2015 (WCAE-2015) in Hawaii.

The interdisciplinary research and development work carried out in the last ten years which is presented in this book aimed at replacing the conventional airport control tower by a new "e;remote tower operation"e; work environment (RTO) which should enhance work efficiency and safety and reduce costs.

This book provides a state-of-the-art review of floating offshore wind turbines (FOWT).

This text is an advancement of the theory of vibration protection of mechanical systems with lumped and distributed parameters.

Colin Burgess offers a comprehensive yet personal look at the 1962 orbital mission of Wally Schirra aboard the spacecraft Sigma 7, the first book about this popular pioneering astronaut which explores his entire life and accomplishments.

The European Space Agency has a long history of human spaceflight, flying in space with both NASA and the Soviet/Russian space agencies over the years.

This book presents recent advances in space andcelestial mechanics, with a focus on the N-bodyproblem and astrodynamics, and explores the development and application of computational techniques in bothareas.

This book reports on an outstanding thesis thathas significantly advanced the state-of-the-art in the automated analysis andclassification of speech and music.

Thisbook provides readers with a clear description of the types of lunar andinterplanetary trajectories, and how they influence satellite-system design.

Employing the same informational approach Erik Seedhouse used in "e;SpaceX"e; and "e;Bigelow Aerospace"e;, this new book familiarizes space enthusiasts with the company XCOR Aerospace and examines the design of the two-seater Lynx.