Other technologies and applied sciences

Spacelab was a reusable laboratory facility that was flown on the Space Shuttle from 1983 to 1998.

This textbook covers all related communication technologies of underwater wireless communication, such as acoustic communication, optical communication, and magneto-inductive communication.

This edited volume discusses how even small nation states can make a significant difference in the future of space governance.

This textbook provides a guide to the fundamental principles of acoustics in a straightforward manner using a solid foundation in mathematics and physics.

This book presents an authoritative account of the potential of advanced composites such as composites, biocomposites, composites geopolymer, hybrid composites and hybrid biocomposites in aerospace application.

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.

This revised, new edition retains its class-tested coverage of how metals behave in water while updating and expanding information about metals processing methods.

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 provides a concise and up-to-date overview of environmental noise control issues, utilizing specific case studies from India to help explore noise mapping and monitoring, impact analysis, and policy, among other relevant topics.

The book aims to the description of recent progress in studies of light absorption and scattering in turbid media.

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What are the physical mechanisms that underlie the efficient generation and transfer of energy at the nanoscale?

The essays collected within this volume ask how literary practices are shaped by the experience of being at sea-and also how they forge that experience.

This book gathers the latest advances, innovations, and applications in the field of aerospace technology and aviation safety, as presented by researchers at the 9th World Congress "e;Aviation in the XXI Century"e;: Safety in Aviation and Space Technologies, held in Kyiv, Ukraine, on April 26-28 2021.

The book reviews past and present mine waste management processes.

This book is at the center of the UN goals of combining environment and economic development with new technologies.

This book delivers a comprehensive and up-to-date treatment of practical applications of metamaterials, structured media, and conventional porous materials.

This book investigates Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) with a payload capacity of one metric ton for transportation.

This book provides a comprehensive analysis and explanation of the legal regime with regard to deep sea mining.

Approaching the settlement of our Moon from a practical perspective, this book is well suited for space program planners.

This book examines recent progress and new technological developments in sustainable aviation.

This book offers a timely collection of articles on innovative research and developments in the vast field of rail transport, including rail operations, management, economics, vehicles interior design and sustainable infrastructure.

This book explains the integration of data of different support in Geostatistics.

The book analyses a broad range of relevant aspects as the outer space and cyber space domain do not only present analogies but are also strongly interrelated.

This highly informative book offers a comprehensive overview of the fundamentals of propulsion.

This book gives an in-depth analysis of the physical phenomena of thrust production by laser radiation, as well as laser propulsion engines, and laser-propelled vehicles.

This book offers timely insights into research on numerical and experimental fluid mechanics and aerodynamics, mainly for (but not limited to) aerospace applications.

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

This brief approaches General Relativity from a planetary navigation perspective, delving into the unconventional mathematical methods required to produce computer software for space missions.

This book offers a timely review of wave energy and its conversion mechanisms.

This volume presents the conference proceedings from FinDrones2020.

This book proposes some novel approaches for finding unmanned aerial vehicle trajectories to reach targets with unknown location in minimum time.

In his latest book, space scientist, futurist, and educator Joseph N.

This brief addresses the design of model predictive control algorithms for performing space rendezvous manoeuvres.

This book looks at advanced nanocomposites, introducing long-awaited concepts towards bridging the gap between nanostructured optical materials and next-generation imaging systems.

This book offers a comprehensive reference guide for the theory and practice of intelligent and fuzzy techniques in Aviation 4.

This textbook provides a comprehensive and didactic introduction from the basics to the current state of the art in the field of EEG/MEG source reconstruction.

The field of musculoskeletal ultrasound has rapidly advanced in the past several years.

This book explores sustainable mining knowledge, assessing researchers on the impacts of waste and new approaches to negotiating these impacts.

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 peer-reviewed book presents a comprehensive overview of the role space is playing in enabling Latin America to fulfill its developmental aspirations.

The mid-infrared domain is a promising optical domain because it holds two transparency atmospheric windows, as well as the fingerprint of many chemical compounds.

This last volume of the SpringerBriefs in Space Life Sciences series is setup in 5 main parts.

This book reports on the 12th International Workshop on Railway Noise held on 12-16 September 2016 at Terrigal, Australia.

The book is designed to serve as a textbook for courses offered to upper-undergraduate students enrolled in physics.

This beautifully illustrated volume takes the reader on a wide-ranging tour through music education facilities designed during the past 20 years, with a particular emphasis on the acoustical and architectural design of the locations.

This book provides a solid foundation from which most practical, theoretical problems related to sandwich structures can be derived and solved.

This book provides a practically applicable guide to the use of ultrasound in the care of acutely and critically ill patients.

This book establishes an important mathematical connection between cooperative control problems and network optimization problems.

This book provides a new multi-method, process-oriented approach towards speech quality assessment, which allows readers to examine the influence of speech transmission quality on a variety of perceptual and cognitive processes in human listeners.