Other technologies and applied sciences

A comprehensive overview of seismic ambient noise, covering observations, physical origins, modelling, processing methods and applications in imaging and monitoring.

On-orbit operations optimization among multiple cooperative or noncooperative spacecraft, which is often challenged by tight constraints and shifting parameters, has grown to be a hot issue in recent years.

Acoustics and Noise Control provides a detailed and comprehensive introduction to the principles and practice of acoustics and noise control.

In recent decades, there has been a phenomenal growth in the field of photonic crystal research and has emerged as an interdisciplinary area.

Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have received significant attention in academia and industry due to their low cost and high-power conversion efficiency (PCE).

Autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) are emerging as a promising solution to help us explore and understand the ocean.

The next step for beer geeks looking to expand their knowledge with science, food and drink pairings, home brewing recipes, and more The second book from the independent brewery's founders, BrewDog: Craft Beer for the Geeks aims to go deeper into the science and styles of craft beer in this full-color, gorgeously designed taproom bible.

Fundamentals and Applications of Nanophotonics includes a comprehensive discussion of the field of nanophotonics, including key enabling technologies that have the potential to drive economic growth and impact numerous application domains such as ICT, the environment, healthcare, military, transport, manufacturing, and energy.

The Joint Institute for Aeronautics and Acoustics at Stanford University was established in October 1973 to provide an academic environment for long-term cooperative research between Stanford and NASA Ames Research Center.

Ever since the completion of the Apollo program, there has been a lack of consensus about the future of human spaceflight.

'Fifty years into my life journey I realise that, while I love remote wild places and the peoples I meet there, it is in forests that I find the greatest joy.

The book describes and explains the results of the collaborative project Generative Manufacturing of Optical, Thermal and Structural Components over the last three years.

 This book covers the principles, historical development, and applications of many acoustic logging methods, including acoustic logging-while-drilling and cased-hole logging methods.

During the last ten to fifteen years, researchers have made considerable progress in the study of inorganic scintillators.

Now in a revised fourth edition, this course-tested textbook explains the basic principles and underlying theory of the core avionic systems in modern civil and military aircraft.

This book includes original and peer-reviewed research papers presented at 11th International Conference on Coastal and Ocean Engineering, which was held during August 9-11, 2024.

This book comprises selected proceedings of the Fourth International Conference in Ocean Engineering (ICOE2018), focusing on emerging opportunities and challenges in the field of ocean engineering and offshore structures.

Simulations play an increasingly important role not only in scientific research but also in engineering developments.

This book covers the possible manned mission to Mars first discussed in the 1950s and still a topic of much debate, addressing historic and future plans to visit the Red Planet.

This book is a compilation of selected papers from the Fifth International Technical Symposium on Deepwater Oil and Gas Engineering and the Fourth International Youth Forum on Gas Hydrate (DWOG-Hyd 2023), held in Qingdao, China, in October 2023.

Advances in Imaging and Electron Physics, Volume 206, merges two long-running serials, Advances in Electronics and Electron Physics and Advances in Optical and Electron Microscopy.

This book presents the essential characteristics of the different satellite motions.

Is it possible for humans to live on other planets?

Cutting hair is rife with inspiration and style but has room for critique.

Fatigue occurs under cyclic loading and can significantly degrade the operational capability and safety of metallic aircraft components and structures.

Modern acoustics has blossomed rapidly in the past decades.

Chest sonography is an established procedure in the stepwise imaging diagnosis of pulmonary and pleural disease.

This book contains all refereed papers that were accepted to the seventh edition of the international conference  Complex Systems Design & Management Paris (CSD&M Paris 2016) which took place in Paris (France) on the December 13-14, 2016 These proceedings cover the most recent trends in the emerging field of complex systems sciences & practices from an industrial and academic perspective, including the main industrial domains (aeronautic & aerospace, defense & security, electronics & robotics, energy & environment, healthcare & welfare services, software & e-services, transportation), scientific & technical topics (systems fundamentals, systems architecture & engineering, systems metrics & quality, system is modeling tools) and system types (artificial ecosystems, embedded systems, software & information systems, systems of systems, transportation systems).

The aim of this book is to introduce scientific ballooning to the many people who are interested in the use of balloons for scientific applications.

Dieses kompakte Buch beschreibt die grundlegenden Phänomene der Aeroelastik und soll damit als Referenz- und Nachschlagewerk dienen.

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

China Satellite Navigation Conference (CSNC 2022) Proceedings presents selected research papers from CSNC 2022 held during 25th-27th May, 2022 in Beijing, China.

These proceedings present selected research papers from CSNC 2018,  held during 23rd-25th May in Harbin, China.

This book could not have been timelier.

An examination of how the daily work of NASA''s Mars Exploration Rovers was organized across three sites on two planets using local Mars time.

This textbook provides readers with an understanding of the basics of ship stability as it has been enacted in international law.

The United States manufactured significant quantities of chemical weapons during the Cold War and the years prior.

This book examines the issues of ensuring anti-terrorist security of an aviation enterprise, provides a history of terrorism in the aviation sector, and analyzes the legal regulations.

This book highlights the systematic investigation into the calculation of Hansen coefficients and their derivatives in satellite orbital dynamics.

Discusses the basic physical principles underlying the science and technology of nanophotonics, its materials and structures This volume presents nanophotonic structures and Materials.

This book focuses on a class of single-channel noise reduction methods that are performed in the frequency domain via the short-time Fourier transform (STFT).

Remote observations of Earth from space serve an extraordinarily broad range of purposes, resulting in extraordinary demands on those at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and elsewhere who must decide how to execute them.

Presents a comprehensive introduction to the selection, operation, and testing of infrared devices, including a description of modern detector assemblies and their operation This book discusses how to use and test infrared and visible detectors.

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.

Rock breakage with explosives has existed since the seventeenth century when black powder came into use in mining.

This book stems from the worrying scale and intensity of conflicts, humanitarian crises, and human rights violations around the world, which can be seen in a wide range of global hotspots including Venezuela, Yemen, Syria, Myanmar, Sudan, Eritrea, and numerous others.