This book introduces readers to the navigation, guidance and control technologies involved in single-spacecraft, double-spacecraft, and multiple-spacecraft tasks in elliptical orbits.
This book uses the entire flying process, starting from ground launching of the orbital transfer vehicle (OTV) to injecting payload into earth synchronous orbit, as an example for real-world engineering practices.
This book is a monograph on aerodynamics of aero-engine gas turbines focusing on the new progresses on flow mechanism and design methods in the recent 20 years.
This book introduces readers to adaptive interference mitigation techniques based on multiple antennas for global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) in the time, domain, spatial and spatial-temporal domains.
This book offers an essential guide for postgraduates, obstetricians and gynaecologists (including teaching faculty), helping them develop workflows for the early detection and assessment of high-risk pregnancies & pregnancy with IUGR using colour Doppler applications and transfontenellar cranial sonography in premature new-borns during routine ultrasonography.
This book presents a three-dimensional analysis of acoustic wave propagation in an elliptical waveguide, and applies the equations and concepts to design axially short elliptical end-chamber muffler configurations which are an important component of a complex multi-pass muffler used in a modern-day automotive exhaust system.
This book introduces readers to the application of orbital data on space objects in the contexts of conjunction assessment and space situation analysis, including theories and methodologies.
By exploring the many different types and forms of contemporary musical instruments, this book contributes to a better understanding of the conditions of instrumentality in the 21st century.
These proceedings are a collection of 16 selected scientific papers and reviews by distinguished international experts that were presented at the 4th Pacific Rim Underwater Acoustics Conference (PRUAC), held in Hangzhou, China in October 2013.
This book serves as a comprehensive resource on various traditional, advanced and futuristic material technologies for aerospace applications encompassing nearly 20 major areas.
This book is a comprehensive compilation of chapters on materials (both established and evolving) and material technologies that are important for aerospace systems.
The book presents the best articles presented by researchers, academicians and industrial experts in the International Conference on "e;Innovative Design and Development Practices in Aerospace and Automotive Engineering (I-DAD 2016)"e;.
La presente obra está cimentada en las reflexiones sobre la posible aplicación de los principios del pensamiento complejo en el mundo actual de sector educativo, la salud y los aportes a la salud familiar, comunitaria y territorial en un marco ético vigente; no sin antes considerar los aportes del período antiguo de la humanidad.
En el mundo existe una demanda creciente de metales y minerales, ya que además de ser necesarios para satisfacer necesidades básicas tradicionales, se requieren para la transición energética y el desarrollo de nuevas tecnologías.
Ante la necesidad de promover el conocimiento técnico e informado del sector minero, el Departamento de Derecho Minero-Energético de la Universidad Externado de Colombia presenta a la comunidad académica, autoridades, empresas, comunidades y organizaciones civiles, el primer Anuario Iberoamericano de Derecho Minero, obra colectiva preparada por `profesionales del derecho conocedores del sector en sus países de origen, con una amplia trayectoria académica y/o profesional, quienes han expuesto, de manera puntual y concreta las principales características de su industria minera desde la óptica jurídica.
La Asociación Iberoamericana de Regulación (ASIER) presenta a la comunidad académica y profesional el libro Hacia una Regulación Inteligente, integrado por los artículos de investigación presentados en el XIV Congreso Iberoamericano de Regulación, realizado en Medellín, Colombia, del 13 al 15 de noviembre de 2019 y en el cual han participado autores de España, Portugal, Colombia, Brasil, México, Chile, Perú, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador y Argentina.
The Future of Electric Aviation and Artificial Intelligence presents a unique collection of proceedings papers from two multi-disciplinary symposiums on sustainable aviation and unmanned systems, offering a comprehensive view of the latest research and insights.
Diversas organizaciones no gubernamentales (ONG), la Organización de las Naciones Unidas (ONU) y su filial, la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Agricultura y la Alimentación (FAO), así como distintas entidades de los sectores públicos y privado, han planteado la necesidad de buscar alternativas para incrementar el consumo de alimentos con alto valor nutricional y alta digestibilidad, que garanticen un desarrollo y una nutrición equilibrada en los seres humanos, sobre todo en países donde el hambre y la desnutrición acosan a su población.
The revised edition of this book offers an expanded review of acoustic metamaterials; novel materials which can manipulate sound waves, surface Rayleigh waves and water waves, in surprising ways, which include collimation, focusing, negative refraction, passive and active cloaking, sonic screening and extraordinary transmission.
Esta obra expone las tensiones jurídicas originadas entre el ejercicio de una actividad lícita (la minería) y la necesidad de proteger los ecosistemas de páramo, los humedales y las reservas forestales a través del examen de la normativa ambiental relacionada.
El libro Conservacion, almacenamiento y alteraciones del huevo registra los hechos mas importantes de la historia de la avicultura en Colombia y el mundo.
Cathodic protection, when used in conjunction with protective coatings, is a common method used to protect immersed parts of steel surfaces from corrosion.
This book provides a concise discussion of fatigue crack growth (FCG) failure and lifing analysis methods for metallic aircraft structures and components.
Written to teach students the nature of transonic flow and its mathematical foundation, this book offers a much-needed introduction to transonic aerodynamics.
This book introduces the topics most relevant to autonomously flying flapping wing robots: flapping-wing design, aerodynamics, and artificial intelligence.
In determining the response of offshore structures, it is of utmost importance to determine, in the most correct manner, all factors which contribute to the total force acting on these structures.
Biotechnology offers a `natural' way of addressing environmental problems, ranging from identification of biohazards to bioremediation techniques for industrial, agricultural and municipal effluents and residues.
The use of ultrasonic imaging techniques for diagnostic purposes in veteri- nary medicine and animal science has lagged far behind their use in human medicine.
