Maths for engineers

Perhaps the most distinct question in science throughout the ages has been the one of perceivable reality, treated both in physics and philosophy.

"e;Homotopy Analysis Method in Nonlinear Differential Equations"e; presents the latest developments and applications of the analytic approximation method for highly nonlinear problems, namely the homotopy analysis method (HAM).

This fascinating book examines some of the characteristics of technological/engineering models that are likely to be unfamiliar to those who are interested primarily in the history and philosophy of science and mathematics, and which differentiate technological models from scientific and mathematical ones.

Within the Smart Grid, the combination of automation equipment, communication technology and IT is crucial.

This book is the first of its kind in presenting comprehensive technical issues and solutions for rapidly growing Green IT.

The book tries to briefly introduce the diverse literatures in the field of fractional order signal processing which is becoming an emerging topic among an interdisciplinary community of researchers.

This book presents the various design methods of a state-feedback control law and of an observer.

In this second edition a new chapter has been added covering the buffeting theory in a finite element format.

This book presents the theory of periodic conjugate heat transfer in a detailed way.

Tensors and methods of differential geometry are very useful mathematical tools in many fields of modern physics and computational engineering including relativity physics, electrodynamics, computational fluid dynamics (CFD), continuum mechanics, aero and vibroacoustics and cybernetics.

The whole picture of Mathematical Modeling is systematically and thoroughly explained in this text for undergraduate and graduate students of mathematics, engineering, economics, finance, biology, chemistry, and physics.

Spatial reasoning and planning is a core constituent in robotics, graphics, computer-aided design, and geographic information systems.

In the last 50 years the world has been completely transformed through the use of IT.

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This research monograph summarizes solutions to reconfigurable fault-tolerant control problems for nonlinear dynamical systems that are based on the fault-hiding principle.

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The origin ofPASRO (Trademark ofBIOMATIK GmbH, Freiburg, FRG) was a set of pro- cedures for performing arithmetic on geometric data types and for coordinate transforma- tion for study and teaching purposes, developed as a base for high level robot programming.

One major branch of enhancing the performance of evolutionary algorithms is the exploitation of linkage learning.

In operations research and computer science it is common practice to evaluate the performance of optimization algorithms on the basis of computational results, and the experimental approach should follow accepted principles that guarantee the reliability and reproducibility of results.

Groundwater has long been one of the world's most important resources.

Computer-aided design syst,ems have become a big business.

In recent years, gauge fields have attracted much attention in elementary par- ticle physics.

"e;Kalman Filtering with Real-Time Applications"e; presents a thorough discussion of the mathematical theory and computational schemes of Kalman filtering.

The book reviews the two features of the variational approach: its use as a universal tool to describe physical phenomena and as a source for qualitative and quantitative methods of studying particular problems.

Due to the rapid expansion of the frontiers of physics and engineering, the demand for higher-level mathematics is increasing yearly.

Precise dynamic models of processes are required for many applications, ranging from control engineering to the natural sciences and economics.

This self-tutorial offers a concise yet thorough grounding in the mathematics necessary for successfully applying FEMs to practical problems in science and engineering.

In order to allow the application of the theory from all the three volumes also to processes in combustion engines a systematic set of internally consistent state equations for diesel fuel gas and liquid valid in broad range of changing pressure and temperature are provided also in Volume 3.

Although Leonardo's Giant Crossbow is one of his most popular drawings, it has been one of the least understood.

Symmetric Galerkin Boundary Element Method presents an introduction as well as recent developments of this accurate, powerful, and versatile method.

One major area in the theory of statistical signal processing is reduced-rank - timation where optimal linear estimators are approximated in low-dimensional subspaces, e.

Over the past decades a considerable interest has been concentrated on problems involving signals and systems that depend on more than one variable.

"e;Neural Networks Theory is a major contribution to the neural networks literature.

Flight mechanics is the application of Newton's laws to the study of vehicle trajectories (performance), stability, and aerodynamic control.

Ongoing advances in science and engineering enable mankind to design and operate increasingly sophisticated systems.

The ideas of uncertain variables based on uncertain logics have been introduced and developed for a wide class of uncertain systems.

This reference offers a clear, comprehensive presentation of the fundamentals of mechanics and strength of materials.

This text book is intended for studies in wind engineering, with focus on the stochastic theory of wind induced dynamic response calculations for slender bridges or other line ?

With increasing demands for efficiency and product quality and progressing integration of automatic control systems in high-cost mechatronic and safety-critical processes, the field of supervision (or monitoring), fault detection and fault diagnosis plays an important role.

Pedagogical insights gained through 30 years of teaching applied mathematics led the author to write this set of student oriented books.

Cementitious materials, rocks and fibre-reinforced composites commonly termed as quasibrittle, need a different fracture mechanics approach to model the crack propagation study because of the presence of significant size of fracture process zone ahead of the crack-tip.

This volume describes mesoscopic systems with classically chaotic dynamics using semiclassical methods which combine elements of classical dynamics and quantum interference effects.

The above examples should make clear the necessity of understanding the mechanism of vibrations and waves in order to control them in an optimal way.

Computational Geosciences with Mathematica is the only book written by a geologist specifically to show geologists and geoscientists how to use Mathematica to formulate and solve problems.

In today's world, smart cards play an increasingly important role in everyday life.

Computational Intelligence: Principles, Techniques and Applications presents both theories and applications of computational intelligence in a clear, precise and highly comprehensive style.