Technical design

The book provides a comprehensive overview of biometrics, including its theoretical foundations and practical applications, and offers valuable insights into its relevance and impact on various sectors of society.

This book is about design.

This book provides a comprehensive profile the range of developments in gear science and gear engineering mainly those related to noise emission and vibration generation.

Building Information Modelling (BIM) is being debated, tested and implemented wherever you look across the built environment sector.

The work is a context-oriented analysis and synthesis of complex engineered systems to ensure continuous and safe operations under conditions of uncertainty.

Military capability is delivered operationally at a team and collective level, be it a unit as small as a squad or section, or as large as a maritime task group.

Written by leaders in their respective fields, Ergonomics and Psychology discusses recent advancements in psychology and addresses their applications in practice through ergonomics.

First published in 2000, Risk Management is a two volume set, comprised of the most significant and influential articles by the leading authorities in the studies of risk management.

Maritime Cargo Operations presents the core concepts of cargo work for marine engineering students and cadets.

This inclusive cross-cultural study rethinks the nexus between engineering education and context.

Addressing occupational exposure assessment for air contaminants as a coherent body of knowledge, this is the first book to explore occupational air contaminant measurement and properties, human exposure assessment, design of exposure strategies, and the statistical interpretation of exposure measurements in one comprehensive source.

AutoCAD Express NT is a comprehensive and fun introduction to producing drawings using the world's most popular package.

Focusing on operational excellence, this book will take readers through the practicalities of product development, market launch, and ongoing product support.

In the industrial design and engineering field, product lifecycle, product development, design process, Design for X, etc.

Feedback Control Systems: A Fast Track Guide for Scientists and Engineers is an essential reference tool for: Electrical, mechanical and aerospace engineers who are developing or improving products, with a need to use feedback control systems.

MEMS devices are finding increasingly widespread use in a variety of settings, from chemical and biological analysis to sensors and actuators in automotive applications.

Due to the advancement of the Internet, online communities are gaining increasing importance in the research community.

This book includes topics like composite structures, SHM, microstructures, material modelling, design for additive manufacturing, numerical optimization and in particular topology optimization in aerospace, automotive, and other industries.

The recognition and control of hazards in the work environment are the cornerstone of every company's safety and health plan.

Master the complexities of the world's bestselling 2D and 3D software with Introduction to AutoCAD 2016.

Like a good story, successful design is a series of engaging moments structured over time.

New manufacturing technologies have made possible the integration of entire systems on a single chip.

Here is a comprehensive practical guide to entire wafer fabrication process from A to Z.

It's a widely recognised trend that powered-two-wheelers' (PTWs) use has been steadily increasing and is projected to increase further.

In this special issue, five papers address the study of emotions from a variety of viewpoints.

This book reports on innovative materials research with a special emphasis on methods, modeling, and simulation tools for analyzing material behavior, emerging materials, and composites, and their applications in manufacturing and automotive, among others.

The idea of creating artificial humans can be found at the beginning of the human culture.

Recent global developments have fundamentally changed the landscape for conducting businesses and undertaking social transactions.

In this monograph, the authors demonstrate how the integration of adaptability, operability, and re-configurability in the design of complex systems is indispensable for the further digitization of engineering systems in smart manufacturing.

With the increase in legislation and the drive for ever-greater efficiency and accountability, health and safety in construction is becoming an increasingly important subject.

This book covers a wide range of topics on the role of Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Big Data for healthcare applications and deals with the ethical issues and concerns associated with it.

The purpose of this book is to demonstrate how a Training-Within-Industry (TWI) Job-Program could reduce human factor-related harm in construction.

This book contains the edited version of the lectures presented at the NATO ADVANCED STUDY INSTITUTE on "e;COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS OF RIGID AND FLEXIBLE MECHANICAL SYSTEMS"e;.

This book covers innovative breakthroughs in additive manufacturing processes used for biomedical engineering.

Provides much of the information needed to organize a reliability program at a company or in a plant that does not currently have one.

Design thinking, the label given to the acts of designing, has become a paradigmatic view that has transcended the discipline of design and is now widely used in business and elsewhere.

Operational information management is at a crossroads as it sheds the remaining vestiges of its paper-based processes and moves through the uncharted domain of electronic data processes.

The work presented here is generally intended for engineers, educators at all levels, industrialists, managers, researchers and political representatives.

This book reports on advances in human modeling techniques, covering cutting-edge algorithms and their practical implementation  in health and medicine, automotive, clothing, virtual reality simulations, robotics, and assistive technologies.

This book addresses current research trends and practice in industrial design.

The Fast and The Furious: Drivers, Speed Cameras and Control in a Risk Society presents a sociological and criminological perspective critical to understanding the driver's role at the centre of road safety interventions.

Key elements in the formation of smart cities are development based on cooperation between local governments and business, the realization of sustainable development goals, the creation of social sustainability, the advancement of information and communication technologies (ICT) and the use of innovative solutions.

This book presents the select proceedings of the International Conference on Recent Advances in Manufacturing (RAM 2020).

This book aims to provide the basic theory of fractional calculus and its applications based on practical schemes and approaches, illustrated with applicable engineering and technical examples, especially focusing on the fractional-order controller design.

Stability and Optimization of Structures: Generalized Sensitivity Analysis is the first book to address issues of structural optimization against nonlinear buckling.

This book offers a timely snapshot of innovative research and developments at the interface between design, manufacturing, materials, mechanical and process engineering, and quality assurance.

Software for engineering applications has become, during the last few years, a multi-billion pound industry as applications of computer programs are now an essential part of any engineering project.