A big challenge for safety professionals is how to incorporate, build, and sustain a safety program into different business models during times of change.
Situation Assessment in Aviation focuses on new aspects of soft computing technologies for the evaluation and assessment of situations in aviation scenarios.
Written by experts from various fields, this edited collection explores a wide range of issues pertaining to how computers evoke human social expectations.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is defined as the simulation of human intelligence through the mimicking of the human brain for analysis, modeling, and decision making.
Providing up-to-date, practical advice on how to design, select, and structure telemedicine interventions with older adults, this book discusses the age-related changes that can affect the efficacy of these systems.
In the almost ten years since the publication of the first edition of Motor Fleet Safety and Security Management, the availability of new methods of transportation has made travel faster, and consequently, safety and security have become more important and more complex.
Heat Exchangers: Operation, Performance, and Maintenance, Third Edition covers heat exchanger installation, commissioning and operation, and maintenance and performance monitoring in service.
An examination of the safety laws and regulations, particularly in the areas of labor and employment, this book provides a working knowledge of the impacts, requirements, and implications of safety professionals' actions and inactions as related to state and federal laws.
Covering field history and discussing actual modern-day pilot actions and tasks, the editors of this volume have integrated contributions from leaders in aviation to present psychological principles and research pertinent to the interface between a pilot and the cockpit.
Reflecting changes in machining practice, Fundamentals of Machining and Machine Tools, Third Edition emphasizes the economics of machining processes and design for machining.
Heat Exchangers: Mechanical Design, Materials Selection, Nondestructive Testing, and Manufacturing Methods, Third Edition covers mechanical design of pressure vessels and shell and tube heat exchangers, including bolted flange joint design, as well as selection of a wide spectrum of materials for heat exchanger construction, their physical properties, corrosion behavior, and fabrication methods like welding.
Heat Exchangers: Mechanical Design, Materials Selection, Nondestructive Testing, and Manufacturing Methods, Third Edition covers mechanical design of pressure vessels and shell and tube heat exchangers, including bolted flange joint design, as well as selection of a wide spectrum of materials for heat exchanger construction, their physical properties, corrosion behavior, and fabrication methods like welding.
Written to inspire and cultivate the ability to design and analyse feasible control algorithms for a wide range of engineering applications, this comprehensive text covers the theoretical and practical principles involved in the design and analysis of control systems.
Situation Assessment in Aviation focuses on new aspects of soft computing technologies for the evaluation and assessment of situations in aviation scenarios.
The latest edition of this textbook continues to bring you the essential principles of machining through cutting, abrasion, erosion, and combined processes.
Updated and revised, this book presents the application of engineering design and analysis based on the approach of understanding the physical characteristics of a given problem and then modeling the important aspects of the physical system.
While worker safety is often touted as a company,s first priority, more often than not, safety activity is driven by compliance to legislation rather than any safety improvement initiative.
A social robot is a robot that interacts and communicates with humans or other autonomous physical agents by following social behaviors and rules attached to its role.
For safety professionals navigating the complexities of safety practices daily, the search for a single-source guide covering diverse topics has been an ongoing quest.
A Complete Toolbox of Theories and TechniquesThe second edition of a bestseller, Handbook of Virtual Environments: Design, Implementation, and Applications presents systematic and extensive coverage of the primary areas of research and development within VE technology.
Current and emerging trends in the domains of health management and the work sector, the abundance of new consumer products pervading the marketplace, and the desires of many older adults to undertake new learning experiences means that older adults, like their younger counterparts, will need to continually engage in new learning and training.
The kimono-clad android robot that recently made its debut as the new greeter at the entrance of Tokyo's Mitsukoshi department store is just one example of the rapid advancements being made in the field of robotics.
Human factors and ergonomics have made considerable contributions to the research, design, development, operation and analysis of transportation systems and their complementary infrastructure.
Detailing methods for preparing organizations for disasters, this book discusses not only tried and true tactics, but also areas often overlooked during the reactive and post-disaster phases.
IoT Fundamentals with a Practical Approach is an insightful book that serves as a comprehensive guide to understanding the foundations and key concepts of Internet of Things (IoT) technologies.
An understanding of psychology-specifically the psychology behind how users behave and interact with digital interfaces-is perhaps the single most valuable nondesign skill a designer can have.
Dieses Praxisbuch beschreibt, wie Produkte jeglicher Art und aus beliebigen Disziplinen entsprechend den Vorstellungen und Anforderungen von Kund:innen und Nutzer:innen sowie den Möglichkeiten des Anbieters entstehen.
This textbook provides an accessible introduction to the fundamentals of geometric and physical optics as they relate to practical problems encountered by engineers and researchers in designing and analyzing optical systems.
This book gathers original peer-reviewed papers reporting on innovative methods and tools in design, modeling, simulation and optimization, and their applications in engineering design, manufacturing, and other relevant industrial sectors.
This book gathers original peer-reviewed papers reporting on innovative methods and tools in design, modeling, simulation and optimization, and their applications in engineering design, manufacturing, and other relevant industrial sectors.
Design, Analysis, and Manufacturing of Lightweight Composite Structures provides a thorough guide to composite materials and their applications, suitable for students of all levels, as well as those in the industry.
Equipment and Components in the Oil and Gas Industry Volume 1: Equipment provides an overview of the equipment used in the oil and gas industry, as well as various stages of the oil and gas industry, including geology, exploration, drilling, transportation, and refining.
This is the first volume in the CIRP Novel Topics in Production Engineering (CNTPE), a collection of essays addressing novel research areas in production engineering, published regularly in book volumes.
