Hiroaki Kobayashi has trained 1500 mariners in ship handling over twenty years and he has systematized the methods of safe navigation into nine elemental techniques.
When confronted with a fire protection problem, building management is often desperately short on information and know-how in this critical component of protection for their own facility.
Automation in the Virtual Testing of Mechanical Systems: Theories and Implementation Techniques provides a practical understanding of Knowledge-Based Engineering (KBE), an approach that is driving automation in engineering.
With over 1,000 pages covering all fundamental and practical HVAC design procedures and methods, this classic reference is packed with details and contains a wealth of information that is of great use to the HVAC designer and practitioner, as well as to the student mastering the intricacies of HVAC fundamentals.
Despite the significance and prevalence of errors in organizations, there has been no attempt within the field of Industrial and Organizational Psychology to create a single source summarizing what we know regarding errors in organizations and providing a focused effort toward identifying future directions of research.
With the help of guides and tables, this book assists readers in making the right lighting technology choices for specific applications, introduces readers to the topic of dynamic lighting that can accommodate a range of needs and tasks under one system, and helps a variety of professionals (from local authorities to doctors) to design the appropriate living and working environments for a wide spectrum of people with special requirements.
This book showcases cutting-edge research papers from the 6th International Conference on Research into Design (ICoRD 2017) - the largest in India in this area - written by eminent researchers from across the world on design process, technologies, methods and tools, and their impact on innovation, for supporting design for communities.
This book provides an introduction to the unique and fascinating properties of alloys and composites from novel commercialized thermosetting resins based on polybenzoxazines.
Originally published in 1945, Plastics and Industrial Design is a non-technical work of reference for manufacturers and designers who, after the Second World War were beginning to realize the possibilities that manufacturing with Plastics could bring.
This book provides a new framework for analysis of slope nonlinear stochastic seismic dynamic response based on the new theoretical tool of stochastic dynamics.
Analog Electronics is a vital book for all electronics designers to have to hand - it will answer nagging questions about core analog theory and design principles as well as offering practical design ideas.
Im Mittelpunkt dieses Buchs stehen Produkt- und Prozessmodelle, die mit der Anforderungsmodellierung abgestimmt sind und die konsistente Grundlage für eine methodische Unterstützung bilden, um technische Produkte gleichwertig im Funktions- und Prozess-Gestalt-Zusammenhang zu entwickeln.
There are individual and professional factors that have the greatest impact on the preservation of work ability for people of advanced age, and people with chronic health issues and disabilities.
Knowledge management goes beyond data and information capture in computerized health records and ordering systems; it seeks to leverage the experiences of all who interact in healthcare to enhance care delivery, teamwork, and organizational learning.
Maintaining the excellent coverage of centrifugal pumps begun in the First Edition -- called ``useful' and ``indispensable' by reviewers -- the Second Edition continues to serve as the most complete and up-to-date working guide yet written for plant and design engineers involved with centrifugal pumps.
This book presents an analysis of the dynamics and the complexity of new product development projects which are organized according to the concept of concurrent engineering.
Creating a Culture of Predictable Outcomes demonstrates the importance of creating cultures in the design and construction industries grounded in sophisticated-caring leadership, high-performing collaborative teams, and master-level decision-making discipline, informed by values, to finally address massive inefficiencies, waste, and unpredictability.
Through nine chapters covering software, hardware, solid-based, liquid-based, and powder-based 3D printing processes, this textbook provides a comprehensive but easy-to-understand and application-oriented guide to the fundamentals and applications of 3D printing.
This volume discusses a combination of topics dealing with the wide variety of urban planning, authored by well reputed scholars in India mastering disciplines such as architecture, urban design, transportation planning, public policy, urban planning, urban engineering and civil engineering.
Recent developments in model-predictive control promise remarkable opportunities for designing multi-input, multi-output control systems and improving the control of single-input, single-output systems.
This book offers valuable insights and provides effective tools useful for imagining, creating, and promoting novel and challenging developments in structural mechanics.
Engineering Dimensions, Units, and Conversions delves into the analysis and application of the dimensions, units, and unit conversions in engineering practical use.
Providing high-quality, scholarly research, addressing development, application and implications, in the field of maritime education, maritime safety management, maritime policy sciences, maritime industries, marine environment and energy technology.
