This book covers three topics; 1) automotive structure foundational information, 2) the physics of important loading conditions & how they influence the structure's design, and 3) how the physics & design implications are different for the Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV) configuration.
This book contains contributions from various authors on different important topics related with probabilistic methods used for the design of structures.
These volumes represent a concerted attempt to link what is known from human performance research to recognized national needs for improving productivity.
The broad and developing scope of ergonomics, the application of scientific knowledge to improve people's interaction with products, systems and environments, has been illustrated over the past sixteen years by the books that make up the Contemporary Ergonomics series.
This textbook comprehensively introduces readers to the cutting-edge field of human factors psychology, offering real-world examples illustrating how experimental findings can be used to improve the design of tools and environments that we use every day.
This book discusses concepts of good design from social perspectives grounded in anthropology, sociology and philosophy, the goal being to provide readers with an awareness of social issues to help them in their work as design professionals.
In this present internet age, risk analysis and crisis response based on information will make up a digital world full of possibilities and improvements to people's daily life and capabilities.
Dieses Fachbuch führt in die Besonderheiten des Infrarot und seiner abbildenden Systeme ein und beschreibt die technischen und physikalischen Grundlagen.
The aim of this book is to supply valid and reasonable parameters in order to guide the choice of the right model of industrial evaporative tower according to operating conditions which vary depending on the particular industrial context: power plants, chemical plants, food processing plants and other industrial facilities are characterized by specific assets and requirements that have to be satisfied.
This book brings together contributions from some of the foremost international experts in the field of urban morphology and addresses major questions such as: What exactly is urban morphology?
Research conducted over many years suggests that between 60 and 85 per cent of all information security incidents are the result of a lack of knowledge and/or understanding amongst an organisation's own people.
Leading figures in Australian robotics research provide an overview and guidance for human-robot interaction (HRI) experimental design and evaluation methodologies that consider the ethical implications of the research and its applications from a human-centred and contextual perspective.
The contributors to this important volume begin with a simple premise: Computer system development is difficult, not primarily because of the complexity of technical problems, but because of the social interaction involved when users and designers learn to create programs and express ideas together.
This book introduces a stability and control methodology named AeroMech, capable of sizing the primary control effectors of fixed wing subsonic to hypersonic designs of conventional and unconventional configuration layout.
Actively Caring for Safety: The Psychological Science of Injury Prevention outlines proactive applications of applied behavioural science and humanism (i.
Due to global competition, safety regulations, and other factors, manufacturers are increasingly pressed to create products that are safe, highly reliable, and of high quality.
Instructional design theory and practice has evolved over the past 30 years from an initial narrow focus on programmed instruction to a multidimensional field of study integrating psychology, technology, evaluation, measurement, and management.
Dieses bewährte Standardwerk zum normgerechten Technischen Zeichnen wurde von den Autoren als zuverlässiges Lehr- und Arbeitsbuch konzipiert und berücksichtigt die gesamte Darstellungsbreite im Bereich des Maschinenbaus und der Elektrotechnik und legt hier Grundlagen, die auch im Zeitalter des computerunterstützten Zeichnens unentbehrlich sind.
This book presents an innovative systems approach towards the idea of a smarter world, with advanced and sustainable social infrastructures, facilities and services.
The ways in which organizations make use of information available to them to make decisions and manage activity is an essential topic of investigation for human factors.
In this era of rapidly advancing technology and global challenges, it has become crucial to adopt an integrated approach that bridges the gap between scientific principles and their practical applications.
This book reports on topics at the interface between manufacturing and materials engineering, with a special emphasis on smart and sustainable manufacturing.