Technology: general issues

This book addresses the processes of stochastic structure formation in two-dimensional geophysical fluid dynamics based on statistical analysis of Gaussian random fields, as well as stochastic structure formation in dynamic systems with parametric excitation of positive random fields f(r,t) described by partial differential equations.

Nanomaterials in the Environment covers all aspects of manufactured nanomaterials and their impact and behavior in the environment.

Solid State Chemistry: An Introduction 5th edition is a fully revised edition of one of our most successful textbooks with at least 20% new information.

The Complex Variable Boundary Element Method or CVBEM is a generalization of the Cauchy integral formula into a boundary integral equation method or BIEM.

Recent years have witnessed a rapid development of active control of various mechanical systems.

Multidisciplinary Design Optimization supported by Knowledge Based Engineering supports engineers confronting this daunting and new design paradigm.

This book presents the findings of experimental and theoretical (including first-principles molecular dynamics simulation) studies of nanostructured and nanocomposite metal-based materials, and nanoscale multilayer coatings fabricated by physical or chemical vapor deposition, magnetron sputtering, electrospark alloying, ionic layer absorption, contact melting, and high-current electron beam irradiation.

ISAmI is the International Symposium on Ambient Intelligence, aiming to bring together researchers from various disciplines that constitute the scientific field of Ambient Intelligence to present and discuss the latest results, new ideas, projects and lessons obtained from recent experiences in building AmI systems.

This book describes principles, industry practices and evolutionary methodologies for advanced safety studies, which are helpful in effectively managing volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous (VUCA) environments within the framework of quantitative risk assessment and management and associated with the safety and resilience of structures and infrastructures with tolerance against various types of extreme conditions and accidents such as fires, explosions, collisions and grounding.

This book analyses the gendered nature of patent law and the knowledge governance system it supports.

The present book volume presents a holistic view of the aspects of nanobiomaterials incl.

The volume contains twelve papers dealing with the approximation of first and second order problems which arise in many fields of application including optimal control, image processing, geometrical optics and front propagation.

This book focuses on molecular space chemistry, which is recognized as an important concept for the design of novel functional materials and catalysts.

Manufacturing is in a period of dramatic transformation.

This book develops a whole strategy for decision-making, with the full participation of the decision-maker and utilizing continuous feedback.

This book gathers extended versions of the best papers presented at the Global Joint Conference on Industrial Engineering and Its Application Areas (GJCIE), held in Vienna on July 20-21, 2017.

This book is a research guide and bibliography of Parliamentary material, including the Old Scottish Parliament and the Old Irish Parliament, relating to patents and inventions from the early seventeenth century to 1976.

Nanotechnology is believed to be the next great revolution in biology, medicine, and agriculture.

Dieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfängen des Verlags von 1842 erschienen sind.

This proceedings volume gathers peer-reviewed, selected papers presented at the "e;Mathematical and Numerical Approaches for Multi-Wave Inverse Problems"e; conference at the Centre Internacional de Rencontres Mathematiques (CIRM) in Marseille, France, in April 2019.

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Designed for beginners, undergraduate students, and robotics enthusiasts, Practical Robot Design: Game Playing Robots is a comprehensive guide to the theory, design, and construction of game-playing robots.

Medical Device Regulation provides the current FDA-CDRH thinking on the regulation of medical devices.

The primary cause of many project failures is that responsible executives, because of their lack of knowledge in project management, fail to demand that their managers and staff properly utilize the well-proven best practices, processes, systems, and tools that are now available in this field.

Dieser Band ist der vierte Teil des Lehrbuches über Technische Mechanik für Ingenieurstudenten und Praktiker aller Fachrichtungen.

Managing Business Projects: The Essentials differs from many other project management textbooks.

This book for the first time examines periodic motions to chaos in time-delay systems, which exist extensively in engineering.

Optimize Designs in Less TimeAn essential element of equipment and system design, computer aided design (CAD) is commonly used to simulate potential engineering problems in order to help gauge the magnitude of their effects.

This volume, the result of an ongoing bridge building effort among engineers and humanists, addresses a variety of philosophical, ethical, and policy issues emanating from engineering and technology.

This book offers a concise introduction to the analysis of electrical transients aimed at students who have completed introductory circuits and freshman calculus courses.

The elderly population is growing and disabilities tend to increase with age.

Uniquely, this book gives consumers a voice and regales tales of their experiences.

Most of the time, industrial wastes contain recoverable resources that would be useful in other applications.

This authored monograph covers a viability to approach to traffic management by advising to vehicles circulated on the network the velocity they should follow for satisfying global traffic conditions;.

Focusing on the orbital mechanics tools and techniques necessary to design, predict, and guide a trajectory of a spacecraft traveling between two or more bodies in a Solar System, this book covers the dynamical theory necessary for describing the motion of bodies in space, examines the N-body problem, and shows applications using this theory for designing interplanetary missions.

In einer Zeit schnellen Wandels werden von Unternehmen immer kürzere Entwicklungszeiten für innovative hochtechnologische Produkte bei optimalem Materialeinsatz gefordert.

"e;Details the product and system design process from conceptual, economic, and ethical considerations to modeling, decision making, and testing.

This publication titled, ';International Encyclopaedia of Applied Science and Technology' is in 15 volumes.

Integrated computational materials engineering (ICME) is an emerging discipline that can accelerate materials development and unify design and manufacturing.

Learn How to Design Effective Visualization SystemsVisualization Analysis and Design provides a systematic, comprehensive framework for thinking about visualization in terms of principles and design choices.

SECIII-Social, Ethical and Cognitive Issues of Informatics and ICT Welcome to the post-conference book of SECIII, the IFIP Open Conference on Social, Ethical and Cognitive Issues of Informatics and ICT (Information and Communication Technology) which took place from July 22-26, 2002 at the University of Dortmund, Germany, in co-operation with the German computer society (Gesellschaft flir Informatik).

Second Edition of a Shingo Prize Winner Based on the author's personal experience with Toyota's master teachers and with companies in the midst of great change, Andy and Me: Crisis and Transformation on the Lean Journey, now in its second edition, is a business novel set in a failing New Jersey auto plant focusing on the tribulations of Tom Pappas,

This unique and practical book describes 42 real-life events and/or situations in the careers of the three authors from which they gained insights into the applicable best practices in maintenance and reliability.

Sequencing is often associated with the Human Genome Project and celebrated achievements concerning the DNA molecule.

A valuable tool for establishing and maintaining system reliability, overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) has proven to be very effective in reducing unscheduled downtime for companies around the world.