Technology: general issues

Cementitious materials, rocks and fibre-reinforced composites commonly termed as quasibrittle, need a different fracture mechanics approach to model the crack propagation study because of the presence of significant size of fracture process zone ahead of the crack-tip.

This richly illustrated book is unique in bringing Einstein's relativity to a higher level for the non-specialist than has ever been attempted before, using nothing more than grade-school algebra.

This thesis presents a novel coarse-grained model of DNA, in which bases are represented as rigid nucleotides.

This volume describes mesoscopic systems with classically chaotic dynamics using semiclassical methods which combine elements of classical dynamics and quantum interference effects.

The above examples should make clear the necessity of understanding the mechanism of vibrations and waves in order to control them in an optimal way.

This book follows the evolutionary trail all the way from the Big Bang 13.

This book aims to identify and describe the practical key components of demand driven supply chains, and based on these components, develops a structured and integrated assessment framework that companies can use to assess their current and desired future supply chain states in light of the Demand Driven Supply Chain (DDSC) concepts.

This thesis focuses on the bottom-up design, construction and operation of supramolecular systems capable of behaving as devices and machines on the molecular scale, which is a topic of great interest in nanoscience and a fascinating challenge in nanotechnology.

Computational Geosciences with Mathematica is the only book written by a geologist specifically to show geologists and geoscientists how to use Mathematica to formulate and solve problems.

The intention of this booklet is a brief but general introduction into the treatment of the Finite Element Method (FEM).

This text presents the practical application of queueing theory results for the design and analysis of manufacturing and production systems.

The focus of this thesis is the computational modelling of transition metal bimetallic (nanoalloy) clusters.

Early in my career I was given the task of designing a sub-critical nuclear reactor facility that was to be used to perform basic research in the area of reactor physics.

This book discusses the architecture, functioning, and biomechanics of the human body, its bones, joints, muscles, tendons, and ligaments.

Advanced Finite Element Method in Structural Engineering systematically introduces the research work on the Finite Element Method (FEM), which was completed by Prof.

Electrical drives play an important part as electromechanical energy converters in transportation, materials handling and most production processes.

In today's world, smart cards play an increasingly important role in everyday life.

Das Buch analysiert die zentrale Rolle des Medien-, Telekommunikations- und IT-Sektors als Antriebsfaktoren auf dem Weg in eine digitale Wirtschaft: der Internet-Ökonomie.

This investigation is an outgrowth of my doctoral dissertation at Princeton University.

Computational Intelligence: Principles, Techniques and Applications presents both theories and applications of computational intelligence in a clear, precise and highly comprehensive style.

Discrete H Optimization is concerned with the study of H optimization for digital signal processing and discrete-time control systems.

DLP denotes a dynamic-linear modeling and optimization approach to computational decision support for resource planning problems that arise, typically, within the natural resource sciences and the disciplines of operations research and operational engineering.

Das Buch analysiert die zentrale Rolle von Medien, Telekommunikation und Informationstechnologie als Antriebsfaktoren auf dem Weg in eine digitale Wirtschaft: der Internet-Ökonomie.

The authors give a detailed summary about the fundamentals and the historical background of digital communication.

Whether it is nuclear power, geo-engineering or genetically modified foods, the development of new technologies can be fraught with complex ethical challenges and political controversy which defy simple resolution.

This dissertation contributes to the understanding of fundamental issues in the highly interdisciplinary field of colloidal science.

Today it appears that we understand more about the universe than about our interconnected socio-economic world.

This thesis focuses on the controlled synthesis of Pt-Ni bimetallic nanoparticles and the study of their catalytic properties.

This thesis studies the general heat conduction law, irreversible thermodynamics and the size effect of thermal conductivity exhibited in nanosystems from the perspective of recently developed thermomass theory.

This PhD thesis presents the latest research findings on nanofluid wetting kinetics, which has wide applications in nano/microscale processes and devices.

This book explains the operating principles of atomic force microscopy and scanning tunneling microscopy.

Der Einsatz unterschiedlicher Ein- und Ausgabegeräte (Scanner, Monitore, Druckmaschine, etc.

A lot of time and money is invested in collaborative research and development projects at universities, research institutes and companies.

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Computational Fluid Dynamics: An Introduction grew out of a von Karman Institute (VKI) Lecture Series by the same title ?

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Publication of this book is a special event.

Trade in counterfeit goods has developed into a substantial threat to many industries.

Evolution is Nature's design process.

The purpose of this book is to provide an introduction to the theories and techniques of multi-sensor data fusion.

Emulsions occur either as end products or during the processing of products in a huge range of areas including the food, agrochemical, pharmaceuticals, paints and oil industries.

Symmetry exists in realms from crystals to patterns, in external shapes of living or non-living objects, as well as in the fundamental particles and the physical laws that govern them.

Introduction and handbook to high- power laser-matter interaction, laser generated plasma, nonlinear waves, particle acceleration, nonlinear optics, nonlinear dynamics, radiation transport.

The present book covers the transport properties of superconductor/two dimensional electron gas Josephson junctions.

Recent advances in semiconductor technology have made it possible to fabricate microcavity structures in which both photon fields and electron-hole pairs (or excitons) are confined in a small volume comparable to their wavelength.