Transport technology and trades

This book combines core chapters on different aspects of sustainable transport and health, together with case studies of particular approaches to synthesise walking and health in cities around the globe.

This book focuses on the design of a multi-criteria automated vehicle longitudinal control system as an enhancement of the adaptive cruise control system.

Maritime Engineering and Technology includes the papers from the 1st International Conference on Maritime Technology and Engineering (MARTECH 2011, Lisbon, Portugal, 10-12 May 2011).

This book presents best selected research papers presented at Innovation in Sustainable Energy and Technology India (ISET 2020), organized by Energy Institute Bangalore (A unit of RGIPT, an Institute of National Importance), India, during 3-4 December 2020.

This is the remarkable story of how two brothers - Edouard and Andre Michelin - turned a sleepy, family tyre firm in the heart of rural France into one of the most innovative and successful industrial empires in the world.

NASA's Mercury astronauts were seven highly skilled professional test pilots.

This volume is the result of an international collaboration, which started with a conference at Smadalaro Gfrrd in Sweden.

This book gathers the outcomes of the second ECCOMAS CM3 Conference series on transport, which addressed the main challenges and opportunities that computation and big data represent for transport and mobility in the automotive, logistics, aeronautics and marine-maritime fields.

Resulting from the authors' deep research into these two pre-Shuttle astronaut groups, many intriguing and untold stories behind the selection process are revealed in the book.

This book explores the character and contours of the Asian Space Powers.

Blockchain provides an environment where technologies converge to provide numerous benefits.

This book is an ideal and practical resource on the potential impact Artificial Intelligence (AI) can have in space sciences and applications.

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It's easy to confuse (or forget) what particular lights, marks and shapes mean especially under stress or in the dark but with this handy book, help is quickly at hand.

With every deadly airplane disaster or near-miss, it becomes more and more clear that proper inspection and repair of all aircraft is essential to safety in the air.

Este libro Técnica del automóvil está destinado a la enseñanza en las Escuelas técnicas y profesionales, así como a la práctica en talleres del automóvil y como libro de consulta en la autoenseñanza.

This text presents a four-step approach for applying communicative concepts to driving automation, including: scoping, piloting, designing, and testing.

This book describes the reliability research results and experience of BeiDou navigation satellite in engineering development.

The Chinese Society of Aeronautics and Astronautics holds the Youth Science and Technology Forum biannually, which aims to assess the state of aviation science and technology, recognize advanced scientific and technological accomplishments, foster the development of young aviation science and technology talents, and provide a platform for young science and technology workers to track the frontier of science and technology, exchange novel ideas, and accurately meet the needs of the aviation industry.

This book outlines the development of safety and cybersecurity, threats and activities in automotive vehicles.

Esta monografía profundiza en el estudio de la fenomenología de la transmisión de calor en los Motres de Combustión Interna Alternativos (MCIA).

This book introduces the subject of probabilistic analysis to engineers and can be used as a reference in applying this technology.

This second edition deals comprehensively with all aspects of a ship's machinery from propulsion and steering to deck machinery and electrical equipment with a strong emphasis upon correct and safe procedures.

These proceedings highlight the latest advances in fundamental research, technologies and applications of hydrogen energy and fuel cells.

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This book contains contributions by colleagues, former students and friends of Professor Eli Reshotko in celebration of his 60th birth- day.

This book highlights the practical models and algorithms of earth observation satellite (EOS) task scheduling.

This successful book gives an introduction to the basics of aerothermodynamics, as applied in particular to winged re-entry vehicles and airbreathing hypersonic cruise and acceleration vehicles.

These proceedings present the latest information on intelligent- transportation technologies and their applications in real-world cases.

Ford FE engines, which were manufactured from the late 1950s all the way through the mid-1970s, were designated as the large-displacement engines in the Ford lineup.

Dieses Buch bietet eine umfassende und dennoch prägnante Darstellung der Rechenmethoden des Leichtbaus im Rahmen der Statik der Stab- und Balkentragwerke und ist in vier Abschnitte unterteilt.

This book systematically introduces readers to the core algorithms of battery management system (BMS) for electric vehicles.

The ongoing deregulation and liberalization of worldwide air transport markets confronts airport planners with an increasingly problematic context.

This book introduces unmanned aircraft systems traffic management (UTM) and how this new paradigm in traffic management integrates unmanned aircraft operations into national airspace systems.

This book presents select proceedings of the research symposium held as part of the 16th Urban Mobility India Conference and Expo 2023 (UMI 2023).

In this spellbinding account of an historic but troubled orbital mission, noted space historian Colin Burgess takes us back to an electrifying time in American history, when intrepid pioneers were launched atop notoriously unreliable rockets at the very dawn of human space exploration.

This textbook explains turbulent flows using an introductory but fundamental approach to teaching the core principles, striking a balance between theoretical and practical aspects of the topic without overwhelming the reader with mathematical detail.

On 1 September 1939, Germany invaded Poland.

On December 12, 1862, while patrolling Mississippi's Yazoo River, the ironclad USS Cairo struck a Confederate torpedo.

This is the first complete publication of a rare collection of letters and poems written from 1790 to 1792--many of which have never appeared in print--telling the true story of Peter Heywood, a young Royal Navy midshipman on H.

This book presents a systematic introduction to particle damping technologies, which can be used to effectively mitigate seismic-induced and wind-induced vibration in various structures.

High-speed flight is a major technological challenge for both commercial and business aviation.

This book presents a comprehensive overview of the recent advances in the domain of optimal guidance, exploring the characteristics of various optimal guidance algorithms and their pros and cons.

Spacecraft TT&C and Information Transmission Theory and Technologies introduces the basic theory of spacecraft TT&C (telemetry, track and command) and information transmission.

Hace más de tres décadas, las instituciones europeas se hicieron eco de la necesidad de hacer del ferrocarril un modo de transporte más atractivo en Europa.

Find Your Way at Sea, No Matter What Inherently interesting and fun to read .

Innovative Bridge Design Handbook: Construction, Rehabilitation, and Maintenance, Second Edition, brings together the essentials of bridge engineering across design, assessment, research and construction.

Ship Design and Performance for Masters and Mates is a quick to use, comprehensive reference that brings the key information needed to understand ship design and performance at your fingertips.