Shirley Muldowney not only broke the gender barrier in the National Hot Rod Association in the 1970s, but she also completely rewrote the record books in Top Fuel Eliminator, drag racings quickest and fastest category.
In Flat Out and Half Turned Over, driving phenomenon Buddy Baker details the most hilarious collection of racing stories, memories, and anecdotes ever published.
Inverse Differential Quadrature Method and its Application in Engineering Authoritative reference introducing iDQM as a numerical tool to accurately perform high fidelity analyses efficiently for solving problems in engineering governed by higher-order ordinary and partial differential equations.
';Entertaining and engrossing' Sean Carroll Press the snooze button on your alarm once too often and you soon remember the importance of good timekeeping.
In Magnolias, Sweet Tea, and Exhaust, Carole Townsend goes to ground with NASCAR, following the races at Southern tracks from one to the next, learning about the sport and the culture of NASCAR as she goes.
This book provides a simple and unified approach to the mechanics of discontinuous-fibre reinforced composites, and introduces readers as generally as possible to the key concepts regarding the mechanics of elastic stress transfer, intermediate modes of stress transfer, plastic stress transfer, fibre pull-out, fibre fragmentation and matrix rupture.
This book deals with the ethics of technology and addresses specific ethical problems related to some emerging technologies, mainly in the field of computer science (from machine learning models to extracting value from data to human-robot interaction).
This book deals with the ethics of technology and addresses specific ethical problems related to some emerging technologies, mainly in the field of computer science (from machine learning models to extracting value from data to human-robot interaction).
Featuring stunning full-colour photography from both personal collections of astronauts and NASA s archives, the human story of space is told through intimate and powerful testimonies from the astronauts, scientists, engineers and space tourists who have lived it.
The book offers novel research results of sequential intelligent dynamic system modeling and control in a unified framework from theory proposals to real applications.
Get completely up to date on the masonry requirements in the TMS 402 Building Code Requirements for Masonry StructuresMasonry Structural Design, Third Edition provides the information and insights you need to ensure that beams, columns, walls, and other building elements are designed to exceed ASCE 7 factored loads.
Introduction to all types of hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs), with coverage of fundamentals, applications, and the latest industry technologies Hybrid Electric Vehicles: Principles and Applications with Practical Perspectives provides an introduction to hybrid vehicles, from hybrid-electric, hybrid-hydraulic, and plug-in hybrid-electric vehicles to fuel-cell vehicles and off-road hybrid vehicular systems.
This book provides information on sustainable water resource management strategies that present innovative ways to conserve both quality and quantity of water in developing countries.
Understand applied statistics and its application in biology research Biology and its related sciences generate prodigious quantities of data through experimentation and observation.
Discover the big picture on building construction materials and methods in this fully-updated eighth edition of the leading text on the subject The construction of buildings depends on the contributions of professionals from diverse fields, including architecture, construction management, civil and structural engineering, and more.
Standard Methods for Aerospace Stress Analysis Create safer, more reliable planes with this crucial guide Aerospace Stress Analysis is the field of research and engineering that evaluates stresses and strains on aerospace structures.
Technical insights on the vital aspects of hardware and software components in modern wireless system design Introduction to Wireless System Design: From Circuits to Web-based Applications provides an introductory level overview for readers to acquire technical insights on the most important aspects of modern wireless system design from an industrial and practical perspective.
Understand applied statistics and its application in biology research Biology and its related sciences generate prodigious quantities of data through experimentation and observation.
Discover the big picture on building construction materials and methods in this fully-updated eighth edition of the leading text on the subject The construction of buildings depends on the contributions of professionals from diverse fields, including architecture, construction management, civil and structural engineering, and more.
Technical insights on the vital aspects of hardware and software components in modern wireless system design Introduction to Wireless System Design: From Circuits to Web-based Applications provides an introductory level overview for readers to acquire technical insights on the most important aspects of modern wireless system design from an industrial and practical perspective.
Standard Methods for Aerospace Stress Analysis Create safer, more reliable planes with this crucial guide Aerospace Stress Analysis is the field of research and engineering that evaluates stresses and strains on aerospace structures.
En un mundo donde la tecnología avanza a pasos agigantados, la creatividad y la curiosidad se convierten en las llaves para explorar nuevas posibilidades.
Los Ensayos No Destructivos son metodos que permiten ensayar materiales, piezas y componentes sin destruirlos, de forma que determinen si estos elementos son utilizables para un determinado fin o no.
"e;Este libro pretende proporcionar una vision estructurada de los principios generales en que se basa la Inspeccion Visual de los objetos industriales, tanto durante su proceso de fabricacion y comercializacion, como en la verificacion del estado de piezas, mecanismos y sistemas, una vez en servicio.
En el desarrollo del texto se realiza una descripción de las instalaciones de gas natural y envasado, introduciendo conceptos e información complementada con abundante material gráfico, de manera tal que agiliza su lectura y permite una mejor comprensión de los temas tratados, incorporándose en esta edición planos con colores reglamentarios.
A timely and authoritative update to a leading text on the applied electromagnetics of transmission lines In the newly revised second edition of Applied Electromagnetics: Early Transmission Lines Approach, experienced engineer and professor Stuart Wentworth delivers an up-to-date and authoritative discussion of the electromagnetic foundations of signal transmission.