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Author Lesley Malone
Desire lines are the paths that people create through regular usage. They appear where people repeatedly choose to walk and usually signify a route from A to B that’s quicker than the formal path provided. In most cases they indicate the mismatch between what local people....
Release Date 2019/06 -
The Design Companion for Planning and Placemaking
Author TfL and TfL and UDL
This book is an essential primer to help those involved in planning secure higher standards of building, open space and neighbourhood design and the delivery of better places. The UK Government’s policy for design in the planning system is contained in the National Planni....
Release Date 2019/08 -
Author Dale Sinclair
The RIBA Plan of Work 2013 Guide: Design Management is part of a brand new series providing must-read practical guidance to running efficient and successful projects using the new RIBA Plan of Work 2013. Each guide takes a core project task – in this case the role of the ....
Release Date 2019/06 -
Author Simon Sturgis
Embodied and Whole Life Carbon will change the way buildings are designed, yet carbon emissions associated with the construction and life of buildings are not yet wholly understood by the profession. Energy is assumed to be the province of services engineers, yet energy f....
Release Date 2019/06 -
Sustainable Building Conservation
Author Oriel Prizeman
This book incorporates UK and international case studies and essays to identify the overlaps in the interests of energy and building conservation. The relevance and adjustments of qualitative and quantitative frames of reference are introduced, alongside the various exper....
Release Date 2019/07 -
Author Richard Fairhead
The RIBA Plan of Work 2013 Guide: Design Management is part of a brand new series providing must-read practical guidance to running efficient and successful projects using the new RIBA Plan of Work 2013. Each guide takes a core project task – in this case managing informa....
Release Date 2019/06 -
Mastering Elliott Wave Principle: Elementary Concepts, Wave Patterns, and Practice Exercises
Author Constance Brown
An innovative approach to applying Elliott Wave PrincipleBy convention, most Elliott Wave Principle (EWP) practitioners focus on individual market price movement. Connie Brown has a global reputation of developing analysis that focuses on the integration of global m....
Release Date 2012/05 -
Dielectric Materials for Electrical Engineering
Author Juan Martinez-Vega
Part 1 is particularly concerned with physical properties, electrical ageing and modeling with topics such as the physics of charged dielectric materials, conduction mechanisms, dielectric relaxation, space charge, electric ageing and life end models and dielectric ....
Release Date 2010/03 -
Bistatic SAR/GISAR/FISAR Geometry, Signal Models and Imaging Algorithms
Author Todor Pavlov Kostadinov , Andon Dimitrov Lazarov
Bistatic radar consists of a radar system which comprises a transmitter and receiver which are separated by a distance comparable to the expected target distance.This book provides a general theoretical description of such bistatic technology in the context of synth....
Release Date 2014/01 -
Bond Math: The Theory Behind the Formulas, + Website, 2nd Edition
Author Donald J. Smith
A bond calculation quick reference, complete with context and application insightsBond Math is a quick and easy resource that puts the intricacies of bond calculations into a clear and logical order. This simple, readable guide provides a handy reference, teaching t....
Release Date 2014/11 -
Power Electronics and Electric Drives for Traction Applications
Author Gonzalo Abad
Power Electronics and Electric Drives for Traction Applications offers a practical approach to understanding power electronics applications in transportation systems ranging from railways to electric vehicles and ships. It is an application-oriented book for the de....
Release Date 2016/11 -
Author Paul J. Nahin
Today complex numbers have such widespread practical use--from electrical engineering to aeronautics--that few people would expect the story behind their derivation to be filled with adventure and enigma. In An Imaginary Tale, Paul Nahin tells the 2000-year-old his....
Release Date 2010/02 -
Author John A. Hall
Civility is desirable and possible, but can this fragile ideal be guaranteed? The Importance of Being Civil offers the most comprehensive look at the nature and advantages of civility throughout history and in our world today. Esteemed sociologist John Hall expands ....
Release Date 2013/05 -
Author Tim P. Chartier
An inviting collection of fun, hands-on applications in mathematics and computingThis book provides a fun, hands-on approach to learning how mathematics and computing relate to the world around us and help us to better understand it. How can reposting on Twitter ki....
Release Date 2014/04 -
Essentials of Discrete Mathematics, 2nd Edition
Author Hunter
Essentials of Discrete Mathematics, Second Edition is the ideal text for a one-term discrete mathematics course to serve computer science majors as well as students from a wide range of other disciplines. It introduces students to the mathematical way of thinking, a....
Release Date 2010/12 -
Principles of Fourier Analysis, 2nd Edition
Author Kenneth B. Howell
Fourier analysis is one of the most useful and widely employed sets of tools for the engineer, the scientist, and the applied mathematician. As such, students and practitioners in these disciplines need a practical and mathematically solid introduction to its....
Release Date 2016/12 -
Helping College Students Succeed
Author Glenn Hirsch
Glenn Hirsch offers professionals a user-friendly, comprehensive resource book of theories and specific techniques that can be used to enhance college student success. Dr. Hirsch offers readers an integrated model for change that includes both holistic assessme....
Release Date 2013/06 -
PSpice for Filters and Transmission Lines
Author Paul Tobin
In this book, PSpice for Filters and Transmission Lines, we examine a range of active and passive filters where each design is simulated using the latest Cadence Orcad V10.5 PSpice capture software. These filters cannot match the very high order digital signal processing ....
Release Date 2007/06 -
Author Cho S. To
Engineering Dynamics is an introductory textbook covering the kinematics and dynamics of particles, systems of particles, and kinematics and dynamics of rigid bodies. It has been developed from lecture notes given by the author since 1982. It includes sufficient topics no....
Release Date 2018/07 -
Author Maria E. Holuszko , Amit Kumar , Denise C. R. Espinosa
Discover the latest technologies in the pursuit of zero-waste solutions in the electronics industry In Electronic Waste: Recycling and Reprocessing for a Sustainable Future, a team of expert sustainability researchers delivers a collection of resources that thoroughly e....
Release Date 2022/03 -
Author Warren Smith
Unlike the first edition, which was more a collection of lens designs for use in larger projects, the 2nd edition of Modern Lens Design is an optical “how-to.” Delving deep into the mechanics of lens design, optics legend Warren J. Smith reveals time-tested methods ....
Release Date 2004/10 -
Understanding Automotive Electronics, 7th Edition
Author William Ribbens
Understanding Automotive Electronics is the first port of call for control engineers, system engineers and electronic engineers in the automotive industry needing a thorough grounding in automotive electronics and control.From simple automotive electronic circuits t....
Release Date 2012/12 -
Computational Materials Engineering
Author Britta Nestler , Mark A Miodownik , Ernest Kozeschnik , Dierk Raabe , Koenraad Frans
Computational Materials Engineering is an advanced introduction to the computer-aided modeling of essential material properties and behavior, including the physical, thermal and chemical parameters, as well as the mathematical tools used to perform simulations. Its ....
Release Date 2010/07 -
Author James G. Speight
High Acid Crudes quickly gets the refinery manager and all other relative personnel up to date on this particular type of feedstock by providing an overview and relevant details of the identification of high acid crudes and their influence on the refinery’s process ....
Release Date 2014/04 -
Author William Sims Bainbridge
"William Bainbridge is an original thinker who navigates easily from social sciences to emerging technologies and societal aspirations. In this book, he brings to the reader all that is essential in the historic and rapid change toward science and technology converg....
Release Date 2007/06 -
Basic Technical Mathematics, 11th Edition
Author Allyn J. Washington , Richard Evans
For courses in technical and pre-engineering technical programs or other programs for which coverage of basic mathematics is required.The best-seller in technical mathematics gets an “Oh, wow!” updateThe 11th Edition of Basic Technical Mathematics is a bold revision of th....
Release Date 2017/01 -
Author Roger Hunt , Iain Boyd
This book is a celebration of good new design for old buildings and the SPAB philosophy that good new architecture can sit happily alongside old and is preferable to pastiche. Endorsing the value of architects who are engaged to work in the historic environment, this book....
Release Date 2019/07 -
Author Association for Project Safety
The new CDM regulations came into force on 6th April 2015 changing the face of pre-construction health and safety management on construction projects, large and small. This handbook provides a comprehensive road map to undertaking the new Principal Designer role brings pr....
Release Date 2019/07 -
Contemporary Vernacular Design
Author Clare Nash
This book presents 25 international housing schemes that draw on traditional vernacular principles whilst taking into account modern day materials, methods and financial or energy requirements. The aim is to show how, despite mass housing needs, we can design quality mode....
Release Date 2019/08 -
Guide to RIBA Domestic and Concise Building Contracts 2018
Author Sarah Lupton
This latest title from the author provides comprehensive guidance to RIBA's two updated building contracts: the RIBA Domestic Building Contract 2018 and the RIBA Concise Building Contract 2018. Introducing the contracts' features and benefits and covering all aspects of....
Release Date 2019/06