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Mathematical Magnetohydrodynamics
Author Nikolas Xiros
Fundamentals of mathematical magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) start with definitions of major variables and parameters in MHD fluids (also known as MHD media) and specifically plasmas encountered in nature as well as in engineering sytems, e.g., metallurgy or thermonuclear fusi....
Release Date 2018/01 -
Hole-Drilling Method for Measuring Residual Stresses
Author Gary S. Schajer , Philip S. Whitehead , Kristin B. Zim
This book describes the theory and practice of the Hole-Drilling Method for measuring residual stresses in engineering components. Such measurements are important because residual stresses have a "hidden" character because they exist locked-in within a material, independe....
Release Date 2018/01 -
Solving Practical Engineering Mechanics Problems
Author Sayavur I. Bakhtiyarov
Engineering Mechanics is one of the fundamental branches of science which is important in the education of professional engineers of any major. Most of the basic engineering courses, such as mechanics of materials, fluid and gas mechanics, machine design, mechatron....
Release Date 2018/04 -
Author Cesar A. Sciammarella , Kristin B. Zimmerman
The field of Experimental Mechanics has evolved substantially over the past 100 years. In the early years, the field was primarily comprised of applied physicists, civil engineers, railroad engineers, and mechanical engineers. The field defined itself by those who invente....
Release Date 2018/04 -
Solving Practical Engineering Mechanics Problems
Author Sayavur I. Bakhtiyarov
Engineering Mechanics is one of the fundamental branches of science that is important in the education of professional engineers of any major. Most of the basic engineering courses, such as mechanics of materials, fluid and gas mechanics, machine design, mechatroni....
Release Date 2018/05 -
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 Shuichi Fukuda
Early in the 20th century, our world was small and closed with boundaries. And, there were no appreciable changes. Therefore, we could foresee the future. These days, however, we could apply mathematical rationality and solve problems without any difficulty.As our world b....
Release Date 2018/08 -
Robust Control of DC-DC Converters
Author Farzin Asadi , Jerry Hudgins
DC-DC converters require negative feedback to provide a suitable output voltage or current for the load. Obtaining a stable output voltage or current in the presence of disturbances like input voltage changes and/or output load changes seems impossible without some form o....
Release Date 2018/08 -
Computer Techniques for Dynamic Modeling of DC-DC Power Converters
Author Farzin Asadi , Jerry Hudgins
Computers play an important role in the analyzing and designing of modern DC-DC power converters. This book shows how the widely used analysis techniques of averaging and linearization can be applied to DC-DC converters with the aid of computers. Obtained dynamical equati....
Release Date 2018/08 -
Essential Engineering Thermodynamics
Author Yumin Zhang
Engineering Thermodynamics is a core course for students majoring in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. Before taking this course, students usually have learned Engineering Mechanics—Statics and Dynamics, and they are used to solving problems with calculus and d....
Release Date 2018/09 -
Anywhere-Anytime Signals and Systems Laboratory, 2nd Edition
Author Nasser Kehtarnavaz , Fatemeh Saki , Adrian Duran
A typical undergraduate electrical engineering curriculum incorporates a signals and systems course. The widely used approach for the laboratory component of such courses involves the utilization of MATLAB to implement signals and systems concepts. This lecture series boo....
Release Date 2018/11 -
Analytical Techniques for Solving Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations
Author Daniel J. Arrigo , Steven G. Krantz
This is an introduction to methods for solving nonlinear partial differential equations (NLPDEs).After the introduction of several PDEs drawn from science and engineering, the reader is introduced to techniques used to obtain exact solutions of NPDEs. The chapters include....
Release Date 2019/06 -
Dynamic Stability and Control of Tripped and Untripped Vehicle Rollover
Author Zhilin Jin , Bin Li , Jingxuan Li , Amir
Vehicle rollover accidents have been a serious safety problem for the last three decades.Although rollovers are a small percentage of all traffic accidents, they do account for a large proportion of severe and fatal injuries. Specifically, some large passenger vehicles, s....
Release Date 2019/05 -
Solving Practical Engineering Mechanics Problems
Author Sayavur I. Bakhtiyarov
Engineering Mechanics is one of the fundamental branches of science which is important for the education of professional engineers regardless of major.Most of the basic engineering courses, such as mechanics of materials, fluid and gas mechanics, machine design, mechatron....
Release Date 2019/06 -
Author Chen Tang , Amir Khajepour
To resolve the urban transportation challenges like congestion, parking, fuel consumption, and pollution, narrow urban vehicles which are small in footprint and light in their gross weight are proposed.Apart from the narrow cabin design, these vehicles are featured by the....
Release Date 2019/07 -
Tunable Materials with Applications in Antennas and Microwaves
Author John N. Sahalos , George A. Kyriacou , Constantine A.
Tunable Materials with Applications in Antennas and Microwaves is a stimulating topic in these modern times.With the explosion of the new generation of the wireless world, greater emphasis than ever before is being placed on the analysis and applications of modern materia....
Release Date 2019/09 -
Fast Start Differential Calculus
Author Daniel Ashlock , Steven G. Krantz
This book reviews the algebraic prerequisites of calculus, including solving equations, lines, quadratics, functions, logarithms, and trig functions.It introduces the derivative using the limit-based definition and covers the standard function library and the product, quo....
Release Date 2019/09 -
Author Daniel Ashlock , Steven G. Krantz
This book introduces integrals, the fundamental theorem of calculus, initial value problems, and Riemann sums.It introduces properties of polynomials, including roots and multiplicity, and uses them as a framework for introducing additional calculus concepts including New....
Release Date 2019/09 -
Author Daniel Ashlock , Steven G. Krantz
This book continues the material in two early Fast Start calculus volumes to include multivariate calculus, sequences and series, and a variety of additional applications.These include partial derivatives and the optimization techniques that arise from them, including Lag....
Release Date 2019/09 -
Reliability-Based Mechanical Design, Volume 1
Author Xiaobin Le
A component will not be reliable unless it is designed with required reliability.Reliability-Based Mechanical Design uses the reliability to link all design parameters of a component together to form a limit state function for mechanical design. This design methodology us....
Release Date 2019/10 -
Reliability-Based Mechanical Design, Volume 2
Author Xiaobin Le
A component will not be reliable unless it is designed with required reliability.Reliability-Based Mechanical Design uses the reliability to link all design parameters of a component together to form a limit state function for mechanical design. This design methodology us....
Release Date 2019/10 -
Cognitive Fusion for Target Tracking
Author Ioannis Kyriakides , Andreas Spanias
The adaptive configuration of nodes in a sensor network has the potential to improve sequential estimation performance by intelligently allocating limited sensor network resources.In addition, the use of heterogeneous sensing nodes provides a diversity of information that....
Release Date 2019/09 -
The Integrated Test Analysis Process for Structural Dynamic Systems
Author Robert N. Coppolino , Kristin B. Zimmerman
Over the past 60 years, the U.S. aerospace community has developed, refined, and standardized an integrated approach to structural dynamic model verification and validation.One name for this overall approach is the Integrated Test Analysis Process (ITAP) for structural dy....
Release Date 2019/11 -
Bifurcation Dynamics of a Damped Parametric Pendulum
Author Yu Guo , Albert C.J. Luo
The inherent complex dynamics of a parametrically excited pendulum is of great interest in nonlinear dynamics, which can help one better understand the complex world.Even though the parametrically excited pendulum is one of the simplest nonlinear systems, until now, compl....
Release Date 2019/12 -
3D Electro-Rotation of Single Cells
Author Liang Huang , Wenhui Wang
Dielectrophoresis microfluidic chips have been widely used in various biological applications due to their advantages of convenient operation, high throughput, and low cost.However, most of the DEP microfluidic chips are based on 2D planar electrodes which have some limit....
Release Date 2019/12 -
Author John Beaver
A brief overview of astronomy and cosmology is presented in five different ways, through the lenses of space, time, evolution, process, and structure.Specific topics are chosen for their contribution to a "big picture" understanding of the interconnectedness of knowledge ....
Release Date 2020/01 -
Relativistic Classical Mechanics and Electrodynamics
Author Martin Land , Lawrence P. Horwitz
This book presents classical relativistic mechanics and electrodynamics in the Feynman-Stueckelberg event-oriented framework formalized by Horwitz and Piron.The full apparatus of classical analytical mechanics is generalized to relativistic form by replacing Galilean cova....
Release Date 2019/12 -
Cyber-Physical Vehicle Systems
Author Chen Lv , Yang Xing , Junzhi Zhang , Dong
This book studies the design optimization, state estimation, and advanced control methods for cyber-physical vehicle systems (CPVS) and their applications in real-world automotive systems.First, in Chapter 1, key challenges and state-of-the-art of vehicle design and contr....
Release Date 2020/01 -
Author Joseph Choma
Cylinders, spheres and cubes are a small handful of shapes that can be defined by a single word. However, most shapes cannot be found in a dictionary. They belong to an alternative plastic world defined by trigonometry: a mathematical world where all shapes can be d....
Release Date 2015/01 -
Advances in Batteries for Medium and Large-Scale Energy Storage
Author T Lim , M Skyllas-Kazacos , C Menictas
As energy produced from renewable sources is increasingly integrated into the electricity grid, interest in energy storage technologies for grid stabilisation is growing. This book reviews advances in battery technologies and applications for medium and large-....
Release Date 2014/12