техническая литература
Design and Development of Aircraft Systems
Moir Ian
Now covering both conventional and unmanned systems, this is a significant update of the definitive book on aircraft system design Design and Development of Aircraft Systems, Second Edition is for people who want to understand how industry...
Uncertainty and Optimization in Structural Mechanics
Radi Bouchaib
Optimization is generally a reduction operation of a definite quantity. This process naturally takes place in our environment and through our activities. For example, many natural systems evolve, in order to minimize their potential energy....
Fundamentals of Wireless Sensor Networks. Theory and Practice
Poellabauer Christian
In this book, the authors describe the fundamental concepts and practical aspects of wireless sensor networks. The book provides a comprehensive view to this rapidly evolving field, including its many novel applications, ranging from protecting...
Energy Autonomous Micro and Nano Systems
Belleville Marc
Providing a detailed overview of the fundamentals and latest developments in the field of energy autonomous microsystems, this book delivers an in-depth study of the applications in the fields of health and usage monitoring in aeronautics,...
Polarimetric Scattering and SAR Information Retrieval
Xu Feng
Taking an innovative look at Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), this practical reference fully covers new developments in SAR and its various methodologies and enables readers to interpret SAR imagery An essential reference on polarimetric...
Damage Mechanics of Cementitious Materials and Structures
Dufour Frederic
The book, prepared in honor of the retirement of Professor J. Mazars, provides a wide overview of continuum damage modeling applied to cementitious materials. It starts from micro-nanoscale analyses, then follows on to continuum approaches and...
Functional Polymers by Post-Polymerization Modification. Concepts, Guidelines and Applications
Theato Patrick
n modern polymer science a variety of polymerization methods for the direct synthesis of polymers bearing functional groups are known. However, there is still a large number of functional groups that may either completely prevent polymerization...
Spacecraft Reliability and Multi-State Failures. A Statistical Approach
Saleh Joseph Homer
The aerospace community has long recognized and repeatedly emphasizes the importance of reliability for space systems. Despite this, little has been published in book form on the topic. Spacecraft Reliability and Multi-state Failures addresses...
Design and Synthesis of Conjugated Polymers
Morin Jean-Francois
This first systematic compilation of synthesis methods for different classes of polymers describes well-tested and reproducible procedures, thus saving time, money and chemicals. Each chapter presents the latest method for a specific class of...
Handbook of Engineering and Specialty Thermoplastics, Volume 4. Nylons
Thomas K. Sabu
This final volume in the Handbook of Engineering and Speciality Thermoplastics covers Nylons and details the developments of the last decade with respect to their polymerization, properties, synthesis, and applications. Volume 4 on Nylons is a...
Handbook of Engineering and Specialty Thermoplastics, Volume 3. Polyethers and Polyesters
Thomas K. Sabu
The book summarizes many of the recent technical research accomplishments in the area of engineering polymers, such as oxygen containing main chain polymers (Polyether and Polyesters). The book emphasizes the various aspects of preparation,...
Environmental Risk Assessment and Management from a Landscape Perspective
Kapustka Lawrence A.
An important guide to assessing and managing the environment from a landscape perspective Ecological relationships are nested within the landscape. Identifying the relevant spatial and temporal scales is critical for an effective understanding...
Solar Engineering of Thermal Processes
Beckman William A.
The updated fourth edition of the «bible» of solar energy theory and applications Over several editions, Solar Engineering of Thermal Processes has become a classic solar engineering text and reference. This revised Fourth Edition offers current...
Nondigestible Carbohydrates and Digestive Health
Paeschke Teresa M.
Featuring authors from academia as well as industry, this book provides a broad view of carbohydrates influencing digestive health. Part 1 is a general overview of carbohydrates that function as prebiotics or fermentable carbohydrates. Part 2 is...
Photonic Sensing. Principles and Applications for Safety and Security Monitoring
Xiao Gaozhi
A cutting-edge look at safety and security applications of photonic sensors With its many superior qualities, photonic sensing technology is increasingly used in early-detection and early-warning systems for biological hazards, structural flaws,...
Analysis and Synthesis of Fault-Tolerant Control Systems
Mahmoud Magdi S.
In recent years, control systems have become more sophisticated in order to meet increased performance and safety requirements for modern technological systems. Engineers are becoming more aware that conventional feedback control design for a...
Handbook of Biodegradable Polymers. Isolation, Synthesis, Characterization and Applications
Sisson Adam
A comprehensive overview of biodegradable polymers, covering everything from synthesis, characterization, and degradation mechanisms while also introducing useful applications, such as drug delivery systems and biomaterial-based regenerative...
Fatigue of Materials and Structures. Application to Damage and Design, Volume 2
Pineau Andr?
The design of mechanical structures with improved and predictable durability cannot be achieved without a thorough understanding of the mechanisms of fatigue damage and more specifically the relationships between the microstructure of materials...
Fatigue of Materials and Structures. Application to Design
Pineau Andr?
The design of mechanical structures with predictable and improved durability cannot be achieved without a thorough understanding of the mechanisms of fatigue damage and more specifically the relationships between the microstructure of materials...
Quality of Experience Engineering for Customer Added Value Services. From Evaluation to Monitoring
Cuadra-Sanchez Antonio
The main objective of the book is to present state-of-the-art research results and experience reports in the area of quality monitoring for customer experience management, addressing topics which are currently important, such as service-aware...
Recent Advances and New Species in Aquaculture
Phillips Bruce
This comprehensive, up-to-date text delivers the latest must-have information on species new to aquaculture and documents the most important technological innovations of the past decade. Every aspect of the growing field has been addressed with...
New Appoaches in the Process Industries. The Manufacturing Plant of the Future
Azzaro-Pantel Catherine
Competition from emerging and developing countries, challenges related to energy and water, the continuing increase in the global population and the obligation to be sustainable are all impacting developed countries such as the United States,...
Home Area Networks and IPTV
Letamendia Charlotte
The field of Home Area Networks (HAN), a dedicated residential subset of LAN technologies for home-based use, is fast becoming the next frontier for the communications industry. This book describes the various technologies involved in the...
Transients of Modern Power Electronics
Bai Hua
In high power, high voltage electronics systems, a strategy to manage short timescale energy imbalances is fundamental to the system reliability. Without a theoretical framework, harmful local convergence of energy can affect the dynamic process...
Managing the Documentation Maze. Answers to Questions You Didn't Even Know to Ask
Nettleton David
The accessible, easy-to-follow guide that demystifies documentation management When it comes to receiving documentation to confirm good science, U.S. and international regulators place high demands on the healthcare industry. As a result,...
RFID Handbook. Fundamentals and Applications in Contactless Smart Cards, Radio Frequency Identification and Near-Field Communication
Finkenzeller Klaus
This is the third revised edition of the established and trusted RFID Handbook; the most comprehensive introduction to radio frequency identification (RFID) available. This essential new edition contains information on electronic product code...
Innovative Software Development in GIS
Bucher Benedicte
At a time when people use more and more geographic information and tools, the management of geographical information in software systems still holds many challenges and motivates researchers from different backgrounds to propose innovative...
Mass Transfer Operations for the Practicing Engineer
Theodore Louis
An invaluable guide for problem solving in mass transfer operations This book takes a highly pragmatic approach to providing the principles and applications of mass transfer operations by offering a valuable, easily accessible guide to solving...
Biochemical Engineering. A Textbook for Engineers, Chemists and Biologists
Katoh Shigeo
Written by renowned professors drawing on their experience gained in the world's most innovative biotechnology market, Japan, this advanced textbook provides an excellent and comprehensive introduction to the latest developments in the field. It...
Negotiating Cultural Encounters. Narrating Intercultural Engineering and Technical Communication
Yu Han
Discusses the challenges of intercultural communication in engineering, technical, and related professional fields Given today's globalized technical and engineering environment, intercultural communication is an essential topic for engineers,...
Mobility Protocols and Handover Optimization. Design, Evaluation and Application
Schulzrinne Henning
This book provides a common framework for mobility management that considers the theoretical and practical aspects of systems optimization for mobile networks. In this book, the authors show how an optimized system of mobility management can...
Fluvial Remote Sensing for Science and Management
Pi?gay Herv?
This book offers a comprehensive overview of progress in the general area of fluvial remote sensing with a specific focus on its potential contribution to river management. The book highlights a range of challenging issues by considering a range...
Responsive Materials and Methods. State-of-the-Art Stimuli-Responsive Materials and Their Applications
Tiwari Ashutosh
The development of finely-tuned materials that adjust in a predictable manner by specific environment change is the recent arena of materials research. It is a newly emerging supra-disciplinary field with huge commercial potential....
Wireless Sensor and Actuator Networks. Algorithms and Protocols for Scalable Coordination and Data Communication
Stojmenovic Ivan
A mixture of theory, experiments, and simulations that provide qualitative and quantitative insights into the technology The important new technology of wireless sensor and actuator networks provides radically new communication and networking...
Understanding Electric Power Systems. An Overview of the Technology, the Marketplace, and Government Regulations
Casazza Jack
Technological advances and changes in government policy and regulation have altered the electric power industry in recent years and will continue to impact it for quite some time. Fully updated with the latest changes to regulation, structure,...
Supramolecular Chemistry of Fullerenes and Carbon Nanotubes
Mart?n Nazario
Collating our current knowledge and the latest developments for enabling breakthrough discoveries, this book focuses on the synthesis and applications of materials that are based on supramolecular assemblies of carbon nanostructures, with an...
Handbook of Neutron Optics
Utsuro Masahiko
Written by authors with an international reputation, acknowledged expertise and teaching experience, this is the most up-to-date resource on the field. The text is clearly structured throughout so as to be readily accessible, and begins by...
Functional Food Product Development
Charter Edward
According to an August 2009 report from PricewaterhouseCoopers, the United States market for functional foods in 2007 was US$ 27 billion. Forecasts of growth range from between 8.5% and 20% per year, or about four times that of the food industry...
Bioactive Compounds in Foods
Gilbert John
Inherent toxicants and processing contaminants are both non-essential, bioactive substances whose levels in foods can be difficult to control. This volume covers both types of compound for the first time, examining their beneficial as well as...
Engineering Project Appraisal
Duffy Aidan
In most cases of civil engineering development, a range of alternative schemes meeting project goals are feasible, so some form of evaluation must be carried out to select the most appropriate to take forward. Evaluation criteria usually include...
Practical Reliability Engineering
O'Connor Patrick
With emphasis on practical aspects of engineering, this bestseller has gained worldwide recognition through progressive editions as the essential reliability textbook. This fifth edition retains the unique balanced mixture of reliability theory...
Electrical Distribution Networks
Sabonnadi?re Jean-Claude
This book describes the fundamental aspects of the new generation of electrical distribution grids, taking as its starting point the opportunities that exist for restructuring existing infrastructure. It emphasizes the incorporation of renewable...
Corrosion Chemistry
Cicek Volkan
Corrosion Chemistry details the scientific background of the corrosion process and contemporary applications for dealing with corrosion for engineers and scientists, covering the most recent breakthroughs and trends. Corrosion is in essence a...
Rockfall Engineering
Lambert St?phane
Rockfall Engineering is an up-to-date, international picture of the state of the art in rockfall engineering. The three basic stages of rockfalls are considered: the triggering stage, the motion stage, and the interaction with a structure stage;...
Smart Grids
Sabonnadi?re Jean-Claude
On a worldwide basis, the development of SmartGrids is a consistent answer to the problem of an efficient and sustainable delivery of electric energy through distribution grids. SmartGrids are a combination of information and communication...
Practical Food Safety. Contemporary Issues and Future Directions
Bhat Rajeev
The past few years have witnessed an upsurge in incidences relating to food safety issues, which are all attributed to different factors. Today, with the increase in knowledge and available databases on food safety issues, the world is...
Aquaculture, Resource Use, and the Environment
McNevin Aaron
Aquaculture, Resource Use, and the Environment places aquaculture within the larger context of global population growth, increased demand for sustainable, reliable sources of food, and the responsible use of natural resources. Aquaculture...
Baugruben. Berechnungsverfahren
Hettler Achim
The book deals with the structural design of temporary excavation support and the dimensioning of excavation support walls and their individual components. Completely calculated examples explain the application of the procedures described in the book.
Energy Geostructures. Innovation in Underground Engineering
Laloui Lyesse
Energy geostructures are a tremendous innovation in the field of foundation engineering and are spreading rapidly throughout the world. They allow the procurement of a renewable and clean source of energy which can be used for heating and...
Electrical Energy Efficiency. Technologies and Applications
Sumper Andreas
The improvement of electrical energy efficiency is fast becoming one of the most essential areas of sustainability development, backed by political initiatives to control and reduce energy demand. Now a major topic in industry and the electrical...
