POLYMERS AND MULTICOMPONENT POLYMERIC SYSTEMS THERMAL, THERMO-MECHANICAL AND …

In recent years, multicomponent polymers have generated much interest due to their excellent properties, unique morphology and high-end applications. Book focusses on thermal, thermo-mechanical and dielectric analysis of polymers and multicomponent polymeric systems like blends, interpenetrating polymeric networks (IPNs), gels, polymer composites, and nanocomposites. Through these analyses, it …

Proceedings of the 3rd RILEM Spring Convention and Conference (RSCC 2020)

This book gathers peer-reviewed contributions presented at the 3rd RILEM Spring Convention and Conference, held at Guimarães and hosted by the University of Minho, Portugal, on March 9-14, 2020. The theme of the Conference was “Ambitioning a Sustainable Future for Built Environment: comprehensive strategies for unprecedented challenges”, which was aimed at discussing current challenges and…

Recent Advances in Gearing : Scientific Theory and Applications

This book presents the most up-to-date accomplishments in gear design and gear production, detailing theory of gearing and its application. As an enormous number of gears are used in such sectors as automobiles, aerospace, machines, and similar industries, even a very small improvement in the gear design or production, for example a 10 cent savings on each gear, can result in huge of savings in…

Practical Channel-Aware Resource Allocation : With MATLAB and Python Code

This book dives into radio resource allocation optimizations, a research area for wireless communications, in a pragmatic way and not only includes wireless channel conditions but also incorporates the channel in a simple and practical fashion via well-understood equations. Most importantly, the book presents a practical perspective by modeling channel conditions using terrain-aware propagation…

Mechanical Measurements

This book focuses both on the basics and more complex topics in mechanical measurements such as measurement errors & statistical analysis of data, regression analysis, heat flux, measurement of pressure, and radiation properties of surfaces. End of chapter problems, solved illustrations, and exercise problems are presented throughout the book to augment learning. It is a useful reference for st…

Healthcare and Biomedical Technology in the 21st Century: An Introduction for…

Healthcare and Biotechnology in the 21st Century: Concepts and Case Studies introduces students not pursuing degrees in science or engineering to the remarkable new applications of technology now available to physicians and their patients and discusses how these technologies are evolving to permit new treatments and procedures. The book also elucidates the societal and ethical impacts of advan…

Genetic and Evolutionary Computing: Proceedings of the Seventh International …

This volume of Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing contains accepted papers presented at ICGEC 2013, the 7th International Conference on Genetic and Evolutionary Computing. The conference this year was technically co-sponsored by The Waseda University in Japan, Kaohsiung University of Applied Science in Taiwan, and VSB-Technical University of Ostrava. ICGEC 2013 was held in Prague, Cz…

Mechanics and Model-Based Control of Advanced Engineering Systems

Mechanics and Model-Based Control of Advanced Engineering Systems collects 32 contributions presented at the International Workshop on Advanced Dynamics and Model Based Control of Structures and Machines, which took place in St. Petersburg, Russia in July 2012. The workshop continued a series of international workshops, which started with a Japan-Austria Joint Workshop on Mechanics and Model Ba…

Online Damage Detection in Structural Systems: Applications of Proper Orthogo…

This monograph assesses in depth the application of recursive Bayesian filters in structural health monitoring. Although the methods and algorithms used here are well established in the field of automatic control, their application in the realm of civil engineering has to date been limited. The monograph is therefore intended as a reference for structural and civil engineers who wish to conduct…

Concise Dictionary of Engineering: A Guide to the Language of Engineering

This essential reference defines the principle and most commonly used terms found in engineering documents and drawings across multiple disciplines and explains them in plain, unambiguous English. Concise Dictionary of Engineering: A Guide to the Language of Engineering also distinguishes how some terms take on different meanings in different engineering contexts—critical knowledge when worki…

Immersive Technology in Smart Cities : Augmented and Virtual Reality in IoT

This book presents recent trends and enhancements in the convergence of immersive technology and smart cities. The authors discuss various domains such as medical education, construction, brain interface, interactive storytelling, edification, and journalism in relation to combining smart cities, IoT and immersive technologies. The book sets up a medium to promulgate insights and in depth under…

Innovations in Industrial Engineering

This book covers a variety of topics in the field of industrial engineering, with a special focus on research and industrial applications aimed at both improving quality of processes and products and contributing to a sustainable economy. Based on a set of papers presented at the 1st International Conference “Innovation in Engineering”, ICIE, held in Guimarães, Portugal, on June 28–30, 2…

Fundamentals of IoT Communication Technologies

This textbook explores all of the protocols and technologies essential to IoT communication mechanisms. Geared towards an upper-undergraduate or graduate level class, the book is presented from a perspective of the standard layered architecture with special focus on protocol interaction and functionality. The IoT protocols are presented and classified based on physical, link, network, transport…

Neural Network-Based Adaptive Control of Uncertain Nonlinear Systems

The focus of this book is the application of artificial neural networks in uncertain dynamical systems. It explains how to use neural networks in concert with adaptive techniques for system identification, state estimation, and control problems. The authors begin with a brief historical overview of adaptive control, followed by a review of mathematical preliminaries. In the subsequent chapters,…

Innovations in Mechanical Engineering

This book comprises select proceedings of the International Conference on Innovations in Mechanical Engineering (ICIME 2021). It presents innovative ideas and new findings in the field of mechanical engineering. Various topics covered in this book are aerospace engineering, automobile engineering, thermal engineering, renewable energy sources, bio-mechanics, fluid mechanics, MEMS, mechatronics,…

Advances in Assessment and Modeling of Earthquake Loss

This open access book originates from an international workshop organized by Turkish Natural Catastrophe Insurance Pool (TCIP) in November 2019 that gathered renown researchers from academia, representatives of leading international reinsurance and modeling companies as well as government agencies responsible of insurance pricing in Turkey. The book includes chapters related to post-earthquake …

Finite Elements in Structural Analysis

The book introduces the basic concepts of the finite element method in the static and dynamic analysis of beam, plate, shell and solid structures, discussing how the method works, the characteristics of a finite element approximation and how to avoid the pitfalls of finite element modeling. Presenting the finite element theory as simply as possible, the book allows readers to gain the knowledge…

EASEC16

This book presents articles from The 16th East Asian-Pacific Conference on Structural Engineering and Construction, 2019, held in Brisbane, Australia. It provides a forum for professional engineers, academics, researchers and contractors to present recent research and developments in structural engineering and construction.​

Hygrothermal Behaviour and Building Pathologies

This book presents recent research in the area of construction pathology, hygrothermal behaviour of buildings, service life and diagnostic techniques, and highlights the latest developments in building physics, hygrothermal behaviour, durability and numerical models applied to building materials analysis. Discussing the state of the art in the field, and covering topics relevant to variety of e…

Proceedings of the 5th Brazilian Technology Symposium

Edition

1

ISBN/ISSN

978-3-030-57548-9

Collation

xxi, 652p.:Ill.

Series Title

-

Call Number

600 Pro

Belief Reliability Theory and Methodology

Edition

1

ISBN/ISSN

978-981-16-0823-0

Collation

xi, 187p.:Ill.

Series Title

-

Call Number

620.004 52 Kan b

Proceedings of the Indian Geotechnical Conference 2019

Edition

1

ISBN/ISSN

978-981-33-6564-3

Collation

xvii, 929p.:Ill.

Series Title

-

Call Number

624.15 Pro

Flow Modelling and Control in Pipeline Systems

Edition

1

ISBN/ISSN

978-3-030-59246-2

Collation

xiv, 198p.:Ill.

Series Title

-

Call Number

621.867 2 Raz f

Fiber Concrete

Edition

1

ISBN/ISSN

978-3-658-34481-8

Collation

xii, 267p.:Ill.

Series Title

-

Call Number

620.137 Wie f

Advances in Mechanical Engineering, Materials and Mechanics

Edition

1

ISBN/ISSN

978-3-030-52071-7

Collation

xiii, 465p.:Ill.

Series Title

-

Call Number

621 Adv

Advances in Smart Communication Technology and Information Processing

Edition

-

ISBN/ISSN

978-981-15-9433-5

Collation

xxx, 484p.:Ill.

Series Title

-

Call Number

621.382 Adv

Modelling in Engineering 2020: Applied Mechanics

Edition

1

ISBN/ISSN

978-3-030-68455-6

Collation

ix, 289p.:Ill.

Series Title

-

Call Number

620.1 Mod

Recent Advances in Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Energy

Edition

1

ISBN/ISSN

978-3-030-72208-1

Collation

vii, 308p.:Ill.

Series Title

-

Call Number

621.3 Rec

Trends in Civil Engineering and Challenges for Sustainability

Edition

1

ISBN/ISSN

978-981-15-6828-2

Collation

xx, 880p.:Ill

Series Title

-

Call Number

624 Tre

Elements of Nonequilibrium Statistical Mechanics

Edition

-

ISBN/ISSN

978-3-030-62233-6

Collation

xix, 314p.:Ill.

Series Title

-

Call Number

530.13 Bal