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Advances in Hybrid Conducting Polymer Technology
This book presents synthesis methods, characterization techniques, properties and applications of hybrid conducting polymers. Special emphasis is given to the applications of hybrid conductive polymers, with chapters ranging from electronic devices, environmental remediation, and sensors, to medical applications.
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- 978-3-030-62090-5
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- VIII, 345p.:Ill
- Series Title
- Engineering Materials
- Call Number
- 621.312 424 Adv
Sustainable Waste Utilization in Bricks, Concrete, and Cementitious Materials
This book highlights the current research, conceptual and practical utilization of waste in building materials. It examines the production of industrial and agricultural wastes that have been generated worldwide and have significant environmental impact. The book discusses how to incorporate these wastes effectively with greener technology and how to address its environmental impact in order to…
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- 1
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- 978-981-33-4918-6
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- xxiv, 280p.:Ill
- Series Title
- Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering
- Call Number
- 624.183 Sus
Thermomechanics & Infrared Imaging, Inverse Problem Methodologies and Mechani…
Residual Stress, Thermomechanics & Infrared Imaging and Inverse Problems, Volume 7 of the Proceedings of the 2020 SEM Annual Conference & Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, the seventh volume of sseven from the Conference, brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering. The collection presents early findings and case studies on a wide range of a…
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- 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-3-030-59864-8
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- viii, 104p.:Ill
- Series Title
- Conference Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series
- Call Number
- 620.11 Man
Polymer Insulation Applied for HVDC Transmission
This book focuses on polymer insulation as applied to HVDC transmission. It addresses both fundamental principles and engineering practice, with more weight placed on the latter. This is achieved by providing in-depth studies on a number of major topics such as DC insulation structure, DC insulation design, nanocomposites, modification, testing and performance evaluation. In turn, several typic…
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- 978-981-15-9731-2
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- XIV, 674p.:Ill
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- -
- Call Number
- 621.317 Pol
Durability of Springs
This book highlights the mechanics of the elastic elements made of steel alloys with focus on the metal springs for automotive industry. The industry and scientific organizations study intensively the foundations of design of spring elements and permanently improve the mechanical properties of spring materials. The development responsibilities of spring manufacturing company involve the optimal…
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- 978-3-030-59253-0
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- xxvii, 461p.:Ill
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- -
- Call Number
- 621.824 Kob d
Advances in Machining of Composite Materials
This book covers a wide range of conventional and non-conventional machining processes of various composite materials, including polymer and metallic-based composites, nanostructured composites and green/natural composites. It presents state-of-the-art academic work and industrial developments in material fabrication, machining, modelling and applications, together with current practices and re…
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- 978-3-030-71438-3
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- VI, 552p.:Ill
- Series Title
- Engineering Materials
- Call Number
- 620.118 Adv
Graded Elastic Metamaterials for Energy Harvesting
This book presents a complete framework for energy harvesting technologies based on graded elastic metamaterials. First, it provides a comprehensive survey of state-of-the-art research on metamaterials for energy harvesting and then explores the theoretical wave mechanics framework, going from inhomogeneous media to graded elastic metamaterials. The framework can be used to thoroughly analyse w…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-3-030-69060-1
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- VIII, 123p.:Ill
- Series Title
- SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology
- Call Number
- 621.042 Pon g
Fatigue, Durability, and Fracture Mechanics
This book presents selected papers presented during Fatigue Durability India 2019. The contents of this volume discuss advances in the field of fatigue, durability, and fracture, and cover mechanical failure and its applications. The chapters cover a wide spectrum of topics, including design, engineering, testing and computational evaluation of the components or systems for fatigue, durability,…
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- 978-981-15-4779-9
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- XV, 656p.:Ill
- Series Title
- Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering
- Call Number
- 620.112 6 See f
Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Industrial Engineering (IC…
This book highlights recent findings in industrial, manufacturing and mechanical engineering, and provides an overview of the state of the art in these fields, mainly in Russia and Eastern Europe. A broad range of topics and issues in modern engineering are discussed, including the dynamics of machines and working processes, friction, wear and lubrication in machines, surface transport and tech…
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- 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-3-030-54814-8
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- XVIII, 1277p.:Ill
- Series Title
- Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering
- Call Number
- 658.5 Pro
Smart Technologies for Sustainable Development
This book presents select papers from the International Conference on Smart Materials and Techniques for Sustainable Development (SMTS) 2019. The contents focus on a wide range of methods and techniques related to sustainable development fields like smart structures and materials, innovation in water resource development, optical fiber communication, green construction materials, optimization a…
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- 978-981-15-5001-0
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- XIII, 424p.:Ill
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 721 Sma
Proceedings of the 3rd RILEM Spring Convention and Conference (RSCC2020)
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…
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- 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-3-030-76547-7
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- XXV, 338p.:Ill
- Series Title
- RILEM Bookseries
- Call Number
- 620.11 Pro
Case Studies in Building Constructions
The book presents recent research and a collection of case studies and real-world experiences relating to building construction. Covering building rehabilitation, building diagnostics, service-life prediction and life-cycles, and hygrothermal behaviour, it bridges the gap between current approaches to the surveying of buildings and the detailed study of defect diagnosis, prognosis and remediati…
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- 1
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- 978-3-030-55893-2
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- VII, 154p.:Ill
- Series Title
- Building Pathology and Rehabilitation
- Call Number
- 691 Cas
Indian Geotechnical Conference 2019
This book comprises select proceedings of the annual conference of the Indian Geotechnical Society. The conference brings together research and case histories on various aspects of geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering. The book presents papers on geotechnical applications and case histories, covering topics such as (i) Characterization of Geomaterials and Physical Modelling; (ii) Found…
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- 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-981-33-6590-2
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- XIII, 150p.:Ill
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 624 Ind
Dynamic Behavior of Materials, Volume 1
Dynamic Behavior of Materials, Volume 1 of the Proceedings of the 2020 SEM Annual Conference & Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, the first volume of seven from the Conference, brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering. The collection presents early findings and case studies on fundamental and applied aspects of Experimental Mechanics, incl…
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- 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-3-030-59947-8
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- VIII, 99p.:Ill
- Series Title
- Conference Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series
- Call Number
- 620.112 92 Dyn
Contemporary Nanomaterials in Material Engineering Applications
This book covers remarkable contemporary nanomaterials such as carbon nanomaterials, nanoclays, quantum dots, MXene, and metal-organic frameworks. Each chapter discusses the synthesis techniques, characterization methods, properties, and the nanomaterials’ use in different aspects of biomedical, energy, polymers, material construction, biosensors, coatings, and catalysis. Moreover, commercial…
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- 1
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- 978-3-030-62761-4
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- viii, 343p.:Ill
- Series Title
- Engineering Materials
- Call Number
- 620.11 Con
Adaptronics – Smart Structures and Materials
Since the 1980s, scientists have been researching adaptive structures for materials, for multifunctional elements or even for complete systems. Adaptronics (smart materials, smart structures, smart systems) is a field of distinct interdisciplinarity. The book therefore offers an interdisciplinary view of adaptronic systems, materials and functional elements and their applications. The subject m…
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- 978-3-662-61399-3
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- XXIV, 455p.:Ill
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 624.1 Sin a
3D Printing Architecture
This book investigates how architectural design advances as a result of the rapid developments in 3D Printing. As this technology become more powerful, faster and cheaper, novel workflows are becoming available and revolutionizing all stages of the design process, from early spatial concepts, to subsequent project development, advanced manufacturing processes, and integration into functional bu…
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- 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-981-15-8388-9
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- XVII, 127p.:Ill
- Series Title
- SpringerBriefs in Architectural Design and Technology
- Call Number
- 693 Ban d
Experiment-Based Structural Mechanics
This textbook demonstrates theoretical principles and actual cases of structural mechanics. This book explains basic definitions of beam, frame, and truss which are widely used in the field of structure mechanics and also shows important engineering tests such as moment distribution, characteristics of member section, analysis of a truss, analysis of a statically indeterminate structure, and pr…
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- 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-981-15-8311-7
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- xxv, 143p.:Ill
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 624.17 Shi e
Analytical or Semi-analytical Solutions of Functionally Graded Material Struc…
This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the analysis of functionally graded materials and structures. Functionally graded materials (FGMs), in which the volume fractions of two or more constituent materials are designed to vary continuously as a function of position along certain direction(s), have been developed and studied over the past three decades. The major advantage of FGMs is…
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- 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-981-16-2004-1
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- xi, 286p.:Ill
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 620.118 Zho a
Strength of Materials
This fourth edition focuses on the basics and advanced topics in strength of materials. This is an essential guide to students, as several chapters have been rewritten and their scope has expanded. Four new chapters highlighting combined loadings, unsymmetrical bending and shear centre, fixed beams, and rotating rings, discs and cylinders have been added. New solved examples, multiple choice qu…
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- 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-3-030-59667-5
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- XXVII, 905p.:Ill
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 620.11 Sin s
Advances in Metrology and Measurement of Engineering Surfaces
This book presents the select proceedings of the International Conference on Functional Material, Manufacturing and Performances (ICFMMP) 2019. The book covers broad aspects of several topics involved in the metrology and measurement of engineering surfaces and their implementation in automotive, bio-manufacturing, chemicals, electronics, energy, construction materials, and other engineering ap…
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- 1
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- 978-981-15-5151-2
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- x, 269p.:Ill
- Series Title
- Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering
- Call Number
- 620.11 Adv
Innovations in Everyday Engineering Materials
This book provides an invaluable reference of materials engineering written for a broad audience in an engaging, effective way. Several stories explain how perseverance and organized research helps to discover new processes for making important materials and how new materials with unmatched properties are theoretically conceived, tested in the laboratory, mass produced and deployed for the ben…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-3-030-57612-7
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- X, 134p.:Ill
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 620.11 Dep i
Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Industrial Engineering (IC…
This book highlights recent findings in industrial, manufacturing and mechanical engineering, and provides an overview of the state of the art in these fields, mainly in Russia and Eastern Europe. A broad range of topics and issues in modern engineering are discussed, including the dynamics of machines and working processes, friction, wear and lubrication in machines, surface transport and tech…
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- 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-3-030-54817-9
- Collation
- xx, 1416p.:Ill
- Series Title
- Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering
- Call Number
- 658.5 Pro
Round-Robin Test on Creep Behaviour in Cracked Sections of FRC: Experimental …
The book presents the work of the RILEM Technical Committee 261-CCF, which organized the challenging International Round Robin Test (RRT) on the creep behaviour of Fibre Reinforce Concrete (FRC) cracked specimens. Although different creep test methodologies have been developed in recent years, the absence of a standardised creep methodology hindered general comparisons. Therefore, the RILEM TC …
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-3-030-72736-9
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- xxix, 284p.:Ill
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 620.137 7 Rou
Improving Road Pavement Characteristics
The book presents original technologies developed by the authors and existing Russian experience in study and application of technogenic raw materials (such as burnt rocks of mine dumps and ash-slag waste) to R&D of road constructions with high-strength properties and long-life operation. Another direction of the book is connected with finite-element modeling pavement constructions on different…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-3-030-59230-1
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- xv, 236p.:Ill
- Series Title
- Innovation and Discovery in Russian Science and Engineering
- Call Number
- 625.8 Imp
Bio-based Polymers and Nanocomposites
This book highlights the various types of polymer and nanocomposites that can be derived from biorenewable resources. It covers various aspects of biobased polymers and nanocomposites, including preparation, processing, properties, and performance, and the latest advances in these materials. It also includes recent findings from leading researchers in academia and industry, government, and …
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- 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-3-030-05825-8
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- xii, 272p.:Ill
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 620.115 Bio
Dynamic Behavior of Materials, Volume 1
Dynamic Behavior of Materials, Volume 1 of the Proceedings of the 2018 SEM Annual Conference & Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, the first volume of eight from the Conference, brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering. The collection presents early findings and case studies on fundamental and applied aspects of Experimental Mechanics, incl…
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- 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-3-319-95089-1
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- X, 367p.:Ill
- Series Title
- Conference Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series
- Call Number
- 620.1 Dyn
Mechanics of Soft Materials
This book provides a concise introduction to soft matter modelling, together with an up-to-date review of the continuum mechanical description of soft and biological materials, from the basics to the latest scientific materials. It also includes multi-physics descriptions, such as chemo-, thermo-, and electro-mechanical coupling. The new edition includes a new chapter on fractures as well as …
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- 978-981-13-8371-7
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- xiv, 167p.:Ill
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 620.112 92 Vol m
Antipodal Vivaldi Antennas for Microwave Imaging of Construction Materials an…
The research described here develops and applies novel, ultra-wideband (UWB) antipodal Vivaldi antennas for high-resolution detection of defects and damages in composite construction materials and structures using their microwave and millimeter wave imaging. The author examines the challenges of applying the UWB microwave technique in that the technique is dependent on the operating frequency u…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-3-030-05566-0
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- xvii, 137p.:Ill
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 621.384 135 Moo a
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…
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- 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-3-030-76551-4
- Collation
- xxvii, 480p.:Ill
- Series Title
- RILEM Bookseries
- Call Number
- 620.11 Pro
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