Ultrasonic Processes and Machines: Dynamics, Control and Applications


V. K. Astashev, V. I. Babitsky, «Ultrasonic Processes and Machines: Dynamics, Control and Applications»
Springer Berlin Heidelberg | ISBN: 3642091245 | 2009 | PDF | 344 pages | 8.61 MB

This work presents the foundations of dynamic and control for ultrasonic processing systems.This book considers ultrasonic systems as special vibratory machines that function by exploiting nonlinear dynamic processes. Recommendations are given for designing and tuning ultrasonic machines. The ultrasonic machines analysed are predominantly concerned with the processing of solids. Applications include: ultrasonic erosion, ultrasonic hardening, ultrasonic welding, ultrasonically assisted plastic deformation, ultrasonically assisted turning, and ultrasonically assisted drilling.


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Nikon D90 For Dummies



Nikon D90 For Dummies
Publisher: For Dummies | ISBN: 0470457724 | edition 2009 | PDF | 340 pages | 14,3 mb

Your Nikon D90 digital camera offers professional-quality features like 11-point autofocus, Live View, and the ability to shoot HD video. Take full advantage of every feature with Nikon D90 For Dummies! This fun and easy guide helps you understand and use all the dials and modes, manage photo size and quality, take creative control with manual settings, and share your images in print or online.
With this full-color book, getting great shots is a snap. You’ll learn to:
* Format memory cards, use Live View, create custom settings, and change lenses
* Use thumbnail and calendar displays and picture data, and get tips for inspecting your photos
* Control aperture, shutter speed, and ISO; work with active D-lighting; and use various flash modes
* Take control of lighting, exposure, and color
* Set up, shoot, and review photos using the viewscreen
* Record HD video, including sound, and know what your D90 can and can’t do
* Download, organize, and archive your images, share them in prints, e-mails, or slide shows, and use Nikon’s photo management software
* Decide when you should use JPEG and when to use NEF
* Adjust resolution for optimum print quality or file size
Photographic expert Julie Adair King also shares secrets for getting the best point-and-shoot pictures, why you might not want to use the top image quality setting, and much more. Grab your Nikon D90 and Nikon D90 For Dummies, and start shooting!





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Ultrahigh-Speed Optical Transmission Technology



Hans-Georg Weber, Masataka Nakazawa, «Ultrahigh-Speed Optical Transmission Technology»
Springer Berlin Heidelberg | ISBN: 3642062822 | 2009 | PDF | 488 pages | 30.2 MB

Ultrahigh-speed optical transmission technology is a key technology for increasing the communication capacity. In optical fibre networks, the number of wavelength channels and the bit rate per wavelength channel, i.e. the TDM (Time Division Multiplexing) bit rate, determine the transmission capacity. Currently, TDM bit rates of more than 40 Gbit/s require optical signal processing (Optical Time Division Multiplexing, OTDM). OTDM bit rates of up to 1.2 Tbit/s have already been reported. The devices developed for ultrahigh-speed optical transmission are not limited to communication applications only. They are key devices for high-speed optical signal processing, i.e. monitoring, measurement and control, and will thus give a wide technological basis for innovative science and technology. All these aspects of ultrahigh-speed optical transmission technology are described in detail in this book.


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Mechatronics for Safety, Security and Dependability in a New Era

Mechatronics for Safety, Security and Dependability in a New Era
Publisher: Elsevier Science | ISBN: 0080449638 | edition 2007 | PDF | 461 pages | 40,3 mb

Mechatronics for Safety, Security and Dependability in the New Era contains selected leading papers from the International Conference on Machine Automation 2004, the work of researchers from USA, Japan, China and Europe. The topics covered include: manufacturing systems such as CAD/CAM, machining and, human factors in manufacturing; robotics in relation to sensors and actuators, new control technology and, measuring and monitoring; the application of new technologies in connection with wireless communication, human behavior analysis and welfare.
Mechatronics has been rapidly developing as an important area that affects all areas of society from industrial robots, automobiles, electrical appliances, computers and consumer goods etc. It also plays a role in safety recovery, such as for rescue tasks after disasters, destruction of hazardous and abandoned weapons and the restoration of polluted environments.


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Power Electronics And Motor Drives: Advances and Trends

Power Electronics And Motor Drives: Advances and Trends
by Bimal K. Bose
Academic Press | 2006-08-11 | ISBN: 0120884054 | 936 pages | PDF | 11,85 MB

Power electronics is an area of extremely important and rapidly changing technology. Technological advancements in the area contribute to performance improvement and cost reduction, with applications proliferating in industrial, commercial, residential, military and aerospace environments. This book is meant to help engineers operating in all these areas to stay up-to-date on the most recent advances in the field, as well as to be a vehicle for clarifying increasingly complex theories and mathematics. This book will be a cost-effective and convenient way for engineers to get up-to-speed on the latest trends in power electronics.
The reader will obtain the same level of informative instruction as they would if attending an IEEE course or a training session, but without ever leaving the office or living room! The author is in an excellent position to offer this instruction as he teaches many such courses.
* Self-learning advanced tutorial, falling between a traditional textbook and a professional reference.
* Almost every page features either a detailed figure or a bulleted chart, accompanied by clear descriptive explanatory text.

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Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers


Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers
Springer US | February 19, 2010 | ISBN-10: 144194947X | 180 pages | PDF | 5.7 MB

The semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) has emerged as an important component in many optical fiber communication, switching and signal processing systems. Besides its basic use as an in-line amplifier, SOAs have found use in a myriad of applications. Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers provides a comprehensive and detailed treatment of the design and applications of SOAs. Key areas covered include: * Historical background. * SOA principles - theory of amplification, gain, noise, noise figure, polarisation dependence, spectral bandwidth, dynamics. * SOA structures - travelling-wave, Fabry-Perot, DBR, DFB, multi-section, twin-guide, polarisation insensitive configurations, low-reflectivity coatings, angled facets, high-power devices, gain clamped devices, SOA packaging. * Bulk and quantum-well semiconductor materials. * Static and dynamic modelling - travelling-wave equations, recombination mechanisms, analytical approximations and computer modelling techniques. SOA optimisation, slow and fast pulse amplification.

Renewable Bioenergy - Technologies, Risks and Rewards


PEP (Professional Engineering Publishers), «Renewable Bioenergy - Technologies, Risks and Rewards»
Wiley | ISBN: 1860584039 | 2003 | PDF | 220 pages | 11.5 MB

Renewable Bioenergy - Technologies, Risks and Rewards explores the management of risks faced by bioenergy projects and the potential benefits that they bring.


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A. Dorinson, K. C. Ludema - Mechanics and Chemistry in Lubrication


A. Dorinson, K. C. Ludema - Mechanics and Chemistry in Lubrication
Publisher: Elsevier Publishing Company | 1985-10 | ISBN: 044442492X | PDF | 634 pages | 26.07 MB


Although it is widely recognized that friction, wear and lubrication are linked together in a single interdisciplinary complex of scientific learning and technological practice, fragmented and specialized approaches still predominate. In this book, the authors examine lubrication from an interdisciplinary viewpoint. They demonstrate that once the treatment of lubrication is released from the confines of the fluid film concept, this interdisciplinary approach comes into full play. Tribological behavior in relation to lubrication is then examined from two major points of view: one is mechanical, not only with respect to the properties and behavior of the lubricant but also of the surfaces being lubricated. The other is chemical and encompasses the chemistry of the lubricant, the surfaces and the ambient surroundings. It is in the emphasis on the interaction of the basic mechanical and chemical processes in lubrication that this book differs from conventional treatments.

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Optical Performance Monitoring: Advanced Techniques for Next-Generation Photonic Networks

Calvin C. K. Chan, "Optical Performance Monitoring: Advanced Techniques for Next-Generation Photonic Networks"
Academic Press | 2010 | ISBN: 0123749506 | 512 pages | PDF | 14,5 MB

This in-depth, detailed reference presents for the first time a comprehensive treatment of recent advances in optical performance monitoring. Written by leading experts in the field, the book provides an overview of recent developments in the area and the role of OPM in future optical systems and networks. Detailed discussions of various advanced techniques are provided to illustrate their principles.

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Presents the principles and applications of advanced OPM techniques, together with a comparative evaluation of their effectiveness in monitoring individual parameters, such as optical signal-to-noise ratio, chromatic dispersion, and polarization mode dispersion

Explains the principles of the various advanced optical signal processing techniques and their applications in OPM

Examines the role and applications of OPM in optical networks, including optical transport networks, coherent optical systems, and long-haul optical transmission systems

Discusses the current approaches of OPM in the global standard SDH/SONET

This book is ideal for technical professionals and researchers who want to understand and evaluate advanced techniques in OPM and their impact on the practical design of next-generation optical systems and networks.

Provides a thorough and detailed discussion of the latest optical performance monitoring (OPM) techniques and their applications, presenting a comparative analysis of each method

Contains high-quality technical contributions from leading experts, covering both principles and practical aspects of advanced OPM techniques

Addresses challenges and opportunities related to OPM in next-generation reconfigurable optical systems and networks

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Faye Duchin, Glenn-Marie Lange - The Future of the Environment: Ecological Economics and Technological Change


Faye Duchin, Glenn-Marie Lange - The Future of the Environment: Ecological Economics and Technological Change
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA | 1995-01-26 | ISBN: 0195085744 | PDF | 240 pages | 12.59 MB


One of the most important and complex problems facing both developing and industrialized nations is how to sustain economic growth without harming the environment. Faye Duchin and Glenn-Marie Lange address this issue in a practical and realistic way: through a detailed evaluation of the well-known approach to sustainable development outlined in the Brundtland Report, Our Common Future.
Taking issue with the Brundtland Report's optimistic and widely accepted assumptions, the authors show that the positive effects of recycling, increased fuel-efficiency, and other technological adjustments will not go far enough to provide for truly sustainable development in the long term. Through a new, broad-based empirical analysis, they argue that unless there are significant changes in lifestyles and the use of technologies, continued environmental degradation cannot be avoided. They warn that the trend of making only slight adjustments in the use of technologies, while feasible from an economic point of view for industrialized nations, will undoubtedly lead to further environmental damage.
In addition to offering a clear and unflinching look at what development is really doing to the global environment, the unique conceptual framework developed for this analysis provides an invaluable basis for analysis for the new, multidisciplinary field of ecological economics. Duchin and Lange describe how this new methodology will enable economists and policy-makers to evaluate our options for the future, and choose those that most effectively reduce environmental degradation and achieve sustainable development. The book will appeal to economists, environmental scientists and activists, policy analysts, and ecologists, as well as the general reader with an interest in the sustainable development of our environment.

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Evolution of Phase Transitions: A Continuum Theory

Rohan Abeyaratne, "Evolution of Phase Transitions: A Continuum Theory"
Publisher: Cambridge University Press | 2006 | ISBN 0521661471 | PDF | 258 pages | 3.5 MB

This work began with the author's exploration of the applicability of the finite deformation theory of elasticity when various standard assumptions such as convexity of various energies or ellipticity of the field equations of equilibrium are relinquished. The finite deformation theory of elasticity turns out to be a natural vehicle for the study of phase transitions in solids where thermal effects can be neglected. This is an essential work to those interested in the development and application of continuum-mechanical models that describe the macroscopic response of materials capable of undergoing stress- or temperature-induced transitions between two solid phases. The focus is on the evolution of phase transitions which may be either dynamic or quasi-static, controlled by a kinetic relation which in the framework of classical thermomechanics represents information that is supplementary to the usual balance principles and constitutive laws of conventional theory. The book should be of interest to mechanicians, materials scientists, geophysicists, and applied mathematicians.

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Water Quality and Treatment Handbook

Water Quality and Treatment Handbook: A Handbook of Community Water Supplies
Irwin/Mcgraw Hill | 1999 | ISBN: 0070016593 | 1248 pages | PDF | 11,2 MB

The leading source of information on water quality, water treatment, and quality control for 60 years is now available in an up-to-the-minute new edition. The American Water Works Association's Water Quality & Treatment, Fifth Edition fully covers the field, bringing you the expertise of 20 distinguished specialists who provide the latest information on everything from aeration and coagulation processes, to chemical oxidation and water plant waste management. At least 90% of the material in this new edition has been revised and updated. Among the areas of special concern covered are:

*Cutting-edge membrane processes
*U.S. regulatory changes, including new rulings on disinfection by-products
*Current concerns with preventing cryptosporidium and e. coli outbreaks
*Enhanced removal of total organic carbon
*Much, much more

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Distinguished by its all-inclusive coverage of public water supply treatment, the American Water Works Association's "Water Quality & Treatment" has stood as the leading international source in the field for over 60 years. With a full 90 per cent of its material new to this edition, this one-of-a-kind reference is more essential than ever. Here, you'll find all the basics, starting with a rationale for water quality and goals, and progressing to discussion of: methods of performing hydrologic and hydraulic analysis for flood insurance studies; compliance and enforcement sections; a method of assessing coastal flooding and other hazards; and more!Authoritative, comprehensive, and written by more than 20 highly respected specialists, "Water Quality and Treatment" brings you 18 illustrated chapters detailing state-of-the-art technologies and methods. It features updated appraisals of everything from aeration and coagulation processes, to chemical oxidation and water plant waste management.

Whether the topic is the health and aesthetic aspects of water quality, or the latest details on effective control of microbia, you can't find a more in-depth-or more critical-guide to water supply treatment than the one you're holding right now. Features new to this edition are: leading-edge membrane technologies; disinfection processes for prevention of Cryptosporidium and E. Coli outbreaks; enhanced removal of total organic carbon; updates on all processes and treatments; European regulations; and, U.S. regulatory changes.


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High Temperature Mechanical Behaviour of Ceramic Composites

High Temperature Mechanical Behaviour of Ceramic Composites
Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann | ISBN: 0750693991 | edition 1995 | PDF | 569 pages | 26,1 mb

High Temperature Mechanical Behavior of Ceramic Composites provides an up-to-date comprehensive coverage of the mechanical behavior of ceramic matrix composites at elevated temperatures. Topics include both short-term behavior (strength, fracture toughness and R-curve behavior) and long-term behavior (creep, creep-fatigue, delayed failure and lifetime). Emphasis is on a review of fundamentals and on the mechanics and mechanisms underlying properties.
This is the first time that complete information of elevated temperature behavior of ceramic composites has ever been compacted together in a single volume. Of particular importance is that each chapter, written by internationally recognized experts, includes a substantial review component enabling the new material to be put in proper perspective. Shanti Nair is Associate Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Karl Jakus is Professor at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
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Diode Laser Materials & Devices: A Worldwide Market & Technology Overview to 2005



R. Szweda, "Diode Laser Materials & Devices: A Worldwide Market & Technology Overview to 2005"
Elsevier Science | 2002 | ISBN: 1856173860 | 528 pages | PDF | 30 MB

This report examines the development of the diode laser industry over a six-year period, 2000 to 2005, incorporating analysis of trends in markets, technologies and industry structure. It is designed to provide key information to users and manufacturers of substrates, epitaxial wafers (epiwafers) and devices. The coverage includes components, laser diodes, and the semiconducting (SC) wafers and epiwafers on which most of these devices are made. The geographical coverage of the report includes North America, Japan and Europe, which together will account for over 90 per cent of the production and consumption of diode laser materials and devices over the next five years. However, many other countries have activities in this field including South-East Asia (Taiwan, South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia etc), China, India, Australia and Eastern Europe (Russia, Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic) amongst others. Activities in these countries are commented on in the text where relevant, but are not quantified in the market data. Chapter 1 is an introduction to the market study. Chapter 2 contains an executive summary. Chapter 3 overviews materials markets. The size, quality, and particularly the price, of substrates and wafers are key factors in determining the ability of companies to produce competitive laser products. Chapter 3 also examines trends in materials technologies for laser diodes, the impact of the device markets on wafer demand, and the main suppliers. This chapter introduces the semiconductor materials that are presently or will likely become important to the fabrication of diode laser devices. The principal distinguishing properties of these materials are explained with reference to their application. Chapter 4 chapter examines the basic application sectors for laser diode devices as well as the basic commercial opportunities, changes and forces acting within each sector. The chapter also examines the market for the basic types of device as well as the promising newer types. For each type of device, market data and forecasts are provided and future prospects described. The application data are presented for the following industrial groups: automotive; computers; consumer; industrial; military & aerospace; telecommunications; and, others. A full 5-year forecast and analysis is provided by application and region. Chapter 5 is a technology overview. In this chapter a background and overview of developments in the principal technological R&D and production processes for devices is provided. The main focus is on the most important enabling technology for the production of the present and future generations of laser diodes and related devices. This process is crystal growth and involves the following sequence: bulk growth of single crystals; epitaxial growth of semiconductor single crystal layers; ion implantation; device fabrication, i.e. gate and contact formation, etc; and, packaging & test. Chapter 6 profiles substrate suppliers, epiwafers suppliers and merchant and captive producers of GaAs devices. Chapter 7 lists universities and selected industrial labs involved in the areas of diode laser research. Chapter 8 is a directory of suppliers. Chapter 9 provides acronyms and exchange rates.

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From Edison to Enron: The Business of Power and What It Means for the Future of Electricity



Richard Munson, "From Edison to Enron: The Business of Power and What It Means for the Future of Electricity"
Publisher: Praeger | 2005 | ISBN 027598740X | PDF | 216 pages | 16.6 MB

The blackout of 2003 illuminated just how dependent America is on electricity. It was not just that some 50 million people in eight states and Ontario were cut off from their televisions, microwaves, ATMs, and email. Without the electrical juice to keep their sockets alive, factory managers were forced to close production lines, city managers shut down water deliveries, grocery store clerks watched their frozen inventory slowly melt away. Economists estimated that the blackout cost Americans $5 billion even as energy analysts were predicting that a similar blackout could happen again. The catastrophe forced us to marvel at the unusual ability of sub-microscopic particles to move like waves inside a wire and cause bulbs to glow. It highlighted the complex requirements for managing the massive generators, transformers, transmission lines, and switch boxes needed to tap and deliver flowing electrons. It encouraged us to recognize the profound impact of electricity on all aspects of commerce and culture. Such events as the blackout, the Enron debacle, and the California "brownouts" also reveal the cracks in a 100-year-old industry structure that have been building ever since Thomas Edison, George Westinghouse, and their contemporaries first managed to harness electricity and make it available to the masses, and tycoons, such as Sam Insull and George Norris, began to concentrate financial control and political influence. From Edison to Enron traces the controversial history of this $210 billion industry--the nation's largest--showcasing the key individuals, technological innovations, corporate machinations, and political battles that have been waged over its domination. Munson maintains that today's technological and regulatory infrastructure, as a function of its history, is a relic that has long outlived its usefulness; he points out that two-thirds of the fuel burned to generate electricity is lost, that Americans pay roughly $100 billion too much each year for heat and power, and that environmentally unfriendly generators are the nation's largest polluters. Meanwhile, innovations in technology and business models are being blocked by entrenched monopolies. Ultimately, Munson argues that current policies and practices, including those favored by the Bush Administration, are preventing entrepreneurs from producing more efficient, healthy, and sustainable power supplies. Moreover, he presents an agenda for business and policy reforms that will stimulate economic development in the United States and around the world.

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Digital Frequency Synthesis Demystified



Bar-Giora Goldberg, "Digital Frequency Synthesis Demystified"
Newnes | 1999 | ISBN: 1878707477 | 352 pages | PDF | 3,3 MB

· In-depth coverage of modern digital implementations of frequency synthesis architectures
· Numerous design examples drawn from actual engineering projects
· The accompanying CD includes digital frequency synthesis design tools and an electronic version of the book

Digital frequency synthesis is used in modern wireless and communications technologies such as radar, cellular telephony, satellite communications, electronic imaging, and spectroscopy. This is book is a comprehensive overview of digital frequency synthesis theory and applications, with a particular emphasis on the latest approaches using fractional-N phase-locked loop technology. The design tools in the accompany CD allow readers to work through the examples in this book for a realistic simulation of actual design using digital frequency synthesis.

· In-depth coverage of modern digital implementations of frequency synthesis architectures
· Numerous design examples drawn from actual engineering projects

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Active Filters for Intergrated-Circuit Applications

Fred Irons, "Active Filters for Intergrated-Circuit Applications"
Artech House Publishers | 2005 | ISBN: 1580538967 | PDF | 426 pages | 2,4 MB

This authoritative resource offers you comprehensive knowledge and detailed design guidance on active filters for integrated-circuit applications. The book identifies common problem areas, reviews circuit analysis operations, and thoroughly illustrates the concept of feedback. You learn the state variable procedure – a general design approach that is appropriate for a wide range of applications. The book also discusses classic approaches such as cascade and biquad circuits for comparative purposes.

This unique resource features a case study for two operational amplifier designs that illustrates key challenges that need to be overcome. The book presents a multitone procedure for the simulated testing of switched capacitor designs, and teaches you how to find desired pre-corrected network functions that can be implemented to meet arbitrary specifications. Other key topics examined include sensitivity considerations, leapfrog architecture, and critical frequency distortion due to the switched capacitor integrator.

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Engineering Geological Advances in Japan for the New Millennium By Y. Kanaori, K. Tanaka, M. Chigira


Engineering Geological Advances in Japan for the New Millennium By Y. Kanaori, K. Tanaka, M. Chigira
Publisher: Elsevier Science | 2000-11-01 | ISBN: 0444505059 | Pages: 360 | PDF | 23.36 MB

The geology of the Japanese Islands is enormously complicated because of the active tectonism that has taken place on the boundary between the Pacific and Eurasian plates. Geological formations there are intricately deformed and displaced by many active faults. Hence, in planning for and siting large construction projects, such as nuclear power stations, underground power stations, and the underground facility for High-Level Radioactive Waste (HLW), more detailed investigations are necessary than in more stable parts of the world. Only then can assessments be made as to the long-term stability, hydrological characteristics and mechanical characteristics of geological conditions.




Advances in Machine Learning Applications in Software Engineering By Du Zhang


Advances in Machine Learning Applications in Software Engineering By Du Zhang
Publisher: Idea Group Publishing | 2007-01-30 | ISBN: 159140942X | Pages: 480 | PDF | 8.48 MB

"Machine learning is the study of building computer programs that improve their performance through experience. To meet the challenge of developing and maintaining larger and complex software systems in a dynamic and changing environment, machine learning methods have been playing an increasingly important role in many software development and maintenance tasks. Advances in Machine Learning Applications in Software Engineering provides analysis, characterization, and refinement of software engineering data in terms of machine learning methods. This book depicts applications of several machine learning approaches in software systems development and deployment, and the use of machine learning methods to establish predictive models for software quality. Advances in Machine Learning Applications in Software Engineering also offers readers direction for future work in this emerging research field."



Advances in Computers, Volume 62: Advances in Software Engineering By Marvin Zelkowitz

Advances in Computers, Volume 62: Advances in Software Engineering By Marvin Zelkowitz
Publisher: Academic Press | 2004-09-02 | ISBN: 012012162X | Pages: 368 | PDF | 2.7 MB

The series covers new developments in computer technology. Most chapters present an overview of a current subfield within computer science, with many citations, and often include new developments in the field by the authors of the individual chapters. Topics include hardware, software, theoretical underpinnings of computing, and novel applications of computers. This current volume emphasizes software engineering issues in the design of new software systems. The use of the new emerging agile methods is presented as well as timeboxing and model based software engineering (MBASE) as techniques to manage large scale developments.




Advances in Human Performance and Cognitive Engineering Research, Volume 3 By Eduardo Salas, Dianna Stone



Advances in Human Performance and Cognitive Engineering Research, Volume 3 By Eduardo Salas, Dianna Stone
Publisher: JAI Press | 2003-04-01 | ISBN: 0762309865 | Pages: 192 | PDF | 708.15 KB

Technology is rapidly changing the field of human resources management (HRM), and propelling the field in some entirely new directions labeled eHR–electronic human resources. Thus, this volume focuses on technology, eHR, and virtual organizations. Well-known experts in eHR review the trends in the field including employee self-service, e-learning, strategies for implementing eHR, virtual work arrangements and their impact on human resources management. In addition, the volume focuses on the implications of using technology for HRM, and the functional and dysfunctional consequences of using technology to achieve HRM goals (e.g., privacy and employee customer satisfaction issues). The volume should be especially useful for researchers and practitioners in the fields of HRM and information technology.



Advances in Human Performance and Cognitive Engineering Research, Volume 2 By Eduardo Salas


Advances in Human Performance and Cognitive Engineering Research, Volume 2 By Eduardo Salas
Publisher: JAI Press | 2002-06-01 | ISBN: 0762308648 | Pages: 360 | PDF | 1.23 MB

Hardbound. We live in an ever complex, dynamic and technological-based world. A world where industries, businesses and agencies rely ever increasingly on automated systems to maintain efficiency, increase productivity, minimize human error or gain a competitive edge. Moreover, automation is now seen by many organizations as the solution to human performance problems.



Advances in Chemical Engineering, Volume 34 By Guy B. Marin, D. H. West, Gregory Yablonsky


Advances in Chemical Engineering, Volume 34: Mathematics and Chemical Engineering and Kinetics By Guy B. Marin, D. H. West, Gregory Yablonsky
Publisher: Academic Press | 2008-10-01 | ISBN: 0123745063 | Pages: 500 | PDF | 3.64 MB

The cross-fertilization of physico-chemical and mathematical ideas has a long historical tradition. This volume of Advances in Chemical Engineering is almost completely dedicated to a conference on "Mathematics in Chemical Kinetics and Engineering" (MaCKiE-2007) which was held in Houston in February 2007, bringing together about 40 mathematicians, chemists, and chemical engineers from ten countries to discuss the application and development of mathematical tools in their respective fields.



Advances in Lasers and Electro Optics

Nelson Costa, Adolfo Cartaxo, Advances in Lasers and Electro Optics
Sciyo.com | 2010 | ISBN: 9533070889 | PDF | Pages: 858 | 104,8 MB

Table of Contents

01 Optical, Photoluminescent, and Photoconductive Properties of Novel High-Performance Organic Semiconductors
Oksana Ostroverkhova, Andrew D. Platt and Whitney E. B. Shepherd
02 Nonlinear Optical Absorption of Organic Molecules for Applications in Optical Devices
Leonardo De Boni, Daniel S. Correa and Cleber R. Mendonca
03 Optical and Spectroscopic Properties of Polymer Layers Doped with Rare Earth Ions
Vaclav Prajzler, Oleksiy Lyutakov, Ivan Huttel, Jiri Oswald and Vitezslav Jerabek
04 Pure χ(3) Third-Harmonic Generation in Noncentrosymmetric Media
Kentaro Miyata
05 Semiconductor Ridge Microcavities Generating Counterpropagating Entangled Photons
Xavier Caillet, Adeline Orieux, Ivan Favero, Giuseppe Leo and Sara Ducci
06 Two-Wave Mixing in Broad-Area Semiconductor Amplifier
Mingjun Chi, Jean-Pierre Huignard and Paul Michael Petersen
07 Frequency Conversion based on Three-Wave Parametric Solitons
Fabio Baronio, Matteo Conforti, Costantino De Angelis, Antonio Degasperis, Sara Lombardo and Stefan Wabnitz
08 Analogue of the Event Horizon in Fibers
Friedrich Konig, Thomas G. Philbin, Chris Kuklewicz, Scott Robertson, Stephen Hill and Ulf Leonhardt
09 Ultrafast Semiconductor Quantum Optics
Rudolf Bratschitsch and Alfred Leitenstorfer
10 Artificial Intelligence Tool and Electronic Systems Used to Develop Optical Applications
Margarita Tecpoyotl-Torres, Alberto Ochoa, Jesus Escobedo-Alatorre, Miguel Basurto-Pensado, Arturo Garcia-Arias and Jessica Morales-Valladares
11 Theory of Unitary Spin Rotation and Spin State Tomography for a Single Electron and Two Electrons
T. Takagahara
12 Stimulated Brillouin Scattering Phase Conjugate Mirror and its Application to Coherent Beam Combined Laser System Producing a High Energy, High Power, High Beam Quality, and High Repetition Rate Output
Hong Jin Kong, Seong Ku Lee, Jin Woo Yoon, Jae Sung Shin and Sangwoo Park
13 The Intersubband Approach to Si-based Lasers
Greg Sun
14 Evolution of Optical Sampling
Gianluca Berrettini, Antonella Bogoni, Francesco Fresi, Gianluca Meloni and Luca Poti
15 NIR Single Photon Detectors with Up-conversion Technology and its Applications in Quantum Communication Systems
Lijun Ma, Oliver Slattery and Xiao Tang
16 All-Optical Signal Processing with Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers and Tunable Filters
Xinliang Zhang, Xi Huang, Jianji Dong, Yu Yu, Jing Xu and Dexiu Huang
17 Nonlinear Photonic Signal Processing Subsystems and Applications
Chi-Wai Chow and Yang Liu
18 Wavelength Conversion and 2R-Regeneration in Simple Schemes with Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers
Napoleao S. Ribeiro, Cristiano M. Gallep, and Evandro Conforti
19 Optical DQPSK Modulation Performance Evaluation
Nelson Costa and Adolfo Cartaxo
20 Fiber-to-the-Home System with Remote Repeater
An Vu Tran, Nishaanthan Nadarajah and Chang-Joon Chae
21 Photonic Millimeter-wave Generation and Distribution Techniques for Millimeter/sub-millimeter Wave Radio Interferometer Telescope
Hitoshi Kiuchi and Tetsuya Kawanishi
22 Quantum Direct Communication
Gui Lu Long, Chuan Wang, Fu-Guo Deng and Wan-Ying Wang
23 Beating Difraction Limit using Dark States
Hebin Li and Yuri Rostovtsev
24 The Physics of Ghost Imaging
Yanhua Shih
25 High Performance Holographic Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystal Systems Formed with the Siloxane-containing Derivatives and Their Applications on Electro-optics
Yeonghee Cho and Yusuke Kawakami
26 Multicolor Stationary Light
Yi Chen, Serguei Andreevich Moiseev and Byoung Seung Ham
27 Fundamentals and Applications of Quantum Limited Optical Imaging
Warwick P. Bowen, Magnus T. L. Hsu and Jian Wei Tay
28 Broadband Light Generation in Raman-active Crystals Driven by Femtosecond Laser Fields
Miaochan Zhi, Xi Wang and Alexei V. Sokolov
29 Holographic 3-D Displays - Electro-holography within the Grasp of Commercialization
Stephan Reichelt, Ralf Haussler, Norbert Leister, Gerald Futterer, Hagen Stolle and Armin Schwerdtner
30 Combining Optical Coherence Tomography with Fluorescence Imaging
Shuai Yuan and Yu Chen
31 Polarization-Sensitive Optical Coherence Tomography in Cardiology
Wen-Chuan Kuo
32 Two-photon Fluorescence Endomicroscopy
Yicong Wu and Xingde Li
33 Quantitative Phase Imaging using Multi-wavelength Optical Phase Unwrapping
Nilanthi Warnasooriya and Myung K. Kim
34 Synchrotron-Based Time-Resolved X-ray Solution Scattering (Liquidography)
Shin-ichi Adachi, Jeongho Kim and Hyotcherl Ihee
35 Application of Ultrafast Laser Optoperforation for Plant Pollen Walls and Endothelial Cell Membranes
Sae Chae Jeoung, Mehra Singh Sidhu, Ji Sang Yahng, Hyun Joo Shin and GuYoun Baik


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Applied Mechanics for Engineers

John Duncan, Applied Mechanics for Engineers
Macmillan and co 1913 | ISBN: 1151896632 | PDF | Pages: 748 | 64,3MB

The author's object in writing this book has been to provide a practical statement of the principles of Mechanics. Principles have been illustrated by numerous fully worked-out examples, and exercises for home or class work have been provided at the ends of the chapters.



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Lithium-Ion Batteries

Osamu Yamamoto, "Lithium-Ion Batteries"
Wiley-VCH | 1999 | ISBN: 3527295690 | Pages: 247 | PDF | 13,4 MB

Rechargeable Batteries with high energy density are in great demand as energy sources for various purposes, e.g. handies, zero emission electric vehicles, or load leveling in electric power. Lithium batteries are the most promising to fulfill such needs because of their intrinsic discharbe voltage with relatively light weight.
This volume has been conceived keeping in mind selected fundamental topics together with the characteristics of the lithium ion battery on the market. It is thus a comprehensive overview of the new challenges facing the further development of lithium ion batteries from the standpoint of both materials science and technology. It will be useful for any scientist involved in the research and development of batteries in academia and industry, and also for graduate students entering the field, since it covers important topics from both fundamental and application points of view.

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Terrestrial Neutron-Induced Soft Errors in Advanced Memory Devices

Takashi Nakamura, Eishi Yahagi, Hideaki Kameyama, "Terrestrial Neutron-Induced Soft Errors in Advanced Memory Devices"
World Scientific Publishing Company | 2008 | ISBN: 9812778810 | 368 pages | PDF | 12,3 MB

Terrestrial neutron-induced soft errors in semiconductor memory devices are currently a major concern in reliability issues. Understanding the mechanism and quantifying soft-error rates are primarily crucial for the design and quality assurance of semiconductor memory devices.

This book covers the relevant up-to-date topics in terrestrial neutron-induced soft errors, and aims to provide succinct knowledge on neutron-induced soft errors to the readers by presenting several valuable and unique features.

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Digital Circuit Analysis and Design with an Introduction to CPLDs and FPGAs

Steven T. Karris, "Digital Circuit Analysis and Design with an Introduction to CPLDs and FPGAs"
Orchard Publications | 2005 | ISBN: 0974423963 | 458 pages | PDF | 10,5 MB

This book is an undergraduate level textbook presenting a thorough discussion of state-of-the-art digital devices and circuits. It supplements our Electronic Devices and Amplifier Circuits, ISBN 0-9709511-7-5. It is self-contained; begins with the basics and ends with the latest developments of the digital technology. The intent is to prepare the reader for advanced digital circuit design and programming the powerful Complex Programmable Logic Devices (CPLDs), and Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs). The prerequisites for this text are just basic high-school math; Accordingly, it can be read and understood by high-school seniors, trade-school, community college, and 4-year university students. It is ideal for self-study.

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Organic Synthesis Engineering

Organic Synthesis Engineering
Publisher: Oxford University Press | ISBN: 0195096894 | edition 2001 | PDF | 913 pages | 12,7 mb

This book will formally launch "organic synthesis engineering" as a distinctive field in the armory of the reaction engineer. Its main theme revolves around two developments: catalysis and the role of process intensification in enhancing overall productivity. Each of these two subjects are becoming increasingly useful in organic synthesis engineering, especially in the production of medium and small volume chemicals and enhancing reaction rates by extending laboratory techniques, such as ultrasound, phase transfer catalysts, membrane reactor, and microwaves, to industrial scale production. This volume describes the applications of catalysis in organic synthesis and outlines different techniques of reaction rate and/or selectivity enhancement against a background of reaction engineering principles for both homogeneous and heterogeneous systems.

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Ocean Optics

Rochard W. Spinrad, Kendall L. Carder, Mary Jane Perry, "Ocean Optics"
Oxford University Press, USA | 1994 | ISBN: 0195068432 | 304 pages | PDF | 12,3 MB

Since the publication of Jerlov's classic volume on optical oceanography in 1968, the ability to predict or model the submarine light field, given measurements of the inherent optical properties of the ocean, has improved to the point that model fields are very close to measured fields. In the last three decades, remote sensing capabilities have fostered powerful models that can be inverted to estimate the inherent optical properties closely related to substances important for understanding global biological productivity, environmental quality, and most nearshore geophysical processes. This volume presents an eclectic blend of information on the theories, experiments, and instrumentation that now characterize the ways in which optical oceanography is studied. Through the course of this interdisciplinary work, the reader is led from the physical concepts of radiative transfer to the experimental techniques used in the lab and at sea, to process-oriented discussions of the biochemical mechanisms responsible for oceanic optical variability. The text will be of interest to researchers and students in physical and biological oceanography, biology, geophysics, limnology, atmospheric optics, and remote sensing of ocean and global climate change.

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Programmable Logic Controllers, 5 Ed

W. Bolton, "Programmable Logic Controllers, 5 Ed"
Newnes | 2009 | ISBN: 1856177513 | 416 pages | PDF | 5.8 MB


A programmable logic controllers (PLC) is a real-time system optimized for use in severe conditions such as high/low temperatures or an environment with excessive electrical noise. This control technology is designed to have multiple interfaces (I/Os) to connect and control multiple mechatronic devices such as sensors and actuators.

Programmable Logic Controllers, Fifth Edition, continues to be a straight forward, easy-to-read book that presents the principles of PLCs while not tying itself to one vendor or another. Extensive examples and chapter ending problems utilize several popular PLCs currently on the market highlighting understanding of fundamentals that can be used no matter the specific technology. Ladder programming is highlighted throughout with detailed coverage of design characteristics, development of functional blocks, instruction lists, and structured text. Methods for fault diagnosis, testing and debugging are also discussed. This edition has been enhanced with new material on I/Os, logic, and protocols and networking.

For the UK audience only: This book is fully aligned with BTEC Higher National requirements.


*New material on combinational logic, sequential logic, I/Os, and protocols and networking
*More worked examples throughout with more chapter-ending problems
*As always, the book is vendor agnostic allowing for general concepts and fundamentals to be taught and applied to several controllers



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Principles and Applications of Electrical Engineering,5 Edition

G. Rizzoni, "Principles and Applications of Electrical Engineering,5 Edition"
McGraw Hill Higher Education | 2006 | ISBN: 0390638269, 0071254447, 0073220337 | 1136 pages | PDF | 180 MB

Rizzoni provides a solid overview of the electrical engineering discipline that is especially geared toward the many non-electrical engineering students who take this course. The hallmark feature of the text is its liberal use of practical applications to illustrate important principles. The applications come from every field of engineering and feature exciting technologies such as Ohio State's world-record setting electric car. The appeal to non-EE's is further heightened by such special features as the book's Focus on Measurement sections, Focus on Methodology sections, and Make the Connection sidebars.

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Digital Design: Principles and Practices, 3 Edition



Digital Design: Principles and Practices, 3 Edition
by John F. Wakerly
Prentice Hall | 1999 | ISBN: 0137691912 | 949 pages | PDF | 11,5 MB

Foundation Title. This newly revised text blends academic precision and practical experience in an authoritative introduction to basic principles of digital design and practical requirements in both board-level and VLSI systems. The text covers the fundamental building blocks of digital design across several levels of abstraction, from CMOS gates to hardware design languages. Packaged with XILINX Student Edition.
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Real-world yet scholarly in approach, this book provides a solid foundation in the elements of basic digital electronics and switching theory that are used in most practical digital designs today, and builds on that theory with discussions of real-world digital components, design methodologies, and tools.

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Advances in Human Performance and Cognitive Engineering Research, Volume 1 By Eduardo Salas



Advances in Human Performance and Cognitive Engineering Research, Volume 1 By Eduardo Salas
Publisher: JAI Press | 2001-04-01 | ISBN: 076230748X | Pages: 358 | PDF | 1.4 MB

This volume launches a new series that will focus on providing state-of-the-art chapters that advance our understanding of human performance in organizational systems as cognitive engineering principles are applied.




Unsaturated Soils. Advances in Geo-Engineering: Proceedings of the 1st European Conference By D.G. Toll



Unsaturated Soils. Advances in Geo-Engineering: Proceedings of the 1st European Conference By D.G. Toll
Publisher: Taylor & Francis | 2008-06-23 | ISBN: 0415476925 | Pages: 1006 | PDF | 22.11 MB

Unsaturated Soils: Advances in Geo-Engineering comprises 136 contributions from leading international researchers and practitioners, presented at the First European Conference on Unsaturated Soils (Durham, UK, 2-4 July 2008). The papers report on the latest advances in geo-engineering aspects of unsaturated soils. It is the first collection to focus on research developments within Europe, where a resurgence of interest in unsaturated soil behaviour has lead to major advances.





3D Robotic Mapping: The Simultaneous Localization and Mapping Problem with Six Degrees of Freedom



"3D Robotic Mapping: The Simultaneous Localization and Mapping Problem with Six Degrees of Freedom" by Andreas Nüchter
Springer | 204 pages | English | 2009 | ISBN: 3540898832 | PDF | 38,8 MB

Focuses on acquiring spatial models of physical environments through mobile robots
The robotic mapping problem is commonly referred to as SLAM (simultaneous localization and mapping).
3D maps are necessary to avoid collisions with complex obstacles and to self-localize in six degrees of freedom (x-, y-, z-position, roll, yaw and pitch angle)
New solutions to the 6D SLAM problem for 3D laser scans are proposed and a wide variety of applications are presented

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Protection of Materials and Structures from the Space Environment (Space Technology Proceedings)



Jacob I. Kleiman, "Protection of Materials and Structures from the Space Environment (Space Technology Proceedings)"
Publisher: Wiley | 2006 | ISBN 1402042817 | PDF | 478 pages | 10.3 MB

The goals of the ICPMSE-7 meeting, as in the past years, are to facilitate exchanges between members of the various engineering disciplines involved in development of space materials, including such aspects as environmental hazards of Low Earth Orbit (LEO), Geostationary Earth Orbit (GEO) and Deep Space, ground-based qualification, and in-flight experiments and lessons learned from operational vehicles.
The book continues to discuss topics started in the earlier publications and adds new data and results.
The proceedings cover a range of inter-disciplinary topics concerning the protection of materials and structures in space and discussing the effects of the aggressive LEO as well as the GEO and Deep Space environments on materials and structures and the ways to predict and reduce these effects of short and long-term space missions.
The book is targeting organizations and individuals involved with space material selction, their reliability and influence of space environmental effects on materials and structures.

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Hard Real-Time Computing Systems (The International Series in Engineering and Computer Science)



Giorgio C. Buttazzo, "Hard Real-Time Computing Systems (The International Series in Engineering and Computer Science)"
Publisher: Springer | 1997 | ISBN 0792399943 | PDF | 379 pages | 13.2 MB

Real-time systems play a crucial role in our society, supporting several important application areas, such as nuclear and chemical plant control, flight control systems, traffic control in airports, harbors, and train stations, telecommunication systems, industrial automation, robotics, defensive military systems, space missions, and so on. Despite such a large number of critical applications, most of the current real-time systems are still designed and implemented using low level programming and empirical techniques without the support of a precise scientific methodology. The consequence of this approach is a lack of reliability, which in critical applications may cause serious damage to the environment or result in significant human loss. Hard Real-Time Computing Systems: Predictable Scheduling Algorithms and Applications is a basic treatise on real-time computing, with particular emphasis on predictable scheduling algorithms. The main objectives of the book are to introduce the basic concepts of real-time computing, illustrate the most significant results in the field, and pre the basic methodologies for designing predictable computing systems which can be used to support critical control applications. Hard Real-Time Computing Systems: Predictable Scheduling Algorithms and Applications presents fundamental concepts which are clearly defined at the beginning of each chapter, and each algorithm is described through concrete examples, figures and tables. After introducing the basic concepts of real-time computing, the book covers such topics as taxonomy of scheduling algorithms, models of tasks with explicit time constraints, handling tasks with precedence relations, periodic and aperiodic task scheduling, access protocols to shared resources, asynchronous communication mechanisms, schedulability analysis, and handling overload conditions. Hard Real-Time Computing Systems: Predictable Scheduling Algorithms and Applications was written for use as a textbook and serves as an excellent reference for those interested in real-time computing for designing and/or developing predictable control applications, which may include robotics, plant control, monitoring systems, data acquisition, simulations of real-world systems, virtual reality, interactive games, etc.

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iPhone: The Missing Manual

iPhone: The Missing Manual
Publisher: O'Reilly Media | ISBN: 0596513747 | edition 2007 | PDF | 306 pages | 45,8 mb

As you'd expect of Apple, the iPhone is gorgeous. iPhone: The Missing Manual is a book as breathtaking as its subject. Written by New York Times columnist and Missing Manual series creator David Pogue, this book shows you how to get the most out of your new Apple iPhone.
The name iPhone may be doing Apple a disservice. This machine is so packed with possibilities that the cellphone may actually be the least interesting part. The iPhone is at least three products merged into one: a phone, a wide-screen iPod and a wireless, touch-screen Internet communicator. The iPhone's beauty alone may be enough for you to dig for your credit cards, but its Mac OS X-based software makes it not so much a smartphone as something out of the film "Minority Report."
The real magic, however, awaits when you browse the Web. You get to see the entire Web page on the iPhone's screen. All of this is cooked up with Apple's traditional secret sauce of simplicity, intelligence and whimsy.


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Alloys: Preparation, Properties, Applications



Fathi Habashi, "Alloys: Preparation, Properties, Applications"
Publisher: Vch Verlagsgesellschaft Mbh | 1998 | ISBN 3527295917 | PDF | 314 pages | 18.2 MB

In industry very few metals are used in their pure form; the majority are employed as a combination of a metal with other metals, nonmetals or metalloids. In this way some specific properties are improved, making the alloy more attractive than the pure metal. The present work comprises essential information on alloys in one compact volume.
Classification, properties, preparation, applications, and economic aspects are discussed for alloy steels, primary-metal alloys, light-metal alloys, and some other alloy systems.
The work is based on more than 30 articles from Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial and represents the effort of over 60 specialists. It supplies hundreds of top-quality illustrations, diagrams, and charts and pres hand-picked references for further study. An introductory overview of the subject is pred by the editor.
The book is a handy yet authoritative reference work for the practicing metallurgist, but also for physical metallurgists, engineers and scientists in industry.

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Materials for Electronic Packaging



Deborah Chung, "Materials for Electronic Packaging"
Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann | 1995 | ISBN 0750693142 | PDF | 368 pages | 17.2 MB

Although materials play a critical role in electronic packaging, the vast majority of attention has been given to the systems aspect. Materials for Electronic Packaging targets materials engineers and scientists by focusing on the materials perspective.
The last few decades have seen tremendous progress in semiconductor technology, creating a need for effective electronic packaging. Materials for Electronic Packaging examines the interconnections, encapsulations, substrates, heat sinks and other components involved in the packaging of integrated circuit chips. These packaging schemes are crucial to the overall reliability and performance of electronic systems.
Consists of 16 self-contained chapters, contributed by a variety of active researchers from industrial, academic and governmental sectors.
Addresses the need of materials scientists/engineers, electrical engineers, mechanical engineers, physicists and chemists to acquire a thorough knowledge of materials science.
Explains how the materials for electronic packaging determine the overall effectiveness of electronic systems.

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Hybrid Estimation of Complex Systems (Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences) (Repost)



Michael W. Hofbaur, "Hybrid Estimation of Complex Systems (Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences)"
Publisher: Springer | 2005 | ISBN 3540257276 | PDF | 148 pages | 2.7 MB

This monograph pres a tool-set for hybrid estimation that can successfully monitor the behavior of complex artifacts with a large number of possible operational and failure modes such as production plants, automotive or aeronautic systems, and autonomous robots. For this purpose, ideas from the fields of System Theory and Artificial Intelligence are taken and hybrid estimation is reformulated as a search problem. This allows to focus the estimation onto highly probably operational modes, without missing symptoms that might be hidden among the noise in the system. Additionally a novel approach to continue hybrid estimation in the presence of unknown behavioral modes and to automate system analysis and synthesis tasks for on-line operation are presented. This leads to a flexible model-based hybrid estimation scheme for complex artifacts that robustly copes with unforeseen situations.

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Bio-Inspired Artificial Intelligence: Theories, Methods, and Technologies (Intelligent Robotics and Autonomous Agents)



Dario Floreano, Claudio Mattiussi, "Bio-Inspired Artificial Intelligence: Theories, Methods, and Technologies (Intelligent Robotics and Autonomous Agents)"
Publisher: The MIT | 2008 | ISBN 0262062712 | PDF | 659 pages | 13.8 MB

New approaches to artificial intelligence spring from the idea that intelligence emerges as much from cells, bodies, and societies as it does from evolution, development, and learning. Traditionally, artificial intelligence has been concerned with reproducing the abilities of human brains; newer approaches take inspiration from a wider range of biological structures that that are capable of autonomous self-organization. Examples of these new approaches include evolutionary computation and evolutionary electronics, artificial neural networks, immune systems, biorobotics, and swarm intelligence—to mention only a few. This book offers a comprehensive introduction to the emerging field of biologically inspired artificial intelligence that can be used as an upper-level text or as a reference for researchers.
Each chapter presents computational approaches inspired by a different biological system; each begins with background information about the biological system and then proceeds to develop computational models that make use of biological concepts. The chapters cover evolutionary computation and electronics; cellular systems; neural systems, including neuromorphic engineering; developmental systems; immune systems; behavioral systems—including several approaches to robotics, including behavior-based, bio-mimetic, epigenetic, and evolutionary robots; and collective systems, including swarm robotics as well as cooperative and competitive co-evolving systems. Chapters end with a concluding overview and suggested reading.

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The Control Techniques Drives and Controls Handbook, 2nd Edition

The Control Techniques Drives and Controls Handbook, 2nd Edition
by Bill Drury
Publisher: Institution of Engineering | Pages: 768 | 2009-07-15 | ISBN 1849190135 | PDF | 10 MB

Commissioned by the Institution of Engineering and Technology, the 2nd edition of the Control Techniques ‘Drives and Controls Handbook’, edited by Professor Bill Drury, is to be launched on 6 July this year. The handbook gives a state-of-the-art insight into the technology and techniques of AC and DC motor control, from basic theory through to practical solutions.

This book replaces the edition published in 2001 and according to Professor Drury, “Very little of the last edition has made it into the new one without at least some modification and there has also been a lot of entirely new subject material included.” This comprehensive and highly practical work runs over 750 pages and retails at £80; however you can get 20% off when buying it through the IET by visiting www.driveshandbook.com first.

The handbook draws upon Control Techniques’ extensive engineering expertise in this field but encompasses all aspects of variable speed control applicable to all manufacturers’ equipment, including AC/DC industrial motors, servo control, communications and system design.

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Hadronic Structure


Hadronic Structure
World Scientific Publishing Company | February 5, 2001 | ISBN-10: 9810245769 | 348 pages | PDF | 12.8 MB

This volume constitutes the proceedings of the 14th Annual HUGS at CEBAF. Focusing on hadronic structure, it covers: the structure of the nucleon; chiral perturbation theory; lattice gauge theory; light and exotic mesons; high energy electron nucleus scattering; and more




Complete PCB Design Using OrCad Capture and Layout

Complete PCB Design Using OrCad Capture and Layout
by Kraig Mitzner
Newnes | 2007 | ISBN: 0750682140 | 508 pages | PDF | 53,2 MB

This book provides instruction on how to use the OrCAD design suite to design and manufacture printed circuit boards. The book is written for both students and practicing engineers who need a quick tutorial on how to use the software and who need in-depth knowledge of the capabilities and limitations of the software package.

There are two goals the book aims to reach:
The primary goal is to show the reader how to design a PCB using OrCAD Capture and OrCAD Layout. Capture is used to build the schematic diagram of the circuit, and Layout is used to design the circuit board so that it can be manufactured.
The secondary goal is to show the reader how to add PSpice simulation capabilities to the design, and how to develop custom schematic parts, footprints and PSpice models. Often times separate designs are produced for documentation, simulation and board fabrication. This book shows how to perform all three functions from the same schematic design. This approach saves time and money and ensures continuity between the design and the manufactured product.

· Information is presented in the exact order a circuit and PCB are designed
· Straightforward, realistic examples present the how and why the designs work, providing a comprehensive toolset for understanding the OrCAD software
· Introduction to the IPC, JEDEC, and IEEE standards relating to PCB design
· Full-color interior and extensive illustrations allow readers to learn features of the product in the most realistic manner possible

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Picturing Machines 1400-1700 (Transformations: Studies in the History of Science and Technology)

Picturing Machines 1400-1700 (Transformations: Studies in the History of Science and Technology)
Publisher: The MIT Press | ISBN: 0262122693 | edition 2004 | PDF | 355 pages | 11,3 mb

Technical drawings by the architects and engineers of the Renaissance made use of a range of new methods of graphic representation. These drawings—among them Leonardo da Vinci's famous drawings of mechanical devices—have long been studied for their aesthetic qualities and technological ingenuity, but their significance for the architects and engineers themselves is seldom considered. The essays in Picturing Machines 1400-1700 take this alternate perspective and look at how drawing shaped the practice of early modern engineering. They do so through detailed investigations of specific images, looking at over 100 that range from sketches to perspective views to thoroughly constructed projections.


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Earthquake Proof Design and Active Faults

Earthquake Proof Design and Active Faults
Publisher: Elsevier Science | ISBN: 0444825622 | edition 1996 | PDF | 283 pages | 13 mb

Recent academic progress in the fields of geology and geophysics, which would help to reduce the severity of seismic disasters, has not been sufficiently applied to the development of earthquake-proof designs.
This book contains 13 original and innovative papers of interdisciplinary study spanning earthquake-proof technology and active fault science (seven of the papers cover topics concerning the 1995 Kobe earthquake).


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FPGA Implementations of Neural Networks

FPGA Implementations of Neural Networks
Publisher: Springer | ISBN: 0387284850 | edition 2006 | PDF | 365 pages | 13,4 mb

The development of neural networks has now reached the stage where they are employed in a large variety of practical contexts. However, to date the majority of such implementations have been in software. While it is generally recognised that hardware implementations could, through performance advantages, greatly increase the use of neural networks, to date the relatively high cost of developing Application-Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs) has meant that only a small number of hardware neurocomputers has gone beyond the research-prototype stage.

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Total Tribology: Towards an Integrated Approach (Tribology in Practice Series)

Ian Sherrington, W. B. Rowe, Rob J. K. Wood, "Total Tribology: Towards an Integrated Approach (Tribology in Practice Series)"
Publisher: Springer | 2003 | ISBN 1860583938 | PDF | 280 pages | 15 MB

A “Tribology in Practice Series” (TIPS) title. Total Tribology is a term coined to ex the practice of considering tribology at all stages of the lifecycle of interface components to reduce the impact of wear and improve the lubrication of machinery. It emphasises that tribology can be applied to improve aspects of machine
performance at all stages of their lifecycle from design, through manufacture, usage, and finally, disposal.
Viewing the total picture of lubrication and wear offer tremendous opportunities such as reducing the loss of energy due to excessive friction and wear, reducing the overall use of lubricants, extending the useful life of
equipment and components, reducing costly down-time of equipment and machinery.
Highly respected experts have written specially commissioned chapters to explore and explain the elements of tribology which complement the Total Tribology approach, representing the latest thoughts on tackling wear and lubrication problems.

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Real Options in Engineering Design, Operations, and Management

Harriet Black Nembhard, "Real Options in Engineering Design, Operations, and Management"
CRC | 2009 | ISBN: 1420071696 | 253 pages | PDF | 5,1 MB


Given that engineering flexibility can potentially provide a competitive advantage, the question then becomes: Precisely how valuable is this flexibility? However, traditional methods often fail to accurately capture the economic value of investments in an environment of widespread uncertainty and rapid change. The real options method represents the new state-of-the-art technique for valuation and management of strategic investments, enabling corporate decision-makers to leverage uncertainty and limit downside risk.

Real Options in Engineering Design, Operations, and Management presents and synthesizes the body of knowledge in the area of real options for engineering systems. Providing case studies and step-by-step computations of real options valuation, it covers engineering applications
across different disciplines such as industrial and civil engineering, and computer science. The authors review financial-option research results, consider how to quantify engineering activities, and analyze optimal business strategies based on a variety of real option models. They integrate academic work on real options in engineering, current practice, and discussion of future needs and opportunities.

Flexibility in decision making allows firms to compete more effectively in a world of substantial price and demand uncertainty, product variety, short product life cycles, and rapid product development. And with more frequent demands being placed on engineering systems to change, managers and manufacturing systems must react to events as they unfold. This book explores a real options modeling framework for engineering transitions that allows decision makers to capture and investigate several alternatives for improving an engineering system.



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Analog Circuits (World Class Designs) (World Class Designs)

Robert Pease, "Analog Circuits (World Class Designs) (World Class Designs)"
Publisher: Newnes | 2008 | ISBN 0750686278 | PDF | 432 pages | 3 MB

Newnes has worked with Robert Pease, a leader in the field of analog design to select the very best design-specific material that we have to offer. The Newnes portfolio has always been know for its practical no nonsense approach and our design content is in keeping with that tradition. This material has been chosen based on its timeliness and timelessness. Designers will find inspiration between these covers highlighting basic design concepts that can be adapted to today's hottest technology as well as design material specific to what is happening in the field today. As an added bonus the editor of this reference tells you why this is important material to have on hand at all times. A library must for any design engineers in these fields.
*Hand-picked content selected by analog design legend Robert Pease
*Proven best design practices for op amps, feedback loops, and all types of filters
*Case histories and design examples get you off and running on your current project

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Nuclear Fusion Research: Understanding Plasma-Surface Interactions

Nuclear Fusion Research: Understanding Plasma-Surface Interactions
Publisher: Springer | ISBN: 3540230386 | edition 2005 | PDF | 467 pages | 14,1 mb

It became clear in the early days of fusion research that the effects of the containment vessel (erosion of "impurities") degrade the overall fusion plasma performance. Progress in controlled nuclear fusion research over the last decade has led to magnetically confined plasmas that, in turn, are sufficiently powerful to damage the vessel structures over its lifetime.This book reviews current understanding and concepts to deal with this remaining critical design issue for fusion reactors. It reviews both progress and open questions, largely in terms of available and sought-after plasma-surface interaction data and atomic/molecular data related to these "plasma edge" issues.


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Spacecraft Formation Flying: Dynamics, control and navigation

Spacecraft Formation Flying: Dynamics, control and navigation
Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann | ISBN: 0750685336 | edition 2009 | PDF | 386 pages | 10,1 mb

Spacecraft formation flying (SFF) is of huge importance to the aerospace and space community. Not the stuff of science-fiction, SFF involves flying multiple small satellites together, to deliver benefits which far outweigh a single larger craft or space station. The first autonomous formation flying earth science mission was in 196 and NASA now has 35 SFF mission sets. By networking several smaller and cheaper craft, scientists can make simultaneous measurements that enable higher resolution astronomical imagery, provide robust and fault-tolerant spacecraft system architectures, and enable complex earth science and space science networks dispersed over clusters of satellites in space.



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The Finite Element Method and Applications in Engineering Using ANSYS®

Erdogan Madenci, Ibrahim Guven “The Finite Element Method and Applications in Engineering Using ANSYS®"
Springer | 2007-10-08 | ISBN: 0387282890 | 686 pages | PDF | 35,8 Mb

The Finite Element Method and Applications with ANSYS® provides the reader with theoretical and practical knowledge of the finite element method and with the skills required to analyze engineering problems with ANSYS®, a commercially available FEA program. This self-contained, introductory text minimizes the need for additional reference material, covering the fundamental topics in finite element methods as well as advanced topics concerning modeling and analysis with ANSYS®. These topics are introduced through extensive examples from various engineering disciplines, presented in a step-by-step fashion. The book focuses on the use of ANSYS® through both the Graphics User Interface (GUI) and the ANSYS® Parametric Design Language (APDL).
The text details more than 40 example problems, with solutions demonstrated in a step-by-step fashion, primarily th







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Digital Noise Monitoring of Defect Origin



Digital Noise Monitoring of Defect Origin
Springer | November 2, 2010 | ISBN-10: 1441944109 | 223 pages | PDF | 2.4 mb

Digital Noise Monitoring of Defect Origin is for both academics and professionals in the fields of engineering, biological sciences, physical science, and automation with particular emphasis on power engineering, oil-and-gas extraction, and aviation among others. The focus of the book is on determining defect origins. The author divides the process into the stages of monitoring the defect origin, identification of the defect and its stages, and control of the defect. The significance of this work is also connected to the possibility of using the noise as a data carrier for creating technologies that detect the initial stage of changes in objects.







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Broadband Opto-Electrical Receivers in Standard CMOS


Broadband Opto-Electrical Receivers in Standard CMOS
Springer; 1 edition | May 18, 2007 | ISBN-10: 9048175720 | 250 pages | PDF | 2.39 MB

Broadband Opto-Electrical Receivers in Standard CMOS fits in the quest for integrated opto-electrical solutions, and focuses on the receiver front-end. To further reduce the cost, the cheapest technology is selected: standard CMOS, without any optical tricks or flavors. The emphasis is on the analysis, design and implementation of high-performance analog receiver circuits.

Semiconductor Nanocrystals and Silicate Nanoparticles


Semiconductor Nanocrystals and Silicate Nanoparticles
Springer | December 15, 2009 | ISBN-10: 3642066186 | 189 pages | PDF | 4.4 MB

"Studies of semiconductor nanocrystals remain a key component in the repertoire of materials chemistry. As these materials enjoy sustained relevance to applications in optoelectronic materials and biological labeling, updated, in-depth reviews of their fundamental properties continue to be a valuable resource to those interested in the field.

Power Supplies for LED Driving


Power Supplies for LED Driving
Newnes | April 1, 2008 | ISBN-10: 0750683414 | 248 pages | PDF | 2.42 MB

Light-emitting diodes are being widely used due to their efficient use of power. The applications for power LEDs include traffic lights, street lamps, automotive lighting, architectural lights, household light replacements, signage lighting (replacing neon strip lights and fluorescent tubes), and many more.