Mechanical Engineering

Structural Dynamics: Concepts and Applications focuses on dynamic problems in mechanical, civil and aerospace engineering through the equations of ...

Quantum Effects in Tribology is devoted to the study of quantum foundations of materials friction interaction and evolutionary formation of tribosy...

Advances in engineering precision have tracked with technological progress for hundreds of years. Over the last few decades, precision engineering ...

Volume X of the High Speed Aerodynamics and Jet Propulsion series. Contents include: Theory of Two-Dimensional Flow through Cascades; Three-Dimensi...

This contributed volume presents multiple techniques for the synthesis of nanodielectric materials and their composites and examines their applicat...

This book offers everyone who plans, builds or operates lifts and escalators a comprehensive overview of the important topics: starting with the st...

The aim of this book is to educate the beneficiaries of this technology, because there is so little awareness and understanding of what can be achi...

Advanced memory technologies are impacting the information era, representing a vibrant research area of huge interest in the electronics industry. ...

Advanced memory technologies are impacting the information era, representing a vibrant research area of huge interest in the electronics industry. ...

Milling is the machining process of using rotary cutters to remove material from a workpiece. It covers a wide variety of different operations and ...

Cryopreservation is a process where cells or whole tissues are preserved by cooling to sub-zero temperatures, typically 77 K. At these cold tempera...

The book presents a brief analysis of such methods of tribotechnology as the formation of coatings from a filler material on part surfaces owing to...

Machining is a science and technology that holds great interest in industrialised countries (G7) and countries with emerging economies (BRICS). Now...

This book discusses electric power transmission and related policy issues. Transmission is a prominent federal issue because of a perceived need to...

This book proposes a novel design method that combines both genetic programming (GP) to automatically explore the open-ended design space and bond ...

The object of this book is to introduce the subject of ejector in refrigerating plants in view of energy savings. A first part concerns the use of ...

Engine combustion pressure analysis is a fundamental measurement technique applied universally in the research and development of reciprocating com...

Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Information Technology and Computer Science (ITCS2011), July 2324, 2011, in Huangshi, China. It ...

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Presss mission to seek out and cultivate the b...

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Presss mission to seek out and cultivate the b...

The Rolls-Royce Merlin is the most recognisable aero engine in the world. It powered the Battle of Britain aircraft, the Spitfire and Hurricane, as...

An introductory textbook exploring the subject of Lagrangian and Hamiltonian dynamics, with a relaxed and self-contained setting. Lagrangian and Ha...

Have you ever wanted to make something from scratch, but don't know where to start? Have you ever wanted to modify or repair something you own, but...

The Water Technology Subcommittee of the ASME Research and Technology Committee on Water and Steam in Thermal Systems, has established a Consensus ...

For courses in vibration engineering. Building Knowledge: Concepts of Vibration in Engineering Retaining the style of previous editions, this Sixth...

This book is entirely devoted to sampled-data control systems analysis and design from a new point of view, which has at its core a mathematical to...

This book examines the synthetic approaches, properties, applications, and recyclability of bio-based superabsorbent polymers (SAP) in depth. It de...

This book examines the synthetic approaches, properties, applications, and recyclability of bio-based superabsorbent polymers (SAP) in depth. It de...

When the First Edition of this book was written in 1951, the gas turbine was just becoming established as a powerplant for military aircraft. It to...

Nowadays, the importance of contact and surface problems in many technological fields is well understood. They are complex and inherently non-linea...