Physics

New adaptive and event-triggered control designs with concrete applications in undersea construction, offshore drilling, and cable elevatorsControl...

The distribution of wealth and income is never uniform, and philosophers and economists have tried for years to understand the reasons and formulat...

This book is an integrated approach to kinematic and dynamic analysis. The matrix techniques presented are general and fully applicable to two- or ...

The Nature of Complex Networks provides a systematic introduction to the statistical mechanics of complex networks and the different theoretical ac...

This accessible text on classical celestial mechanics, the principles governing the motions of bodies in the Solar System, provides a clear and con...

This is the fourth volume in a four-part series on fluid dynamics: Part 1. Classical Fluid Dynamics Part 2. Asymptotic Problems of Fluid Dynamic...

This book discusses the physical mechanisms that drive counterflows, examining how they emerge, develop, become double and multiple counterflows an...

Complex Webs synthesises modern mathematical developments with a broad range of complex network applications of interest to the engineer and system...

In this decade, the transient universe will be mapped out in great detail by the emerging wide-field multiwavelength surveys, and neutrino and grav...

The astronomical observations of William Herschel (17381822) made him question the accepted model of the clockwork universe. This volume explains t...

It is a commonplace that scientific inquiry makes extensive use of probabilities, many of which seem to be objective chances, describing features o...

The instability of fluid flows is a key topic in classical fluid mechanics because it has huge repercussions for applied disciplines such as chemic...

Gain an in-depth understanding of converter-interfaced energy storage systems with this unique text, covering modelling, dynamic behaviour, control...

Geopressure, or pore pressure in subsurface rock formations impacts hydrocarbon resource estimation, drilling, and drilling safety in operations. T...

Seismic Risk Analysis of Nuclear Power Plants addresses the needs of graduate students in engineering, practicing engineers in industry, and regula...

Gravitational lenses offer the best, and sometimes the only, means of tackling key problems in many fields of astrophysics and cosmology. According...

The Cavendish Laboratory is arguably the most famous physics laboratory in the world. Founded in 1874, it rapidly gained a leading international re...

Econophysics has been used to study a range of economic and financial systems. This book uses the econophysical perspective to focus on the income ...

This is an introduction to the mathematical basis of finite element analysis as applied to vibrating systems. Finite element analysis is a techniqu...

The advent of sensitive high-resolution observations of the cosmic microwave background radiation and their successful interpretation in terms of t...

Masers are observed at a range of scales - from comets, through star-forming clouds, to galactic nuclei - and have many astrophysical applications,...

This hands-on introduction to numerical geodynamic modelling provides a solid grounding in the necessary mathematical theory and techniques, includ...

For the first time, this book unites the theory, experimental techniques and computational tools used to describe the diffusion of atoms, molecules...