Transport Technology & Trades

At the Dawn of Airpower: The U.S. Army, Navy, and Marine Corps' Approach to the Airplane, 1907-1917examines the development of aviation in the U.S....

We were certainly pioneers as the Trieste was one of only two such vehicles in the world--the French Navy's bathyscaphe FNRS-3 was the other. It me...

The NEW edition of Aviation and the Role of Government, by Harry Lawrence of the Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, features revisions of almost...

Marine accidents can occur at any time and everywhere in the world, resulting in loss of life, property, environment and reputation of the companie...

ROCKET PROPULSION ELEMENTS THE DEFINITIVE INTRODUCTION TO ROCKET PROPULSION THEORY AND APPLICATIONSThe recent upsurge in global government and priv...

This book details the efforts to build a large naval vessel capable of traveling at one hundred knots. It is the first book to summarize this exten...

The art and science of glass engineering, specifically applied to automotive projects, are not at all commonplace.Although windshields, side, and b...

Presenting the latest coverage of the fundamentals and applications of nanofibrous materials and their structures for graduate students and researc...

As the airline industry struggles to extricate itself from its latest crisis, the time has come to examine the fundamentals of airline business str...

Aircraft Design explores fixed winged aircraft design at the conceptual phase of a project. Designing an aircraft is a complex multifaceted process...

It is ironic that as aircraft have gotten more sophisticated, much of their manufacture has remained manual. However, as orders for commercial airc...

Since the early seventies, the development of the automobile has been characterized by a steady increase in the deployment of onboard electronics s...

This book provides a thorough view of cybersecurity to encourage those in the commercial vehicle industry to be fully aware and concerned that thei...

Fundamentals of Electric Aircraft was developed to explain what the electric aircraft stands for by offering an objective view of what can be expec...

Modern vehicles have electronic control units (ECUs) to control various subsystems such as the engine, brakes, steering, air conditioning, and info...

Produced in partnership with the National Railway Museum, this calendar celebrates the centenary of the Flying Scotsman, the most famous locomotive...

Safety has been ranked as the number one concern for the acceptance and adoption of automated vehicles since safety has driven some of the most com...

Safety has been ranked as the number one concern for the acceptance and adoption of automated vehicles since safety has driven some of the most com...

This essential book describes the mathematical formulations and subsequent computer simulations required to accurately project the trajectory of sp...

Master simple to advanced biomaterials and structures with this essential text. Featuring topics ranging from bionanoengineered materials to bio-in...

A thorough treatment of UAV wireless communications and networking research challenges and opportunities. Detailed, step-by-step development of car...

The environmental impact of hydrocarbon-burning aircraft is one of the main motivations for the move to electric propulsion in aerospace. Also, car...

Originator of many of the theories used in modern wing design, Robert T. Jones surveys the aerodynamics of wings from the early theories of lift to...

Racing continues to be the singular, preeminent source of powertrain development for automakers worldwide. Engineering teams rely on motorsports f...

This book presents the astonishing potential of deep sensorimotor policies for agile vision-based quadrotor flight. Quadrotors are among the most a...

An international community of specialists reinvented the propeller during the Aeronautical Revolution, a vibrant period of innovation in North Amer...

The book offers a comprehensive overview of the multifaceted matters that arise in the process of financing commercial aircraft. It reviews the dif...

Safety has been ranked as the number one concern for the acceptance and adoption of automated vehicles since safety has driven some of the most com...

Basic Science and Art of Aircraft Wreckage Reconstruction is a unique title which addresses important aspects of investigating crashes, who does th...

Explore the fascinating, evolving world of electric vehicles, from the first EVs in the Victorian era to their rapid expansion todayand beyond. In ...

Gas turbines play an extremely important role in fulfilling a variety of power needs and are mainly used for power generation and propulsion applic...

Straight Motion of Road Vehicles explores the straight motion of road vehicles with particular focus on the role played by tires, vehicle suspensio...

The great engineering achievement required to overcome most of the challenges and obstacles that prevented turning rocket design from art into scie...

Racecar data acquisition used to be limited to well-funded teams in high-profile championships. Today, the cost of electronics has decreased dramat...

The aircraft landing gear system is relatively unique on board an aircraftit is both structure and machine, supporting the aircraft on the ground, ...