Transport Technology & Trades

Up and down the Eastern seaboard during the 1850s, American shipyards constructed numerous large wooden merchant sailing vessels that formed the...

This work offers a new and comprehensive account of the fastest and most beautiful sailing ships ever built. It explores the quest for speed on the...

Marine vessels, including wind-powered yachts, are continually required to be able to operate with properties of being more reliable, comfortable a...

From the mid-nineteenth century onwards, railways became increasingly important in the lives of a growing number of Indians. While allowing million...

Polar icebreakers can operate in the extreme conditions of, and break through the thick ice found in the Arctic Ocean and the waters surrounding An...

The problem of environmental vibrations induced by moving traffic loads, is today increasingly one of the fundamental problems to be solved in traf...

The Handbook of Intelligent Vehicles provides a complete coverage of the fundamentals, new technologies, and sub-areas essential to the development...

In this book, the authors present current research on the types, design and safety issues of railways. Topics discussed include the acoustic charac...

Anthony Townsend argues that the driverless car is a red herring. When self-driving technology infects buses, bikes, delivery vans and buildings, a...

Carroll Shelby, legendary driving ace, race team owner, and designer of Shelby Cobra, Daytona, and Mustang GT350 classics is revered by automotive ...

The first and only virtual gallery with all or almost all the models produced by the Maranello firm from 1947 to the present day, drawn by an artis...