Wave overtopping on levees is one of the important issues in coastal engineering. This book provides a summary of new understandings on overtopping hydraulics under negative free board.
Surface Engineering of Metals provides basic definitions of classical and modern surface treatments, addressing mechanisms of formation, microstructure, and properties of surface layers. It discusses
This book covers the use of accessible natural fibers towards the requirement and compatibility of industrial sustainability with natural characteristics of composites through technology and technique
This book covers the use of accessible natural fibers towards the requirement and compatibility of industrial sustainability with natural characteristics of composites through technology and technique
This book deals with both, fundamental and advanced concepts in elastic optical networking, and includes practical and theoretical aspects. It focuses on architectures, technologies, control, and mana
Incremental Sheet Forming (ISF) exempts use of dies and reduces cost for manufacturing complex parts. Sheet metal forming is used for producing high-quality components in automotive, aerospace, and me
This book contains some well known and lesser known compounds from marine animals which have been consumed by man for centuries. This one of kind book will serve as a reference for future researchers
This latest volume in the series, ‘Natural Products Chemistry of Global Plants’ offers a new window to an emerging region not well described for its botanical medicines and herbs, and will provide fre
Twelve case histories from major civil engineering construction projects show how the Observational Method improves communication and collaboration, thereby cutting costs and time, increases safety, a
Twelve case histories from major civil engineering construction projects show how the Observational Method improves communication and collaboration, thereby cutting costs and time, increases safety, a
This timely, engaging and practical book explores why leadership matters in primary care, and how everyone can discover their leadership potential and use it to make a difference.
This timely, engaging and practical book explores why leadership matters in primary care, and how everyone can discover their leadership potential and use it to make a difference.
This book deals with both, fundamental and advanced concepts in elastic optical networking, and includes practical and theoretical aspects. It focuses on architectures, technologies, control, and mana
This textbook of quantitative methods in transportation engineering comes with problems and a solutions manual for adopting course instructors. Basic mathematics and calculus are prerequisites.
This textbook of quantitative methods in transportation engineering comes with problems and a solutions manual for adopting course instructors. Basic mathematics and calculus are prerequisites.
This book presents a comprehensive EM design and analysis of low-profile patch arrays with High Impedance Surface-based ground plane and explains how to determine radiation mode Radar Cross-Section of
This book provides readers with an anaesthesia-focused alternative to general physiology textbooks. The new edition has been reorganised with the trainee anaesthesist in mind, into shorter bite-sized
This book provides readers with an anaesthesia-focused alternative to general physiology textbooks. The new edition has been reorganised with the trainee anaesthesist in mind, into shorter bite-sized
A microfluidic biochip is an engineered fluidic device that controls the flow of analytes, thereby enabling a variety of useful applications. According to recent studies, the fields that are best set
This book is concerned with the development of design techniques for controlling motion of mechanical systems which are employed to execute certain tasks acting collaboratively. The book introduces un
The book investigates static and dynamic behavior of nanocomposites using various reinforcements. It discusses matrices strengthened via various nanofillers like carbon nanotubes, graphene platel
Wave Propagation Analysis of Smart Nanostructures presents a mathematical framework for the wave propagation problem of small scale nanobeams and nanoplates manufactured from various materials includi
This book discusses 'tribological interface' that consists of two solid surfaces in contact with or without fluids in between. This book is written for engineering researchers and design engineers as
Phase-change Material based heat sinks and associated optimization remains a topic of great interest, as evident from the increasing number of citations and new applications and miniaturization. Often
This book demonstrates the research on VLC based indoor localization in four aspects: first, it constructs the concept and model of the system; second, positioning algorithms, as the main issue in ind
In recent decades, there has been a phenomenal growth in the field of photonic crystal research and has emerged as an interdisciplinary area. Photonic crystals are usually nanostructured electromagnet
This book emphasizes various image shape feature extraction methods which are necessary for image shape recognition and classification. Focussing on a shape feature extraction technique used in conten
Globally, lithium ion batteries (LIBs) are leaders in the energy storage sector but there are concerns regarding load leveling of renewable energy sources as well as smart grids and limited availabili
This book describes algorithms and hardware implementations of computer holography, especially in terms of fast calculation. It summarizes the basics of holography and computer holography and describe
This book emphasizes various image pre-processing methods which are necessary for early extraction of features from the image, leading to improved detection of local and global features. Different app
This new edition explores the wind industry from its inception; presents the design, aerodynamics, operation, control, applications, and different types of wind turbines. This new edition is fully upd
This book provides a methodological understanding of the theoretical and technical limitations to the longevity of Moore’s law. The book presents research on factors that have significant impact on th
The book details the modeling, performance, design, and control of reluctance synchronous and flux-modulation machines developed for low cost and high efficiency. It covers one and three phase relucta
This book covers block pulse and related functions for the analysis and identification of continuous and discrete-time systems. It covers ‘functions related to block pulse functions’ and pulse-width m
This book provides an extended overview and fundamental knowledge in industrial automation, while building the necessary knowledge level for further specialization in advanced concepts of industrial a
The dynamical projectors method proves to reduce a multicomponent problem to the simplest one-component problem with its solution determined by specific initial or boundary conditions.
This textbook will provide the fundamentals of optomechanics. Written by the two top scientists in the field, this stand-alone, student-friendly textbook has been course-tested and will include homewo
This book focuses on new results in chemistry and physics of polyamic acids and polyimides and discusses specific features of the catalytic imidization. It covers experimental and theoretical investig
