Название: Lithium-Ion Batteries Enabled by Silicon Anodes
Автор: Edited by Chunmei Ban, Kang Xu
Издательство: Institution of Engineering & Technology
Год: 2021
Страниц: 300
Размер: 86,44 МБ
Формат: EPUB
Язык: English

Deploying lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries depends on cost-effective electrode materials with high energy and power density to facilitate lower weight and volume. Si-based anode materials theoretically offer superior lithium storage capacity. Replacing a graphite anode with high-capacity materials such as silicon will further improve the energy density. Durable, low-cost, and high-energy-density materials are vital to developing plug-in electric vehicles as affordable and convenient as gasoline-powered ones, while reducing carbon emissions.

Название: Space Robotics and Autonomous Systems: Technologies, advances and applications
Автор: Edited by Yang Gao
Издательство: Institution of Engineering & Technology
Год: 2021
Страниц: 350
Размер: 159,59 МБ
Формат: EPUB
Язык: English

Space robotics and autonomous systems (Space RAS) play a critical role in the current and future development of mission-defined machines that can survive in space while performing exploration, assembly, construction, maintenance and servicing tasks. They represent a multi-disciplinary emerging field at the intersection of space engineering, terrestrial robotics, computer science and materials.

Название: International Encyclopedia of Transportation, Seven Volume Set
Автор: Editor in Chief: Roger Vickerman
Издательство: Elsevier
Год: 2021
Страниц: 4418
Размер: 321.87 МБ
Формат: PDF
Язык: English

In an increasingly globalised world, despite reductions in costs and time, transportation has become even more important as a facilitator of economic and human interaction; this is reflected in technical advances in transportation systems, increasing interest in how transportation interacts with society and the need to provide novel approaches to understanding its impacts. This has become particularly acute with the impact that Covid-19 has had on transportation across the world, at local, national and international levels.

Название: Earth Pressure
Автор: Achim Hettler, Karl-Eugen Kurrer
Издательство: Ernst & Sohn
Год: 2020
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 409
Размер: 13,96 МБ
Язык: English

The subject of earth pressure is one of the oldest and most extensive chapters in soil mechanics and foundation engineering and is one of the pillars of structural engineering. First the development of earth pressure theory is comprehensively described. The descriptions range from the first approaches to the determination of earth pressure through continuum mechanical earth pressure models to the integration of earth pressure research into the disciplinary structure of geotechnics.

Название: Audio Source Separation
Автор: Shoji Makino
Издательство: Springer
Год: 2018
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 389
Размер: 14,84 МБ
Язык: English

This book provides the first comprehensive overview of the fascinating topic of audio source separation based on non-negative matrix factorization, deep neural networks, and sparse component analysis.
The first section of the book covers single channel source separation based on non-negative matrix factorization (NMF). After an introduction to the technique, two further chapters describe separation of known sources using non-negative spectrogram factorization, and temporal NMF models.

Название: Communication and Control for Robotic Systems
Автор: Editors Jason Gu, Rajeeb Dey, Nabanita Adhikary
Издательство: Springer
Год: 2022
Страниц: 479
Размер: 2026 МБ
Формат: PDF
Язык: English

This book is a collection of high-quality research articles. The book includes topics specific to the emerging areas of control for robotic systems, wireless communication, and development of embedded systems for robotic applications. The book integrates three important aspects of automation, namely (i) communication, (ii) control, and (iii) embedded design for robotic applications.

Название: Advanced Lighting Controls: Energy Savings, Productivity, Technology and Applications
Автор: Edited by Craig DiLouie
Издательство: River Publishers
Год: 2020
Страниц: 324
Размер: 11,67 МБ
Формат: PDF
Язык: English

First published in 2005. Advanced Lighting Controls is edited by Craig DiLouie and written for engineers, architects, lighting designers, electrical contractors, distributors, and building owners and managers. Advanced lighting controls, indicated by research as the "next big thing," are now mandated by the ASHRAE/IES 91.1-1999 energy standard, the basis for all state energy codes in the U.S., and are becoming the norm rather than the exception in new construction. This book provides in-depth information about the major trends, technologies, codes, and design techniques shaping the use of today's lighting control systems, including dimming, automatic switching, and global as well as personal control.

Название: Wave Propagation in Structures, Third Edition
Автор: James F. Doyle
Издательство: Springer
Год: 2021
Страниц: 432
Размер: 18.06 МБ
Формат: PDF
Язык: English

This third edition builds on the introduction of spectral analysis as a means of investigating wave propagation and transient oscillations in structures. Each chapter of the textbook has been revised, updated and augmented with new material, such as a modified treatment of the curved plate and cylinder problem that yields a relatively simple but accurate spectral analysis.

Название: Computational Technologies in Materials Science
Автор: Edited by Shubham Tayal, Parveen Singla, Ashutosh Nandi, J. Paulo Davim
Издательство: CRC Press
Год: 2022
Страниц: 251
Размер: 20.58 МБ
Формат: PDF
Язык: English

Advanced materials are essential for economic security and human well-being, with applications in industries aimed at addressing challenges in clean energy, national security, and human welfare. Yet, it can take years to move a material to the market after its initial discovery. Computational techniques have accelerated the exploration and development of materials, offering the chance to move new materials to the market quickly.

Название: Ground Penetrating Radar: Improving sensing and imaging through numerical modeling
Автор: X. Lucas Travassos
Издательство: The Institution of Engineering and Technology
Год: 2021
Формат: PDF
Размер: 21 Мб
Язык: английский / English

Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) is a powerful sensing technology widely used for the non-destructive assessment of a variety of structures with different properties including dimensions, electrical properties, and moisture. After an introduction to the underlying concepts, this book guides the reader through the development and use of a GPR system, with an emphasis on the parameters that can be optimized, the theory behind assessment, and a coherent methodology to obtain results from a measured or simulated GPR signal. The authors then embark on a detailed discussion of support tools and numerical modelling techniques that can be applied to improve readings from GPR systems.