Fatigue of Fiber-reinforced Composites describes the fatigue behavior of several types of composite materials. Based on a presentation of experimental results, the... Læs mere
The success of the World Wide Web depends on the ability of users to store, p- cess and retrieve digital information regardless of distance boundaries, languages and domains of knowledge.
Multi-database mining has been recognized recently as an important and strategically essential area of research in data mining.
The first half of this book develops the standard group theoretic techniques for studying polycyclic groups and their basic properties. The second half focuses specifically on the ring theoretic properties of polycyclic groups and their applications.
"Surface Integrity in Machining" describes the fundamentals and recent advances in the study of surface integrity in machining processes. "Surface Integrity in Machining" gathers together research from international experts in the field.
Lamb waves are guided waves that propagate in thin plate or shell structures. This book provides a comprehensive description... Læs mere
In the process industries, stiction is the most common performance-limiting valve problem and over the last... Læs mere
In contrast to many academic textbooks dealing with technological risks, this book has a unique interdisciplinary character that presents technological risks in their own context.Twenty-four scientists have come together to present their views on risks in technological systems.
Companies are being forced to process and manage increasingly differentiated products with shorter life cycles, low volumes and reduced customer delivery times. This book introduces an original and integrated idea of maintenance: maintenance for productivity.
This book offers a complete overview of fault-tolerant flight control techniques. Discussion covers the necessary equations for the modeling of small UAVs, a complete system based on extended Kalman filters, and a nonlinear flight control and guidance system.
Aims and Scope This book is both an introductory textbook and a research monograph on modeling the statistical structure... Læs mere
One of the main limitations of the precursors of today’s biometrics, which is still present in the vast majority of the existing biometric systems, has been the need to keep the device in close contact with the subject to capture the biometric measurements.