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The Engineering and Technology portfolio includes comprehensive overviews of all major research and practical developments in aerospace and automotive engineering, civil and environmental engineering, mechanical and industrial engineering, materials engineering, electrical engineering, communications engineering, and more. In-depth coverage, innovative state-of-the-art approaches, and real-world case studies provide valuable, actionable insights for researchers, applied engineers and students. The content in Elsevier's Engineering and Technology books program addresses core issues in industry and society, such as sustainability, the circular economy, AI, and automation.

  • Microelectronics and Society

    For Better or for Worse
    • 1st Edition
    • Günter Friedrichs + 1 more
    • English
    Microelectronics and Society: For Better or for Worse: A Report to the Club of Rome focuses on the challenges, opportunities, and problems related with the development of microelectronics and its effects on society. The book first offers information on microelectronics and information technology. Discussions focus on the political consequences of technological development, national capacities for science and technology, employment, occupation, and the renaissance of society, and the relationships of microelectronics with automation, information, technology, and communications. The publication then examines the applications and influence of microelectronics on enterprise, including the impact on manufacturing processes, service enterprises, administrative and office work, infrastructure, and rates of diffusion. The manuscript elaborates on the impact of microelectronics on workers and the workplace and microelectronics and macroeconomics. Topics include parts of the service sector with increasing and decreasing employment, international trade, employment, quality of work, polarization of jobs, technological alternatives, and industrial relations implications. The text is a valuable reference for sociologists and readers interested in the influence of microelectronics on society.

  • Structural Concrete

    The Commonwealth and International Library: Structures and Solid Body Mechanics Division
    • 1st Edition
    • J. D. Davies
    • B. G. Neal
    • English
    Structural Concrete examines the behavior of reinforced and prestressed concrete structures under working load and ultimate load conditions. This eight-chapter text deals first with the analysis of concrete structures as a particular branch of structural mechanics. Other chapters explore the empirical methods and the practical design and detailing procedures. Considerable chapters describe the mechanical behavior of structural concrete, with a particular emphasis on the elastic behavior. The final chapters examine the behavior of continuous beams, frames, and slabs. These chapters also look into the models for structural concrete. This book is intended primarily to undergraduate civil engineering students.

  • Matrix Analysis of Electrical Machinery

    • 2nd Edition
    • N. N. Hancock
    • English
    Matrix Analysis of Electrical Machinery, Second Edition focuses on the systematic matrix analysis of the performance of electrical machinery, including circuits, current transformation, and matrix techniques. The manuscript first covers the elements of matrix algebra, application of matrix algebra to static electrical networks, and transformers. Topics include three-winding transformers, transformation of voltage and impedance for invariant power with a given current transformation, linear transformation in electrical circuit analysis, differentiation and integration of a matrix, linear transformation, matrix representation of simultaneous equations, and alternative methods of inversion. The book then ponders on matrix equations of the basic rotating machines, torque expressions, linear transformations in circuits and machines, and application of matrix techniques to routine performance calculations. Discussions focus on phasor diagrams and equivalent circuits, analysis of three-phase machines, physical interpretation of various sets of axes, equivalence of three-phase and two-phase systems, energy stored in the magnetic fields, and matrix equations of slip-ring and squirrel-cage machines. The text takes a look at miscellaneous machine problems, small oscillations, and steady-state performance of polyphase machines. The publication is a fine reference for researchers wanting to explore the matrix analysis of electrical machinery.

  • Liberal Studies

    An Outline Course
    • 1st Edition
    • N. C. Dexter + 1 more
    • C. V. James + 2 more
    • English
    Liberal Studies: An Outline Course, Volume One serves as a starting-point for provoking serious and informed discussion of liberal studies. This book basically compiles a series of essays or articles on selected topics of general interest, followed in most cases by a list of quotations taken from various authors. Such topics include education, use of studying Latin or Greek, and pacifism. This publication also pays attention to things of a less specific nature, but things that are interesting and important just the same and things that will be profitable if considered. Other topics include history and progress, law and justice, patriotism and rise of nationalism, science and Christianity, and truth and nature of reality. This volume is recommended for students taking liberal studies and teachers teaching the subject.

  • Electrical Correcting Elements in Automatic Control and Regulation Circuits

    • 1st Edition
    • G. K. Krug + 1 more
    • English
    Electrical Correcting Elements in Automatic Control and Regulation Circuits presents the problems of matching some regulator to the device which is to be regulated. This book describes a large number of electrical correcting and stabilizing devices. Organized into two chapters, this book begins with an overview of the theory of automatic regulation. This text then discusses problems which have to do with the introduction of correcting and stabilizing devices into systems of automatic regulation and control. This book provides as well practical recommendations for the application in automatic control systems. The final chapter deals with the components and circuits of correcting devices. This book is a valuable resource for engineers who work in the field of the design and application of automatic regulating and controlling systems.

  • Solid-State Circuits

    The Commonwealth and International Library: Electrical Engineering Division
    • 1st Edition
    • G. J. Pridham
    • N. Hiller
    • English
    Solid-State Circuits focuses on the practices, principles, methodologies, and approaches involved in modern semiconductor theory and practice. The publication first takes a look at basic physical concepts, semiconductor devices, and construction and characteristics of semiconductor devices. Discussions focus on metal oxide semiconductor transistors, junction field effect transistors, bipolar transistors, voltage reference diodes, metal oxide semiconductor transistors, junction field effect transistors, and conduction of electricity. The book then elaborates on integrated circuits, rectification and power supplies, low-frequency amplifiers, and sine- and square-wave oscillators. Topics include bipolar transistor RC oscillators, field effect transistor astable multivibrators, bipolar transistor current amplifiers, smoothing circuits, integrated circuit production processes, and active circuit components. The manuscript examines equivalent circuit of field effect transistors, physical equivalent and black-box equivalent circuits of bipolar transistors, and high-frequency effects and circuits. The publication is a valuable reference for researchers interested in solid-state circuits.

  • Towards Global Action for Appropriate Technology

    Pergamon International Library of Science, Technology, Engineering and Social Studies
    • 1st Edition
    • A.S. Bhalla
    • English
    Towards Global Action for Appropriate Technology describes an international mechanism for the promotion and implementation of appropriate technology that caters to the needs of developing countries. A number of key issues are considered, such as the role played by national and sub-regional institutions, particularly in developing countries, in the development of appropriate technologies, or the mechanisms for networking, information dissemination, and promotion of research and development. Comprised of six chapters, this volume begins with an overview of some relatively unfamiliar criteria that should be taken into account in guiding the selection of appropriate technologies, including cost and risk involved; modernity; individual or collective nature; and single or multipurpose character of technology. The links between the concepts of appropriate technology and the basic needs approach to development are then examined. Subsequent chapters focus on the existence of national capabilities in developing countries in the form of science and technology institutions; the activities of the United Nations system with respect to appropriate technology; and existing international mechanisms for appropriate technology. The book concludes by presenting a blueprint for global action for the promotion of appropriate technology, through the establishment of a new mechanism. This monograph will be of interest to economists and policymakers.

  • Theoretical Mechanics for Sixth Forms

    Pergamon International Library of Science, Technology, Engineering and Social Studies
    • 2nd Edition
    • W. A. Tomkys + 1 more
    • English
    Theoretical Mechanics for Sixth Forms, Volume 2, Second (SI) Edition focuses on the processes, principles, methodologies, and approaches involved in the theoretical mechanics for sixth forms. The publication first elaborates on the motion of a rigid body about a fixed axis, free motion of a rigid body in two dimensions, and motion with variable acceleration. Discussions focus on equations of motion deduced from the energy equation, damped harmonic oscillations, rate of working by a variable force, impulsive motion, instantaneous center of rotation, and force exerted on the axis of rotation. The text also ponders on motion of a particle in two dimensions and systems of coplanar forces. Concerns cover moment of a force as a vector, equilibrium of a rigid body under the action of a system of coplanar forces, equivalence of sets of coplanar forces, forces acting on a particle, angular momentum of a particle about an axis, and motion of a particle on a smooth curve. The book focuses on vector algebra and the motion of bodies with variable mass, including rectilinear motion of chains, addition and subtraction of vectors, and vector product. The publication is a valuable source of data for students of mathematics and researchers interested in the theoretical mechanics for sixth forms.

  • Performance

    Flight Testing
    • 2nd Edition
    • Daniel O. Dommasch
    • English

  • Damages on Pumps and Systems

    The Handbook for the Operation of Centrifugal Pumps
    • 1st Edition
    • Thomas Merkle
    • English
    Damage on Pumps and Systems. The Handbook for the Operation of Centrifugal Pumps offers a combination of the theoretical basics and practical experience for the operation of circulation pumps in the engineering industry. Centrifugal pumps and systems are extremely vulnerable to damage from a variety of causes, but the resulting breakdown can be prevented by ensuring that these pumps and systems are operated properly. This book provides a total overview of operating centrifugal pumps, including condition monitoring, preventive maintenance, life cycle costs, energy savings and economic aspects. Extra emphasis is given to the potential damage to these pumps and systems, and what can be done to prevent breakdown.

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