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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.

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    • Digital Manufacturing

      • 1st Edition
      • December 1, 2023
      • Chandrakant D. Patel + 1 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Digital Manufacturing: Key Elements of a Digital Factory explains the different devices and agents at the factory floor level that are driving the digital manufacturing revolution, including autonomous robots, process automation, artificial intelligence and cyber-physical systems. Individual chapters explore the fundamentals and benefits of major digital manufacturing tools including robotics, the industrial internet of things, digital twins, edge security, knowledge discovery, service-centric production, and related supply-chain strategies. Real-world case studies from industry are provided throughout to show how these work in practice. In addition to learning about individual technologies, readers will discover how they are integrating to drive the digital transformation of manufacturing ecosystem. Final sections present new business models working towards sustainable net zero operations and economy.

    • Human-in-the-loop Learning and Control for Robot Teleoperation

      • 1st Edition
      • April 6, 2023
      • Chenguang Yang + 2 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Human-in-the-loop Learning and Control for Robot Teleoperation presents recent, research progress on teleoperation and robots, including human-robot interaction, learning and control for teleoperation with many extensions on intelligent learning techniques. The book integrates cutting-edge research on learning and control algorithms of robot teleoperation, neural motor learning control, wave variable enhancement, EMG-based teleoperation control, and other key aspects related to robot technology, presenting implementation tactics, adequate application examples and illustrative interpretations. Robots have been used in various industrial processes to reduce labor costs and improve work efficiency. However, most robots are only designed to work on repetitive and fixed tasks, leaving a gap with the human desired manufacturing effect.

    • Comprehensive Structural Integrity

      • 2nd Edition
      • April 18, 2023
      • Ferri M.H. Aliabadi + 1 more
      • English
      • Hardback
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      Comprehensive Structural Integrity, Second Edition, a Ten Volume Set, provides material scientists and engineers with an authoritative and complete one-stop reference tool on all aspects of this exciting field. The book puts special emphasis on the interaction between mechanics and materials and structural integrity applications. Because of the interdisciplinary and applied nature of the work, it is an indispensable resource for mechanical engineers and materials scientists from both academic and industrial backgrounds, including bioengineering, interface engineering and nanotechnology. Structural Integrity is the ability of a component, structure or asset to operate properly under the pressure of a load, including the weight of the asset itself. It’s a vital consideration for structural engineering: essentially the science and technology which can prevent disaster.

    • Power Ultrasonics

      • 2nd Edition
      • April 6, 2023
      • Juan A. Gallego-Juarez + 2 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Power Ultrasonics: Applications of High-Intensity Ultrasound, Second Edition provides a comprehensive reference on the fundamentals, processing, engineering, medical, food and pharmaceutical applications of ultrasonic processing. Chapters cover the fundamentals of nonlinear propagation of ultrasonic waves in fluids and solids, discuss the materials and designs of power ultrasonic transducers and devices, identify applications of high power ultrasound in materials engineering and mechanical engineering, food processing technology, environmental monitoring and remediation and industrial and chemical processing (including pharmaceuticals), medicine and biotechnology, and cover developments in ultrasound therapy and surgery applications.The new edition also includes recent advances in modeling, characterization and measurement techniques, along with additive manufacturing and micromanufacturing. This is an invaluable reference for graduate students and researchers working in the disciplines of materials science and engineering. In addition, those working on the physics of acoustics, sound and ultrasound, sonochemistry, acoustic engineering and industrial process technology, R&D managers, production, and biomedical engineers will find it useful to their work.

    • Introduction to Optimum Design

      • 5th Edition
      • November 15, 2023
      • Jasbir Singh Arora
      • English
      • Paperback
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      **2025 Textbook and Academic Authors Association (TAA) McGuffey Longevity Award Winner**Introduction to Optimum Design, Fifth Edition is the most widely used textbook in engineering optimization and optimum design courses. It is intended for use in a first course on engineering design and optimization at the undergraduate or graduate level within engineering departments of all disciplines, but primarily within mechanical, aerospace and civil engineering. The basic approach of the text presents an organized approach to engineering design optimization in a rigorous yet simplified manner, illustrating various concepts and procedures with simple examples and demonstrating their applicability to engineering design problems. Formulation of a design problem as an optimization problem is emphasized and illustrated throughout the text. Excel and MATLAB are featured as learning and teaching aids. This new edition has been enhanced with new or expanded content in such areas as reliability‐based optimization, metamodeling, design of experiments, robust design, nature-inspired metaheuristic search methods, and combinatorial optimizaton.

    • Movement Disorders Emergencies

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 6
      • September 25, 2023
      • English
      • Hardback
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      Movement Disorders Emergencies, Volume Six in the International Review of Movement Disorders series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters that discuss Management of non-motor emergencies in Parkinson’s disease, Movement disorders emergencies in metabolic diseases, Acute psychiatric problems in movement disorders, Emergencies in deep brain stimulation, Emergencies in pump therapies, Acute parkinsonism: from viruses to strange pathogens, Acute dystonia and status dystonicus dystonia, Emergencies in tic and choreic disorders, Telemedicine and digital health solutions for managing movement disorders emergencies, and much more.

    • Construction of Earthquake-Resistant Concrete and Steel Structures

      • 1st Edition
      • October 11, 2023
      • Moosa Mazloom
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Impressive engineering advances have occurred that can curb the impact of seismic events on residential properties, commercial edifices, architectural heritage, and infrastructure. Written by a university professor with decades of on-site experience, Construction of Earthquake-Resistant Concrete and Steel Structures offers up-to-date information and technical competence with the aim of supporting an understanding of fundamental concepts for concrete and steel structures, shell elements, and reinforcement detailing. The volume is an invaluable resource for students, researchers, and early-career practicing professionals to also learn about construction issues and how to solve practical challenges while ensuring that building codes (ACI, AISC, ANSI, ASCE, RCSC, and many more) and design standards’ requirements are upheld.

    • Rehabilitation Robots for Neurorehabilitation in High-, Low-, and Middle-Income Countries

      • 1st Edition
      • October 27, 2023
      • Michelle Jillian Johnson + 1 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Rehabilitation Robots for Neurorehabilitation in High, Low, and Middle Income Countries: Current Practice, Barriers, and Future Directions describes the state-of-art research of stroke rehabilitation using robot systems in selected High Income Countries (HICs) and Low and Middle Income Countries (LMICs), along with potential solutions that enable these technologies to be available to clinicians worldwide, regardless of country and economic status. The book brings together engineers and clinicians, offers insights into healthcare disparities, and highlights potential solutions to facilitate the availability and accessibility of more robot systems to stroke survivors and their clinicians worldwide, regardless of country and economic status.In addition, the book provides examples on how robotic technology is used to bridge rehabilitation gaps in LMICs and describes potential strategies for increasing the expansion of robot-assisted stroke rehabilitation across more LMICs.

    • Transfer Learning for Rotary Machine Fault Diagnosis and Prognosis

      • 1st Edition
      • November 10, 2023
      • Ruqiang Yan + 1 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Transfer Learning for Rotary Machine Fault Diagnosis and Prognosis introduces the theory and latest applications of transfer learning on rotary machine fault diagnosis and prognosis. Transfer learning-based rotary machine fault diagnosis is a relatively new subject, and this innovative book synthesizes recent advances from academia and industry to provide systematic guidance. Basic principles are described before key questions are answered, including the applicability of transfer learning to rotary machine fault diagnosis and prognosis, technical details of models, and an introduction to deep transfer learning. Case studies for every method are provided, helping readers apply the techniques described in their own work.

    • Embedded System Design

      • 1st Edition
      • September 14, 2023
      • Lawrence J. Henschen + 1 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Embedded Systems Design: Methodologies and Issues presents methodologies for designing these systems and discusses major issues, both present and future, that designers must consider in bringing products with embedded processing to market. The book starts from the first step after product proposal (behavioral modeling) and goes through the steps for modeling internal operations. Specific areas of focus include methods for designing safe, reliable, and robust embedded systems. Sections cover selection of processors and related hardware as well as issues involved in designing related software. Finally, the book present issues that will occur in systems designed for the Internet of Things. This book is for junior/senior/MS students in computer science, computer engineering, and electrical engineering who intend to take jobs in industry designing and implementing embedded systems and Internet of Things applications.

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