Books in Engineering and technology

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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Artificial Intelligence for Computational Fluid Dynamics

1st Edition
December 1, 2025
Kamarul Arifin Ahmad + 2 more
English
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Artificial Intelligence for Computational Fluid Dynamics offers a groundbreaking exploration of how high-performance computing and artificial intelligence (AI) revolutionize computational fluid dynamics (CFD). Designed for students and researchers alike, this book consolidates information on machine learning, deep learning, and neural networking, demonstrating their transformative potential in CFD. With an emphasis on both the current state of the field and future possibilities, the text serves as a vital resource for anyone looking to understand and leverage AI in fluid dynamics. This work not only educates but also inspires innovation within a rapidly evolving scientific landscape.The book delves into future research directions, aligning with the newly amended CFD vision for 2030, and underscores the importance of continued development. It introduces scientific tools and software integral to AI-driven CFD applications, ensuring that readers gain practical knowledge alongside theoretical insights. Authored by renowned experts with extensive teaching and research experience, this work stands at the intersection of cutting-edge technology and academic rigor, making it an indispensable reference for anyone in the field.

Corrosion Resistance and Prevention for Sustainable Automotive Manufacturing

1st Edition
December 1, 2025
Ashish Kumar + 1 more
English
Paperback
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Corrosion Resistance and Prevention for Sustainable Automotive Manufacturing is an essential resource for readers in academia and industry aiming to stay current with advancements in automotive materials, coatings, and treatments designed to combat corrosion and extend vehicle life. This book consolidates the latest research, industry best practices, and real-world examples, offering an in-depth understanding of the science behind corrosion prevention. It explores pioneering solutions and strategies addressing the demand for reduced environmental impact in production processes and final products. In addition to addressing corrosion resistance, the book provides insights from leading experts in automotive engineering and materials science.It covers sustainable manufacturing practices, innovative treatments, and coating methodologies, making it an indispensable guide for professionals and researchers dedicated to advancing the automotive sector.

Polymer Nanoparticle Technologies for Gene Delivery and Gene Therapy

1st Edition
December 1, 2025
Seyed Morteza Naghib + 3 more
English
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Polymer Nanoparticle Technologies for Gene Delivery and Gene Therapy focuses on the concept of polymer nanoparticles applications in gene delivery and gene therapy. Gene therapy is a relatively young branch of medicine that has the potential to relieve and treat numerous illnesses that are resistant to standard treatment. Polymers used to form nanoparticles can be both synthetic and natural polymers. These nanocarriers have been demonstrated for use as a variety of applications: such as drug delivery, imaging, and detection of apoptosis. This book covers many of the cationic polymers have been studied both in vitro and in vivo for gene delivery.

Understanding Satellite Navigation

2nd Edition
December 1, 2025
Rajat Acharya
English
Paperback
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Understanding Satellite Navigation, 2nd Edition explains the basic principles of satellite navigation technology with the bare minimum of mathematics and without complex equations. It helps you to conceptualize the underlying theory from first principles, building up your knowledge gradually using practical demonstrations and worked examples. A full range of MATLAB simulations is used to visualize concepts and solve problems, allowing you to see what happens to signals and systems with different configurations. Implementation and applications are discussed, along with some special topics such as Space Weather, Kalman Filter and Ionosphere.

Condition Monitoring and Structural Health Monitoring of Infrastructure Systems

1st Edition
December 1, 2025
Vistasp M. Karbhari + 1 more
English
Paperback
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Condition Monitoring and Structural Health Monitoring of Infrastructure Systems presents important developments in this field whilst focusing on specific areas such as bridges, buildings, industrial facilities, dams and hydraulic structures, pipelines, and power generation/transmiss... systems, to provide the reader with a focused insight into CM/SHM in these areas. The book provides both details of the technologies and applications with a focus on infrastructure components and systems. Given its specific focus on areas of infrastructure it will help researchers, designers, and practitioners in assessing the current state-of-the-art and in the identification of problems/challenges as well as to provide a focus of the “how to” so that they can get ahead in their research/application... It will assist the researcher, practitioner, and engineer in solving the issues of assessment and design which are critically needed as well as those of diagnosis and prognosis of the condition of a structure/system moving away from the inefficient time-based inspection system to a more efficient condition-based one. Written for a wide variety of audience, this book will cover different technologies, sensors, and analysis methods with a view towards application to ensure that the reader gets an integrated overview and in-depth knowledge of the subject.

Advances in Sustainable Masonry Bricks and Blocks

1st Edition
December 1, 2025
Fernando Pacheco-Torgal + 1 more
English
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Advances in Sustainable Masonry Bricks and Blocks: Design Optimization, Bio-based Material Incorporation, and Industrial Waste Valorization is a comprehensive reference resource that addresses the latest advancements and innovations in this field. This book explores novel sustainable masonry innovations in design optimization, bio-based materials, and industrial waste valorization. Part I investigates novel structural strategies—topologic... interlocking blocks modeled and fabricated in UHPC with an MCDM framework for reusability, a PRISMA-guided review of hygrothermal performance in insulated composite masonry, and a self-sensing brick system enabling continuous structural health monitoring. Part II delves into bio-reinforcements: Juncus-fiber–stabili... compressed earth blocks, fiber-reinforced soil units, glycoprotein stabilizers inspired by termite mounds, lime-hemp and sugarcane bagasse insulation for CEB walls, waste-glass–infused clay bricks, and rice-husk-ash geopolymer blocks. Part III valorizes community and industrial by-products—paper, plastics, bagasse ash, marble and stone dust, coal ash—into fired and unfired masonry, and applies geopolymers to stabilize earth materials. Across experimental research, systematic reviews, full-scale testing, and case studies, it advances durable, high-performance bricks and blocks with reduced environmental impact.

Adaptive Backstepping Consensus Control for Nonlinear Multi-Agent Systems

1st Edition
December 1, 2025
Lin Zhao + 1 more
English
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Adaptive Backstepping Consensus Control for Nonlinear Multi-Agent Systems: Command Filtered Backstepping offers a new design solution for students, researchers, and engineers working on distributed cooperative control problems for nonlinear multi-agent systems. The book is structured around six key topics, focusing on command filtered backstepping-based distributed adaptive consensus control. By combining command filtered backstepping techniques with adaptive control, fuzzy logic systems, neural networks, and other control approaches, the book investigates and proposes control schemes for the consensus control problem of nonlinear multi-agent systems. Readers will gain a comprehensive understanding of consensus control based on adaptive command filtered backstepping technology.

Event-Driven State Estimation for Stochastic Networked Systems

1st Edition
December 1, 2025
Cong Huang + 2 more
English
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Event-Driven State Estimation for Stochastic Networked Systems offers a comprehensive and clear explanation of recent developments in event-based state estimation for stochastic systems within limited communication networks, bringing together existing and emerging concepts. It provides a series of the latest results in, including but not limited to, recursive state estimation, fusion estimation, and state and fault estimation. The book provides practitioner readers with practical tools for the analysis and design of stochastic systems under limited communication networks, capturing recent advances in theory, technological aspects and real-world applications of advanced event-based state estimation methodologies. Realistic research problems are addressed in each chapter, with numerical and simulation results provided to reflect engineering practice, while demonstrating the main focus of the developed estimation approaches. The book is an advanced-level resource presented in an accessible manner, appealing to senior students as a core reference and to researchers and practitioners alike

Textile- and Fiber-Based Triboelectric Nanogenerators

1st Edition
November 12, 2025
Shahid Ul Islam + 4 more
English
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Textile- and Fiber-Based Triboelectric Nanogenerators: Advances and Perspectives presents the latest developments in triboelectric nanogenerators, covering current achievements and applications, as well as potential future applications. The book identifies the key drawbacks to these devices and then proposes solutions in a systematic way. It presents a guide for material scientists, electrical and chemical engineers, and industry practitioners on the current state-of-the- art of this multidisciplinary research area, while also opening up important new avenues of research for the industry to further develop smart textile-based energy harvesting devices.Readers will find comprehensive coverage of all types of textile- and fiber-based triboelectric nanogenerators for application in wearable technologies and self-powered electronics. It also outlines the unique advantages of triboelectric nanogenerators, their design considerations and guidelines, and the key challenges in translating them from the lab into real-world applications, with a particular focus on applications in the fields of sensing, structural health monitoring, and energy harvesting.

Geopolymer Concrete

1st Edition
November 10, 2025
Ildiko Merta + 1 more
English
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Geopolymer Concrete: Advancements in Performance and Sustainability is a thorough guide on a research topic in which incremental progress has been made in recent years. The book opens with fundamental information, such as properties and production (both design and manufacturing techniques). It then includes various applications and useful LCA analysis. Recent advances with a particular focus on improvements in durability, strength, and thermal performance are discussed next, with valuable data supplied by real-world case studies. Considerations related to the material’s environmental impact, challenges, barriers to its adoption, and other insights into current standards and regulations conclude the coverage.This multifaceted resource serves not only as a unique source of information for readers in academia and industry seeking to stay current in their field, but may also prove to be worthwhile reading for those professionals responsible for better and more sustainable construction enterprises.

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