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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.

    • Motion and Path Planning for Additive Manufacturing

      • 1st Edition
      • November 21, 2023
      • Alex C. Roschli + 5 more
      • English
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      Motion and Path Planning for Additive Manufacturing takes a deep dive into the concepts and computations behind slicing software – the software that uses 3D models to generate the commands required to control the motion of a 3D printer and ultimately construct objects. Starting with a brief review of the different types of motion in additive systems, this book walks through the steps of the path planning process and discusses the different types of toolpaths and their corresponding function in additive manufacturing. Planar, non-planar, and off-axis path planning are examined and explained. This book also presents pathing considerations for different types of 3D-printers, including extrusion, non-extrusion, and hybrid systems as well as 3- and 5-axis systems. Engineers, researchers, and designers in the additive manufacturing field can use this book as a reference for every step of the path planning process, as well as a guide that explains the computations underlying the creation and use of toolpaths.
    • Autonomous Mobile Robots

      • 1st Edition
      • September 1, 2023
      • Rahul Kala
      • English
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      Autonomous Mobile Robots: Planning, Navigation, and Simulation presents detailed coverage of the domain of robotics in motion planning and associated topics in navigation. This book covers numerous base planning methods from diverse schools of learning, including deliberative planning methods, reactive planning methods, task planning methods, fusion of different methods, and cognitive architectures. It is a good resource for doing initial project work in robotics, providing an overview, methods and simulation software in one resource. For more advanced readers, it presents a variety of planning algorithms to choose from, presenting the tradeoffs between the algorithms to ascertain a good choice. Finally, the book presents fusion mechanisms to design hybrid algorithms.
    • Finite Element Analysis and Design of Steel and Steel–Concrete Composite Bridges

      • 2nd Edition
      • January 25, 2023
      • Ehab Ellobody
      • English
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      This second edition of Finite Element Analysis and Design of Steel and Steel-Concrete Composite Bridges is brought fully up-to-date and provides structural engineers, academics, practitioners, and researchers with a detailed, robust, and comprehensive combined finite modeling and design approach. The book’s eight chapters begin with an overview of the various forms of modern steel and steel-concrete composite bridges, current design codes (American, British, and Eurocodes), nonlinear material behavior of the bridge components, and applied loads and stability of steel and steel-concrete composite bridges. This is followed by self-contained chapters concerning design examples of steel and steel-concrete composite bridge components as well as finite element modeling of the bridges and their components. The final chapter focuses on finite element analysis and the design of composite highway bridges with profiled steel sheeting. This volume will serve as a valuable reference source addressing the issues, problems, challenges, and questions on how to enhance the design of steel and steel-concrete composite bridges, including highway bridges with profiled steel sheeting, using finite element modeling techniques.
    • Data Analysis in Pavement Engineering

      • 1st Edition
      • November 6, 2023
      • Qiao Dong + 2 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Data Analysis in Pavement Engineering: Methodologies and Applications introduces thetheories and methods as well as definitions, principles, and algorithms of data analysis appliedin pavement and transportation infrastructure analysis, tests, maintenance, and operation.This book provides case studies that demonstrate how these methods can be applied tosolve problems in pavement engineering. Through these real-life examples, readers can gaina better understanding of how to utilize these data analysis techniques effectively.Data Analysis in Pavement Engineering: Methodologies and Applications serves as areference for engineers or a textbook for graduate and senior undergraduate students indisciplines related to transportation infrastructure.
    • Digital Manufacturing

      • 1st Edition
      • December 1, 2023
      • Chandrakant D. Patel + 1 more
      • English
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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.
    • Recent Trends in Cold-Formed Steel Construction

      • 2nd Edition
      • November 4, 2023
      • Cheng Yu
      • English
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      Recent Trends in Cold-Formed Steel Construction, Second Edition focuses on the application and use of this important construction material. In this updated edition, new chapters take on these developments, offering updates on cutting-edge new technologies and design methods for using cold-formed steel as a structural material and providing technical guidance on how to design and build sustainable and energy-efficient cold-formed steel buildings. Sections introduce codes, specifications and design methods, provide computational analysis of cold-formed steel structures, examine the structural performance of cold-formed steel buildings, and review thermal performance, acoustic performance, fire protection, floor vibrations and blast resistance. Over the last few years, there has been major breakthroughs for cold-formed steel design with modular building applications now becoming more widely accepted. Other scientific developments include research on system reliability applications, AI machine learning, and the use of high strength steel, as well as new connection methods and changes in DSM codes.
    • Computational Intelligence for Medical Internet of Things (MIoT) Applications

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 14
      • January 25, 2023
      • Yassine Maleh + 3 more
      • English
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      Computational Intelligence for Medical Internet of Things (MIoT) Applications: Machine Intelligence Applications for IoT in Healthcare explores machine intelligence techniques necessary for effective MIoT research and practice, taking a practical approach for practitioners and students entering the field. This book investigates advanced concepts and applications in the MIoT field, guiding readers through emerging developments and future trends. A wide range of international authors guide readers through advanced concepts, including deep learning, neural network, and big data analytic approaches for the classification, indexing, retrieval, analysis, and inferencing of healthcare data.
    • Management and Engineering of Critical Infrastructures

      • 1st Edition
      • September 4, 2023
      • Bedir Tekinerdogan + 4 more
      • English
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      Management and Engineering of Critical Infrastructures focuses on two important aspects of CIS, management and engineering. The book provides an ontological foundation for the models and methods needed to design a set of systems, networks and assets that are essential for a society's functioning, and for ensuring the security, safety and economy of a nation. Various examples in agriculture, the water supply, public health, transportation, security services, electricity generation, telecommunication, and financial services can be used to substantiate dangers. Disruptions of CIS can have serious cascading consequences that would stop society from functioning properly and result in loss of life.Malicious software (a.k.a., malware), for example, can disrupt the distribution of electricity across a region, which in turn can lead to the forced shutdown of communication, health and financial sectors. Subsequently, proper engineering and management are important to anticipate possible risks and threats and provide resilient CIS. Although the problem of CIS has been broadly acknowledged and discussed, to date, no unifying theory nor systematic design methods, techniques and tools exist for such CIS.
    • Clinical Biomechanics in Human Locomotion

      • 1st Edition
      • April 10, 2023
      • Andrew Horwood + 1 more
      • English
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      Clinical Biomechanics in Human Locomotion: Gait and Pathomechanical Principles explores the clinical management of gait-disturbing or gait-induced pathologies and biomechanical variances during gait between individuals. The book discusses what is required to make terrestrial human locomotion safe and what causes pathology within a context of high locomotive and morphological variability. The interaction of genetics, epigenetics, developmental biology and physiology under the influence of locomotive biomechanics and metabolic energetics drives evolution. Such biological pressures on survival are essential in understanding the locomotive biomechanics of modern humans. In addition, lifestyle, including gait speed adaptability established during the growth influences of anatomical development is also considered.
    • Customized Production Through 3D Printing in Cloud Manufacturing

      • 1st Edition
      • November 22, 2022
      • Lin Zhang + 2 more
      • English
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      Customized Production Through 3D Printing in Cloud Manufacturing explains how to combine the latest cloud manufacturing and additive manufacturing technology to find innovative solutions to important problems in research and industry. The manufacturing industry strives constantly to improve levels of product personalization for its customers, who have become increasingly demanding in this respect in recent decades. Among the tools currently growing in use in the industry, there is great potential to address this demand. Cloud manufacturing maps manufacturing resources and capabilities to the cloud, adding the capacity to gather decentralized manufacturing resources and use manufacturing services on-demand, and 3D printing provides strong support for truly individualized manufactured components. This is the first book to cover the whole lifecycle of 3D printing services in a cloud environment, including topics like: cloud servitization of 3D printers, 3D printing model design, supply-demand matching and scheduling, on-demand using and pricing, printing monitoring in cloud, and printing service evaluation. With a systematic introduction to this promising manufacturing paradigm, as well as coverage of models and service management to practical applications, this book will meet the needs of a broad range of researchers as well as practitioners.