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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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Numerical Modeling of Turbulent Combustion

  • 1st Edition
  • June 1, 2025
  • Luc Vervisch + 1 more
  • English
  • Paperback
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Numerical Modeling of Turbulent Combustion provides readers with a comprehensive understanding of the specificities involved in numerical simulation of gaseous turbulent reactive flows and flames, including their most current applications. This title is intended for individuals with a background in fluid mechanics who are seeking to delve into the fundamentals of turbulent combustion modeling. It offers methodologies to simulate flames while taking into account their multi-physics character. Moreover, the text addresses emerging numerical technologies within this field and highlights the relevance of new sustainable fuels. The structure of the book is carefully organised to cover various aspects. It begins with an exploration of the fundamentals of aerothermochemistry, presenting key quantities and their corresponding balance equations that require numerical solutions. The book then delves into the essential concepts and tools necessary to handle the strongly non-linear nature of turbulent flames, with a specific focus on the interplay between turbulence and chemistry. Furthermore, readers will gain insights into the numerical modeling of flames within the context of sustainable combustion. This includes the introduction of novel fuels, such as hydrogen and solid metals, which have become increasingly relevant in recent times. The book also takes into account cutting-edge techniques, like the systematic integration of machine learning in numerical simulations of complex systems and the lattice Boltzmann approach. These innovations open new possibilities for tackling challenges in numerical turbulent combustion research. Both the fundamental methods and modeling tools are presented in detail, along with best practice guidelines for their practical application in simulations. This ensures that readers not only grasp the underlying theories but also gain valuable insights into how to implement these techniques effectively. Overall, Numerical Turbulent Combustion serves as a valuable resource for researchers and practitioners alike, offering a comprehensive and up-to-date understanding of numerical simulations in the field of turbulent combustion.

Composite Disturbance Rejection Control (CDRC) for Complex Dynamic Systems

  • 1st Edition
  • June 1, 2025
  • Jinhui Zhang
  • English
  • Paperback
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Composite Disturbance Rejection Control (CDRC) for Complex Dynamic Systems introduces a range of innovative composite disturbance rejection control methods, integrating DOB, ADRC, and other advanced control algorithms. These methods are poised to enhance the control performance of diverse practical control systems in the presence of disturbances. Disturbances are pervasive in modern engineering systems, exerting a nonnegligible negative influence on system performance, and conventional control methods like PID exhibit limited efficacy in managing disturbances, while certain advanced control approaches face practical implementation challenges in real-world control systems for a multitude of reasons.

Prediction Methods and Evaluation of the Fatigue Life for Automotive Structural Components

  • 1st Edition
  • June 1, 2025
  • Xintian Liu + 3 more
  • English
  • Paperback
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Automotive structural components are an important component that affects the performance of the entire vehicle. The light weight of automotive structural components is one of the sustainable solutions to energy and environmental issues, and the development technology of its core components and vehicle performance evaluation technology are its key development directions. To gradually replace traditional cars on a large scale, electric vehicles need to address the durability and reliability issues of the entire vehicle and key components. Prediction Methods and Evaluation of the Fatigue Life for Automotive Structural Components helps readers understand how they can do this

Stochastic Modeling and Statistical Methods

  • 1st Edition
  • June 1, 2025
  • Ioannis S. Triantafyllou + 2 more
  • English
  • eBook
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Stochastic Modeling and Statistical Methods: Advances and Applications is the practical guide to the latest developments in data analysis and research methods. The book explores the significant research progress that has been seen in recent decades, offering vital tools for analyzing modern applications and real data. Topics covered include Dynamic Reliability, Stochastic Modeling, System Maintainability, and Parametric, Semi-Parametric, and Nonparametric Statistical Inference. Readers will find the latest advancements in these areas, making it an essential resource for researchers and practitioners who want to explore these evolving fields and stay updated on cutting-edge research.

High-Pressure Thermoelastic and Thermophysical Properties of Smart Materials

  • 1st Edition
  • June 1, 2025
  • Anjani Kumar Pandey + 2 more
  • English
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High-Pressure Thermoelastic and Thermophysical properties of smart materials: EOSs at High Pressure and Thermal Properties describes how high-pressure research is instrumental in different sectors and how EOS plays an important role in high-pressure research; displays various EOS modelling techniques; explains thermoelastic and thermophysical properties of materials from EOSs, and provides a blueprint of size and shape dependence thermal properties of smart materials. This book opens with an introduction to high-pressure research, surveys experimental and theoretical tools for study at high pressure, covers the role of EOSs to describe thermoelastic properties and their limitations, looks at different modelling techniques of EOSs, considers how extreme-compression behaviour is different from low-compression behaviour, examines thermoelastic properties of smart materials at high pressure, addresses the search of universal EOSs, analyzes the effect of shape and size on thermal properties of smart materials and culminates in future research. This volume provides researchers and academicians working in the field of high-pressure research and shape / size dependent thermal properties a one-stop reference that summates correlations between different aspects of high-pressure thermoelastic and thermophysical properties of advanced materials. It serves as a thorough introduction for less-experienced readers, but also provides a summary of state-of-the-art in the field to physicists, materials scientists and engineers working to exploit high pressure techniques for possible materials development and application.

Resilient, Sustainable and Smart Ballasted Railway Track

  • 1st Edition
  • June 1, 2025
  • Yunlong Guo + 1 more
  • English
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Resilient, Sustainable and Smart Ballasted Railway Track explores the optimization of railway ballast tracks to achieve resilience, sustainability, and intelligence in railway infrastructure. It summarizes and examines new technologies and developments that address unresolved rapid defects in track components: such as rail damage, track stability, ballast flight, and ballast fouling. The book discusses the application of innovative materials derived from waste and recycled railway components, including tyre-derived aggregates, recycled ballast, Neoballast, and polyurethane (often referred to as ballast glue).Finally, the book examines state-of-the-art structural health monitoring techniques, such as smart sleepers, Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR), ground-penetrating radar, and inspection robots.

Treatise on Process Metallurgy

  • 1st Edition
  • June 1, 2025
  • Seshadri Seetharaman + 4 more
  • English
  • Hardback
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Treatise on Process Metallurgy: Volume 5: Energy, Environment, and Future Aspects of Process Metallurgy, Second Edition is divided into two parts, with the first covering sustainable development as it pertains to process metallurgy, addressing issues arising from sustained economic growth, long-term mineral and metal supply, and energy requirements in metallurgical industries. It also examines energy resources, including fossil and renewable sources, and discusses the resource efficiency of the circular economy through simulation-based analyses. The second part delves into the future of metals production globally, with a focus on raw material and energy availability. It presents current CO2 emissions and future projections, with emphasis on reducing CO2 generation in steelmaking technologies. Additional topics discussed include flash smelting, FINEX process outlook, the rotary hearth furnace, and an extensive coverage of hydrogen steelmaking.

The Prediction of Future Pandemics

  • 1st Edition
  • June 1, 2025
  • Ali Ahmadian + 4 more
  • English
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Prediction of the Future Pandemic: Artificial Intelligence and Nanotechnology Approaches provides a comprehensive account of the applications, challenges, and breakthroughs in using AI and nanotechnology for pandemic prediction. The book emphasizes interdisciplinary collaboration among experts and a global perspective on the prediction of future pandemics. Sections provide a comprehensive exploration of cutting-edge methodologies that leverage AI and nanotechnology to predict, analyze, and combat future pandemics. This book aims to bridge the gap between theoretical concepts and practical applications, offering insights into the integration of these advanced technologies for more accurate, timely, and ethical pandemic predictions.

Elasticity

  • 5th Edition
  • May 26, 2025
  • Martin H. Sadd
  • English
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Elasticity: Theory, Applications, and Numerics, Fifth Edition continues its market-leading tradition of concisely presenting and developing the linear theory of elasticity, moving from solution methodologies, formulations, and strategies into applications of contemporary interest, such as fracture mechanics, anisotropic and composite materials, micromechanics, nonhomogeneous graded materials, and computational methods. Developed for a one- or two-semester graduate elasticity course, this new edition has been revised with new worked examples, exercises, and new or expanded coverage in recent areas of interest.Using MATLAB software, numerical activities in the text are integrated with analytical problem solutions. Online ancillary support materials for instructors include a solutions manual, image bank, and a set of PowerPoint lecture slides.

Reliable and Resilient Logistics Systems

  • 1st Edition
  • May 1, 2025
  • Agnieszka Tubis + 1 more
  • English
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Reliable and Resilient Logistic Systems signposts the risks associated with common logistics systems and provides cutting-edge preventive and rapid response strategies to counter them. Today’s dynamically changing market conditions create an unstable and unpredictable environment for enterprises to operate in, which is not catered to by traditional approaches to logistics planning and organization. In response, this ground-breaking book explains how to create resilient logistic networks that can adapt quickly to changes in operational conditions, thus leading to more reliable supply. Adopting a process orientation, the authors consider a range of issues related to continuous improvement and sidestep the organizational boundaries that can stand in the way of process optimization. Their interdisciplinary approach addresses both technical and management aspects of logistics system performance, thus reflecting the complexity of the challenges targeted.

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