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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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Undersea Fiber Communication Systems

  • 3rd Edition
  • May 1, 2025
  • José Chesnoy + 1 more
  • English
  • Paperback
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Undersea Fiber Communication Systems, Third edition is a reference guide covering all aspects of optical communication systems over submarine cables, including design, technology, installation, and maintenance, for both the wet and dry plant. For more than 20 years, the book has served as the bible for the submarine optical communications industry, proving useful for all people interested in submarine cables, from students, to experts, operators, and investors. Since the publication of the second edition of the book in 2015, several technical areas have rapidly evolved, and this new third edition keeps the book up to date in this fast-moving field.The key technical areas impacted over the past decade and addressed in this volume include: Transverse role of open cables, from architectures and design to upgrades and management; Evolution of coherent transponders now fully versatile with hundreds of possible modes of operation; Impacts of space division multiplexing (SDM) with the foreseen evolution towards full multi-core fiber solutions in the next decade; Deep evolution of wet plant equipment (repeaters, branching units, cables) supporting SDM and reconfiguration of networks; Environmental impacts of marine operations from laying to cable recovery, leading also to many new developments of SMART cables; Contract management for laying open cables as well as for recovery of end-of-life cables; Unrepeatered systems that have progressed to match repeatered systems at network levels.

Integral Manifolds for Impulsive Differential Problems with Applications

  • 1st Edition
  • May 1, 2025
  • Ivanka Stamova + 1 more
  • English
  • Paperback
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Integral Manifolds for Impulsive Differential Problems with Applications offers readers a comprehensive resource on integral manifolds for different classes of differential equations which will be of prime importance to researchers in applied mathematics, engineering, and physics. The book offers a highly application-oriented approach, reviewing the qualitative properties of integral manifolds which have significant practical applications in emerging areas such as optimal control, biology, mechanics, medicine, biotechnologies, electronics, and economics. For applied scientists, this will be an important introduction to the qualitative theory of impulsive and fractional equations which will be key in their initial steps towards adopting results and methods in their research.

Sliding Mode Control of Fractional-order Systems

  • 1st Edition
  • May 1, 2025
  • Hamid Reza Karimi + 2 more
  • English
  • Paperback
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In the fields of dynamical systems and control theory, a fractional-order system is a dynamical system that can be modeled by a fractional differential equation containing derivatives of non-integer order. In control systems, sliding mode control (SMC) is a nonlinear control method that alters the dynamics of a nonlinear system by applying a discontinuous control signal (or more rigorously, a set-valued control signal) that forces the system to "slide" along a cross-section of the system's normal behavior. Sliding Mode Control of Fractional-order Systems discusses the design of several types of fractional-order systems. Sliding mode control strategy allows the exploration of the problems of projection synchronization control, finite-time stability, asymptotic stability, and formation control of fractional-order systems, which make up the shortages in the analysis and design of fractional-order systems. The book focuses on several types of fractional-order control systems, combined with the sliding-mode control (SMC) and event-triggered control, the problems of projection synchronization control, finite-time stability, asymptotic stability, and formation control for those systems are explored, which makes up the shortages in the analysis and design of fractional-order systems.

5G/5G-Advanced Networks

  • 2nd Edition
  • May 1, 2025
  • Christofer Larsson
  • English
  • Paperback
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5G/5G Advanced Networks: Planning, Design and Optimization, 2nd edition, presents practical methods and algorithms for the design of 5G/5G Advanced Networks, covering topics that range from network resilience to how streaming data analytics can be used in network orchestration and slice optimization. The book addresses 5G optimization issues that are data driven, high dimensional and clustered The new edition is extensively revised and updated with 5 new chapters: - Information theory applied to design targets and performance limits - 5G+radio interface and radio planning - Heavy traffic analysis - Network slicing - Machine learning methods for offline analytics This new edition now gives a broad and complete foundation in network optimization techniques for all subsystems of the cellular network by: - Showing how to optimize networks end-to-end, including dependencies between subsystems - Presenting network tuning methods to improve capacity, service quality, energy efficiency, and resilience – in relation to cost - Presenting designs of network slices with multi-objective performance targets The new edition also includes new practical hints sections that show algorithm implementation (end-to-end and unit testing), solution validation, bench-marking, potential pitfalls, the use of open-source software, illustration of code objects with examples in Python. 5G/5G Advanced Networks: Planning, Design and Optimization, 2nd edition, is an invaluable resource for telecom operators and service providers, university researchers, graduate students and network planners interested in practical methods for optimizing networks for large performance improvements and cost savings.

Photonic Laser Propulsion

  • 1st Edition
  • May 1, 2025
  • Young K. Bae
  • English
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Photonic Laser Propulsion offers a thrilling glimpse into the future of sustainable space travel by surveying one of the most significant breakthrough technologies to overcome the limitations of current propulsion systems based on conventional rocketry.Written by the pioneer of PLP, the book strives to establish a strong foundational understanding while delving into advanced theoretical concepts. Readers are guided through quantum mechanics, optical resonators, and radiation pressure that underpin this revolutionary thrust mechanism, to then be offered past experimental milestones and cutting-edge demonstrations that trace its evolution and validate its feasibility. A presentation of current application examples as well as long-term development pathways for interstellar commutes conclude the excursus, fostering curiosity and charting a course for further research exploration in this dynamic realm.Researchers both in academia and industry and a host of other technical audiences at all levels will think of this volume, which consolidates a growing body of knowledge surrounding PLP, as a key resource for their study or work to enable innovative space endeavors, including human civilization's expansion within our solar system or interstellar travel.

Treatise on Process Metallurgy, Volume 2B

  • 1st Edition
  • May 1, 2025
  • Seshadri Seetharaman + 4 more
  • English
  • Hardback
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Treatise on Process Metallurgy, Volume 2B: Unit Processes, presents various unit processes with an emphasis on mineral processing, hydrometallurgy, and electrochemical materials and energy processes. The book highlights the roles of these processes in beneficiation, rare-earth extraction, utilization of lean resources, coal extraction, and biofuels, reflecting the shift toward green and electrochemical processes. Basic knowledge of thermodynamics and kinetics is provided for better understanding of metallurgical processes. The first section of the book covers mineral processing, providing insight on comminution, separation processes, dewatering, and tailings disposal. The second section focuses on hydrometallurgy, discussing leaching, separation-purification, metal recovery, and battery materials, and the book concludes with a section studying electrochemical material and energy, featuring coverage of molten oxide electrolysis, molten carbonate fuel cells, various sensors, and ionic liquids. Each section also includes various case studies, demonstrating the use of the concepts in real-world settings.

Mechanical Behavior of Materials

  • 1st Edition
  • April 21, 2025
  • Rajiv S. Mishra + 2 more
  • English
  • Paperback
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Mechanical Behavior of Materials: Deformation and Design is the first textbook to adopt a design-led approach to the teaching of mechanical behavior of materials in which the underlying fundamental science is presented in the context of design. This approach has been found to help motivate and engage students through real-life case studies and illustrative applications. In addition to the design-led approach, Mishra and Charit cover newer content not found in other textbooks, such as recent advances in microstructural characterization techniques and up-to-date presentation of fundamentals that link the microstructure of engineering materials with realistic mechanical response.

Explainable AI for Communications and Networking

  • 1st Edition
  • April 2, 2025
  • Hatim Chergui + 2 more
  • English
  • Paperback
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Explainable AI for Communications and Networking: Toward Responsible Automation gives a tour into the realm of Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) and its impact on transparent and autonomous communication networks. The book equips readers from diverse backgrounds in communications and networking with a variety of XAI tools, metrics and frameworks to demystify AI systems through graphical taxonomies and mathematical formulations, which are further enriched with code snippets. The book also examines XAI implementation in wireless communications, network management, generative AI for telecom and cybersecurity, before presenting practical use-cases emanating from an industry perspective. Finally, the regulatory, ethical, and legal implications of XAI in telecommunications are reviewed, before concluding with key challenges and takeaways.

Green Building: An Engineering Approach to Sustainable Construction

  • 1st Edition
  • April 1, 2025
  • Christian M. Carrico
  • English
  • Paperback
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Green Building: An Engineering Approach to Sustainable Construction fills a void in green building which has good textbook options for practitioners, architects, and sustainability experts, but not an engineering focused textbook focused on green building. This new text takes an engineering approach to evaluating green building techniques, systems, and materials. The book examines the built environment from inside out, looking at minimizing environmental impacts while also considering the economics and energy use and efficiency. While not a test-prep book, it will provide the knowledge foundation that will help prepare the students to take the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design accreditation exam.As students are often unclear on the evolving employment prospects in this field, particularly for the engineer, the textbook also features six case studies showing different career pathways for engineers in this arena.

Additive Manufacturing of Continuous Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites

  • 1st Edition
  • April 1, 2025
  • Xiaoyong Tian + 3 more
  • English
  • Paperback
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Additive Manufacturing of Continuous Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites the additive manufacturing of continuous fiber reinforced polymer composites (CFRPCs), discussing their mechanical behavior, manufacture, structure, performance, and application. The raw materials involved, manufacturing processes for specific CFRPCs (thermoplastic, thermosetting, self-reinforcing), modeling, design, and failure analysis of these materials are each covered at length. An entire chapter is dedicated to their performance based on their structure and design, with lightweight composite structure, shape-morphing composite structure, and electromagnetic wave manipulating structure each studied. Embedded sensing by CFRPCs, mechanical metamaterials, and the applications of CFRPCs in aerospace, consumer products, and industrial tooling are each covered as well.

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