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    • Amines to Azetidines

      • 1st Edition
      • August 1, 2025
      • Navjeet Kaur
      • English
      Amines to Azetidines embarks on an insightful journey into the realm of organic synthesis, spotlighting the intricate processes that lead to the formation of azetidines from amine-based compounds. This book serves as a vital resource for chemists, blending theoretical knowledge with practical methodologies. With a focus on clarity, it elaborates on reaction mechanisms, substrate flexibility, and the role of catalysts in facilitating smooth conversions. Designed for readers ranging from seasoned researchers to eager novices, the text combines accessible language with relevant illustrations, ensuring a seamless understanding of fundamental concepts and advanced techniques alike.In addition to its detailed exploration of synthetic routes, the book provides a wealth of examples that underscore the practical applications of azetidines in pharmaceutical and industrial chemistry. It delves into structure-property relationships, offering insights into how subtle chemical modifications influence reactivity and stability. The inclusion of case studies and experimental data makes this work a dynamic blend of academic rigor and real-world relevance.

    • Machine Performance Degradation Assessment

      • 1st Edition
      • October 17, 2025
      • Dong Wang + 1 more
      • English
      Machine Performance Degradation Assessment: Convex Optimization Models and Their Interpretable Data Fusion Applications is an essential resource for industry professionals and researchers seeking to understand the latest trends in performance degradation assessment technologies. This comprehensive guide delves into the fundamental theories of convex optimization models while exploring cutting-edge research methods. Readers will gain valuable insights into interpretable data fusion models and their applications, providing practical and theoretical knowledge to advance their understanding of machine performance degradation. In addition to the core mathematical elements, the book includes advanced techniques for formulating degradation properties into convex optimization models for health index construction.Real-wo... applications and examples demonstrate how these innovative methods can be applied in practice. By presenting novel concepts and analytical frameworks, this book offers fresh perspectives to help readers navigate the complexities of machine performance degradation assessment.

    • Reliable Non-Parametric Techniques for Energy System Operation and Control

      • 1st Edition
      • July 4, 2025
      • Hongcai Zhang + 3 more
      • English
      Reliable Non-Parametric Techniques for Energy System Operation and Control: Fundamentals and Applications of Constraint Learning and Safe Reinforcement Learning Methods, a new Volume in the Advances in Intelligent Energy Systems, is a comprehensive guide to modern smart methods in energy system operation and control. This book covers fundamental concepts and applications in both deterministic and uncertain environments. It addresses the challenge of accuracy in imbalanced datasets and the limitations of measurements. The book delves into advanced topics such as safe reinforcement learning for energy system control, including training-efficient intrinsic-motivated reinforcement learning, and physical layer-based control, and more. Other chapters cover barrier function-based control and CVaR-based control for systems without hard operation constraints. Designed for graduate students, researchers, and engineers, this book stands out for its practical approach to advanced methods in energy system control, enabling sustainable developments in real-world conditions.

    • Optimization Planning and Operation of Electric Vehicle Charging Facilities

      • 1st Edition
      • August 19, 2025
      • Hengjie Li + 4 more
      • English
      Optimization Planning and Operation of Electric Vehicle Charging Facilities: A Perspective from China provides an in-depth understanding of core theories and advanced technologies in the field. Summarizing the latest research, the book introduces achievements in optimizing the planning and operation of electric vehicle charging facilities. It is dedicated to the scientific planning and efficient operation of charging stations, supporting the sustainable growth of the electric vehicle industry. The book also delves into frontier issues such as the interaction between electric vehicles and the power grid, and participation modes in the electricity market.It highlights the application of existing technologies and includes findings from major projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the Shanghai Science and Technology Commission, and the State Grid Corporation of China.

    • MATLAB Scientific Plotting and Data Analysis

      • 1st Edition
      • July 25, 2025
      • Jinbin Ding
      • English
      MATLAB Scientific Plotting and Data Analysis combines the author's extensive experience in data analysis and scientific plotting to provide detailed explanations of the methods and techniques for using MATLAB. The book is divided into three parts, consisting of 12 chapters. The first part covers the basics of MATLAB, including the operating environment, data types and basic operations, file operations, and programming. The second part focuses on MATLAB's data visualization capabilities, with topics such as figure window information, 2D plotting, 3D plotting, specialized plotting, and handle graphics objects.The third part covers descriptive data analysis, interpolation and fitting, regression analysis, and optimization problem solving. Furthermore, this book provides links to over 200 examples of teaching videos and hands-on exercise resource files, enhancing readers' learning efficiency.

    • Mechanical Behavior of Materials

      • 1st Edition
      • May 23, 2025
      • Rajiv S. Mishra + 2 more
      • English
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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.

    • Interstellar Travel

      • 1st Edition
      • October 10, 2025
      • Les Johnson + 1 more
      • English
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      Interstellar Travel: After Arrival is a comprehensive, technical look at the necessary considerations for settlement on an extra solar planet following interstellar travel, addressed by leading experts in the fields of space development. The book features the current and future plans for lunar, Mars, and asteroid settlement, and how what we learn from such future endeavors might apply to settlement at destinations around other stars. In addition, scientists who have been considering the construction of large space structures and terraforming discuss realistic options to be considered.Other chapters cover necessary considerations such as whether terraforming is possible and how it might be accomplished, the ethical issues and scientific constraints to interacting with an alien biosphere, and what we might learn from settling within our own Solar System that would apply to settling elsewhere. The third book of a three-book compilation, this new release presents up-to-date and realistic technical and scientific considerations of the challenges that settling on an exoplanet would bring, including review of the current technological capabilities and how they might be put towards life on an extra solar planet.

    • Polymer-Based Nanostructured Barrier Materials

      • 1st Edition
      • December 1, 2025
      • V. Prajitha + 2 more
      • English
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      Polymer-Based Nanostructured Barrier Materials offers an in-depth exploration into the latest advancements in nanostructured barrier technologies. The book covers a range of topics including processing, characterization, and applications, with a focus on polymeric materials utilized in barrier contexts. It details thermoplastics, thermoset polymers, elastomers, specialty elastomers, and biopolymers. The book delves into barrier mechanisms, testing standards, theoretical modeling, simulation, and industrial requirements for nanostructured barrier materials in packaging. It also addresses preparation for specific properties and applications such as edible packaging, active and intelligent packaging, corrosion protection, tire engineering, environmental remediation, and other novel uses.This comprehensive resource is aimed at researchers, advanced students, industrial scientists, engineers, and R&D professionals interested in barrier and nanomaterials.

    • Powder Metallurgy

      • 1st Edition
      • October 10, 2025
      • Sachin Salunkhe + 2 more
      • English
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      Powder Metallurgy: Characterization, Processing, and Optimization Techniques explores the evolving role of powder metallurgy in producing parts for various applications. This comprehensive text focuses on the tribological performances of powder metallurgy materials. It delves into processes such as sintering, electrolytic methods, atomization techniques, cold compaction, and cold isostatic pressing, alongside techniques for measurement, testing, and characterization. Moreover, the book covers sustainability in powder metallurgy and the use of artificial intelligence for modeling and optimizing the process. Applications span across aerospace, defense, automotive, consumer products, industrial products, and more.

    • Sustainable Composites for Automotive Engineering

      • 1st Edition
      • September 16, 2025
      • Vijay Raghunathan + 3 more
      • English
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      Sustainable Composites for Automotive Engineering presents recent trends in this important research field. Emphasis is placed on the development, characterization, and application of lightweight composites in various automobile components. The types of materials covered include polymer composites, metal matrix and ceramic matrix composites. The book takes a 360-degree approach and covers all aspects of the product development cycle including materials selection, as well as design and development processes, testing, characterization, modelling and simulation, and applications. The book will be a valuable reference resource for academic and industrial researchers, materials scientists and engineers, industrial R&D, automotive engineers, and manufacturers working in the design and development of composite materials for applications in automotive components.

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