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    • Principles of Engineering Tribology

      • 1st Edition
      • May 26, 2023
      • Ahmed Abdelbary + 1 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Principles of Engineering Tribology: Fundamentals and Applications introduces readers to the core theories and fundamentals of the field, its basic terminology and concepts, as well as advanced topics such as the tribological properties of various engineering surfaces, roughness measurements, and the mechanics of surface contact. The fundamentals of friction and wear of metallic and non-metallic materials such as polymers, ceramics, rubbers, and composites are discussed, as are fluidic, gaseous, grease, and solid media lubrication techniques. In addition, the properties of lubricants and various types of additives incorporated are discussed, along with a methodology for conducting friction, wear and lubrication laboratory testing and an overview of simulation and modeling methods for various tribosystems. Case studies and applications are featured throughout, with a particular emphasis on analyzing failure modes of tribosystems.

    • Reduced Order Models for the Biomechanics of Living Organs

      • 1st Edition
      • May 25, 2023
      • Francisco Chinesta + 3 more
      • English
      • Hardback
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      Reduced Order Models for the Biomechanics of Living Organs, a new volume in the Biomechanics of Living Organisms series, provides a comprehensive overview of the state-of-the-art in biomechanical computations using reduced order models, along with a deeper understanding of the associated reduction algorithms that will face students, researchers, clinicians and industrial partners in the future. The book gathers perspectives from key opinion scientists who describe and detail their approaches, methodologies and findings. It is the first to synthesize complementary advances in Biomechanical modelling of living organs using reduced order techniques in the design of medical devices and clinical interventions, including surgical procedures. This book provides an opportunity for students, researchers, clinicians and engineers to study the main topics related to biomechanics and reduced models in a single reference, with this volume summarizing all biomechanical aspects of each living organ in one comprehensive reference.

    • Advances in Heat Transfer

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 55
      • May 25, 2023
      • English
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      Advances in Heat Transfer, Volume 55, the newest release in this series, highlights advances in the field with this new volume presenting interesting chapters written by an international board of authors. Topics discussed in this release include Mesoscopic Scale Simulations of Heat Transport in Porous Structures, Advancements in Single-Phase Enhanced Heat Transfer in Microchannels, and more.

    • Advances in Accelerators and Medical Physics

      • 1st Edition
      • May 25, 2023
      • Toshiyuki Shirai + 2 more
      • English
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      Radiotherapy is now one of the major cancer treatments. The field of accelerator and medical physics is important and growing to support high precision cancer radiotherapy. Advances in Accelerators and Medical Physics provides in-depth and comprehensive coverage of the basic concepts in x-ray therapy, electron beam therapy, particle therapy, boron neutron capture therapy, and molecular imaging and therapy. Novel technologies such as FLASH therapy and laser ion accelerator are also introduced. Each section of the book presents the current state of accelerators, irradiation methods and therapy technologies, as well as future trends in advanced research. This book will serve as a key resource for researchers and students to find all information on latest cancer radiotherapy technologies and methods.

    • Magnetic Nanoferrites and their Composites

      • 1st Edition
      • May 25, 2023
      • Susheel Kalia + 2 more
      • English
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      Magnetic Nanoferrites and their Composites: Environmental and Biomedical Applications addresses recent developments in this important research field. The book covers the latest synthesis and fabrication techniques, properties, characterization and multifunctional biomedical and environmental applications. Chapters provide cutting-edge research while addressing the latest scenarios, recent developments, future aspects, and challenges and opportunities attributed to their excellent properties, including large surface-to-volume ratio, high chemical stability, low eddy losses, moderate values of saturation magnetization and coercivity, large adsorption, non-toxicity, bio-degradable and biocompatibility. This book will be a valuable reference resource for researchers, engineers and technologists working in this important research field. Magnetic nanoferrites and their composites are now utilized in a broad range of different application fields such as catalysis, biomedicine, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), tissue targeting, drug delivery, sensors, environmental remediation, data storage, transformers, switching devices, high frequency and microwave devices.

    • Resource Recovery Technology for Municipal and Rural Solid Waste

      • 1st Edition
      • May 24, 2023
      • Zhao Youcai + 2 more
      • English
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      Resource Recovery Technology for Municipal and Rural Solid Waste: Classification, Mechanical Separation, Recycling, and Transfer describes the practical considerations in recycling solid waste—from source characterization to recycling of end product—with the aim of maximizing pollution control and resource recovery. Topics covered include source classification models, solid waste treatment and resource recovery, integrated mechanical separation and parameter optimization, and the collection and transfer of classified domestic solid waste. The book details pollution control and resource recovery in every stage of municipal and rural solid waste management for solid waste engineers, environmental scientists, and academics and students in waste management. The book goes into significant detail on each stage of the process, including separation technologies according to the difference of particle size, material density difference, the difference in optical, electrical and magnetic effects of materials, preparation of plastic composites, and production of composite boards with organic waste from domestic solid waste. The book also includes a thorough case study of success in solid waste management using these techniques as an example of the application of these technologies.

    • Human-Machine Interaction for Automated Vehicles

      • 1st Edition
      • May 24, 2023
      • Yifan Zhao + 2 more
      • English
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      Human-Machine Interaction for Automated Vehicles: Driver Status Monitoring and the Takeover Process explains how to design an intelligent human-machine interface by characterizing driver behavior before and during the takeover process. Multiple solutions are presented to accommodate different sensing technologies, driving environments and driving styles. Depending on the availability and location of the camera, the recognition of driving and non-driving tasks can be based on eye gaze, head movement, hand gesture or a combination. Technical solutions to recognize drivers various behaviors in adaptive automated driving are described with associated implications to the driving quality. Finally, cutting-edge insights to improve the human-machine-interf... design for safety and driving efficiency are also provided, based on the use of this sensing capability to measure drivers’ cognition capability.

    • Defect-Induced Magnetism in Oxide Semiconductors

      • 1st Edition
      • May 24, 2023
      • Parmod Kumar + 2 more
      • English
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      Defect-Induced Magnetism in Oxide Semiconductors provides an overview of the latest advances in defect engineering to create new magnetic materials and enable new technological applications. First, the book introduces the mechanisms, behavior, and theory of magnetism in oxide semiconductors and reviews the methods of inducing magnetism in these materials. Then, strategies such as pulsed laser deposition and RF sputtering to grow oxide nanostructured materials with induced magnetism are discussed. This is followed by a review of the most relevant postdeposition methods to induce magnetism in oxide semiconductors including annealing, ion irradiation, and ion implantation. Examples of defect-induced magnetism in oxide semiconductors are provided along with selected applications. This book is a suitable reference for academic researchers and practitioners and for people engaged in research and development in the disciplines of materials science and engineering.

    • Fundamentals of Bioaerosols Science

      • 1st Edition
      • May 24, 2023
      • Naomichi Yamamoto
      • English
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      Fundamentals of Bioaerosols Science: From Physical to Biological Dimensions of Airborne Biological Particles covers both the physical and biological aspects of bioaerosol science. It is assumed that researchers with a physics background are often unfamiliar with the biological aspects (e.g., molecular biology, PCR, and DNA sequencing), and researchers with a biology background are often unfamiliar with the physical aspects (e.g., aerosol physics, air sampling, and aerodynamic diameter) of bioaerosol science. This book aims to bridge the interdisciplinary gap between the fields of bioaerosol science. Fundamentals of Bioaerosols Science include topics such as bioaerosol physical properties, sampling and monitoring methods, analytical methods, control techniques, and relationship to climate.

    • Material Modeling with the Visco-Plastic Self-Consistent (VPSC) Approach

      • 1st Edition
      • May 24, 2023
      • Carlos N. Tome + 1 more
      • English
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      Material Modeling with the Visco-Plastic Self-Consistent (VPSC) Approach: Theory and Practical Applications provides readers with knowledge of material viscoplasticity and robust modeling approaches for predicting plastic deformation of crystal aggregates. Visco-Plastic Self-Consistent (VPSC) is the identifier of a computer code developed for the specific mechanical regime addressed (visco-plastic: VP) and the approach used (self-consistent: SC) meant to simulate large plastic deformation of aggregates, thermo-elastic material deformation, as well as predict stress-strain response, texture evolution of aggregates and stress-strain state inside grains. This approach is very versatile and able to tackle arbitrary material symmetry (cubic, hexagonal, trigonal, orthorhombic, triclinic), twinning, and multiphase aggregates. It accounts for hardening, reorientation and shape change of individual grains, and can be applied to the deformation of metals, inter-metallics and geologic aggregates. Readers will have access to a companion website where they can download code and modify its input/output or add subroutines covering specific simulation research needs.

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