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  • The Digital Twin Paradigm for Smarter Systems and Environments: The Industry Use Cases

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 117
    • English
    The Digital Twin Paradigm for Smarter Systems and Environments: The Industry Use Cases, Volume 117, the latest volume in the Advances in Computers series, presents detailed coverage of new advancements in computer hardware, software, theory, design and applications. Chapters vividly illustrate how the emerging discipline of digital twin is strategically contributing to various digital transformation initiatives. Specific chapters cover Demystifying the Digital Twin Paradigm, Digital Twin Technology for "Smarter Manufacturing", The Fog Computing/ Edge Computing to leverage Digital Twin, The industry use cases for the Digital Twin idea, Enabling Digital Twin at the Edge, The Industrial Internet of Things (IIOT), and much more.

  • Handbook of Natural Fibres

    Volume 1: Types, Properties and Factors Affecting Breeding and Cultivation
    • 2nd Edition
    • Ryszard M. Kozlowski + 1 more
    • English
    The Handbook of Natural Fibres, Second Edition, Volume One: Types, Properties and Factors Affecting Breeding and Cultivation covers every aspect of natural fibers, their breeding, cultivation, processing and applications. This volume features fundamental discussions of each fiber, covering different stages of breeding and cultivation. Natural fibrous resources, both lignocellulosic and protein ones, are renewable, biodegradable, and nontoxic, making them an important source of sustainable textile solutions. A broad range of natural fibers are covered in this book, including cotton, jute, kenaf, flax, hemp, sisal, ramie, curaua, pineapple, bamboo, coir, sheep wool, and more.

  • Materials for Supercapacitor Applications

    • 1st Edition
    • M. Aulice Scibioh + 1 more
    • English
    Materials for Supercapacitor Applications provides a snapshot of the present status of this rapidly growing field. It covers motivations, innovations, ongoing breakthroughs in research and development, innovative materials, impacts, and perspectives, as well as the challenges and technical barriers to identifying an ideal material for practical applications. This comprehensive reference by electro-chemists explains concepts in materials selection and their unique applications based on their electro-chemical properties. Chemists, chemical and electrical engineers, material scientists, and research scholars and students interested in energy will benefit from this overview of many important reference points in understanding the materials used in supercapacitors.

  • Trends in Development of Medical Devices

    • 1st Edition
    • Prakash Srinivasan Timiri Shanmugam + 2 more
    • English
    Trends in Development of Medical Devices covers the basics of medical devices and their development, regulations and toxicological effects, risk assessment and mitigation. It also discusses the maintenance of a medical device portfolio during product lifecycle. This book provides up-to-date information and knowledge on how to understand the position and benefits of new introduced medical devices for improving healthcare. Researchers and industry professionals from the fields of medical devices, surgery, medical toxicology, pharmacy and medical devices manufacture will find this book useful. The book's editors and contributors form a global, interdisciplinary base of knowledge which they bring to this book.

  • Handbook of Natural Fibres

    Volume 2: Processing and Applications
    • 2nd Edition
    • Ryszard M. Kozlowski + 1 more
    • English
    The Handbook of Natural Fibres: Volume Two, Processing and Applications, Second Edition provides detailed coverage of the latest processing techniques and industrial applications of a wide range of natural fibers. Natural fibrous resources, both lignocellulosic and protein ones, are renewable, biodegradable, and nontoxic, making them an important source of sustainable textile solutions. A broad range of sources of natural fibers are covered in the book, including flax, hemp, bast, jute, coir, linen, cotton and silk. This wealth of expert information provides a uniquely detailed reference for the processing, characterization, selection and application of natural fibers.

  • Protection Technologies of Ultra-High-Voltage AC Transmission Systems

    • 1st Edition
    • Bin Li + 3 more
    • English
    Protection Technologies of Ultra-High-Voltage AC Transmission Systems considers the latest research on UHV, UHV transmission line electromagnetic field, transmission line parameters, and tower structures, with a focus on protective relaying of UHV transmission systems. This book gives insights into protective relaying of UHV AC transmission systems and sheds light on the conundrum of protective relaying for the EHV systems. In addition, it elaborates on both traditional relaying and the application of new type current differential protection, distance protection and automatic reclosing, as well as protective schemes for transformers and reactors in UHV transmission systems. This resource will serve as an important reference for technical personnel in network design and operation, as well as students and engineers in related engineering areas.

  • Scale-Size and Structural Effects of Rock Materials

    • 1st Edition
    • Shuren Wang + 3 more
    • English
    Scale-Size and Structural Effects of Rock Materials presents the latest research on the scale-size and structural effects of rock materials, including test methods, innovative technologies, and applications in indoor testing, rock mechanics and rock engineering. Importantly, the book explains size-dependent failure criteria, including the multiaxial failure and Hoek-Brown failure criterion. Five chapters cover the size effect of rock samples, rock fracture toughness, scale effects of rock joints, microseismic monitoring and application, and structural effects of rock blocks. The book reflects on the scientific and technical challenges from extensive research in Australia and China. The title is innovative, practical and content-rich. It will be useful to mining and geotechnical engineers researching the scale-size and structural effects of rock materials, including test methods, innovative technologies and applications in indoor testing, rock mechanics, and engineering, and to those on-site technical specialists who need a reliable and up to date reference.

  • Advances in Heterocyclic Chemistry

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 130
    • English
    Advances in Heterocyclic Chemistry, Volume 130, the latest release in this definitive series, provides a comprehensive review that combines descriptive synthetic chemistry and mechanistic insights to yield an understanding of how chemistry drives the preparation and useful properties of heterocyclic compounds. New chapters in this release include Recent Developments in the Radiolabeling of Heterocyclic Rings, Chemistry of Azetidines, Tricyclic Fused Bithiophenes and Related Analogues: Important Building Blocks for Conjugated Materials, Application of Electrochemical Methods in the Synthesis of Heterocyclic Compounds and Elucidation of Their Properties, Organometallic Complexes of Chelating Azines, and more.

  • Biobased Products and Industries

    • 1st Edition
    • Charis M. Galanakis
    • English
    Biobased Products and Industries fills the gap between academia and industry by covering all the important aspects of biobased products and their relevant industries in one single reference. Highlighting different perspectives of the bioeconomy, EU relevant projects, as well as the environmental impact of biobased materials and sustainability, the book covers biobased polymers, plastics, nanocomposites, packaging materials, electric devices, biofuels, textiles, consumer goods, and biocatalysis for the decarboxylation and decarboxylation of biobased molecules, including biobased products from alternative sources (algae) and the biobased production of chemicals through metabolic engineering. Focusing on the most recent advances in the field, the book also analyzes the potentiality of already commercialized processes and products.

  • Applications of Heat, Mass and Fluid Boundary Layers

    • 1st Edition
    • R. O. Fagbenle + 3 more
    • English
    Applications of Heat, Mass and Fluid Boundary Layers brings together the latest research on boundary layers where there has been remarkable advancements in recent years. This book highlights relevant concepts and solutions to energy issues and environmental sustainability by combining fundamental theory on boundary layers with real-world industrial applications from, among others, the thermal, nuclear and chemical industries. The book's editors and their team of expert contributors discuss many core themes, including advanced heat transfer fluids and boundary layer analysis, physics of fluid motion and viscous flow, thermodynamics and transport phenomena, alongside key methods of analysis such as the Merk-Chao-Fagbenle method. This book’s multidisciplinary coverage will give engineers, scientists, researchers and graduate students in the areas of heat, mass, fluid flow and transfer a thorough understanding of the technicalities, methods and applications of boundary layers, with a unified approach to energy, climate change and a sustainable future.

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