Books in Physical sciences and engineering

Elasticity

5th Edition
May 12, 2025
Martin H. Sadd
English
Paperback
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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, and new symbolic software has now been introduced.

An Introduction to Discrete Mathematics

1st Edition
May 12, 2025
Vidyadhar Kulkarni
English
Paperback
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eBook
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An Introduction to Discrete Mathematics offers an engaging and accessible introduction to discrete mathematics for beginning undergraduate students across a wide range of application areas, from mathematics to statistics, operations research, business, engineering, and the sciences. It provides solid foundation in precise proof writing methods, with early chapters introducing set theory and logic that are followed by deductive and inductive proof techniques, number theory, counting principles, permutations and combinations, probability of events, random variables, graphs, and weighted graphs.The book illustrates fundamental concepts in discrete mathematics with clear and precise definitions that are paired with examples and counter-examples as applied in combinatorics, discrete probability, and graph theory. Chapters include student exercises to enhance learning, and a solutions manual and example questions are available for instructors on a companion website.

Advanced Machine Learning for Cyber-Attack Detection in IoT Networks

1st Edition
May 12, 2025
Dinh Thai Hoang + 3 more
English
Paperback
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eBook
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Advanced Machine Learning for Cyber-Attack Detection in IoT Networks analyzes diverse machine learning techniques, including supervised, unsupervised, reinforcement, and deep learning, along with their applications in detecting and preventing cyberattacks in future IoT systems. Chapters investigate the key challenges and vulnerabilities found in IoT security, how to handle challenges in data collection and pre-processing specific to IoT environments, as well as what metrics to consider for evaluating the performance of machine learning models. Other sections look at the training, validation, and evaluation of supervised learning models and present case studies and examples that demonstrate the application of supervised learning in IoT security.

Spectral Characteristics of Solar Radiation

1st Edition
May 10, 2025
Viorel Badescu + 1 more
English
Paperback
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eBook
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Spectral Characteristics of Solar Radiation: Applications in Photovoltaic Conversion brings together the multiple facets of the solar radiation spectrum, its interaction with solar cells and its impact on photovoltaic applications.The first part of the book introduces spectral characteristics of solar radiation, covering measurements, estimation, and modelling techniques. The second section focuses on the application of this knowledge to the design and operation of photovoltaic devices.This is a valuable resource for researchers, scientists, and graduate students with an interest in solar radiation, measurement, and modelling, solar energy conversion, and photovoltaics, as well as engineers, developers, and technicians involved in the development and operation of photovoltaics and solar power plants.

Thermochemical Conversion of Biomass Feedstock and Solid Waste into Biofuels

1st Edition
May 9, 2025
Yanjun Hu + 3 more
English
Paperback
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eBook
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Thermochemical Conversion of Biomass Feedstock and Solid Waste into Biofuels: Production and Pollutant Control offers a comprehensive overview of the state-of-the-art in biofuel production with a special focus on pollutants control, which is both necessary and beneficial for the target audience and the development of this research field. Biofuel is currently a major trend due to the existing environmental crises and global energy challenges. Developing sustainable biofuels from biomass feedstock and solid waste, along with minimizing the formation of pollutants during the conversion processes are currently of significant academic and industrial importance, drawing widespread attention. Novel processes, reactions, and catalysts are being rapidly developed, and compiling this information is invaluable for keeping the audience informed and up-to-date. In addition, while research on the formation and transformation of pollutants such as heavy metals, chlorine, nitrogen, and sulfur species are often conducted by environmental scientists and engineers, it is less familiar to bioenergy researchers. This book aims to bridge the gap between relevant disciplines and presents a comprehensive overview of the entire research field.

Boosting the Transition to Circular Economy in the Water Sector: Insights from EU Demonstration Case Studies

1st Edition
May 9, 2025
Giorgio Mannina + 1 more
English
Paperback
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eBook
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Boosting the Transition to Circular Economy in the Water Sector: Insights from EU Demonstration Case Studies covers a wide range of topics within the circular economy concept applied to the water sector, including water recovery and reuse, bioplastic and fertilizers from wastewater treatment, and new biocomposite materials from the water cycle. This book presents insights gained from recent EU projects reporting solutions, technologies, tools, and strategies to overcome the existing barriers hampering the circular economy transition process. This book combines practical and theoretical knowledge of the circular economy of the water sector, thus being useful for both researchers, professionals, and actors making local decisions.The book provides a holistic overview of the current status of the recent progress in resource recovery from wastewater treatment, including fundamental aspects and development of processes, as well as the needs of further research and industrialization. It gives special emphasis and discussion on green technologies for resource recovery from wastewater and bottlenecks regarding their applications. As a future green bioprocess, biogas production and waste minimization, opportunities, future perspectives, and research needs are also discussed.

Advances in Heterocyclic Chemistry

1st Edition
Volume 146
May 9, 2025
Eric F.V. Scriven + 1 more
English
Hardback
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eBook
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Advances in Heterocyclic Chemistry, Volume 146 highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on topics such as Recent Advances in the Synthesis and Reactions of Selenium Heterocycles, Recent advances in the synthesis and reactions of tellurium heterocycles, The Literature of Heterocyclic Chemistry, Part XXII, 2022, Olefin metathesis in the synthesis of benzopyran, benzofuran and flavonoid scaffolds, Bimanes in Retrospect: An In-Depth Analysis of Their Chemical Evolution and Applications of Derivatives Over the Last Half Century, Ring-Fluorination of Heterocycles using Chemical and Electrochemical Methods, and Heterocyclic Zwitterions Based on Coupled Polymethines.

Activated Carbon

1st Edition
May 8, 2025
Jude Okolie + 1 more
English
Paperback
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Activated Carbon: Synthesis, Analysis, and Industrial Applications explores the fundamentals of activated carbon production and characterization, modification techniques and applications of machine learning in the field of activated carbon synthesis and applications. The book is divided into three parts to enable readers and researchers of all levels easy access to the information herein. Part 1 is on Synthesis methods and characterization techniques. The next six chapters on part 2 focus on diverse industrial applications of activated carbon. The last section is on machine learning applications as well as research progress in activated carbon synthesis, modification, and diverse applications.Written for researchers, graduate and undergraduate students, academics, and industry professionals in the fields of sustainable environmental science and chemical engineering, this book will be a welcomed reference for those who wish to better understand the role of activated carbon in solving sustainability challenges in the world related to energy shortage, greenhouse gas emissions, and environmental issues.

Advanced Composite Materials for Wastewater Treatment

1st Edition
May 8, 2025
Norzita Ngadi + 3 more
English
Paperback
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Advanced Composite Materials for Wastewater Treatment presents the latesttechnological advancements in this important research field.This book explores recent advances in manufacturing, fabrication, and theintroduction of functional groups such as tailored layered double hydroxide(LDH)-based nanocomposites and three-dimensional hierarchical nanostructures.Among several discussed composites, those that show maximum efficiency,including graphene composites, bio-based composites (alginate, natural fiber,rubber, etc.); biochar; metal-organic frameworks; geopolymers; nanocomposites;and LDH, are all discussed.This book is an essential reference resource for researchers, scientists, andindustrial professionals as well as postgraduate students providing them with anin-depth understanding of cutting-edge developments in this field. It providesreaders with an overview of the evolution of composites in water and wastewatertreatment applications.

Fundamentals of Uncertainty Quantification for Engineers

1st Edition
May 5, 2025
Yan Wang + 2 more
English
Paperback
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eBook
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Fundamentals of Uncertainty Quantification for Engineers: Methods and Models provides a comprehensive introduction to uncertainty quantification (UQ) accompanied by a wide variety of applied examples and implementation details to reinforce the concepts outlined in the book. Sections start with an introduction to the history of probability theory and an overview of recent developments of UQ methods in the domains of applied mathematics and data science. Major concepts of copula, Monte Carlo sampling, Markov chain Monte Carlo, polynomial regression, Gaussian process regression, polynomial chaos expansion, stochastic collocation, Bayesian inference, modelform uncertainty, multi-fidelity modeling, model validation, local and global sensitivity analyses, linear and nonlinear dimensionality reduction are included. Advanced UQ methods are also introduced, including stochastic processes, stochastic differential equations, random fields, fractional stochastic differential equations, hidden Markov model, linear Gaussian state space model, as well as non-probabilistic methods such as robust Bayesian analysis, Dempster-Shafer theory, imprecise probability, and interval probability. The book also includes example applications in multiscale modeling, reliability, fatigue, materials design, machine learning, and decision making.

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