Strength of materials problems have been classified into determinate and indeterminate problems. Determinate analysis primarily based on the equilibrium concept is well understood. Solutions of indeterminate problems required additional compatibility conditions, and its comprehension was not exclusive. A solution to indeterminate problem is generated by manipulating the equilibrium concept, either by rewriting in the displacement variables or through the ‘cutting and closing gap' technique of the redundant force method. Compatibility improvisation has made analysis cumbersome. The author has researched and understood the compatibility theory. Solutions can be generated with equal emphasis on the equilibrium and compatibility concepts....
ISBN: 978-3-8383-8107-7
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This book presents a sequential modelling approach for an integrated urban public transport planning. The methodology consists of three models viz. rail transit corridor identification, feeder route generation, and integrated scheduling models. The 1st model was developed to identify the new urban rail transit corridor using GIS, which is optimum from both users' and operators’ point of view. In the model for feeder route generation, the feeder routes are generated in two levels, the first level generates the initial set of shortest paths and in the second level, search is made around these corridors to select one route combination out of all possible routing configurations. The integrated scheduling model consists of two sub-models;...
ISBN: 978-3-6392-4230-0
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The traditional control including the classical feedback control, modern control and large-scale system theories has encountered many difficulties in its applications. Intelligent control has been a great value both for practical and potential applications in wide areas. The advanced robots, automatic manufacturing systems, industrial production process, and space system are typical application areas of intelligent control. Intelligent control is one of the newest and most important areas where the computers are used to simulate human intelligence. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после...
ISBN: 978-3-8433-8066-9
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In this book, several intelligent data dependent (IDD) approaches are applied to relevant modeling problems in the classification, simulation, and control of traffic flow. The studies cover a wide range of traffic flow systems including the analyses of freeway mainline flow, freeway ramp metering system, roadway flow disperson between intersections, and flow simulations at signalized and unsignalized intersections. Most of the proposed approaches reflect recent and advanced technologies in relevant research fields (e.g. computer science, control engineering), which are intelligent and robust to the changing physical environments. The structures and parameters are determined based on surveyed or simulated data sets. Compared with the...
ISBN: 978-3-8383-2906-2
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The objective of this book is to develop intelligent models [geostatistic, artificial neural network (ANN) and support vector machine(SVM)] to estimate corrected standard penetration test (SPT) value, Nc, in the three dimensional (3D) subsurface of Bangalore. The present book also highlights the capability of SVM over the developed geostatistic models (simple kriging, ordinary kriging and disjunctive kriging) and ANN models. Further in this book, liquefaction susceptibility is evaluated from Standard Penetration Test (SPT), Cone Penetration Test (CPT) and Shear Wave (Vs) data using ANN and SVM. In this book, an attempt has also been made to evaluate geotechnical site characterization by carrying out in situ tests using different in situ...
ISBN: 978-3-8383-4876-6
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This book presents a statistical learning framework for inferring geometric structures from images. The proposed framework computes dense range maps of locations in the environment using only intensity images and very limited amount of range data as an input. This is achieved by integrating and analyzing the statistical relationships between the visual data and the available depth on terms of small patches. The scientific issue is to represent this correlation such that it can be used to recover range data where missing. Markov Random Fields are used as a model to capture the local statistics of the intensity and range. Experiments on real-world data are conducted under different configurations to demonstrate the feasibility of the...
ISBN: 978-3-6390-6815-3
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There is no doubt that today manufacturing is more competitive and challenging than ever before in trying to respond to “production on demand”. Companies from east and west and all over the world need to collaborate beyond geographic boundaries with the support of the rapid advancement of information technology associated with manufacturing technology. Due to the complexity of programming there is a need to model their process capability to improve the interoperable manufacturing capability of machines such as turning centres. This book focuses on the use of the new standard; ISO 14649 to address the process planning and machining of discrete turned components. It explores how ISO 14649 can be used to combine turning and milling...
ISBN: 978-3-6392-2964-6
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Natural streams are always considered as an easy way to dispose-off many kinds of waste water effluent. Sewage water is discharged into the river at some places and under low flow conditions in river, the waste water in channel causes swear hazardous problems to the nearby communities. Thus, its very important to determine the quality and quantity interchanging from river to adjoining flow domain. Present study was conducted near River Ravi at Lahore.Overall results are presented in this technical book. This book certainly enhance learning among researcher, scientists, students and farm mangers on the impact of remodeling of outlets on local community and helps planning research studies for the survival of humanity. The author appreciate...
ISBN: 978-3-6392-3723-8
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Frederic P. Miller, Agnes F. Vandome, John McBrewster
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) is a 1987 agreement between the United States and the Soviet Union. Signed in Washington, D.C. by U.S. President Ronald Reagan and General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev on December 8, 1987, it was ratified by the United States Senate on May 27, 1988 and came into force on June 1 of that year. The treaty is formally titled The Treaty Between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Elimination of Their Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles. The treaty eliminated nuclear and conventional ground-launched ballistic and cruise missiles with intermediate ranges, defined as between 500-5,500 km (300-3,400...
ISBN: 978-6-1308-7215-1
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Die Operation des Kataraktes ist zum heutigen Zeitpunkt der am haufigsten durchgefuhrte chirurgische Eingriff uberhaupt. Waren die Bemuhungen noch vor einigen Jahren darauf beschrankt, dem Menschen durch die Implantation einer kunstlichen Linse wieder „klare Sicht“ zu verschaffen, liegen die Forderungen heute im Erreichen der Emmetropie und des bestmoglichen Abbildungsvermogens. Die Bestrebungen gehen soweit, dem Patienten ein „jugendliches Sehen“ zuruckzugeben. Eine Moglichkeit besteht in der Korrektion mit Intraokularlinsen aspharischer Oberflachen. Der Autor Andre Loffler beschreibt in der vorliegenden Arbeit seine Vorgehensweise bei der Entwicklung etwaiger aspharischer abbildungsoptimierter Intraokularlinsen. Dabei geht er...
ISBN: 978-3-6390-7305-8
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Jos? A. Orosa, Armando C. Oliveira, Joaqu?n Santos
This book offers an analytical review of psychrometric processes through EES (Engineering Equation Solver). Several problems are solved using equations and the corresponding psychrometric chart. The aim is to facilitate the study of the principles of psychrometrics, in a gradual and progressive manner. As the resolution of certain parameters calls for a numerical solution, a software tool that simplifies the calculation process was developed, based on the equations shown. In this book students of engineering are encouraged to use new techniques to solve problems related to thermodynamics, and to possibly develop their own applications. The book is organized into six chapters. The first chapter gives a brief summary of program management...
ISBN: 978-3-8383-6585-5
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Bei numerischen Simulationen in der Umformtechnik sind eine der grossten Fehlerquellen die Eigenschaften der Metalle. Diese werden meist nur einzeln und gemittelt berechnet. In dieser Arbeit wird ein Verfahren vorgestellt, welches es erlaubt Stoffparameter von Werkstoffen aus Messversuchen praziser zu errechnen. Dazu werden komplexe Differentialgleichungssystem mittels numerischer Methoden invers ausgewertet. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения заказа.
ISBN: 978-3-6392-9191-9
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This book seeks to improve knowledge and understanding of residual stress in steel welds by providing a detailed distribution of those stresses measured by non-destructive independent techniques, such as neutron and synchrotron diffraction methods. The work has investigated improved measurement and data interpretation procedures relating to these techniques. One investigation related to the design of stress-free reference samples and the procedure by which they should be measured. Another investigation related to the development of consistency checks on the residual stress measurements to ensure that they met boundary requirements. It was found that these factors were critical for obtaining good correlation between residual stresses...
ISBN: 978-3-8383-6944-0
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This work aims at investigating the causes of chipping on the engobe/glaze interface found on ceramic floor coating. This defect is found at the end of the production line and, in some cases, at the consumer's final part of a Braziliam Ceramic Company. To achieve the research's goal, the performance of the different structural layers of ceramic floor coating (substrate, engobe and glaze) were studied individually as a more precise appoach to accurate conclusions. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения заказа.
ISBN: 978-3-8433-8385-1
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The structure of Schottky-barrier (SB) MOSFETs was investigated for both the perspective of practical applications and interest in novel Flash memory. We demonstrated how the source-side injection of hot electrons in the dopant-segregated SB (DSSB) Flash memory cell achieves high-speed, low-voltage programming with excellent injection efficiency, and no constraints on the optimization of gate and drain voltages. Moreover, the drain disturbance-free phenomenon in NOR Flash architecture was achieved. Excellent programming efficiency, especially, was achieved in a DSSB Flash device with a narrow fin width due to an enhanced lateral electric field without any sacrifice of parasitic resistance. Thus, the DSSB device can be a promising...
ISBN: 978-3-8433-7747-8
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Книга представляет собой репринтное издание 1922 года (издательство "F. A. Acland, printer"). Несмотря на то, что была проведена серьезная работа по восстановлению первоначального качества издания, на некоторых страницах могут обнаружиться небольшие "огрехи": помарки, кляксы и т.п. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения заказа.
ISBN: 978-1-275-00639-3
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As consumer concerns have focused their attention on faster and smaller technologies there are many products, including hard drives, which require trace amounts of lubricants for proper operation. Engineers of today are faced with the daunting task of pushing the limits of technologies and designing the next generation of products that will appease consumers of the future. The following study investigates the evaporation rates of pump oil and several alkanes, which have a wide range of applications, using a thermogravimetric machine. Included in “Investigation of Evaporation” is a brief history of evaporation studies, the theory behind and importance of the contributing factors, and the application of these theories in predictive...
ISBN: 978-3-6392-1551-9
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The co-firing technology of coal with biomass has been implemented to enhance the usage of biomass in power generation, thus reducing the release of greenhouse gas emissions. This study deals with the fireside issues, namely ash-related issues that arise during co-combustion of coal and biomass takes place. Ash release from biomass can lead to ash deposition problems such as fouling and slagging on surfaces of power generation boilers. The scope of this work includes the development of a conceptual model that predicts the ash release behaviour and chemical composition of inorganics in coal and biomass when combusted. An advanced analytical method was developed and introduced in this work to determine the speciation of biomass. The method...
ISBN: 978-3-6391-4418-5
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The study was aimed to carry out research on ultrasonic machining of titanium alloys (as work material) while machining with USM using different tool materials to know their impact on material removal rate (MRR), tool wear rate (TWR), and to model these characteristics for their applications in manufacturing industry. In the current study the work has been limited to commercially pure titanium (TITAN15, ASTM Gr.2) and titanium alloy (TITAN31, ASTM Gr.5), as work material, in combination with six different tool materials (Stainless steel; High speed steel; High carbon steel; Titanium; Tungsten carbide; Diamond) for experimentation. The results showed that the response variables (out put parameters) were strongly influenced by the control...
ISBN: 978-3-8383-9894-5
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Frederic P. Miller, Agnes F. Vandome, John McBrewster
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Iron filings are very small pieces of iron that look like a light powder. They are very often used in science demonstrations to show the direction of a magnetic field. Since iron is a ferromagnetic material, a magnetic field induces each particle to become a tiny bar magnet. The south pole of each particle then attracts the north poles of its neighbors, and this process repeated over a wide area creates chains of filings parallel to the direction of the magnetic field. Iron Filings are used in many places including schools where they test the reaction of the filings to magnets. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по...
ISBN: 978-6-1326-4774-0
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