Lambert M. Surhone, Miriam T. Timpledon, Susan F. Marseken
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! SS Archimedes was a steamship built in Britain in 1839. She is notable for being the world's first steamship to be driven by a screw propeller.Archimedes had considerable influence on ship development, encouraging the adoption of screw propulsion by the Royal Navy, in addition to her influence on commercial vessels. She also had a direct influence on the design of another innovative vessel, Isambard Kingdom Brunel's SS Great Britain, then the world's largest ship and the first screw-propelled steamship to cross the Atlantic Ocean. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд...
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Frederic P. Miller, Agnes F. Vandome, John McBrewster
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Empire Celia was a 7,025 GRT cargo ship that was built in 1943 by C Connell Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения заказа.
ISBN: 978-6-1328-0299-6
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Lambert M. Surhone, Miriam T. Timpledon, Susan F. Marseken
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The SS Great Eastern was an iron sailing steam ship designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, and built on the River Thames, England. She was by far the largest ship ever built at the time of her 1858 launch, and had the capacity to carry 4,000 passengers around the world without refueling. Her length of 692 feet (211 m) was only surpassed in 1899 by the 705 feet (215 m) 17,274 gross ton RMS Oceanic, and her gross tonnage of 18,915 was only surpassed in 1901 by the 700 feet (210 m) and 21,035 gross ton RMS Celtic. Brunel knew her affectionately as the "Great Babe". He died in 1859 shortly after her ill-fated maiden voyage during which she was damaged by an explosion. After repairs, she plied for...
ISBN: 978-6-1304-2877-8
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Das Ruckwartsrangieren von Fahrzeugen stellt fur viele Fahrer eine schwierige Fahraufgabe dar. Diese Aufgabe ist umso diffiziler, wenn anstatt eines Fahrzeuges ein Fahrzeug mit Anhanger betrachtet wird. Insbesondere ist die ungeregelte Ruckwartsfahrt von Fahrzeug mit Anhanger grundsatzlich instabil in Bezug auf das Einknicken des Anhangers. Elektronische Fahrassistenzsysteme auf Basis eines Steer-by-Wire Systems bieten das Potenzial, solche Fahraufgaben derart zu unterstutzen, dass die Manover fur den Fahrer einfacher durchfuhrbar werden. Die vorliegende Arbeit befasst sich mit der Entwicklung eines Ruckfahrassistenten fur Fahrzeug mit Anhanger. Dieses Fahrassistenzsystem unterstutzt den Fahrer bei der Aufgabe des Ruckwartsmanovrierens...
ISBN: 978-3-6390-3981-8
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New design procedures in structural engineering require better understanding and modelling of nonlinear behaviour of structures and components. The structural response under strong dynamic loads is highly unpredictable and then difficult to model. It becomes critical when analysing protection systems, due to the strong non-linearities exhibited by common seismic devices. Real-Time Substructuring Test (RTST) is an outstanding strategy for modelling nonlinear systems as it allows testing critical components at full-scale under realistic loading conditions. This work analyses the applicability of RTST in the assessment of protection systems for seismic mitigation. A complete set of closed-form expressions to describe the dynamics of the...
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The corrosion behaviour of several stainless steels and some pure metals has been investigated in water solutions with dissolved ozone. Dissolved ozone increases the redox-potential of solutions to about +1200 mV vs. SCE and the corrosion potential of stainless steel to the transpassive region. The corrosion rate of stainless steels increases as the amount of alloying elements increases. The corrosion of stainless steels is mainly general but also peeling of oxide layers and pitting was also observed. As the pH of the solution is decreased, the corrosion rate of higher alloyed steels increases at higher pH than lower alloyed steels. Dissolved ozone increases the thickness of the oxide layers greatly up to 260 nm and greatly changes the...
ISBN: 978-3-8383-5670-9
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Lambert M. Surhone, Mariam T. Tennoe, Susan F. Henssonow
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The water fuel cell is a purported perpetual motion machine invented by American Stanley Allen Meyer (August 24, 1940 – March 21, 1998). He claimed that an automobile retrofitted with the device could use water as fuel instead of gasoline. The fuel cell purportedly split water into its component elements, hydrogen and oxygen. The hydrogen was then burned to generate energy, a process that reconstituted the water molecules. According to Meyer, the device required less energy to perform electrolysis than the minimum energy requirement predicted or measured by conventional science. Данное издание не является...
ISBN: 978-6-1314-3845-5
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The monograph is devoted to frequency-domain methods of investigation of multivariable [also called multi-input multi-output (MIMO)] control systems in the presence of stochastic signals. Experts engaged in control engineering are interested in statistical methods because real control systems are often subjected to random disturbances. Many important statistical methods of classical feedback control that are based on frequency-domain concepts have not been adequately extended to multivariable case. This especially concerns the methods of statistical linearization, as well as joint statistical and harmonical linearization, which allow one to investigate the dynamics of control systems containing essential nonlinearities. The goal of this...
ISBN: 978-3-6392-7899-6
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Lambert M. Surhone, Miriam T. Timpledon, Susan F. Marseken
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Steamer Pravda was a Soviet merchant freighter of about 3,100 tonnes displacement, which was active in the Soviet Arctic during the 1930s. This ship had been normally used for carrying timber. It was named after Soviet newspaper Pravda. In 1933, the newly formed Glavsevmorput' (Chief Administration of the Northern Sea Route) sent the Pravda, under Captain Kh. A. Belitskiy, to Nordvik on the first oil exploration expedition to Northern Siberia. This venture was led by N.N. Urvantsev who travelled on the Pravda along with his wife, Dr. Yelizaveta Ivanovna who was in charge of medical care. Pravda's cargo consisted of 2,430 tonnes of equipment and supplies for this important expedition, including...
ISBN: 978-6-1311-6567-2
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Lambert M. Surhone, Mariam T. Tennoe, Susan F. Henssonow
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Steamer Volodarskiy was a Soviet freighter of about 3,100 tonnes displacement which was active in the Arctic during the 1930s. This ship had been normally used for carrying timber. The Volodarskiy was named after V. Volodarsky (Moisey Markovich Goldshteyn) (1891–1918), a Russian revolutionary and an early Soviet politician. In 1933 steamer Volodarskiy took part in the first Soviet convoy to the mouth of the Lena, under Captain N. V. Smagin, along with steamers Pravda and Tovarich Stalin . The convoy leader, Captain M. A. Sorokin, was on board Volodarskiy. This convoy was led by icebreaker Krasin (Captain Ya. P. Legzdin). Данное издание...
ISBN: 978-6-1311-6596-2
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Variantenfertiger befinden sich in einem dynamischen Umfeld, das durch Werte- und Strukturwandel gepragt ist. Im verscharfenden Wettbewerbsdruck mussen sie um immer anspruchsvollere Kunden "buhlen". Ein entscheidender Faktor stellt die Effektivitat der Produktionsplanung und –steuerung (PPS) dar. Von den existierenden Verfahren eignen sich nicht alle fur den Einsatz bei Variantenherstellern. In dieser Arbeit wird eine Steuerungs- und Regelungsstrategie entwickelt, die als Erganzung fur sich im Einsatz befindende PPS-Systeme konzipiert ist. Den Input fur die Strategie bilden Fertigungsauftrage, die der Planungsteil der PPS generiert. Dabei konnen Prognose-, Verbrauchs- und Kundenauftrage in beliebigen Verhaltnissen vermischt enthalten...
ISBN: 978-3-8381-1906-9
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This Book Contain a reveiw and research details on Stimuli sensitive hydrogels. These hydrogels are based on a concept of phase transformation of solution into viscous gel due to presence of stimuli i.e. pH, Temperature, Ionic concentration etc. Here , we are studying about Ophthalmic Hydrogels which are initially liquid in container but transforms into viscous gel when instilled into eye cavity due to the stimuli i.e.change in pH. Basic composition of hydrogels are API, poly acrylic acid polymer, viscolizers, chealating agents, isotonic agents etc. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после...
ISBN: 978-3-8433-8834-4
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Die vorliegende Arbeit behandelt und erlautert eine Alternative bzw. Erganzung zu den bestehenden klassischen Optimierungsverfahren, die von Berechnungsingenieuren heutzutage angewendet werden. Ziel der Stochastischen Simulation ist nicht die Optimierung, sondern das Finden einer guten und robusten Losung mit den dazugehorigen Parametern und Toleranzen. Bei einer Optimierung liegt die Losung meist in einem kritischen Bereich und das System ist oft anfallig gegen kleine Storungen von aussen und Toleranzen. Die Stochastische Simulation baut auf einem grundsatzlich anderen Ansatz auf, der in den folgenden Kapiteln vorgestellt und erklart wird. Der Leser wird durch eine kurze Zusammenfassung der benotigten mathematischen und mechanischen...
ISBN: 978-3-6390-8391-0
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Das Ziel dieser Arbeit bestand in einer Untersuchung der fur Extraktionsprozesse relevanten Stofftransportmechanismen an einem Einzeltropfen sowie deren Beschreibung mit Hilfe eines geeigneten mathematischen Modells. Der Schwerpunkt richtete sich dabei auf einen aus der Literatur bekannten Effekt, der Marangonikonvektion, welcher auf Grund von Grenzflachenspannungsanderungen eine uberlagerte Konvektion der Phasengrenzflache zwischen dem Tropfen und seiner Umgebung induziert. Experimentelle Untersuchungen in verschiedenen Stoffsystemen zeigten, dass auf Grund von Marangonikonvektion die Relativgeschwindigkeit des Tropfens zu seiner Umgebung beeinflusst wird. Ausserdem wurde ein verstarkter Stoffaustausch der ubergehenden Komponente...
ISBN: 978-3-8364-9812-8
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The paucity of the historical record confounds the efficient probabilistic characterization of storm surge hazards. This book presents efficient parametric and nonparametric simulation techniques for evaluating the frequency-of-occurrence of storm surge hazards under stationary and non-stationary climate scenarios. Given the prohibitive computational requirements of state-of-the-art basin-scale hydrodynamic simulations, the effective implementation of a stochastic simulation framework requires the introduction of a new paradigm: optimal function recovery, rather than repeated direct hydrodynamic simulations, via sparse grid-supported multivariate regression functions. The methods presented in the book are directly applicable to other...
ISBN: 978-3-8443-0277-6
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Lambert M. Surhone, Miriam T. Timpledon, Susan F. Marseken
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The straight-six engine or inline-six engine (often abbreviated I6, L6 or R6) is a six cylinder internal combustion engine with all six cylinders mounted in a straight line along the crankcase. The single bank of cylinders may be oriented in either a vertical or an inclined plane with all the pistons driving a common crankshaft. Where it is inclined, it is sometimes called a slant-six engine. The straight-six layout is the simplest engine layout that possesses both primary and secondary mechanical engine balance, resulting in relatively low manufacturing cost combined with much less vibration than engines with fewer cylinders. Данное издание не является...
ISBN: 978-6-1311-2012-1
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Pressure measurement using a strain gauge bonded with epoxy adhesive to a metallic mechanical support has been, and still is, extensively employed, however, for some applications the use of an epoxy is inadequate. There is therefore particular interest in the use of thin film techniques to vacuum deposit strain gauges directly on metallic substrates. Such devices are highly cost effective when produced in large quantities due to the manufacturing techniques involved. This makes them ideally suited for use in large-volume products such as electronic weighing scales and pressure transducers. In this book, techniques for fabricating thin film vapour deposited strain gauge transducers on metal substrates for application as pressure sensors...
ISBN: 978-3-6392-2259-3
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This investigation is focused on the evaluation of stress corrosion cracking (SCC), localized corrosion, and hydrogen embrittlement (HE) susceptibility of martensitic Alloy EP-823 in neutral and acidic solutions at ambient and elevated temperatures. While no failures were observed in smooth specimens in the neutral solution, failures were noticed in the 90°C acidic solution at constant-load (CL) leading to a threshold stress (?th) of 102 ksi. The presence of a notch reduced the ?th value to 91 ksi in a similar environment. The ductility (%El and %RA), time-to-failure (TTF), and true failure stress (?f) were gradually reduced in both environments with increasing temperature during SSR testing. The presence of a notch, however, enhanced...
ISBN: 978-3-8383-6016-4
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Polarization management is crucial to the design, implementation, and operation of optical devices. This thesis explores the use of stress engineering for manipulating birefringence in silicon-on-insulator based waveguide systems. Two schemes are proposed: one is to implement polarization insensitive waveguides using a stressed cladding overlayer, the other adapts the polarization diversity approach by introducing novel stress-based polarization splitters. Both theoretical study and experimental demonstrations of stress-based waveguide devices are presented. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после...
ISBN: 978-3-6392-3653-8
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HEALTH MONITORING OF OFFSHORE STRUCTURES This Book explores the structural health monitoring of offshore structures subjected to harsh environments using major search techniques of artificial intelligence (AI) "neural networks, and fuzzy logic". Evaluation of the marine environment as represented by waves, wind, and currents is explained. For each marine environment, the natural frequency and deck drifts, which may approximately represent a defectedcriterion is calculated. Modeling of offshore structures with finite elements is illustrated for offshore steel structures. The effective application of modern and standard computer software NASTRAN package to model the offshore structures is presented. The motivation in this study is to...
ISBN: 978-3-8383-9353-7
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Any Structure can be classified as B(Beam or Bernoulli)regions and D(disturbed/discontinuity) regions. B-regions are in which Bernoulli's hypothesis of straight-line strain profile applies. D-regions are parts of structure with a complex variation in strain profile. D-regions include portions near abrupt changes in geometry or concentrated forces. Based on St.Venant's principle, the extent of D-region spans about one section depth of the region on either side of the discontinuity. In conventional design practice, B-regions are designed accurately but D regions are designed using rules of thumb.This project aims to give a design procedure which is equally applicable for designing both B and D regions.The idea of Strut and Tie Model (STM)...
ISBN: 978-3-6392-8709-7
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Molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) are synthetic polymers possessing specific recognition sites designed for a template molecule. These artificially-generated recognition sites have their shapes, sizes or functionalities complementary to the template, and are capable of rebinding the template in preference to other closely analogue. The main propose of this study is to prepare a series of the molecularly imprinted polymers based on siloxanes for recognized sulfonamide by sol-gel process and to investigate systematically their preparation conditions and the various fundamental properties. This book contains three parts as follows: in first part, the sol-gel molecularly imprinted polymers based on tetramethoxysilane (TMOS) and...
ISBN: 978-3-8383-6258-8
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Aroma compounds are widely used as additives in many products (food, pharmacy and cosmetics). Most industries applied extraction and distillation to recover aroma compounds from natural sources; however, both suffer from disadvantages (product contamination and energy consumption). Pervaporation (PV), a membrane separation process, is considered as a promising technique to overcome above challenges. This book contains both experimental and parametric studies dealing with the application of PV for aroma compound recovery from aqueous solutions using poly (ether-block-amide) (PEBA) membranes. The effect of process conditions on PV performance (permeation flux and selectivity) were investigated. The solubility and diffusivity of the aroma...
ISBN: 978-3-6390-8322-4
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Meat and meat products make important nutritional contribution to the diet of the people. Significant percentage of the recommended dietary allowances for proteins, vitamins-B, magnesium, phosphorous, iron and zinc are contributed by red meat and poultry (Pearson and Brooks, 1978). Primitive men recognized that a meat rich food was for more concentrated than vegetable foods and in early days mankind survived on animal foods, which now a days after development of food science are claimed to be more nutritious than other foods. It is recognized as a highly nutritious food having high quality proteins, a good balance of the essential amino acids and high biological value.The meat is the center of attraction for microorganism especially...
ISBN: 978-3-8433-5265-9
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