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Cooling Towers and Chilled Water Systems

  • 1st Edition
  • October 1, 2024
  • Ricardo de Freitas Fernandes Pontes
  • English
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Cooling Towers and Chilled Water Systems: Design, Operation, and Economic Analysis is a guide to the design and operation of cooling systems within high temperature settings. The book presents various strategies to increase the turndown of cooling towers and chilled water systems and provides a toolkit for engineers to determine the use of variable frequency drivers. A guide to equipment selection for optimal design during the detailed engineering phase is provided, ensuring the reader is able to comply with the project specification within budget. Sections discuss various systems, circuits and processes for cooling tower and chiller systems before detailing design principles.Operational and control strategies are then discussed before a thorough analysis of economic factors, making this book idea for professional engineers, graduate students and researchers working in high-temperature settings, such as power generation or chemical plants.

Piezoelectric Materials, Composites, and Devices

  • 1st Edition
  • October 1, 2024
  • Fumio Narita + 1 more
  • English
  • Paperback
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Piezoelectric Materials, Composites, and Devices: Fundamentals, Mechanics, and Applications provides insights on developing and applying optimal piezoelectric devices with high performance and durability. Overviews of the fundamentals of piezoelectricity, piezoelectric parameters, and common characterization techniques are given, as are examples of the structures and properties of piezoelectric ceramics, polymers, their composites, and lead-free piezoelectric materials. Reliable characterization of piezoelectric materials and composites by combining numerical simulations with appropriate measurements is covered as well. Basic equations and modeling approaches are also presented, making it easier to understand the stress and electric fields of piezoelectric devices.The book also covers piezoelectric energy harvesters, piezoelectric biosensors, as well as the performance of advanced piezoelectric devices. The final part of the book concentrates on reliability and durability (fracture and fatigue) of piezoelectric materials and composites.

Nano-Engineering at Functional Interfaces for Multi-disciplinary Applications

  • 1st Edition
  • October 1, 2024
  • Sai Sathish Ramamurthy + 2 more
  • English
  • Paperback
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Nano-Engineering at Functional Interfaces for Multi-disciplinary Applications: Electrochemistry, Photoplasmonics, Antimicrobials, and Anticancer Applications provides a comprehensive overview of the fundamentals and latest advances of nano-engineering strategies for the design, development, and fabrication of novel nanostructures for different applications in the fields of photoplasmonics and electrochemistry, as well as antibacterial and anticancer research areas. The book begins with an introduction to the fundamentals and characteristics of nanostructured interfaces and their associated technologies, including an overview of their potential applications in different fields.The following chapters present a thorough discussion of the synthesis, processing, and characterization methods of nanomaterials with unique functionalities suitable for energy harvesting, food and textile applications, electrocatalysis, biomedical applications and more. It then concludes outlining research future directions and potential industrial applications.

Mechanical Design Engineering Handbook

  • 3rd Edition
  • October 1, 2024
  • Peter Childs + 1 more
  • English
  • Paperback
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Mechanical engineering skills are essential to power generation, production and transportation. Machine elements such as bearings, shafts, gears, belts, chains, clutches and belts represent fundamental building blocks for a wide range of technology applications. The aims of this handbook are to present an overview of the design process and to introduce the technology and selection of specific machine elements that are fundamental to a wide range of mechanical engineering design applications.This book includes detailed worked examples for the design and application of machine elements and over 600 images, with line drawings complemented by solid model illustrations to aid understanding of the machine elements and assemblies concerned. The context for engineering and mechanical design is introduced in the first chapter, which also presents a blended design process, incorporating principles from systematic and holistic design, as well as practical project management. This chapter is followed by three chapters focusing on materials, mechanics and tribology and then fourteen chapters on specific machine elements. The handbook concludes with a chapter on tolerancing relevant to combining machine elements in practical designs.

Aerospace Materials

  • 1st Edition
  • October 1, 2024
  • Mohamed Thariq + 5 more
  • English
  • Paperback
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In the continuous pursuit of optimizing performance, development of advanced materials with highly specific properties has consistently been a critical component of aerospace engineering’s research. Aerospace Materials: Novel Technologies and Practical Applications puts strong emphasis on updating existing knowledge of a wide range of functional and structural materials and contextualizing it for industrial practice.The volume not only comprehensively covers different classes of materials, while providing an overview of each material’s mechanical and physical properties, as well as processing and testing, but also offers state-of-the-art guidance on their commercial use in the sector. Furthermore, it looks ahead to clarify what’s still needed to adapt traditional and novel materials to ever-changing aerospace technologies and related pressing sustainability challenges.The breadth of technical expertise that this international group of researchers provides proves to be an invaluable asset for users in academia and established professionals alike.

Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Analysis for Civil Engineering Applications

  • 1st Edition
  • October 1, 2024
  • Hossein Bonakdari + 2 more
  • English
  • Paperback
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Decision-making is a key factor to achieve success in any discipline, especially in a field which requires handling large amounts of information and is based on calculations as civil engineering. Most processes and procedures are a compendium of many different tasks and requirements of each project under development, also involving a great variety of specific factors and numerical values to be considered. Making decisions in such environments can often be an arduous endeavor, and that is why the need for analytical criteria capable of assisting with untangling complex scenarios has arisen preponderantly.A highly visual resource, Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Analysis for Civil Engineering Applications aims to facilitate civil engineers by outlining state-of-the-art tactics for quantitative decision-making to optimally select the appropriate approach when faced with operational issues or to prioritize among multiple options.Authored by recognized experts in the field, the volume proves to be a balanced reference book that’s essential not just for civil engineers, but also for a wide variety of audiences in interconnected disciplines.

Textile- and Fiber-Based Triboelectric Nanogenerators

  • 1st Edition
  • October 1, 2024
  • Shahid Ul Islam + 4 more
  • English
  • Paperback
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Textile- and Fiber-Based Triboelectric Nanogenerators: Advances and Perspectives presents the latest developments in triboelectric nanogenerators, covering current achievements and applications, as well as potential future applications. The book identifies the key drawbacks to these devices and then proposes solutions in a systematic way. It presents a guide for material scientists, electrical and chemical engineers, and industry practitioners on the current state-of-the- art of this multidisciplinary research area, while also opening up important new avenues of research for the industry to further develop smart textile-based energy harvesting devices.Readers will find comprehensive coverage of all types of textile- and fiber-based triboelectric nanogenerators for application in wearable technologies and self-powered electronics. It also outlines the unique advantages of triboelectric nanogenerators, their design considerations and guidelines, and the key challenges in translating them from the lab into real-world applications, with a particular focus on applications in the fields of sensing, structural health monitoring, and energy harvesting.

Combustion Synthesis

  • 1st Edition
  • October 1, 2024
  • English
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Combustion Synthesis: Processing and Materials provides a comprehensive introduction to combustion synthesis, from fundamentals to applications. The book offers an up‐to‐date reference for both researchers who have already been working on combustion synthesis already, and those entering this field. Focusing specifically on the materials science and engineering dimensions of combustion synthesis, the book thoroughly explores the most important processes and materials under investigation today. The book offers a comprehensive overview of the field to beginners, while experienced readers will find detailed explanations and up‐to‐date descriptions of the state of the art of combustion synthesis, focused on a range of vital processes and materials.

The Core Network for 5G Advanced

  • 2nd Edition
  • October 1, 2024
  • Lars Frid + 5 more
  • English
  • Paperback
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The Core Network for 5G Advanced provides an overview of the 5G Core network architecture, as well as giving descriptions of cloud technologies and the key concepts in the 3GPP specifications. This book covers up to and including 3GPP release 17 & 18 which includes the core network for 5G Advanced as well as a large number of new features added by 3GPP to expand the initial 5G Core specifications in rel-15/16.New to this edition:A complete update to reflect developments in Releases 17 and 18 • 7 brand new chapters: Service Exposure, non-3GPP access, 3GPP access for new use cases, Edge computing, Industry and Enterprise features, Regulatory services and Network automation and AI/MLContent includesAn overview of the 5G Core ArchitectureThe Stand-Alone and Non-Stand-Alone ArchitecturesA detailed presentation of 5G Core key conceptsExtensive descriptions of advanced 5G features for different use cases such as industry, automotive and satellite networksA deep-dive into APIs for network service exposureAn overview of 5G Radio and Cloud technologiesLearn:The features and details of the latest 5G architectureThe content of the respective 3GPP releases 15/16/17 and 18How the interworking with previous network standards is definedThe new APIs defined to support application-to-network interactionDetails of the protocol and service descriptionsExamples of 5G network deployment options for different use cases Written by authors who are heavily involved in development of the 5G standards and who have written several successful books on 4G and 5G Core Networks, this book provides an authoritative reference on the technologies and standards of the 3GPP 5G Core network

Solid State Physics

  • 1st Edition
  • Volume 75
  • October 1, 2024
  • Robert L. Stamps + 2 more
  • English
  • Hardback
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Solid State Physics, Volume 75, the latest release in this serial that highlights new advances in the field, presents interesting chapters written by an international board of authors.