Mechanics category: 1527 books
Optical WDM Networks
From Static to Elastic Networks
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2019
Provides a comprehensive and updated account of WDM optical network systems
Optical networking has advanced considerably since 2010. A host of new technologies and applications has brought a significant change in optical networks, migrating it towards an all-optical network. This book places...
Vapor-Liquid Interfaces, Bubbles and Droplets
Fundamentals and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2011
Physically correct boundary conditions on vapor-liquid interfaces are essential in order to make an analysis of flows of a liquid including bubbles or of a gas including droplets. Suitable boundary conditions do not exist at the present time. This book is concerned with the kinetic boundary condition...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2016
This book gathers selected contributions presented at the Enzo Levi and XX Annual Meeting of the Fluid Dynamic Division of the Mexican Physical Society in 2014. The individual papers explore recent advances in experimental and theoretical fluid dynamics and are suitable for use in both teaching and...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2000
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2000
Efficient numerical solution of realistic and, therefore, complex equation systems occupies many researchers in many disciplines. For various reasons, but mainly in order to approximate reality, a very large number of unknowns are needed. Using classical techniques, the solution of such a system of...
An Introduction to Quantum Communication Networks
Or, How Shall We Communicate in the Quantum Era?
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2018
With the fast pace of developments in quantum technologies, it is more than ever necessary to make the new generation of students in science and engineering familiar with the key ideas behind such disruptive systems. This book intends to fill such a gap between experts and non-experts in the field...
by Mohamed Shama
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2010
In the last few decades, much research work was conducted to improve ship structure analysis and design. Most of the efforts were directed to improve the strength of hull girder and to use the method of finite element analysis more efficiently and effectively. Because of the high degree of complexity...
by Magdalena Gromada, Gennady Mishuris, Andreas Öchsner
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2011
The monograph deals with methods to determine mechanical properties and evaluate the flow curve of ductile materials from the tensile test. It presents classical hypotheses concerning the onset of neck creation as well as the state of the art in determining the mechanical properties from the tensile...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2016
This book focuses on robust characterization and prediction methods for materials in technical applications as well as the materials’ safety features during operation. In particular, it presents methods for reliably predicting material properties, an aspect that is becoming increasingly important...
Finite Elements for Truss and Frame Structures
An Introduction Based on the Computer Algebra System Maxima
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2018
This book is intended as an essential study aid for the finite element method. Based on the free computer algebra system Maxima, the authors offer routines for symbolically or numerically solving problems in the context of plane truss and frame structures, allowing readers to check classical ‘hand...
Cancellous Bone
Mechanical Characterization and Finite Element Simulation
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2017
This book provides comprehensive mechanobiological insights into bone, including the microstructure of cancellous bone and its realistic loading in the human body. This approach considers different types of loads, i.e. static and dynamic, and the response under uniaxial and multiaxial loading conditions....
Optical CDMA Networks
Principles, Analysis and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2012
This book focuses heavily on the principles, analysis and applications of code-division multiple-access (CDMA) techniques in optical communication systems and networks.
In this book, the authors intimately discuss modern optical networks and their applications in current and emerging communication...
Lyotropic Chromonic Liquid Crystals
From Viscoelastic Properties to Living Liquid Crystals
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2017
This thesis describes lyotropic chromonic liquid crystals (LCLCs) with exotic elastic and viscous properties. The first part of the thesis presents a thorough analysis of the elastic and viscous properties of LCLCs as functions of concentration, temperature and ionic contents, while the second part...
by Sujoy Kumar Saha
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2015
Microchannel Heat transfer is the cooling application of high power density microchips in the CPU system, micropower systems and many other large scale thermal systems requiring effective cooling capacity. This book offers the latest research and recommended models on the microsize cooling system...
Finite Elements Using Maxima
Theory and Routines for Rods and Beams
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2019
This book provides a study aid on the finite element method. Based on the free computer algebra system “Maxima”, it presents routines to symbolically or numerically solve problems in the context of plane truss and frame structures. This allows readers to not only check classical “hand calculations”...