Hiroshi Tanaka: 3 books
Wind Resistant Design of Bridges in Japan
Developments and practices
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2012
For long-span bridges, wind action is a dominant factor in their safety and serviceability. A large number of long-span bridges have been built in Japan over the past 30 years, and tremendous amounts of research and technical development have been accomplished in wind-resistant design.This book is...
The Prime Ministers of Postwar Japan, 1945–1995
Their Lives and Times
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2016
This book examines the lives and times of Japan’s postwar prime ministers, covering the period from 1945 to 1995. Written by Japan’s leading scholars, it is the first English-language biographical portrait of these twenty-three individuals who helped lead Japan on its road to recovery, its return...
Vibrations of Rotating Machinery
Volume 1. Basic Rotordynamics: Introduction to Practical Vibration Analysis
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2017
This book opens with an explanation of the vibrations of a single degree-of-freedom (dof) system for all beginners. Subsequently, vibration analysis of multi-dof systems is explained by modal analysis. Mode synthesis modeling is then introduced for system reduction, which aids understanding in a simplified...