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Studying the Earth's Space Plasma Environment
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2009
Since the year 2000 the ESA Cluster mission has been investigating the small-scale structures and processes of the Earth's plasma environment, such as those involved in the interaction between the solar wind and the magnetospheric plasma, in global magnetotail dynamics, in cross-tail currents, and...
The Design and Engineering of Curiosity
How the Mars Rover Performs Its Job
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2018
This book describes the most complex machine ever sent to another planet: Curiosity. It is a one-ton robot with two brains, seventeen cameras, six wheels, nuclear power, and a laser beam on its head. No one human understands how all of its systems and instruments work. This essential reference to...
Similarity and Symmetry Methods
Applications in Elasticity and Mechanics of Materials
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2014
The principle aim of the book is to present a self-contained, modern account of similarity and symmetry methods, which are important mathematical tools for both physicists, engineers and applied mathematicians. The idea is to provide a balanced presentation of the mathematical techniques and applications...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
The monitoring of point sources by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the states, and the tribes has documented and helped reduce the levels of chemical stressors affecting our ecosystems. With the controls on point sources reducing chemical contamination, new environmental challenges associated...
by Paola Gattinoni, Laura Scesi, Enrico Maria Pizzarotti
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2014
The construction of tunnels involves the resolution of various complex technical problems depending on the geological and geological-environmental context in which the work fits.
Only a careful analysis of all the geological and geological-environmental issues and a correct reconstruction of...
Resetting the Compass
Australia's Journey Towards Sustainability
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2001
Resetting the Compass: Australia's Journey Towards Sustainability Updated Edition sets out Australia's environmental problems in their global context and explains what is now needed to fix them. It also illustrates how ecological sustainability can be achieved together with economic, social and cultural...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2013
Landslides in cold regions have different mechanisms from those in other areas, and comparatively few research efforts have been made in this field. Recently, because of climate change, some new trends concerning landslide occurrence and motion have appeared, severely impacting economic development...
by M. Kelly, W.J. Allison, A.R. Garman
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Over the last century the discharge of crude or partially treated sewage has probably been the most widespread, most documented and certainly the best understood form of pollution entering the aquatic environment. In the past two decades, however, there has been an increasing public aware ness of...
Trajectory Anomalies in Interplanetary Spacecraft
A Method for Determining Accelerations Due to Thermal Emissions and New Mission Proposals
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2015
This thesis presents fundamental work that explains two mysteries concerning the trajectory of interplanetary spacecraft. For the first problem, the so-called Pioneer anomaly, a wholly new and innovative method was developed for computing all contributions to the acceleration due to onboard thermal...
by Andrea Sommariva, Giovanni F. Bignami
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2013
This book develops a credible scenario for interstellar exploration and colonization. In so doing, it examines:
• the present situation and prospects for interstellar exploration technologies;
• where to go: the search for habitable planets;
• the motivations for space travel and colonization;
•...
by Edward Bryant
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2005
Natural hazards afflict all corners of the Earth; often unexpected, seemingly unavoidable and frequently catastrophic in their impact. This revised edition is a comprehensive, inter-disciplinary treatment of the full range of natural hazards. Accessible, readable and well supported by over 180 maps,...
Measurements of Spin-Orbit Angles for Transiting Systems
Toward an Understanding of the Migration History of Exoplanets
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2014
This thesis presents accurate analyses of the spin-orbit angle for many remarkable transiting exoplanetary systems, including the first measurement of the Rossiter-McLaughlin effect for a multiple transiting system.
The author presents the observational methods needed to probe the...
Linking Australia's Landscapes
Lessons and Opportunities from Large-scale Conservation Networks
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2013
Networks of land managed for conservation across different tenures have rapidly increased in number (and popularity) in Australia over the past two decades. These include iconic large-scale initiatives such as Gondwana Link, the Great Eastern Ranges Initiative, Habitat 141°, and the South Australian...
Experimental and Kinetic Modeling Study of Cyclohexane and Its Mono-alkylated Derivatives Combustion
Experimental and Kinetic Modeling Study of Cyclohexane and Its Mono-alkylated Derivatives Combustion
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2018
This thesis investigates the combustion chemistry of cyclohexane, methylcyclohexane, and ethylcyclohexane on the basis of state-of-the-art synchrotron radiation photoionization mass spectrometry experiments, quantum chemistry calculations, and extensive kinetic modeling. It explores the initial decomposition...