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by Qin Fang, Hao Wu
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2017
In this book, the authors present their theoretical, experimental and numerical investigations into concrete structures subjected to projectile and aircraft impacts in recent years. Innovative approaches to analyze the rigid, mass abrasive and eroding projectile penetration and perforation are proposed....
The Limits of Settler Colonial Reconciliation
Non-Indigenous People and the Responsibility to Engage
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2016
This book investigates whether and how reconciliation in Australia and other settler colonial societies might connect to the attitudes of non-Indigenous people in ways that promote a deeper engagement with Indigenous needs and aspirations. It explores concepts and practices of reconciliation, considering...
Minerals and Allied Natural Resources and their Sustainable Development
Principles, Perspectives with Emphasis on the Indian Scenario
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2017
Nonrenewable natural resources – metallic and non-metallic minerals, industrial rocks and energy resources (both organic and inorganic), have been treated in a holistic manner in this book, including two important resources (soil and water), not commonly covered in most books on this topic. For...
Man-Machine-Environment System Engineering
Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on MMESE
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2016
This research topic was first established in China by Professor Shengzhao Long in 1981, with direct support from one of the greatest modern Chinese scientists, Xuesen Qian. In a letter to Shengzhao Long from October 22nd, 1993, Xuesen Qian wrote: “You have created a very important modern science...
Man–Machine–Environment System Engineering
Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on MMESE
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2017
These proceedings showcase the best papers selected from more than 500 submissions, introducing readers to the top research topics and the latest developmental trends in the theory and application of Man-Machine-Environment System Engineering (MMESE). This research topic was first established in China...
Innovative Design and Development Practices in Aerospace and Automotive Engineering
I-DAD, February 22 - 24, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2016
The book presents the best articles presented by researchers, academicians and industrial experts in the International Conference on “Innovative Design and Development Practices in Aerospace and Automotive Engineering (I-DAD 2016)”. The book discusses new concept designs, analysis and manufacturing...
by Salit Mohd Sapuan, Muhd Ridzuan Mansor
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2017
This book covers topics related to developing natural-fiber composite products during the conceptual design stage in the product development process. It describes the concurrent engineering methods and tools applied in natural-fiber composite product development and discusses the major conceptual...
Simulations for Design and Manufacturing
Select Papers from AIMTDR 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2018
This book focuses on numerical simulations of manufacturing processes, discussing the use of numerical simulation techniques for design and analysis of the components and the manufacturing systems. Experimental studies on manufacturing processes are costly, time consuming and limited to the facilities...
by Nodar Davitashvili, Valeh Bakhshaliev
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2016
This monograph focuses on the dynamical research work on crank-piston mechanisms considering basic and additional motions. In order to have full dynamical analyses of piston machines and their mechanisms, the book studies the crank-piston mechanisms with clearances in kinematic pairs. The tasks are...
Futuristic Composites
Behavior, Characterization, and Manufacturing
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2018
This book presents a collection of chapters on various aspects of futuristic composite materials, from manufacturing challenges to materials characterization. The book covers the scientific basis of processing and synthesizing futuristic composites, including the prerequisite theoretical background...
Application of Lasers in Manufacturing
Select Papers from AIMTDR 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2018
This book mainly addresses the applications of lasers in the manufacture of various industrial components. The technologies presented here have scopes of application ranging from the macro to meso and micro level of components and features. This book includes chapters on the basic and advanced applications...
The Language and Iconography of Chinese Charms
Deciphering a Past Belief System
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2016
This book offers an in-depth description and analysis of Chinese coin-like charms, which date back to the second century CE and which continued to be used until mid 20th century. This work is unique in that it provides an archaeological and analytical interpretation of the content of these metallic...
Early Navigation in the Asia-Pacific Region
A Maritime Archaeological Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2016
This book presents the proceedings of the international academic workshop on “Early Navigation in the Asia-Pacific Region: A Maritime Archaeological Perspective” held from June 21-23, 2013 at Harvard University campus and organized by Harvard-Yenching Institute. It includes high-quality papers...
by Ye Liu
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2016
This book investigates the changing opportunities in higher education for different social groups during China’s transition from the socialist regime to a market economy. The first part of the book provides a historical and comparative analysis of the development of the idea of meritocracy, since...