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  • Current Trends in Short- and Long-period Fiber Gratings
    Current Trends in Short- and Long-period Fiber Gratings NEW
    Editor Christian Cuadrado-Laborde
    ISBN 978-953-51-1131-3
    184 pages, May, 2013
    Downloads: 324
    In this book the reader will find a collection of chapters written by different experts around the world, describing the current research trends in both short- and long-period fiber grating technology. This work is mainly addressed to researchers alr ...
  • MATLAB - A Fundamental Tool for Scientific Computing and Engineering Applications - Volume 1
    MATLAB - A Fundamental Tool for Scientific Computing and Engineering Applications - Volume 1
    Editor Vasilios N. Katsikis
    ISBN 978-953-51-0750-7
    520 pages, September, 2012
    Downloads: 7107
    This is the first book in a three-volume series deploying MATLAB-based applications in almost every branch of science. This volume, presents interesting topics from different areas of engineering, signal and image processing based on the MATLAB envir ...
  • Effective and Sustainable Hydraulic Fracturing
    Effective and Sustainable Hydraulic Fracturing NEW
    Editor Andrew P. Bunger, John McLennan and Rob Jeffrey
    ISBN 978-953-51-1137-5
    1000 pages, May, 2013
    Downloads: 43
    This book comprises the proceedings for the International Conference for Effective and Sustainable Hydraulic Fracturing (HF2013) which was held 20-22 May 2013 in Brisbane, Australia. The conference goal was to advance hydraulic fracturing technology ...
  • MATLAB for Engineers - Applications in Control, Electrical Engineering, IT and Robotics
    MATLAB for Engineers - Applications in Control, Electrical Engineering, IT and Robotics
    Editor Karel Perutka
    ISBN 978-953-307-914-1
    512 pages, October, 2011
    Downloads: 12452
    The book presents several approaches in the key areas of practice for which the MATLAB software package was used. Topics covered include applications for: -Motors -Power systems -Robots -Vehicles The rapid development of technology impacts all ar ...
  • Tribology in Engineering
    Tribology in Engineering NEW
    Editor Haşim Pihtili
    ISBN 978-953-51-1126-9
    240 pages, May, 2013
    Downloads: 226
    The main goal in preparing this book was to publish contemporary concepts, new discoveries and innovative ideas in the field of surface engineering, predominantly for the technical applications, as well as in the field of production engineering and t ...
  • Search Algorithms for Engineering Optimization
    Search Algorithms for Engineering Optimization
    Editor Taufik Abrão
    ISBN 978-953-51-0983-9
    284 pages, February, 2013
    Downloads: 1915
    Heuristic Search is an important sub-discipline of optimization theory and finds applications in a vast variety of fields, including life science and engineering. Search methods have been useful in solving tough engineering-oriented problems that eit ...
  • Matlab - Modelling, Programming and Simulations
    Matlab - Modelling, Programming and Simulations
    Editor Emilson Pereira Leite
    ISBN 978-953-307-125-1
    426 pages, October, 2010
    Downloads: 18507
    This book is a collection of 19 excellent works presenting different applications of several MATLAB tools that can be used for educational, scientific and engineering purposes. Chapters include tips and tricks for programming and developing Graphical ...
  • Advances in Robotics, Automation and Control
    Advances in Robotics, Automation and Control
    Editor Jesus Aramburo and Antonio Ramirez Trevino
    ISBN 978-953-7619-16-9
    472 pages, October, 2008
    Downloads: 32154
    The book presents an excellent overview of the recent developments in the different areas of Robotics, Automation and Control. Through its 24 chapters, this book presents topics related to control and robot design; it also introduces new mathematical ...
  • Diesel Engine - Combustion, Emissions and Condition Monitoring
    Diesel Engine - Combustion, Emissions and Condition Monitoring NEW
    Editor Saiful Bari
    ISBN 978-953-51-1120-7
    266 pages, April, 2013
    Downloads: 333
    Diesel engines, also known as CI engines, possess a wide field of applications as energy converters because of their higher efficiency. However, diesel engines are a major source of NOX and particulate matter (PM) emissions. Because of its importance ...
  • Advances in Quantum Mechanics
    Advances in Quantum Mechanics
    Editor Paul Bracken
    ISBN 978-953-51-1089-7
    779 pages, April, 2013
    Downloads: 771
    The development of quantum mechanics has taken physics in a vastly new direction from that of classical physics from the very start. In fact, there continue at present to be many developments in the subject of a very fundamental nature, such as impl ...
  • Titanium Alloys - Advances in Properties Control
    Titanium Alloys - Advances in Properties Control NEW
    Editor Jan Sieniawski and Waldemar Ziaja
    ISBN 978-953-51-1110-8
    147 pages, May, 2013
    Downloads: 67
    The book contains six chapters and covers topics dealing with biomedical applications of titanium alloys, surface treatment, relationships between microstructure and mechanical and technological properties, and the effect of radiation on the structur ...
  • Artificial Neural Networks - Architectures and Applications
    Artificial Neural Networks - Architectures and Applications
    Editor Kenji Suzuki
    ISBN 978-953-51-0935-8
    256 pages, January, 2013
    Downloads: 2043
    Artificial neural networks may probably be the single most successful technology in the last two decades which has been widely used in a large variety of applications. The purpose of this book is to provide recent advances of architectures, methodol ...
  • Hyperthermia
    Hyperthermia NEW
    Editor Nagraj Huilgol
    ISBN 978-953-51-1129-0
    206 pages, May, 2013
    Downloads: 66
    The book "Hyperthermia", published by InTech, and edited by Dr. Nagraj Huilgol, of the Department of Radiation Oncology, Dr. Balabhai Nanavati Hospital, India, is comprised of 8 Open Access chapters, covering a wide range of Hyperthermia-related scie ...
  • Water Resources Planning, Development and Management
    Water Resources Planning, Development and Management NEW
    Editor Ralph Wurbs
    ISBN 978-953-51-1092-7
    182 pages, May, 2013
    Downloads: 176
    This book is a collection of innovative up-to-date perspectives on key aspects of water resources planning, development, and management of importance to both professional practitioners and researchers. Authors with outstanding expertise address a bro ...
  • Syntheses and Applications of Carbon Nanotubes and Their Composites
    Syntheses and Applications of Carbon Nanotubes and Their Composites NEW
    Editor Satoru Suzuki
    ISBN 978-953-51-1125-2
    537 pages, May, 2013
    Downloads: 158
    Carbon nanotubes are rolled up graphene sheets with a quasi-one-dimensional structure of nanometer-scale diameter. In these last twenty years, carbon nanotubes have attracted much attention from physicists, chemists, material scientists, and electron ...
  • MATLAB - A Fundamental Tool for Scientific Computing and Engineering Applications - Volume 3
    MATLAB - A Fundamental Tool for Scientific Computing and Engineering Applications - Volume 3
    Editor Vasilios N. Katsikis
    ISBN 978-953-51-0752-1
    484 pages, September, 2012
    Downloads: 3685
    This excellent book represents the final part of three-volumes regarding MATLAB-based applications in almost every branch of science. The book consists of 19 excellent, insightful articles and the readers will find the results very useful to their wo ...
  • Operations Management
    Operations Management
    Editor Massimiliano M. Schiraldi
    ISBN 978-953-51-1013-2
    240 pages, March, 2013
    Downloads: 1043
    Operations Management is an area of business concerned with managing the process that converts inputs into outputs, in the form of goods and/or services. Increasingly complex environments together with the recent economic swings and substantially s ...
  • Thermal Power Plants - Advanced Applications
    Thermal Power Plants - Advanced Applications
    Editor Mohammad Rasul
    ISBN 978-953-51-1095-8
    178 pages, April, 2013
    Downloads: 494
    Thermal power plants are one of the most important process industries for engineering professionals. Over the past decades, the power sector is facing a number of critical issues; however, the most fundamental challenge is meeting the growing power d ...
  • Solar Cells - Research and Application Perspectives
    Solar Cells - Research and Application Perspectives
    Editor Arturo Morales-Acevedo
    ISBN 978-953-51-1003-3
    369 pages, March, 2013
    Downloads: 1135
    Over the last decade, photovoltaic (PV) technology has shown the potential to become a major source of power generation for the world - with robust and continuous growth even during times of financial and economic crisis. That growth is expected to c ...
  • Theory and Applications of Monte Carlo Simulations
    Theory and Applications of Monte Carlo Simulations
    Editor Victor (Wai Kin) Chan
    ISBN 978-953-51-1012-5
    276 pages, March, 2013
    Downloads: 1076
    The purpose of this book is to introduce researchers and practitioners to recent advances and applications of Monte Carlo Simulation (MCS). Random sampling is the key of the MCS technique. The 11 chapters of this book collectively illustrates how suc ...