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ISTE Ltd and John Wiley & Sons Inc Sustainable Reverse Logistics Network:
Book SynopsisTraditional logistical chains have enabled us to respond efficiently to the needs of customers in terms of services and products. However, the returns, rejects and by-products of these activities have been eliminated or ignored. Reverse logistics aims at valuing these products using a value creation network integrating recovery, processing, recycling, distribution or clean removal processes. In the context of sustainable development, integrating economic, social and environmental factors, these activities raise questions concerning the design of products, processes and logistic networks. Taking these considerations into account involves significant changes that affect business models as well as consumer habits. New working methods and a long-term vision are the new bases for sustainable logistic networks.The objective of this book is to supply an educational tool for engineering schools, as well as a management tool for the efficient implementation of the reverse logistics function. It brings together the knowledge acquired by the scientific community. Even if reverse logistics has been the subject of several books over the past few years, very few theories have been developed and the subject is far from being exhausted. This book proposes generic concepts and processes that can be adapted to all businesses producing goods and services and which aim to integrate reverse logistics. These processes will enable us to shed light on their complexity and to take into account all the important variables. Contents 1. Logistics Challenge.2. Reverse Logistics Engineering.3. Ecodesign.4. Value Loops.Table of ContentsIntroduction ix I.1. Bibliography xv Chapter 1. Logistics Challenges 1 1.1. Introduction 1 1.2. Forward supply chain 2 1.3. Higher, further, bigger 5 1.4. Nothing is lost, nothing is created, everything goes somewhere 14 1.5. Nothing goes well anymore 19 1.6. Conclusion 27 1.7. Bibliography 28 Chapter 2. Reverse Logistics Engineering 35 2.1. Introduction 35 2.2. Definition 36 2.3. Types of returns 38 2.4. Generic process 39 2.5. Shipping or redistribution system 74 2.6. Information system 77 2.7. Coordinating 80 2.8. Performance measurement 83 2.9. Conclusion 86 2.10. Bibliography 87 Chapter 3. Ecodesign 89 3.1. Introduction 89 3.2. Sustainable development 91 3.3. Ecodesign 96 3.4. Ecodesign approach within companies 106 3.5. Conclusion 124 3.6. Bibliography 125 Chapter 4. Value Loops 129 4.1. Network design and management integrating reverse logistics 133 4.2. Definition of the value 152 4.3. Monitoring and control of the value on the life cycle 172 4.4. Partnership 185 4.5. Conclusion 196 4.6. Bibliography 197 Conclusion 213 Index 215
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ISTE Ltd and John Wiley & Sons Inc Wood Machining
Book SynopsisWood as an engineering material can be technically defined “as a hygroscopic, orthotropic, biological, and permeable material having extreme chemical diversity and physical complexity with structures, that vary extensively in their shape, size, properties and function”. Therefore, using wood to its best advantage and most efficiency in engineering applications, specific characteristics or chemical, physical and mechanical properties must be considered. The products are divided into two classes, solid wood and composite wood products. Solid wood includes shipbuilding, bridges, flooring, mine timbers, etc. Composite wood products include insulation board, plywood, oriented strand board, hardboard and particle board. In recent years, the machining of wood products has acquired great importance due the short supply of wood and increasing environmental awareness among users and manufacturers. The optimization of the machining process centers around the mechanism of chip formation, tool wear, workpiece surface quality, crack initiation and propagation of different types of wood. Other factors are also humidity, temperature, static preloads, and vibrations that can affect the wood during the machining process. The book provides some fundamentals and recent research advances on machining wood and wood products.Trade Review"This book should be valuable in advanced courses for undergraduate engineering students in courses dealing with wood machining. It might also serve as a reference for researchers inside the field of wood mechanics and wood manufacturing." (International Wood Products Journal, 1 April 2011) Table of ContentsPreface xi Chapter 1. Machining of Wood and Wood Composites 1 Grzegorz KOWALUK 1.1. Introduction 1 1.2. Wood and wood-based composites 2 1.3. Approach to cutting 7 1.4. Main techniques of machining 11 1.5. Problems of machining wood and wood composites – a review 19 1.6. Into the future – further scenarios of wood and wood composites machining 21 1.7. Acknowledgement 23 1.8. Bibliography 24 Chapter 2. Wood and Wood-based Panel Machining Quality 27 Cristina COELHO, Nuno GARRIDO, Jorge MARTINS, Luisa CARVALHO and Carlos COSTA 2.1. Solid wood machining 27 2.2. Wood-based panels machining 39 2.3. Surface quality 50 2.4. Case study: solid wood machining and surface quality evaluation 65 2.5. Case study: particleboard machining and edge quality evaluation 73 2.6. Bibliography 75 Chapter 3. Reducing Tool Wear by Cryogenic Treatment and Cooling with Refrigerated Air when Processing Medium Density Fiberboard 83 Rado GAZO, Judith GISIP and Harold A. STEWART 3.1. Introduction 83 3.2. Effects of refrigerated air 85 3.3. Effects of cryogenic treatment and refrigerated air 98 3.4. Acknowledgements 111 3.5. Bibliography 111 Chapter 4. Wearing Mechanisms Contributing to Reduced Tool Life after Wood and Secondary Wood Products Machining 115 Boles³aw PORANKIEWICZ 4.1. Introduction 116 4.2. Cutting edge-material cut interface 116 4.3. TGA indirect evidence of HTTR 119 4.4. Theoretical QC analysis of HTTR 134 4.5. Investigations of direct evidence of HTTR 140 4.6. Cutting edge SEM image examinations 143 4.7. Synergistic effect of high temperature reactions and mechanical wear 146 4.8. Final remarks 150 4.9. Conclusions 154 4.10. Acknowledgements 155 4.11. Bibliography 155 Chapter 5. Monitoring Surface Quality on Molding and Sawing Processes for Solid Wood and Wood Panels 159 Alfredo AGUILERA 5.1. Introduction 159 5.2. General concepts 160 5.3. Monitoring the cutting process 176 5.4. Surface roughness and quality for solid wood and panels 190 5.5. Concluding remarks 210 5.6. Acknowledgements 211 5.7. Bibliography 211 Chapter 6. Evaluating the Roughness of Sanded Wood Surfaces 217 Lidia GURAU, Hugh MANSFIELD-WILLIAMS and Mark IRLE 6.1. Introduction 217 6.2. Profile filtering applied to wood surfaces 228 6.3. A proposed method for separating processing roughness from anatomical roughness 246 6.4. A case study: the processing roughness of oak surfaces sanded with various grit sizes 250 6.5. Concluding remarks 259 6.6. Perspectives 260 6.7. Acknowledgements 261 6.8. Bibliography 261 List of Authors 269 Index 273
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ISTE Ltd and John Wiley & Sons Inc Metrology in Industry: The Key for Quality
Book SynopsisMetrology is an integral part of the structure of today’s world: navigation and telecommunications require highly accurate time and frequency standards; human health and safety relies on authoritative measurements in diagnosis and treatment, as does food production and trade; global climate studies also depend on reliable and consistent data. Moreover, international trade practices increasingly require institutions to display demonstrated conformity to written standards and specifications. As such, having relevant and reliable results of measurements and tests in compliance with mutually recognised standards can be a technical, commercial and statutory necessity for a company. This book, the results of a working group from the French College of Metrology and featuring chapters written by a range of experts from a variety of European countries, gives a comprehensive and international treatment of the subject. Academics involved in metrology as well as people involved in the metrology capacities of companies and institutions will find this book of great interest.Table of ContentsPreface 15 Foreword 17 Chapter 1. Analysis of the Metrological Requirements Needed to Ensure Quality 19 Jean-Yves ARRIAT and Klaus-Dieter SCHITTHELM 1.1. Introduction 19 1.2. Definition of the objectives 21 1.3. Choice of the method of measurement 22 1.3.1. Accounting for the selection of the method 22 1.3.2. Defining the method and the principle to implement 23 1.4. Choice of the means of measurement 24 1.4.1. Introduction 24 1.4.2. Analysis of what is already available 25 1.4.3. Assessment and acquisition of material 26 1.4.4. Technical criteria 27 1.4.5. Economic criteria 30 1.4.6. Grid of the analysis of the choice 31 1.4.7. Technical assistance for users of measuring instruments 33 1.5. The traceability of the measurements 36 1.5.1. The necessity of traceability of the measurements 36 1.5.2. Calibration requirements 38 1.5.3. The selection of standards 39 1.6. Conclusion 42 Chapter 2. Organization of Metrology: Industrial, Scientific, Legal 43 Luc ERARD, Jean-François MAGANA, Roberto PERISSI, Patrick REPOSEUR and Jean-Michel VIRIEUX 2.1. A metrological organization: why? 43 2.2. Metrology: how? 45 2.3. Scientific and technical metrology 47 2.3.1. The BIPM 48 2.3.2. Results of the international activities 50 2.3.3. Regional organizations 51 2.3.4. Organization at the national level 59 2.4. Legal metrology 67 2.4.1. Scope of legal metrology 67 2.4.2. The International Organization of Legal Metrology (OIML) 68 2.4.3. The European level 71 2.4.4. At national level 73 Chapter 3. Mastering Measurement Processes Approach to the Setting up of a Metrology Function 79 Marc PRIEL and Patrick REPOSEUR 3.1. What to do at the beginning? 79 3.2. Goals and role of the measurement management system – metrological function 80 3.3. The measurement processes 86 3.3.1. Conception and development of a new measurement process 86 3.3.2. Exploitation of a valid process 88 3.3.3. Continuous improvement of measurement processes 88 3.4. Management of the measuring equipment (metrological confirmation) 89 3.4.1. Analysis of the requirement and selection of the measuring equipments 91 3.4.2. Receiving the measuring equipment and putting it into service 93 3.4.3. Calibration and verification operations 97 3.4.4. Fitness for use of measuring equipment 100 3.5. Setting up a metrological structure within the firm 102 3.5.1. Analysis of the metrological requirements and setting up standards 102 3.5.2. Traceability of the measuring instrument(s) to the firm’s reference standards 104 3.5.3. Traceability of the firm’s reference standards to the SI 104 3.6. Suggested approach for setting up a metrology function 105 3.7. Bibliography 106 Chapter 4. Handling of a Bank of Measuring Instruments 109 Jean-Yves ARRIAT 4.1. Acquaintance with the bank 110 4.1.1. Inventory 110 4.1.2. Identification 110 4.2. Metrological policy of the firm 113 4.2.1. Objective and commitment of the firm’s management 113 4.2.2. Plan of actions to launch 113 4.2.3. Awareness, training and vocabulary 113 4.2.4. Selection of the material to be followed periodically 114 4.3. Drafting of the documents 115 4.3.1. Codification of the documents 115 4.3.2. Work instructions 116 4.3.3. Result-recording documents 117 4.3.4. Other documents 118 4.4. Physical handling of the measuring instruments 119 4.4.1. Receipt 119 4.4.2. Transfer 120 4.4.3. Storing and environment 121 4.4.4. Maintenance 122 4.5. Follow-up of the measuring instruments over time 123 4.5.1. Periodicity of the follow-up 123 4.5.2. Campaign of recall 124 4.5.3. Follow-up of the results 125 4.6. Software for the handling of the means of measurements 125 Chapter 5. Traceability to National Standards 127 Luc ERARD and Patrick REPOSEUR 5.1. Introduction 127 5.2. Definitions 127 5.2.1. Traceability 127 5.2.2. Calibration 128 5.2.3. Verification 129 5.3. Traceability chains 129 5.4. Traceability 131 5.5. Calibration 132 5.5.1. Calibration in an accredited laboratory 132 5.5.2. Calibration in a non-accredited laboratory 132 5.6. Verification 133 5.6.1. Verification in an accredited laboratory and in its accreditation scope 133 5.6.2. Verification in a non-accredited laboratory or out of the accreditation scope 133 5.7. Use of calibration and verification results 133 5.7.1. Use of the results of a calibration 134 5.7.2. Use of the results of a verification 134 5.8. Particular cases 135 5.8.1. “Self-calibrating” or “self-gauging” measuring instruments 135 5.8.2. Complex instruments in which components/equipments and software are narrowly combined and large measurement ranges are covered for complex quantities 136 5.9. Metrology in chemistry and physical methods of chemical analysis 136 5.9.1. Traceabilty in metrology in chemistry 137 5.9.2. Influence of the principle of the method 139 5.9.3. “Documentary” traceability 141 5.9.4. Control of the reference materials 143 5.9.5. Conclusion 145 5.10. Assessment of traceability 145 5.11. Bibliography 146 Chapter 6. Calibration Intervals and Methods for Monitoring the Measurement Processes 149 Patrizia TAVELLA and Marc PRIEL 6.1. Normative requirements 149 6.2. Methods for monitoring the instruments in use – general criteria 150 6.2.1. First method: metrological redundancies 150 6.2.2. Second method: checking the coherence of the results 151 6.2.3. Third method: “monitoring standards” and statistical supervision of the measurement processes 152 6.3. The determination of the calibration intervals 158 6.4. Bibliography 161 Chapter 7. Measurements and Uncertainties 163 Marc PRIEL 7.1. Introduction 163 7.2. Measurement of physical quantity 164 7.3. Analysis of the measurement process 166 7.3.1. The cause and effect diagram method 166 7.3.2. Using the list published in the GUM (section 3.3.2) 167 7.3.3. Errors 168 7.3.4. Cutting down the errors 169 7.4. Modeling of the measurement process 172 7.4.1. Measurement procedure and model of the measurement process 172 7.4.2. An essential stage for the assessment of uncertainty: modeling the measurement 173 7.5. Assessment of the uncertainty of the input quantities 174 7.5.1. Type A methods 175 7.5.2. Type B methods 176 7.5.3. Comparing the Type A and Type B methods 179 7.6. Calculating the combined uncertainty on the result 180 7.6.1. Situation when all the input quantities are independent 180 7.6.2. Situation when the input quantities are dependent 181 7.7. Use of the performances of the method (repeatability and freedom of bias) to assess the uncertainty of the measurement result 183 7.7.1. Intra- or interlaboratory approaches 184 7.7.2. Intra-laboratory approach 185 7.7.3. Interlaboratory approach 186 7.7.4. Data processing for intra- and interlaboratory approaches 187 7.8. Reporting of the measurement result 189 7.9. Example 190 7.10. Bibliography 193 Chapter 8.The Environment of Measuring 195 Jean-Yves ARRIAT and Marc PRIEL 8.1. The premises 196 8.1.1. Ambient temperature 197 8.1.2. Relative humidity 198 8.1.3. Handling of the air conditioning systems 199 8.1.4. Power network 199 8.1.5. Radioelectric disturbances 199 8.1.6. Measurements on-site 200 8.2. The personnel 200 8.2.1. The connection of metrology function 200 8.2.2. Staff involved in the metrology function 201 8.2.3. The qualification of the personnel 202 8.3. The documentation 202 8.3.1. Filing of the documents 202 8.3.2. Management of the documents 204 8.4. Bibliography 205 8.5. Appendix 206 Chapter 9. About Measuring 209 Claude KOCH 9.1. Preliminary information 209 9.1.1. Physical quantity 209 9.1.2. The object to be measured 210 9.1.3. Field of measurement 210 9.1.4. Four types of uses of measuring instruments 211 9.1.5. Influencing quantities 212 9.2. Choice of a measuring principle 213 9.2.1. Differential measurement 214 9.2.2. Direct measurement 214 9.2.3. Indirect measurement 214 9.3. Practicing in metrology 215 9.3.1. Implementing the instruments 216 9.3.2. Precautions before measuring 216 9.3.3. Measurements 216 9.3.4. Variations and their sign 217 9.3.5. The time factor 218 9.4. Expression of the results 218 9.4.1. Graphs 220 9.4.2. Histograms 220 9.5. What qualities does a metrologist require? 221 9.5.1. Be inquisitive 222 9.5.2. Be tidy and methodical 222 9.5.3. Be open to doubt 222 9.5.4. Be observant 222 9.5.5. Be honest 223 Chapter 10. Organization of Metrology at Solvay Research and Technology 225 José MONTES 10.1. Presentation of the company 225 10.2. Organization of the metrology sector 226 10.2.1. Creation 226 10.2.2. Missions 226 10.2.3. Organization 226 10.2.4. Geographic localization of the activities 227 10.2.5. Composition of the bank of measuring equipment 227 10.3. Metrology 228 10.3.1. Identification 228 10.3.2. Connection of the standards 228 10.3.3. Periodicity of the calibrations 229 10.3.4. Calibration operations 229 10.3.5. Documentation of the calibration results 230 10.3.6. Verdict of the metrological confirmation 231 10.3.7. Indication of the state of the calibrations 231 10.3.8. Personnel and subcontracting 232 Chapter 11. Metrology within the Scope of the ISO 9001 Standard 233 Philippe LANNEAU and Patrick REPOSEUR 11.1. Introduction 233 11.2. Introduction to the evolution of the standard 234 11.2.1. The concept of continuous improvement 234 11.2.2. The process approach 235 11.3. Measurement control process 236 11.4. The ISO 9001 (2000) standard step-by-step 238 11.5. Conclusion 245 Chapter 12. Training for the Metrology Professions in France 247 Bernard LARQUIER 12.1. The metrology function in a firm’s strategy 247 12.2. Metrology profession 248 12.2.1. Metrological engineer 249 12.2.2. Metrological technician 249 12.2.3. Metrological operator 250 12.3. Initial training 250 12.3.1. Schools for engineers 250 12.3.2. Courses for higher level technicians 251 12.3.3. Vocational high schools 251 12.4. Continuing education 251 12.5. Long-lasting training courses 253 12.6. The teaching of metrology in secondary schools 265 12.7. Prospects for the development of long-lasting training courses 265 12.8. Bibliography 266 The Authors 267 Index 269
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Astragal Press The History of the First Locomotives in America
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Mercury Learning & Information Industrial Engineering Foundations
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Pebble Books Snowplows
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American Society of Mechanical Engineers API 1169 Pipeline Construction Inspector
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Brepols N.V. Engineering and Engineers: Proceedings of the
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de Gruyter Sitzungsberichte der Deutschen Akademie der
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Walter de Gruyter Sidérurgie
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Walter de Gruyter Neuere Kühlmaschinen, Ihre Konstruktion,
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Walter de Gruyter Automatische Registrierwagen
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Walter de Gruyter Inkompressible Medien
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Pearson Education Introduction to Engineering Experimentation
Book SynopsisAnthony J. Wheeler received a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University in 1971. Dr. Wheeler is a licensed Professional Engineer in the State of California. He is currently Emeritus Professor of Engineering at San Francisco State University where he taught courses in Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics, and lectures and laboratories in Experimental Methods. His development activities in laboratories in experimentation were the precursors to the present textbook. Professor Ahmad R. Ganji received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley in 1979. He is a professional engineer in the State of California. He has served as a faculty member at San Francisco State University since 1987, teaching courses in the areas of thermal-fluids, experimentation, and air pollution, and publishing over 40 works. Dr. Ganji has been the director of Industrial Assessment Centera US DOE sponsored project Table of Contents CHAPTER 1 Introduction CHAPTER 2 General Characteristics of Measurement Systems CHAPTER 3 Measurement Systems with Electrical Signals CHAPTER 4 Computerized Data-Acquisition Systems CHAPTER 5 Discrete Sampling and Analysis of Time-Varying Signals CHAPTER 6 Statistical Analysis of Experimental Data CHAPTER 7 Experimental Uncertainty Analysis CHAPTER 8 Measurement of Solid-Mechanical Quantities CHAPTER 9 Measuring Pressure, Temperature, and Humidity CHAPTER 10 Measuring Fluid Flow Rate, Fluid Velocity, Fluid Level, and Combustion Pollutants CHAPTER 11 Dynamic Behavior of Measurement Systems CHAPTER 12 Guidelines for Planning and Documenting Experiments Answers to Selected Problems APPENDIX A Computational Methods for Chapter 5 APPENDIX B Selected Properties of Substances Glossary Index
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Princeton University Press Modern Antiwindup Synthesis Control Augmentation
Book SynopsisProvides a variety of state-space-based numerical algorithms for the synthesis of feedback algorithms for linear systems with input saturation. This title addresses and solves the anti-windup problem, presenting the objectives and terminology of the problem and the mathematical tools behind anti-windup algorithms.Trade Review"This book goes a long way toward providing comprehensive coverage of systematic procedures for anti-windup synthesis, emphasizing algorithmic issues and modern design techniques. A valuable resource for researchers and practitioners, it should interest a broad audience in control engineering, as well as in other disciplines, such as mechanical and chemical engineering."—Prodromos Daoutidis, University of MinnesotaTable of Contents*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. v*Preface, pg. ix*Arlgorithms Summary, pg. xi*Chapter One. The Windup Phenomenon and Anti-windup Illustrated, pg. 3*Chapter Two. Anti-windup: Definitions, Objectives, and Architectures, pg. 23*Chapter Three. Analysis and Synthesis of Feedback Systems: Quadratic Functions and LMIs, pg. 48*Chapter Four. Static Linear Anti-windup Augmentation, pg. 77*Chapter Five. Dynamic Linear Anti-windup Augmentation, pg. 109*Chapter Six. The MRAW Framework, pg. 157*Chapter Seven. Linear MRAW Synthesis, pg. 174*Chapter Eight. Nonlinear MRAVV Synthesis, pg. 200*Chapter Nine. The MRAVV Structure Applied to Other Problems, pg. 226*Chapter Ten. Anti-windup for Euler-Lagrange Plants, pg. 245*Chapter Eleven. Annotated Bibliography, pg. 269*Index, pg. 285
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John Wiley & Sons Plowmans Folly
Book SynopsisIt was on July 5, 1943, when Plowman's Folly was first issued, that the author startled a lethargic public, long bemused by the apparently insoluble problem of soil depletion, by saying, simply, “The fact is that no one has ever advanced a scientific reason for plowing.” With the key sentence, he opened a new era.Trade ReviewProbably no book on an agricultural subject has ever prompted so much discussion in this country.""- Louis Bromfield in The Reader's Digest
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LUP - University of Georgia Press Deep Cut Science Power and the Unbuilt
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Industrial Press Reliability Assessment A Guide to Aligning
Book SynopsisAddressing the elements of reliability using a creative approach, this book intends to simplify the assessment of reliability by first identifying the current expectations then assessing the practices to determine if expectations are realistic or if they are not supported by programs and practices.Table of ContentsIntroduction. A Fictional Story - What Do You Have a Right to Expect. Naive Expectations. Assessing What You Have a Right to Expect. Conducting the Assessment of Your Reliability Opportunity. Developing and Implementing Your Corrective Action Plan. Design for Reliability. Preserving Reliability During Renewal. Everything in Between. Conclusion. Appendix: Wide-Hart Assessment. Index.
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Pearson Education Fundamentals of Engineering Economics Global
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Lulu.com Analisis Matematico I Esquemas De Teoria Y
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Springer The Craft of Scientific Presentations
Book SynopsisIntroduction.- Speech: The Words You Say.- Structure: The Strategy You Choose.- Visual Aids: Your Supporting Cast.- Delivery: You, the Room, and the Audience.- Conclusion: Aim High.Trade ReviewFrom the reviews of the second edition:“Alley’s book as an important and must-read guide for anyone in the scientific field. Professors, researchers and students will greatly benefit from Alley’s work. The book also has the benefit of being short and concrete–a plus for the busy scientist.” (Philosophy, Religion and Science Book Reviews, bookinspections.wordpress.com, March, 2014)“The second edition ... of this readable and informative volume highlights 13 critical errors to avoid in scientific presentations. Alley (Virginia Tech) provides examples through words and images about how to best convey ideas and meaning by understanding, connecting with, and engaging the audience. … This is a valuable work for academic and research libraries supporting, in particular, faculty, researchers, and graduate students. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-level undergraduates through researchers/faculty.” (J. Clemons, Choice, Vol. 51 (5), January, 2014)Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Speech: The Words You Say.- Structure: The Strategy You Choose.- Visual Aids: Your Supporting Cast.- Delivery: You, the Room, and the Audience.- Conclusion: Aim High.
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CRC Press Systems Engineering
Book SynopsisFor the past several decades, systems engineering has grown rapidly in its scope and application and shown significant benefits for the design of large, complex systems. However, current systems engineering textbooks are either too technical or at a high conceptual level. Written by an expert with more than ten years of teaching experience, Systems Engineering: Design Principles and Models not only gives students exposure to the concepts of systems and systems engineering, but also provides enough technical expertise for them to immediately use and apply what they learn. The book covers systems and systems engineering, systems methods, models, and analytical techniques as well as systems management and control methods. It discusses systems concepts, emphasizing system life cycle, and includes coverage of systems design processes and the major activities involved. It offers hands-on exercises after each chapter, giving students a solid understanding of system requiremenTrade Review"… if you have this book you don’t really need to consult other resources unless you want to go into depth on a particular subject. This is a great reference book."—Dr. John E. Deaton, Florida Institute of Technology"…good hands-on reading material to the domain of systems engineering. It is also very good to be used as a textbook."—Wei Zhang, Tsinghua UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction to Systems. Systems Design Processes. Systems Requirements Analysis. System Technical Performance Measure. Reviews of Systems Design Methods and Models. Systems Test and Evaluation. Systems Control and Management. Workplace Ethics.
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Fox Chapel Publishing 3D Printers A Beginners Guide 2nd Revised and
Book SynopsisThis must-have book will guide you through your first steps in 3D printing at home. Get started with a solid overview of concepts and techniques and learn the basics of 3D construction with essential information on data files, programs, and software, such as 3ds Max, Rhinoceros 5, ZBrushCore, SolidWorks, Sketchup Make, Blender, and more.
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Hanser Publications Simulations with NX / Simcenter 3D: Kinematics,
Book SynopsisTesting and optimizing the performance of digital products with Siemens NX and Simcenter 3DIn times of Industry 4.0 the digitalization of the value-chain becomes more and more important. The so-called digital twin allows simulations that are very close to reality. This book provides all necessary basics to perform simple as well as complex simulations with NX and Simcenter 3D (former NX CAE). It is aimed at design engineers, CAE engineers and engineering students.The following topics are covered in the book: Motion Simulation (MBD) Design Simulation (FEA, Nastran) Simcenter/Advanced Simulation (FEA, CFD and EM) Management of Calculation and Simulation Data (Teamcenter for Simulation) Starting off with brief theoretical introductions each chapter contains learning tasks of increasing difficulty. Most of them are based on the CAD model of the legendary Opel RAK2. The presented methods are based on NX 12 and Simcenter 3D, the new 3D CAE solution. Revised topics in this edition are Motion Simulation with the LMS solver and post-processing in Simcenter (FEA). The CAD data and calculation results of all exercises can be found online. The exercises can be completed in NX 11, NX 12 and probably later versions.
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Purdue University Press Literacies of Design: Studies of Equity and
Book SynopsisThough engineering design can tackle the world's most pressing challenges, engineering-related courses and experiences are often alienating, especially to people from minoritized groups. Literacies of Design: Studies of Equity and Imagination in Engineering and Making covers the latest pedagogical theories—as well as case studies and practical tips—to support diverse people in identifying problems and designing solutions through engineering and making. Engineers tackle a range of problems, big and small, from climate change to viral transmission to improved handrails for persons with disabilities. Inclusion and equity efforts include not only preparing the next generation of engineers and makers, but also creating and fostering spaces where youth can express their ideas and bring forth their whole selves. This book offers theories and real-life examples for educators and practitioners at every level, from K–12 through higher education and beyond. Table of Contents Introduction: Literacies and Design for Equity, by Amy Wilson-Lopez, Alberto Esquinca, Joel Alejandro Mejia, and Eli Tucker-Raymond 1 "It's Like a Rock Puzzle in a Wall": Multiliteracies and Design Practices in First-Grade Engineering, by Salem R. Metzger, Alison K. Mercier, and Heidi B. Carlone 2 Elementary Students' Communicative Practices in the Engineering Design Process Across Materials and Modes, by Lynn E. Shanahan, Mary B. McVee, and Katarina Silvestri 3 Amplifying a Student's Voice: An Engineering Design Unit About Communication, by Gabriel DellaVecchia and Annemarie Sullivan Palincsar 4 Engineering Design in a Dual-Language Classroom, by Alberto Esquinca and Lidia Herrera-Rocha 5 The Face-to-Face Language of Engineering Design Teams in Urban Elementary Classrooms, by Patricia Paugh, Kristen Wendell, and Christopher Wright 6 Answerability in Making Democratic Worlds: An Exploration of One Fifth-Grade Teacher's Engineering Communication in Service of Dialogic Citizenship, by Michelle E. Jordan 7 Action Civics, Literacies, and Design: Transforming Community Spaces Through Engineering and Civic Action, by Amy Wilson-Lopez, Karen Hazel Washburn, and Indhira María Hasbún 8 Twinning Critical Community and Technical Literacies: Exploring Design Literacies Toward Equitable and Consequential Making and Engineering With Historically Marginalized Youth, by Edna Tan and Angela Calabrese Barton 9 "It Will Be a Symphony of Children": Learning STEM Literacies Through Technologies of the Heart in Making Spaces, by Eli Tucker-Raymond, Brian E. Gravel, Susan Klimczak, Aditi Wagh, and Ada Ren-Mitchell 10 Make Some Noise: Teens Respond to Sound Pollution in a Community Problem-Solving Project, by Jasmine Nation, David Sañosa, Joi Duncan, and Richard Durán 11 Designing for Justice in a School-Based Makerspace, by Virginia Killian Lund and Nathan C. Phillips 12 Contortion and Contextual Literacy: How Low-Income, First-Gen Engineering Students Manage Relationships Among People, Texts, and Objects, by Jessica M. Smith and Juan C. Lucena 13 Critical Literacies in Practice: Deconstructing Engineering Through an Engineering Social Justice Course, by Joel Alejandro Mejia and Renata A. Revelo About the Contributors Index
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Texas A & M University Press Bulwark Against the Bay: The People of Corpus
Book SynopsisAfter a devastating hurricane in 1919, the people of Corpus Christi faced the stark reality of their vulnerability. It was clear that something had to be done, but the mere will to take precautionary measures did not necessarily lead the way. Instead, two decades would pass before an effective solution was in place. Mary Jo O’Rear, author of Storm over the Bay, returns to tell the story of a city’s long and often frustrating path to protecting itself. Bulwark Against the Bay reveals the struggle to construct a seawall was not merely an engineering challenge; it was also bound up with the growing popularity of the Ku Klux Klan, local aversion to Roman Catholicism, the emergence of the League of United Latin American Citizens, new efforts on behalf of African American equality, the impact of the Great Depression, support for Franklin Roosevelt, and reactions to the New Deal. A case study of a community wrestling with itself even as it races with the clock, Bulwark Against the Bay adds to our understanding of urban history, boardroom and backroom politics, and the often harsh realities of geography and climate.Trade ReviewMary Jo O'Rear provides much appreciated background to one of the best known and most significant works of urban civil engineering in Texas. This book will continue the project of a number of recent historians of bringing Corpus Christi more firmly into the story of modern and urban Texas. O'Rear's primary research is truly innovative. No one has looked in such detail at such a variety of sources for post-1919 Corpus Christi before. ?"" - Alan Lessoff, professor of history, Illinois State University""The book draws in the reader with tales of intrigue and the sometimes duplicitous behavior of politicians, citizens, and even an artist, Gutzon Borglum, who was brought in to help design a seawall in the 1920s. Bulwark Against the Bay will provide interesting, and enriching reading for urban historians and Texas historians as well as the general reading public. Residents of the city will enjoy reading the story of the city’s development in the early twentieth century. O'Rear deftly interweaves stories about the Ku Klux Klan, the religious and political tensions, and personality clashes that fueled the city’s development."" - Anthony Quiroz, Professor of History, Texas A&M University""Almost on a daily basis we travel past major public works without giving thought to what it took to accomplish such impressive improvements to the natural environment. In Corpus Christi, known along the Texas Gulf coast as the ""Sparkling City by the Sea,"" one of the most significant of these projects is its pre-WW II downtown seawall. It took decades of tragic events, including the loss of hundreds of lives in an unnamed 1919 hurricane, local as well as national political maneuvering, creative funding and deal making, and just plain hard work on the part of countless unsung heroes to get this structure built. From concept to concrete, Mary Jo O’Rear’s Bulwark Against the Bay captures the story of this historic storm protection system and the men and women associated with its design and construction, which helped transform a burgeoning coastal town into a modern city. This book is a must-read if you’re interested in the tale of the less-than-straight and many times bumpy path the Corpus Christi seawall took before the vision to build it became a reality."" - W. Allan Hayes, P.E. Past President, Nueces County Historical Society
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Texas A & M University Press Oilfield Trash: Life and Labor in the Oil Patch
Book SynopsisWhen the first gusher blew in at Spindletop, near Beaumont, Texas, in 1901, petroleum began to supplant cotton and cattle as the economic engine of the state and region. Very soon, much of the workforce migrated from the cotton field to the oilfield, following the lure of the wealth being created by black gold.The early decades of the twentieth century witnessed the development of an oilfield culture, as these workers defined and solidified their position within the region’s social fabric. Over time, the work force grew more professionalized, and technological change attracted a different type of labourer.Bobby D. Weaver grew up and worked in the oil patch. Now, drawing on oral histories supplemented and confirmed by other research, he tells the colourful stories of the workers who actually brought oil wealth to Texas. Drillers, shooters, toolies, pipeliners, teamsters, roustabouts, tank builders, roughnecks . . . each of them played a role in the frenzied, hard-driving lifestyle of the boomtowns that sprouted overnight in association with each major oil discovery.Weaver tracks the differences between company workers and contract workers. He details the work itself and the ethos that surrounds it. He highlights the similarities and differences from one field to another and traces changing aspects of the work over time. Above all, Oilfield Trash captures the unique voices of the labouring people who worked long, hard hours, often risking life and limb to keep the drilling rigs “turning to the right”.Trade Review…welcome addition to the relatively sparse literature on the history of work in the Texas oil industry. Bobby D. Weaver draws on an abundant supply of interviews and his own insights as a former roughneck to paint a vivid picture of life among the state's independent upstream drilling contractors…accessible descriptions of work in the oil patch…an important contribution to an understudied aspect of southern labor history."" - Journal of Southern History“…the personal stories of the men who labored in and around the oilfields . . . is densely packed with informative tidbits that describe the hardships experienced as part of daily life in a succession of Texas oilfield and boomtowns beginning on the Texas Coast and moving into West Texas. The reader learns not just about the men’s lives but also about the professionalization that took place in the oil patch…enriches the book with explanations of oilfield slang and terminology. This is an important book. Weaver’s book provides a unique glimpse into the actual lives of the 'oilfield trash.” - Southwestern Historical Quarterly
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Texas A&M University Press Wind Energy Revolution Volume 30: How the 1970s
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Bucknell University Press,U.S. Romantic Automata: Exhibitions, Figures,
Book SynopsisFor most of the eighteenth century, automata were deemed a celebration of human ingenuity, feats of science and reason. Among the Romantics, however, they prompted a contradictory apprehension about mechanization and contrivance: such science and engineering threatened the spiritual nature of life, the source of compassion in human society. A deep dread of puppets and the machinery that propels them consequently surfaced in late eighteenth and early nineteenth century literature. Romantic Automata is a collection of essays examining the rise of this cultural suspicion of mechanical imitations of life. Recent scholarship in post-humanism, post-colonialism, disability studies, post-modern feminism, eco-criticism, and radical Orientalism has significantly affected the critical discourse on this topic. In engaging with the work and thought of Coleridge, Poe, Hoffmann, Mary Shelley, and other Romantic luminaries, the contributors to this collection open new methodological approaches to understanding human interaction with technology that strives to simulate, supplement, or supplant organic life. Published by Bucknell University Press. Distributed worldwide by Rutgers University Press. Trade Review"Romantic Automata is fascinating if idiosyncratic, and I enjoyed reading the essays immensely. Exploring literary representations of the relationship between the mechanical and the human or organic, this well-researched collection brings a range of theoretical approaches and primary sources to bear on an otherwise largely canonical debate. The readings are insightful and original, the arguments compelling and clear." -- Ghislaine McDayter * author of Byromania and the Birth of Celebrity Culture *"Romantic Automata is a strong collection of essays that engages a broad spectrum of European Romanticism. It fills a real need in the current scholarship of Romanticism as it connects the literary fascination with automata, dolls, and machines of the early nineteenth century with contemporary theoretical concerns with gender representation and the posthuman." -- William Davis * author of Romanticism, Hellenism, and the Philosophy of Nature *"Romantic Automata is fascinating if idiosyncratic, and I enjoyed reading the essays immensely. Exploring literary representations of the relationship between the mechanical and the human or organic, this well-researched collection brings a range of theoretical approaches and primary sources to bear on an otherwise largely canonical debate. The readings are insightful and original, the arguments compelling and clear." -- Ghislaine McDayter * author of Byromania and the Birth of Celebrity Culture *"Romantic Automata is a strong collection of essays that engages a broad spectrum of European Romanticism. It fills a real need in the current scholarship of Romanticism as it connects the literary fascination with automata, dolls, and machines of the early nineteenth century with contemporary theoretical concerns with gender representation and the posthuman." -- William Davis * author of Romanticism, Hellenism, and the Philosophy of Nature *Table of Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors and Co-editors Introduction Michael Demson and Christopher R. Clason Chapters: Section I: Exhibitions 1. The Uncanny Valley: E. T. A. Hoffmann, Sigmund Freud, Masahiro Mori Frederick Burwick 2. The (Re-)Winding of Hoffmann’s Automata: from Offenbach’s 1881 Opera to Powell and Pressburger’s 1951 Film Ashley Shams 3. Wounded Bodies in the Lithographs of Théodore Géricault, 1818-1820 Peter Erickson Section II: Figures 4. Romantic Tales of Pseudo Automata: The Chess-Playing Turk in Hoffmann, Poe, and Benjamin Wendy Nielsen 5. On Toys, Violence, and Automated Gender Erin Goss 6. Automatic for All: Mary Shelley’s Posthuman Passion Kate Singer 7. “A little earthly idol to contract your ideas”: Global Hermeneutics in Phebe Gibbes’s Zoriada, or, Village Annals (1786) Kathryn Freeman Section III: Organisms 8. Schelling’s Uncanny Organism Stefani Engelstein 9. “it […] lives by dying”: S. T. Coleridge’s Mechanical Life and Colonial Necropolitics Lenora Hanson 10. The Metaphysical Machinery of Mining in Novalis’s Works Christina M. Weiler Bibliography Index
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Springer International Publishing AG Inventing a European Nation: Engineers for
Book SynopsisThis book deals with the simultaneous making of Portuguese engineers and the Portuguese nation-state from the mid seventeenth century to the late twentieth century. It argues that the different meanings of being an engineer were directly dependent of projects of nation building and that one cannot understand the history of engineering in Portugal without detailing such projects. Symmetrically, the authors suggest that the very same ability of collectively imagining a nation relied on large measure on engineers and their practices. National culture was not only enacted through poetry, music, and history, but it demanded as well fortresses, railroads, steam engines, and dams. Portuguese engineers imagined their country in dialogue with Italian, British, French, German or American realities, many times overlapping such references. The book exemplifies how history of engineering makes more salient the transnational dimensions of national history. This is valid beyond the Portuguese case and draws attention to the potential of history of engineering for reshaping national histories and their local specificities into global narratives relevant for readers across different geographies.Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Making Engineers Portuguese.- Engineering the Liberal State.- Engineers, Industrial Workers, and the Bourgeois City.- The Colonial Face of Portuguese Engineering.- The Modernist Engineer.- Engineering the Fascist New State.- Conclusion.- Authors' Biographies.
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de Gruyter Wissenschaftliche Abhandlungen Beiträge zur
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de Gruyter Wissenschaftliche Abhandlungen Beiträge zur
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de Gruyter Wissenschaftliche Abhandlungen Beiträge zur
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de Gruyter Die Ackerbohne Vicia Faba ALS
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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Industrial Aviation Management: A Primer in
Book SynopsisThis book outlines the structure and activities of companies in the European aviation industry. The focus is on the design, production and maintenance of components, assemblies, engines and the aircraft itself. In contrast to other industries, the technical aviation industry is subject to many specifics, since its activities are highly regulated by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), the National Aviation Authorities and by the aviation industry standard EN 9100. These regulations can influence the companies’ organization, personnel qualification, quality management systems, as well as the provision of products and services. This book gives the reader a deeper, up-to-date insight into today's quality and safety requirements for the modern aviation industry. Aviation-specific interfaces and procedures are looked at from both the aviation legislation standpoint as well as from a practical operational perspective.Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Authorities and Organizations.- Regulations and Certifications.- Design and Development.- Maintenance Management.- Production Management and Support.- Production.- Maintenance.- Supply Chain Management.- Human Resource and Qualification.- Quality and Safety Management.
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Alpha Edition The Life of Thomas Telford, Civil Engineer: With
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The Chinese University Press Economic Feasibility of Projects: Managerial and
Book SynopsisThis is a textbook for engineering undergraduates and postgraduate students and a reference for practicing engineers or managers who are familiar with their projects but less familiar with financial/economic analysis methods. The book is divided into two parts. Part 1 covers all the basic concepts and theories and provides the readers with a good understanding of the financial and economic analysis on the feasibility of projects. Plenty of examples are used to illustrate the theories, arguments and calculations. Part 2 consists of case studies on both financial and economic feasibility studies. Readers should be able to conduct their own financial and economic analyses by following the procedures and methodology of the examples given. In this new edition, the chapters have been revised and expanded with the latest theories and data added, especially the most up-dated information on the development of the theories of internal rate of return and net present worth.
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Cengage Learning, Inc Physical Metallurgy Principles
Book SynopsisAbbaschian/Abbaschian''s PHYSICAL METALLURGY PRINCIPLES, 5th Edition, is specifically designed for students taking introductory courses in physical metallurgy within engineering at the junior or senior level. The approach is student-friendly, mostly theoretical, and covers all aspects of physical metallurgy and how metals and alloys behave. The content aligns with current learning trends -- emphasizing a more fundamental approach to engineering education. Its easy-to-read format effectively conveys the essential information, complemented by strategically placed figures throughout the chapters to improve understanding.
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