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Book SynopsisAxial Flux Permanent Magnet (AFPM) brushless machines are modern electrical machines with a lot of advantages over their conventional counterparts. This timeless and revised second edition deals with the analysis, construction, design, control and applications of AFPM machines.Table of ContentsIntroduction; 1.1 Scope; 1.2 Features; 1.3 Development of AFPM Machines; 1.4 Types of Axial Flwr PM Machines; 1.5 Topologies and Geometries; 1.6 Rotor Dynamics; 1.7 Axial Magnetic Field Excited by PMs; 1.8 PM Eddy-Current Brake as the Simplest AFPM Brushless Machine; 1.9 AFPM Machines versus RFPM Machines; 1.10 Power Limitation of AFPM Machines; Numerical Examples; 2 Principles of AFPM Machines; 2.1 Magnetic Circuits; 2.1.1 Single-Sided Machines; 2.1.2 Double-Sided Machines With Internal PM DiscRotor; 2.1.3 Double-Sided Machines With Internal Ring-Shaped Core Stator; 2.1.4 Double-Sided Machines With Internal Slotted Stator; 2.1.5 Double-Sided Machines With Internal Coreless Stator; 2.1.6 Multidisc Machines; 2.2 Windings; 2.2.1 Three-Phase Windings Distributed in Slots; 2.2.2 Toroidal Winding; 2.2.3 Coreless Stator Winding; 2.2.4 Non-Overlap (Salient Pole) Windings; 2.3 Torque Production; 2.4 Magnetic Flux; 2.5 Electromagnetic Torque and EMF; 2.6 Losses and Efficiency; 2.6.1 Stator Winding Losses; 2.6.2 Stator Core Losses; 2.6.3 Core Loss Finite Element Model; 2.6.4 Losses in Permanent Magnets; 2.6.5 Rotor Core Losses; 2.6.6 Eddy Current Losses in Stator Conductors; 2.6.7 Rotational Losses; 2.6.8 Losses for Nonsinusoidal Current; 2.6.9 Efficiency; 2.7 Phasor Diagrams; 2.8 Sizing Equations; 2.9 Armature Reaction; 2.10 AFPM Motor; 2.10.1 Sine-Wave Motor; 2.10.2 Square-Wave Motor; 2.11 AFPM Synchronous Generator; 2.11.1 Performance Characteristics of a Stand Alone Generator; 2.11.2 Synchronization With Utility Grid; Numerical Examples; 3 Materials and Fabrication; 3.1 Stator Cores; 3.1.1 Nonoriented Electrical Steels; 3.1.2 Amorphous Ferromagnetic Alloys; 3.1.3 Soft Magnetic Powder Composites; 3.1.4 Fabrication of Stator Cores; 3.2 Rotor Magnetic Circuits; 3.2.1 PM Materials; 3.2.2 Characteristics of PM Materials; 3.2.3 Operating Diagram; 3.2.4 Permeances for Main and Leakage Fluxes; 3.2.5 Calculation of Magnetic Circuits With PMs; 3.2.6 Fabrication of Rotor Magnetic Circuits; 3.3 Windings; 3.3.1 Conductors; 3.3.2 Fabrication of Slotted Windings; 3.3.3 Fabrication of Coreless Windings; Numerical Examples; 4 AFPM Machines With Iron Cores; 4.1 Geometries; 4.2 Commercial AFPM Machines With Stator Ferromagnetic Cores; 4.3 Some Features of Iron-Cored AFPM Machines; 4.4 Magnetic Flux Density Distribution in the Air Gap; 4.5 Calculation of Reactances; 4.5.1 Synchronous and Armature Reaction Reactances; 4.5.2 Stator Leakage Reactance; 4.6 Performance Characteristics; 4.7 Performance Calculation; 4.7.1 Sine-Wave AFPM Machine; 4.7.2 Synchronous Generator; 4.7.3 Square-Wave AFPM Machine; 4.8 Finite Element Calculations; Numerical Examples; 5 AFPM Machines Without Stator Cores; 5.1 Advantages and Disadvantages; 5.2 Commercial Coreless Stator AFPM Machines; 5.3 Coreless Stator AFPM Microgenerators; 5.4 Performance Calculation; 5.4.1 Steady-State Performance; 5.4.2 Dynamic Performance; 5.5 Calculation of Coreless Winding Inductances; 5.5.1 Classical Approach; 5.5.2 FEM Approach; 5.6 Performance Characteristics; 5.7 Performance of Coreless Non-Overlap Winding AFPM Machines; 5.8 Eddy Current Losses in the Stator Windings; 5.8.1 Eddy Current Loss Resistance; 5.8.2 Reduction of Eddy Current Losses; 5.8.3 Reduction of Circulating Current Losses; 5.8.4 Measurement of Eddy Current Losses; 5.9 Armature Reaction; 5.10 Mechanical Design Features; 5.10.1 Mechanical Strength Analysis; 5.10.2 Imbalanced Axial Force on the Stator; 5.11 Thermal Problems; Numerical Examples; 6 AFPM Machines Without Stator and Rotor Cores; 6.1 Advantages and Disadvantages; 6.2 Topology and Construction; 6.3 Air Gap Magnetic Flux Density; 6.4 Electromagnetic Torque and EMF; 6.5 Commercial Coreless AFPM Motors; 6.6 Case Study: Low-Speed AFPM Coreless Brushless Motor; 6.6.1 Performance Characteristics; 6.6.2 Cost Analysis; 6.6.3 Comparison With Cylindrical Motor With Laminated Stator and Rotor Cores; 6.7 Case Study: Low-Speed Coreless AFPM; Brushless Generator; 6.8 Characterist

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Book SynopsisWheels, Structures and Mechanisms.- Historical Evolution.- Wheels and Tires.- Suspensions.- Steering System.- Braking System.- Control Systems.- Chassis Structures.- Transmission Driveline.- Historical Evolution.- Manual Gearboxes.- Shifting Mechanisms.- Start-Up Devices.- Synchronizers.- Differentials and Final Drives.- Shafts and Joints.- Automatic Gearboxes.- Design and Testing.Trade ReviewFrom the reviews: "This comprehensive work on the automotive chassis covers a wide range of topics at a high level--both mathematically and in terms of the state-of-the-art in engineering. The first volume treats wheels, suspensions, steering, brakes, and transmissions. … Genta’s extensive teaching experience at the Politecnico di Torino in Italy combined with Morello’s experience as director of vehicle engineering at Fiat allow them to write authoritatively on this topic. … Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduate through professional automotive and mechanical engineering collections." (A. M. Strauss, Choice, Vol. 46 (11), July, 2009)Table of ContentsCONTENTS, ABOUT THE AUTHORS, FOREWORD, PREFACE, ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, LIST OF SYMBOLS, I WHEELS, STRUCTURES AND MECHANTSMS, INTRODUCTION TO PART I, 1 HISTORICAL EVOLUTION, 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Rigid axle mechanical linkages 1.3 The independent suspension mechanical linkages 1.4 Wheels and tires 1.5 Brakes 1.6 Chassis frame 2 WHEELS AND TIRES 2.1 Description 2.2 Tire operation 2.3 Rolling radius 2.4 Rolling resistance 2.5 Static Forces 2.6 Longitudinal Force 2.7 Cornering forces 2.8 Interaction between longitudinal 2.9 Outline on dynamic behavior 2.10 Testing 3 SUSPENSIONS 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Independent suspensions 3.3 Semi-independent suspensions 3.4 Rigid axle suspensions 3.5 Industrial vehicle suspensions 3.6 Design and testing 4 STEERING SYSTEM 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Steering mechanism 4.3 Rack and pinion steering box 4.4 Screw and sector steering box 4.5 Steering column 4.6 Power steering 4.7 Design and testing 5 BRAKING SYSTEM 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Car brakes 5.3 Industrial vehicle brakes 5.4 Design and testing 6 CONTROL SYSTEMS 6.1 Steering control 6.2 Brake control 6.3 Suspension control 7 CHASSIS STRUCTURES 7.1 Underbody 7.2 Subframe 7.3 Industrial vehicle frames 7.4 Structural tasks and side forces 7.5 Structural design 7.6 Structural testing 8 TRANSMISSION DRIVELINE, INTRODUCTION TO PART H, HISTORICAL EVOLUTION 8.1 Manual gearbox 8.2 Friction clutches 8.3 Automatic gearboxes 9 MANUAL GEARBOXES 9.1 Manual gearbox classification 9.2 Mechanical efficiency 9.3 Manual automobile gearboxes 9.4 Manual gearboxes for industrial vehicles 10 SHIFTING MECHANISMS 10.1 Internal shifting mechanisms 10.2 External shifting mechanisms 11 START-UP DEVICES 11.1 Friction clutch 11.2 Start-up devices for automatic gearboxes. 12 SYNCHRONIZERS 12.1 Description 12.2 Design criteria 13 DIFFERENTIALS AND FINAL DRIVES 13.1 Differentials and final drives 13.2 All wheel drive transfer boxes 13.3 Outline of differential theory 13.4 Types of self-locking differentials 13.5 Differential effect on vehicle dynamics 14 SHAFTS AND JOINTS 14.1 Propeller shafts 14.2 Half shafts 14.3 Universal joints 14.4 Constant speed joints 15 AUTOMATIC GEARBOXES 15.1 General issues 15.2 Car gearboxes with fixed rotation axis 15.3 Epicycloidal car gearboxes 15.4 Car CVTs 15.5 Gearboxes for industrial vehicles 15.6 Control strategies 16 DESIGN AND TESTING 16.1 Transmission mission 16.2 Gears 16.3 Shafts 16.4 Bearings 16.5 Lubricants 16.6 Housings and seals 16.7 Outline of test technologies REFERENCES OF VOLUME I INDEX

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Book SynopsisPreliminary concepts.- Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis Procedure.- Finite Element Analysis for Nonlinear Elastic Systems.- Finite Element Analysis for Elastoplastic Problems.- Finite Element Analysis for Contact Problems. Table of ContentsPreliminary concepts.- Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis Procedure.- Finite Element Analysis for Nonlinear Elastic Systems.- Finite Element Analysis for Elastoplastic Problems.- Finite Element Analysis for Contact Problems.

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Book SynopsisClearly written in a conceptual language, it provides readers with an understanding of the dynamic behavior of the instrument, including structural and component dynamics, and various analytical models, such as discrete, finite element, and boundary element models.Trade ReviewFrom the reviews: „…[This is the only book] that deals with the engineering aspects of guitars. Thus it serves a real need for scientifically-oriented guitar makers and aficionados as well as those interested in a broad overview of the world of guitars… The overall broad view of the book makes good reading for those interested in the myriad details involve in constructing a string instrument and then evaluating it scientifically, as the author’s personal building experience and knowledge of a wide variety of guitar construction techniques are put to good use… a significant, commendable addition to the guitar literature in a very broad-ranging book on a very important string instrument."George Bissinger, East Carolina University, EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES (May-June 2009)“French discusses whether the math models are … sufficient to capture the features of acoustic responses that are highly correlated with good sound quality. In conclusion … this book will help luthiers at all levels think more clearly about how to successfully manufacture guitars of high sound quality. The book … particularly valuable to students of guitar construction and repair. For the rest of us, this book makes interesting reading.” (Leo Beranek, International Journal of Acoustics and Vibration, Vol. 14 (2), 2009)“Why do guitars sound like they do, and how do you set about making one? These are central questions addressed … in this attractive new book. … The book is well written, and generously illustrated with interesting … graphs. … a unique and special addition to the literature, and it deserves to be widely read. For anyone contemplating construction of a guitar it will surely be indispensible. Physicists and engineers with musical inclinations, as well as guitar players … are likely to be fascinated.” (Peter V. E. McClintock, Contemporary Physics, Vol. 51 (6), 2010)Table of ContentsHistory of the Guitar.- Acoustics and Musical Theory.- Structure of the Guitar.- Dynamic Behavior.- Analytical Models.- Manufacturing Processes.- Sound Quality.- Guitar Electronics.- Unique Characteristics.

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Book SynopsisDuring the last decade, the rapid growth of knowledge in the field of fluid mechanics and heat transfer has resulted in many significant ad­ vances of interest to students, engineers, and scientists. The succeeding volumes will be entitled "Selected Topics in Fluid and Bio-Fluid Mechanics" and "Introduction to Steady and Unsteady Gas Dynamics."Table of Contents1 Theory of the Hydraulic Analogy for Steady and Unsteady Gas Dynamics.- 1. Two-Dimensional Steady Flow Analogy.- 1.1. Energy Equation.- 1.2. Continuity Equation.- 1.3. Irrotational Motion.- 1.4. Summary.- 2. Hydraulic Jumps (Shocks).- 2.1. Shock Polars.- 2.2. Water Depths in Hydraulic Jump.- 2.3. Energy Loss during Hydraulic Jump.- 2.4. Summary.- 3. One-Dimensional Unsteady Gas Dynamics by Hydraulic Analogy.- 3.1. Two-Dimensional Steady Flow.- 3.2. One-Dimensional Unsteady Flow.- 3.3. Equations of Standing Waves.- 3.4. Summary of Analogous Equations.- 3.5. Discussion.- 4. Hydraulic Analogy for Longitudinal Plane Waves. Derivation of Equations of Standing Waves.- 4.1. Continuity Equation.- 4.2. Equation of Thermodynamics and Equation of Hydraulics.- 4.3. Equation of Motion.- 4.4. Wave Equations,.- 4.5. Equation of Wave Propagation Velocity.- 4.6. Summary.- 5. Experimental Verification.- 5.1. Equations for Experimental Model.- 5.2. Analogous Quantities for Hydraulic Model Design.- Appendix A.- Appendix B.- Notation.- References.- 2 Combined Heat and Mass Transfer Processes.- 1. Conservation Equations.- 2. Constitutive Equations.- 3. Laminar Boundary Layer Equations.- 4. Solutions of the Laminar Boundary Layer Equations.- 4.1. Heat Transfer.- 4.2. Mass Transfer.- 4.3. Example.- 5. Turbulent Boundary Layers.- 6. Correction Equations for Pr ? 1 and Le ? 1.- Notation.- References.- 3 Hypersonic Viscous Flows.- 1. Induced-Pressure Effects.- 1.1. Introduction.- 1.2. Basic Considerations.- 1.3. Flat Plate ? = 0.- 1.4. Blunt Wedge.- 2. Closed-Form Local Similarity.- 2.1. Local Similarity Defined.- 2.2. Compressible Similar Solutions.- 2.3. Closed-Form Local-Similarity Solutions.- 3. Boundary Layer Transition.- 4. Turbulent Boundary Layer.- 4.1. Effect of Wall-Temperature Ratio.- 4.2. Virtual Origin.- 4.3. Transformation of Compressible Boundary Layer Profiles.- Notation.- References.- 4 Hypersonic Gas Dynamics of Slender Bodies.- 1. Inviscid Flows and Related Problems.- 1.1. Entropy and Speed Defects.- 1.2. The Shock-Layer/Entropy-Wake Interaction.- 1.3. Blow-Hard.- 1.4. Minimizing Drag.- 2. The Outer-Edge Problem of the Hypersonic Boundary Layer on a Slender Body.- 2.1. The Outer-Edge Problem.- 2.2. The Scales Associated with the Viscous Transition Layer.- 2.3. The Transition Layer in the Strong- and Weak-Interaction Regimes Involving Power-Law Shocks.- 2.4. The Outer-Edge Problem for the Flat Plate in the Strong-Interaction Regime: ? = 1.- 3. Transverse Curvature and Cross Flow in the Strong-Interaction Regime.- 3.1. A Strong-Interaction Formulation of Hypersonic Viscous Flow around Asymmetrical Slender Bodies.- 3.2. The Needle in the Strong-Interaction Regime.- 3.3. The Needle Problem in the Weak-Shock Regimes.- Acknowledgment.- References.- 5 Hypersonic Blunt-Body Gas Dynamics.- 1. Classification of Body Shapes.- 2. Blunt-Body Flow Fields.- 3. Flow Regimes.- 4. Flow-Field Gas Properties.- 5. Inviscid-Flow Analysis.- 5.1. Methods of Analysis—Subsonic-Transonic Region.- 5.2. Method of Analysis—Supersonic Region.- 6. Viscous-Flow Analysis.- 6.1. Methods of Analysis—Boundary Layer.- 6.2. Improved Boundary-Layer Analysis.- 7. Interactions of Viscous-Inviscid Flow.- 7.1. Separated Flow.- 7.2. Base and Wake Flow Fields.- 8. Wake Flows.- 9. Summary.- Notation.- References.- 6 Rarefied Gas Dynamics.- 1. Elements of Kinetic Theory.- 2. Free-Molecular Flow.- 3. Slip Flow.- References.- 7 Fundamentals of Radiation Gas Dynamics.- 1. Fundamentals of Radiative Transfer.- 2. Fundamental Equations of Radiation Gas Dynamics.- 3. Initial and Boundary Conditions of Radiation Gas Dynamics.- 4. Similarity Parameters of Radiation Gas Dynamics.- 4.1. Dimensionless Parameters of Ordinary Gas Dynamics.- 4.2. Dimensionless Parameters of Radiation Gas Dynamics.- 5. Radiation Mean Free Path.- 6. Wave Motion in a Radiating Gas.- 7. Shock Waves.- 7.1. Rankine-Hugoniot Relations in Radiation Gas Dynamics.- 7.2. Shock-Wave Structure.- 8. Two-Dimensional Channel Flows of an Ionized, Radiating Gas.- 9. Unsteady Laminar Boundary Layer on an Infinite Plate.- 10. A Uniform Flow of a Radiating Gas Over a Semiinfinite Plate.- 11. Stagnation-Point Heat Transfer in Radiation Gas Dynamics.- Acknowledgment.- Notation.- References.- 8 Some Problems of Radiative Transfer.- 1. Absorption Coefficients for Radiative Transfer Calculation.- 1.1. Gray-Gas Approximations.- 1.2. Piecewise Gray Models.- 1.3. Models for Band Radiation.- 2. The Differential Approximation.- 2.1. For a Nongray Gas.- 2.2. Difficulties near Surfaces.- 2.3. The Three-Dimensional Difficulty.- 3. A Problem of Thermal Choking by Radiation.- Notation.- References.- 9 Plasma Dynamics.- 1. Plasmas and Plasma Dynamics.- 2. Fundamental Equations of the Dynamics of an Electrically-Conducting Fluid.- 3. Equations and Boundary Conditions of Electromagnetic Fields.- 4. Magnetogasdynamic Approximations.- 5. Electrogasdynamic Approximations.- 6. Important Parameters of Electromagnetofluid Dynamics.- 7. One-Dimensional Flow in Magnetogasdynamics.- 8. One-Dimensional Flow in Electrogasdynamics.- 9. Channel Flow in Magnetohydrodynamics.- 10. Waves and Shocks in Magnetogasdynamics.- 11. Boundary Layer Flow in Magnetofluid Dynamics.- 12. Wakes in Magnetohydrodynamics.- 13. Tensor Electrical Conductivity.- 14. Turbulent Flow in Magnetohydrodynamics.- 15. Multifluid Theory of Magnetofluid Dynamics.- Acknowledgment.- Notation.- References.- Author Index.

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Book SynopsisThis book is intended to present an introductory treatment of the calculus of variations in Part I and of optimal control theory in Part II. Part II is devoted to the elementary aspects of the modern extension of the calculus of variations, the theory of optimal control of dynamical systems.Table of ContentsI. Calculus of Variations.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Problem Statement and Necessary Conditions for an Extremum.- 3. Integration of the Euler—Lagrange Equation.- 4. An Inverse Problem.- 5. The Weierstrass Necessary Condition.- 6. Jacobi’s Necessary Condition.- 7. Corner Conditions.- 8. Concluding Remarks.- II. Optimal Control.- 9. Introduction.- 10. Problem Statement and Optimality.- 11. Regular Optimal Trajectories.- 12. Examples of Extremal Control.- 13. Some Generalizations.- 14. Special Systems.- 15. Sufficient Conditions.- 16. Feedback Control.- 17. Optimization with Vector-Valued Cost.- References.

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Book SynopsisThis book covers the fundamentals of biomechanics. Topics include bio solids, biofluids, stress, balance and equilibrium. Students are encouraged to contextualize principles and exercises within a “big picture” of biomechanics. This is an ideal book for undergraduate students with interests in biomedical engineering.Table of Contents1 Introduction.- 2 Stress, Strain, and Constitutive Relations.- 3 Equilibrium, Universal Solutions, and Inflation.- 4 Extension and Torsion.- 5 Beam Bending and Column Buckling.- 6 Some Nonlinear Problems.- 7 Stress, Motion, and Constitutive Relations.-8 Fundamental Balance Relations.-9 Some Exact Solutions.-10 Control Volume and Semi-empirical Method.-11 Coupled Solid–fluid Problems.-12 Epilogue

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