Transport industries Books
The History Press Ltd Confessions of A SteamAge Ferroequinologist
Book SynopsisChasing steam across its final years on BR's London Midland region
£23.10
Johns Hopkins University Press World Trade Since 1431
Book SynopsisMoreover, he argues, major changes in transportation and communication technologies actually constituted the moments of transformation from one world economy to another.Trade ReviewA magnificent work, Braudelian in its conception, scope, and attention to detail... A delight. Progress in Human Geography. A first-rate historical study in the genre of world history... Combines geography with the social sciences in skillful fashion. It is lucidly written and will appeal to the specialist and general reader. Virginia Quarterly Review Hugill provides a refreshingly long historical sweep in arguing that transportation technologies have been the key to success in world trade... A wealth of historical and technicaldetail. Geonomics.Table of ContentsList of IllustrationsList of TablesPreface AcknowledgmentsChapter 1. Geographic Reality in the Development of CapitalismChapter 2. Technology and Geography in the Elaboration of CapitalismChapter 3. The Triumph of the ShipChapter 4. The Problem of Overland Transportation: Canals, Rivers, and RailroadsChapter 5. The Return to Overland Route Flexibility: Bicycles, Cars, Trucks, and Busses Chapter 6. Aviation and the First Global SystemChapter 7. World System Theory and Geographic RealityReferencesWorld MapsGeneral IndexIndex of Proper Names
£37.55
Urban Land Institute,U.S. When the Road Price is Right Land Use Tolls
Book SynopsisTolling is increasingly used to pay for new and revitalised transportation infrastructure and to provide users with a reliable, congestion-free trip. This report presents the results of interviews with more than 35 land-use and transportation experts who discuss how tolling and congestion pricing will interact with land use. In addition, it features five case studies of tolling in California, Colorado, Florida, Maryland, and Texas.
£12.27
Arcadia Publishing (SC) Lower American River Images of America
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£21.24
Arcadia Publishing (SC) The Lake Michigan Car Ferry Badger
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£21.24
Arcadia Publishing Pan American World Airways Images of Modern
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£21.24
Sourcebooks, Inc Cockpit Confidential
Book SynopsisNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA fascinating fear of flying book from a commercial airline pilot and author of the popular website askthepilot.com.For millions of people, travel by air is a confounding, uncomfortable, and even frightening experience. When you go behind the scenes, however, you can see that the grand theater of air travel is actually fascinating. From the intricate design of airport architecture to the logistics of inflight service, here is everything you need to know about flying.Commercial airlines like to hide the truth from customers and do nothing to comfort nervous fliers. And what''s scarier than the unknown? In this aviation book, pilot Patrick Smith breaks down that barrier and tells you everything you need to know about flying, including: How planes fly, and a revealing look at the men and women who fly them Straight talk on turbulence, pilot training, and safety The real story on delays, congestion, and the dysfunction of the modern airport The m
£12.99
Pen & Sword Books Ltd Anti-Aircraft Artillery in Combat, 1950-1972: Air
Book SynopsisAnti-aircraft artillery was extensively used in combat in the First World War, though such weapons had made their debut in the Franco-Prussian War in 1870, when the besieged French used balloons for observation and communication and the Prussians used the first custom built 1-pounder gun to try and shoot them down. It was, however, not until the Second World War that anti-aircraft artillery came into prominence, shooting down more aircraft than any other weapon and seriously degrading the conduct of air operations. In the battle between the attackers and anti-aircraft artillery, the latter had the upper hand when the war ended. The post-war years saw a decline in anti-aircraft artillery as peace prevailed, and the advent of the jet aircraft seemed to tilt the balance in favour of the aircraft as they flew faster and higher, seemingly beyond the reach of anti-aircraft artillery. It would take all the hi-tech equipment and the guile and cunning that anti-aircraft artillery could muster to try and reclaim pole position. It is that story, of the tug of war between the aircraft and artillery, that forms the narrative of this book - as it traces the history of combat employment of anti-aircraft artillery from the Korean War, in effect the first Jet Age war, to the War of Attrition between Arab states and Israel when the missiles came of age, sending the aircraft scurrying for cover. _Anti-Aircraft Artillery in Combat, 1950-1972_ is the first attempt to look at the combat performance of ground-based air defences, incorporating the views, analyses and experiences of Soviet, Arab and South Asian Armies. The book looks at the major wars between 1950 and 1972, including the Korean War, Vietnam War, the wars in South Asia in 1965 and 1971, and conflicts in the Middle East, such as the Six Day War.
£23.49
Smithsonian Books The Mystery of Flight 427: Inside a Crash
Book SynopsisThe immediate human toll of the 1994 Flight 427 disaster was staggering: all 132 people aboard died on a Pennsylvania hillside. The subsequent investigation was a maze of politics, bizarre theories, and shrouded answers. Bill Adair, an award-winning journalist, was granted special access to the five-year inquiry by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) while its investigators tried to determine if the world's most widely used commercial jet, the Boeing 737, was really safe. Their findings have had wide-ranging effects on the airline industry, pilots, and even passangers. Adair takes readers behind the scenes to show who makes decisions about airline safety—and why.
£14.24
Aviation Supplies & Academics Inc Airport Management
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£49.99
American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics Launching into Commercial Space: Innovations in
Book SynopsisPreviously available in Kindle format only, Launching Into Commercial Space chronicles the dawn of a fast-moving commercial space age in which initiative from the private sector is launching innovation into tomorrow. With the door closed on the Space Shuttle-era, the revolutionary commercial ""Space Billionaires"" of the 21st century are opening a new door. This is the story of the pioneers and private companies around the globe currently developing new spacecraft, planning futuristic spaceports, and seeking to offer a range of ""space travel"" services for all. Features the history, accomplishments, and future endeavors of: Paul Allen, Stratolaunch Systems, Jeff Bezos, Blue Origin, Robert Bigelow, Bigelow Aerospace, Sir Richard Branson, Virgin Galactic, John Carmack, Armadillo Aerospace, Elon Musk, Space X. Focuses on the companies expanding their commercial space activities, including: Alliant ATK, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Orbital Sciences Corporation, Sierra Nevada Corporation, Space X, Stratolauncher, Virgin Galactic.
£33.95
Fonthill Media LLc Detroit's Streetcar Heritage
Book SynopsisDetroit's Streetcar Heritage is a photographic essay of the Detroit, Michigan, streetcar system. Replacement of slow moving horsecar service began with the opening of an electric street railway by the Detroit Citizens Street Railway in 1892. By 1900, all of the Detroit streetcar systems were consolidated into the Detroit United Railway (DUR). Following voter approval, the City of Detroit purchased DUR in 1922, becoming the first large United States city to own and operate public transit under Detroit Department of Street Railways (DSR). Between 1921 and 1930, DSR purchased 781 Peter Witt type streetcars. Although DSR purchased 186 modern Presidents' Conference Committee (PCC) cars between 1945 and 1949, many streetcar lines were converted to bus operation. The last streetcar line on Woodward Avenue was converted to bus operation in 1956 with 183 PCC cars sold to Mexico City. Detroit's Streetcar Heritage documents the city's streetcar era plus scenes of the PCC cars in Mexico City, the Washington Boulevard Line which operated from 1976 to 2003, and the QLINE streetcar which opened in 2017 on Woodward Avenue linking Grand Boulevard with downtown Detroit.
£20.90
America Through Time Roosevelt Field Through Time: A Visual History of
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£21.24
America Through Time Airport Airside at Bwi: Baltimore-Washington
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£20.79
Aviation Supplies & Academics Air Carrier Operations
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£44.96
Paths International Ltd Models and Algorithms for Multi-objective
Book SynopsisWith the rapid development of trade globalisation, transportation plays a critical role, and outsourcing transportation has become a common practice in the modern logistics industry. This book studies two classes of decision-making optimisation problems widely concerned in the modern logistics industry: transportation service procurement problems, and online-to-offline food pickup and delivery problems.Table of Contents Preface 1 Chapter1 Introduction Chapter2Two-phrase Evolutionary Algorithm for the Bi-objective Full Truckload Transportation Service Procurement Problem Chapter 3 Bi-objective Branch-and bound for the Transportation Service Procurement Problem with Transmit Time and Total Quantity Discounts Chapter 4 Bi-objective Memetic Algorithm for the O2O Food Pickup and Delivery Problem with Time Windows Chapter5 Conclusions Bibliography Acknowledgements
£116.95
ISTE Ltd and John Wiley & Sons Inc Advanced Mobility and Transport Engineering
Book SynopsisMultimodal transport network customers need to be directed during their travels. A travel support tool can be offered by a Multimodal Information System (MIS), which allows them to input their needs and provides them with the appropriate responses to improve their travel conditions. The goal of this book is to design and develop methodologies in order to realize a MIS tool which can ensure permanent multimodal information availability before and during travel, considering passengers’ mobility. The authors propose methods and tools that help transport network customers to formulate their requests when they connect to their favorite information systems through PC, laptop, cell phone, Portable Digital Assistant (PDA), etc. The MIS must automatically identify the websites concerning the customer’s services. These sites can, in fact, represent transport services, cultural services, tourist services, etc. The system should then be able to collect the necessary travel information from these sites in order to construct and propose the most convenient information according to the user’s requests. Contents 1. Agent-oriented Road Traffic Simulation, René Mandiau, Sylvain Piechowiak, Arnaud Doniec and Stéphane Espié. 2. An Agent-based Information System for Searching and Creating Mobility-aiding Services, Slim Hammadi and Hayfa Zgaya. 3. Inter-vehicle Services and Communication, Sylvain Lecomte, Thierry Delot and Mikael Desertot. 4. Modeling and Control of Traffic Flow, Daniel Jolly, Boumediene Kamel and Amar Benasser. 5. Criteria and Methods for Interactive System Evaluation: Application to a Regulation Post in the Transport Domain, Houcine Ezzedine, Abdelwaheb Trabelsi, Chi Dung Tran and Christophe Kolski.Table of ContentsPreface xi Slim HAMMADI and Mekki KSOURI Introduction xiii Chapter 1. Agent-oriented Road Traffic Simulation 1 René MANDIAU, Sylvain PIECHOWIAK, Arnaud DONIEC and Stéphane ESPIÉ 1.1. Introduction 1 1.2. The principle of multi-agent systems 2 1.3. General remarks on traffic simulation devices 8 1.4. ArchiSim simulator 12 1.5. The issue of traffic simulation in intersections 14 1.6. Assessment of different scenarios 21 1.7. Conclusion 25 1.8. Bibliography 26 Chapter 2. An Agent-based Information System for Searching and Creating Mobility-aiding Services 31 Slim HAMMADI and Hayfa ZGAYA 2.1. Introduction 31 2.2. Formulating the problem 33 2.3. The global architecture of the system 36 2.4. Proposal of a resolution system with several interactive entities: a dynamic multi-agent system 42 2.5. The behavior of a scheduling agent 44 2.6. Managing system robustness when dealing with disruptions: advancing a negotiation process between stationary and mobile entities 59 2.7. The usefulness of a dedicated dynamic ontology 61 2.8. Simulations and results 64 2.9. Conclusion and perspectives 76 2.10. List of abbreviations 76 2.11. Bibliography 77 Chapter 3. Inter-vehicle Services and Communication 81 Sylvain LECOMTE, Thierry DELOT and Mikael DESERTOT 3.1. Introduction 81 3.2. The specificity of inter-vehicle communication 84 3.3. Inter-vehicle communication 91 3.4. Deployment and maintenance 95 3.5. What kind of future can we envisage for inter-vehicle services and communication technologies? 107 3.6. Bibliography 107 Chapter 4. Modeling and Control of Traffic Flow 111 Daniel JOLLY, Boumediene KAMEL and Amar BENASSER 4.1. General introduction 111 4.2. Microscopic models 114 4.3. Macroscopic models 118 4.4. General remarks concerning macroscopic and microscopic models 127 4.5. Hybrid models 129 4.6. Different strategies for controlling road traffic flow systems 147 4.7. Conclusion 164 4.8. Bibliography 164 Chapter 5. Criteria and Methods for Interactive System Evaluation: Application to a Regulation Post in the Transport Domain 173 Houcine EZZEDINE, Abdelwaheb TRABELSI, Chi Dung TRAN and Christophe KOLSKI 5.1. Introduction 173 5.2. Principles and criteria of evaluation 174 5.3. Methods, techniques and tools for the evaluation of interactive systems 181 5.4. Toward automated or semi-automated evaluation assistance tools 201 5.5. Proposal of a generic and configurable environment to aid in the evaluation of agent-based interactive systems: EISEval 213 5.6. Context of operation of the proposed evaluation environment 217 5.7. Conclusion 228 5.8. Bibliography 230 List of Authors 241 Index 245
£132.00
John Wiley & Sons Inc Handbook of Checked Baggage Screening: Advanced
Book SynopsisHandbook of Checked Baggage Screening – Advanced Airport Security Operation is a practical guide for project managers and designers embarking on hold-baggage screening developments within the airport environment for the first time. The book clearly explains away any uncertainty about the processes and procedures to be used by the various parties involved within the industry and sets out ‘best practice’ with respect to checked baggage screening design. Valuable lessons can be learned from actual case studies contributed by leading equipment manufacturers on recent 100% hold baggage screening projects. In addition to the all-important security screening of baggage and passengers the book also looks at the following areas associated with airport security, through the use of a detailed structured security check-list evaluation questionnaire. The questionnaire allows airports to assess the state of readiness of their airports and then, using the other chapters, gain an insight regarding which technology will best solve any security gaps. The authors offer a unique perspective through their background and experience. Many of the checked baggage screening procedures and equipment discussed in the book have already been implemented in the UK, with the authors responsible for leading this effort. The combined experience they can offer to the industry world wide is invaluable.Table of ContentsForeword. Acknowledgements. Glossary and Definition of Terms. Chapter 1. Where to Start. Chapter 2. Hold Baggage Screening. Chapter 3. Project Processes. Chapter 4. Dealing with Governments. Chapter 5. The Client and Users. Chapter 6. Interested Parties. Chapter 7. General Airport Processes. Chapter 8. General Airport Development Models. Chapter 9. Retail Development. Chapter 10. Planning/Environmental/Terminology. Chapter 11. Cost Management. Chapter 12. The HBS Project Programme. Chapter 13. Airport Systems Maintenance. Chapter 14. Airport Security. Chapter 15. Terminal Buildings. Chapter 16. Apron Areas. Chapter 17. Support Infrastructure. Chapter 18. Project Handover. Manufacturer Case Studies. Index.
£155.75
Witherby Seamanship International Ltd Ship Stability OOW
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£80.16
Crecy Publishing Britain's Aircraft Industry: Triumphs and
Book SynopsisBritain established the world''s first aircraft factory in 1909 after the Short brothers met up with the American Wright brothers and struck a deal. The industry expanded rapidly to rise to the challenge of World War One with such thoroughbreds as the Camel and the SE.5. The post-conflict slump proved to be difficult but classics such as the Moths, the Hart family and the Gladiator maintained Britain''s leadership. Another war loomed and iconic types such as the Hurricane, Lancaster, Mosquito, Spitfire and the Meteor jet appeared.With the return of peace over 20 major manufacturers faced inevitable contraction. The misguided Bristol Brabazon airliner was a dead end but the superb de Havilland Comet and Vickers Viscount led the field. Canberras, Hunters, Lightnings and the V-bombers met the Cold War confrontation.For the first time here is a readable, highly illustrated, examination of the entire industry; its heritage and the changes it faces in the 21st century, both technical and political. The life and times of the 40 ''big names'' from Airbus to Westland: aircraft, designers, factories, failures and successes, mergers and closures are all explained, supported by statistical tables and copious illustrations. Here is a celebration of a world class industry that remains at the cutting edge of excellence.
£32.79
Classiques Garnier OrientExpress
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£52.00
World Health Organization Global status report on road safety 2018
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£79.80
