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Materials that Move: Smart Materials, Intelligent Design (SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology)
by Marinella Ferrara Murat BengisuThis book presents a design-driven investigation into smart materials developed by chemists, physicists, materials and chemical engineers, and applied by designers to consumer products, buildings, interfaces, or textiles. Introducing a class of smart materials (referred to as stimuli-responsive, morphing or kinetic materials) that move and change their shape in response to stimuli, the book presents their characteristics, advantages, potentials, as well as the difficulties involved in their application. The book also presents a large number of case studies on products, projects, concepts, and experiments employing smart materials, thus mapping out new design territories for these innovative materials. The case studies involve different fields of design, including product, interior, fashion, and communication design. Reflecting the growing demand for sustainable and human-centered design agendas, the book explores and reveals the role and influence of these new materials and technologies on design and human experience, and discusses how they can be used to redefine our objects and spaces so as to promote more resilient environments. The book offers an intriguing and valuable resource for design professionals, engineers, scientists and students alike.
Materials under Extreme Loadings: Application to Penetration and Impact
by Georges Voyiadjis Eric Buzaud Ioan R. IonescuThis book presents recent and cutting edge advances in our understanding of key aspects of the response of materials under extreme loads that take place during high velocity impact and penetration. The focus of the content is on the numerous challenges associated with characterization and modeling of complex interactions that occur during these highly dynamic events.
Materials with Complex Behaviour
by Holm Altenbach Lucas F. SilvaThe increasing demand for materials with superb properties in all types of technical applications requires the development of advanced materials and respective tools to characterise and predict the material properties and behaviour. This monograph highlights the latest developments and trends in advanced materials and their properties, the modelling and simulation of non-classical materials and structures, and new technologies for joining materials.
Materials with Complex Behaviour II: Properties, Non-Classical Materials and New Technologies
by Andreas Öchsner Holm Altenbach Lucas F. SilvaThis volume highlights the latest developments and trends in advanced materials and their properties, the modeling and simulation of non-classical materials and structures, and new technologies for joining materials. It presents the developments of advanced materials and respective tools to characterize and predict the material properties and behavior.
Materials with Extreme Wetting Properties: Methods and Emerging Industrial Applications
by Majid Hosseini Ioannis KarapanagiotisThis book aims at identifying novel advanced materials of extreme wetting properties (MEWP) for practical, industrial applications. The state-of-the art superhdyrophobic, superhdyrophilic, superoleophobic, superoleophilic, and superomniphobic materials, that are MEWP, with respect to their technological and emerging industrial applications are discussed in this book. MEWP offer new perspectives providing numerous potential applications. Hence, these advanced MEWP have the potential to lead to a new generation of products and devices with unique properties and functionalities. Despite the large scientific progress on MEWP there are still some obstacles which have to be solved to make these materials available for real life applications. Recent advances on the production strategies, including methods and materials, of MEWP has shown that the durability and sustainability obstacles can be addressed thus offering the possibility for industrial exploitation. MEWP with wettabilities ranging from superhydrophobicity to superhydrophilicity provide promising avenues for several and important applications, which sometimes are crucial for the humankind. This book also discusses a large variety of other potential applications of MEWP, thus providing new ideas to scientists and engineers for further exploitation of these novel materials. Moreover, the whole spectrum of the recent technological developments, current research progress, future outlook, and the modern trends in the applications of MEWP are discussed in a consistent approach.
Materials with Internal Structure
by Patrizia TrovalusciThe book presents a series of concise papers by researchers specialized in various fields of continuum and computational mechanics and of material science. The focus is on principles and strategies for multiscale modeling and simulation of complex heterogeneous materials, with periodic or random microstructure, subjected to various types of mechanical, thermal, chemical loadings and environmental effects. A wide overview of complex behavior of materials (plasticity, damage, fracture, growth, etc. ) is provided. Among various approaches, attention is given to advanced non-classical continua modeling which, provided by constitutive characterization for the internal and external actions (in particular boundary conditions), is a very powerful frame for the gross mechanical description of complex material behaviors, able to circumvent the restrictions of classical coarse-graining multiscale approaches.
Materialwissenschaften und Werkstofftechnik: Eine Einführung (Wiley-VCH-Lehrbuchkollektion 1)
by William D. Callister Jr. David G. RethwischDer 'Callister' bietet den gesamten Stoff der Materialwissenschaften und Werkstofftechnik für Studium und Prüfungsvorbereitung. Hervorragend aufbereitet und in klarer, prägnanter Sprache wird das gesamte Fachgebiet anschaulich dargestellt. Das erprobte didaktische Konzept zielt ab auf 'Verständnis vor Formalismus' und unterstützt den Lernprozess der Studierenden: * ausformulierte Lernziele * regelmäßig eingestreute Verständnisfragen zum gerade vermittelten Stoff * Kapitelzusammenfassungen mit Lernstoff, Gleichungen, Schlüsselwörtern und Querverweisen auf andere Kapitel * durchgerechnete Beispiele, Fragen und Antworten sowie Aufgaben und Lösungen * Exkurse in die industrielle Anwendung * an den deutschen Sprachraum angepasste Einheiten und Werkstoffbezeichnungen * durchgehend vierfarbig illustriert * Verweise auf elektronisches Zusatzmaterial Der 'Callister' ist ein Muss für angehende Materialwissenschaftler und Werkstofftechniker an Universitäten und Fachhochschulen - und ideal geeignet für Studierende aus Physik, Chemie, Maschinenbau und Bauingenieurwesen, die sich mit den Grundlagen des Fachs vertraut machen möchten.
Math Adventures with Python: An Illustrated Guide to Exploring Math with Code
by Peter FarrellLearn math by getting creative with code! Use the Python programming language to transform learning high school-level math topics like algebra, geometry, trigonometry, and calculus!Math Adventures with Python will show you how to harness the power of programming to keep math relevant and fun. With the aid of the Python programming language, you'll learn how to visualize solutions to a range of math problems as you use code to explore key mathematical concepts like algebra, trigonometry, matrices, and cellular automata.Once you've learned the programming basics like loops and variables, you'll write your own programs to solve equations quickly, make cool things like an interactive rainbow grid, and automate tedious tasks like factoring numbers and finding square roots. You'll learn how to write functions to draw and manipulate shapes, create oscillating sine waves, and solve equations graphically. You'll also learn how to: - Draw and transform 2D and 3D graphics with matrices- Make colorful designs like the Mandelbrot and Julia sets with complex numbers- Use recursion to create fractals like the Koch snowflake and the Sierpinski triangle- Generate virtual sheep that graze on grass and multiply autonomously - Crack secret codes using genetic algorithms As you work through the book's numerous examples and increasingly challenging exercises, you'll code your own solutions, create beautiful visualizations, and see just how much more fun math can be!
Math Concepts for Food Engineering
by Richard W. Hartel D.B. Hyslop T.A. Howell Jr.A Supplement for Food Science & Engineering Students Who Need to Improve Their Mathematical SkillsA remedial textbook for understanding mathematical theories and formulas, Math Concepts for Food Engineering, Second Edition helps students improve their mathematical skills so that they can succeed in food engineering cour
Math for Welders
by Nino MarionMath for Welders is a combination text and workbook designed to help welding students learn and apply basic math skills. The basic concept behind each math operation is explained at the opening of the unit. Next, students are given clear instruction for performing the operation. Each unit includes a variety of welding related practice problems to reinforce what the students have learned. The practice problems are identical to the types of problems the students will be required to solve in a welding shop. In addition to teaching basic math concepts, the problems give students a preview of the types of challenges they will face in a work environment. This helps the students develop solid troubleshooting skills that will serve them throughout their careers as welders.
Math Physics Foundation of Advanced Remote Sensing Digital Image Processing
by Lei Yan Hongying Zhao Yi Lin Yanbiao SunThis book focuses on the mathematical and physical foundations of remote sensing digital image processing and introduces key algorithms utilized in this area. The book fully introduces the basic mathematical and physical process of digital imaging, the basic theory and algorithm of pixel image processing, and the higher-order image processing algorithm and its application. This book skillfully and closely integrates theory, algorithms, and applications, making it simple for readers to understand and use. Researchers and students working in the fields of remote sensing, computer vision, geographic information science, electronic information, etc., can profit from this book. For their work and research in digital image processing, they can master the fundamentals of imaging and image processing techniques.
Math Problems in Water and Wastewater
by Subhash VermaThis book covers the fundamental concepts required to solve typical problems in water and wastewater engineering. Water professionals working in the industry require a license to work in water plants, and Math Problems in Water and Wastewater aids readers in preparing for the mathematics portion of these exams. It lays a sound foundation that not only helps with the certification examination but also helps water operators in performing their daily activities. The basic concepts and volumes of various unit devices followed by specific problems in water and water treatment are presented through solved example problems. Includes examples both in Imperial and SI units throughout Covers common and specific topics both for water and wastewater operations All calculations shown with unit cancellation All example problems are followed by practice problems Examples include problems suitable for all level of certification A brief description of the water and wastewater treatment is given
Math Teacher's Survival Guide: Practical Strategies, Management Techniques, and Reproducibles for New and Experienced Teachers, Grades 5-12
by Muschla Judith A. Gary Robert Erin MuschlaClassroom-tested strategies to help new and experienced math teachers thrive Math teachers must not only instruct their students in basic mathematical skills and concepts, they must also prepare them for standardized tests, provide instruction in the use of technology, and teach problem-solving and critical-thinking skills. At the same time, they must also manage their other responsibilities - taking attendance, planning, grading, record-keeping, disciplining, and communicating with parents and administrators. This book provides efficient and practical information on the management skills necessary to succeed in this most challenging profession. Offers realistic suggestions and strategies for planning and delivering effective math instruction Helps math teachers achieve excellence and continue to be enthusiastic and successful in their teaching careers Includes reproducible forms to help math teachers stay on top of everything they need to do The Math Teacher's Survival Guide contains a wealth of useful tools and strategies that can help any math teacher succeed in the classroom.
Mathematical Analysis and Computing: ICMAC 2019, Kalavakkam, India, December 23–24 (Springer Proceedings in Mathematics & Statistics #344)
by R. N. Mohapatra S. Yugesh G. Kalpana C. KalaivaniThis book is a collection of selected papers presented at the International Conference on Mathematical Analysis and Computing (ICMAC 2019) held at Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering, Chennai, India, from 23–24 December 2019. Having found its applications in game theory, economics, and operations research, mathematical analysis plays an important role in analyzing models of physical systems and provides a sound logical base for problems stated in a qualitative manner. This book aims at disseminating recent advances in areas of mathematical analysis, soft computing, approximation and optimization through original research articles and expository survey papers. This book will be of value to research scholars, professors, and industrialists working in these areas.
Mathematical Analysis and Simulation of Field Models in Accelerator Circuits (Springer Theses)
by Idoia Cortes GarciaThis book deals with the analysis and development of numerical methods for the time-domain analysis of multiphysical effects in superconducting circuits of particle accelerator magnets. An important challenge is the simulation of “quenching”, i.e. the transition of a material from the superconducting to the normally electrically conductive state. The book analyses complex mathematical structures and presents models to simulate such quenching events in the context of generalized circuit elements. Furthermore, it proposes efficient parallelized algorithms with guaranteed convergence properties for the simulation of multiphysical problems. Spanning from theoretical concepts to applied research, and featuring rigorous mathematical presentations on one side, as well as simplified explanations of many complex issues, on the other side, this book provides graduate students and researchers with a comprehensive introduction on the state of the art and a source of inspiration for future research. Moreover, the proposed concepts and methods can be extended to the simulation of multiphysical phenomena in different application contexts.
Mathematical Analysis for Engineering and Applied Sciences: Foundational and Fundamental Aspects (Mathematics and its Applications)
by Hemen Dutta Ahmet Ocak AkdemirThe book explores a range of mathematical topics essential for application in engineering and applied sciences. It explores both the theoretical and practical aspects, providing a comprehensive foundation for the development of robust theories applicable to engineering and applied sciences.Mathematical Analysis for Engineering and Applied Sciences: Foundational and Fundamental Aspects discusses the essential mathematical principles that underpin the fields of applied science and engineering. This comprehensive book explores a blend of pure and applied mathematics, demonstrating how mathematical tools and techniques can be utilized to create a wide range of models for practical applications in these disciplines. It addresses the challenges of handling complex phenomena and provides algorithms, methods, and logical concepts that are invaluable for bioengineering, cryptosystems, surface modeling, and various other engineering applications.Individual researchers, educators, students, and department libraries will find this book of interest.
Mathematical Analysis for Transmission of COVID-19 (Mathematical Engineering)
by Nita H. Shah Mandeep MittalThis book describes various mathematical models that can be used to better understand the spread of novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) and help to fight against various challenges that have been developed due to COVID-19. The book presents a statistical analysis of the data related to the COVID-19 outbreak, especially the infection speed, death and fatality rates in major countries and some states of India like Gujarat, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Delhi. Each chapter with distinctive mathematical model also has numerical results to support the efficacy of these models. Each model described in this book provides its unique prediction policy to reduce the spread of COVID-19. This book is beneficial for practitioners, educators, researchers and policymakers handling the crisis of COVID-19 pandemic.
Mathematical Analysis of Environmental System
by Jun TanimotoThis book is for all graduate students who are specializing in any environmental issue and who wish to grasp the fundamentals of physics that are required in various fields of science and engineering. The book provides the structural concept of the system state equation and its dynamics, which can be applicable to numerical solutions in several important areas such as heat and mass transfer and fluid dynamics. As a first step, there is a description of how to solve a linear system by conducting an analysis of temperature distribution in an infinite soil as a practical example. This exercise helps readers to fully understand what time and space discretizations are, and how actual numerical solutions should work. Because the concept of the system state equation relies on a vector-matrix form, the book shows how that particular form is applicable to other practical procedures: linear multi regression analysis, the least square method, and others. The book also gives the solution to non-linear dynamical systems and their applications. Although this book may appear to take an unusual approach, the author believes it will be inspiring and greatly helpful for the beginner who seeks a solid understanding of the basis of mathematics and physics for any environmental problems.
Mathematical Analysis of Groundwater Flow Models
by Abdon AtanganaThis book provides comprehensive analysis of a number of groundwater issues, ranging from flow to pollution problems. Several scenarios are considered throughout, including flow in leaky, unconfined, and confined geological formations, crossover flow behavior from confined to confined, to semi-confined to unconfined and groundwater pollution in dual media. Several mathematical concepts are employed to include into the mathematical models’ complexities of the geological formation, including classical differential operators, fractional derivatives and integral operators, fractal mapping, randomness, piecewise differential, and integral operators. It suggests several new and modified models to better predict anomalous behaviours of the flow and movement of pollution within complex geological formations. Numerous mathematical techniques are employed to ensure that all suggested models are well-suited, and different techniques including analytical methods and numerical methods are used to derive exact and numerical solutions of different groundwater models. Features: Includes modified numerical and analytical methods for solving new and modified models for groundwater flow and transport Presents new flow and transform models for groundwater transport in complex geological formations Examines fractal and crossover behaviors and their mathematical formulations Mathematical Analysis of Groundwater Flow Models serves as a valuable resource for graduate and PhD students as well as researchers working within the field of groundwater modeling.
Mathematical and Computational Analyses of Cracking Formation
by Yoichi SumiThis book is about the pattern formation and the evolution of crack propagation in engineering materials and structures, bridging mathematical analyses of cracks based on singular integral equations, to computational simulation of engineering design. The first two parts of this book focus on elasticity and fracture and provide the basis for discussions on fracture morphology and its numerical simulation, which may lead to a simulation-based fracture control in engineering structures. Several design concepts are discussed for the prevention of fatigue and fracture in engineering structures, including safe-life design, fail-safe design, damage tolerant design. After starting with basic elasticity and fracture theories in parts one and two, this book focuses on the fracture morphology that develops due to the propagation of brittle cracks or fatigue cracks. In part three, the mathematical analysis of a curved crack is precisely described, based on the perturbation method. The stability theory of interactive cracks propagating in brittle solids may help readers to understand the formation of a fractal-like cracking patterns in brittle solids, while the stability theory of crack paths helps to identify the straight versus sharply curved or sometimes wavy crack paths observed in brittle solids. In part four, the numerical simulation method of a system of multiple cracks is introduced by means of the finite element method, which may be used for the better implementation of fracture control in engineering structures. This book is part of a series on "Mathematics for Industry" and will appeal to structural engineers seeking to understand the basic backgrounds of analyses, but also to mathematicians with an interest in how such mathematical solutions are evaluated in industrial applications.
Mathematical and Computational Approaches in Advancing Modern Science and Engineering
by Raymond J. Spiteri Roderick Melnik Roman Makarov Herb Kunze Ian A. Frigaard Jacques BélairFocusingon five main groups of interdisciplinary problems, this book covers a widerange of topics in mathematical modeling, computational science and appliedmathematics. It presents a wealth of new results in the development of modelingtheories and methods, advancing diverse areas of applications and promotinginterdisciplinary interactions between mathematicians, scientists, engineersand representatives from other disciplines. Thebook offers a valuable source of methods, ideas, and tools developed for avariety of disciplines, including the natural and social sciences, medicine,engineering, and technology. Original results are presented on both thefundamental and applied level, accompanied by an ample number of real-worldproblems and examples emphasizing the interdisciplinary nature and universalityof mathematical modeling, and providing an excellent outline of today'schallenges. Mathematical modeling,with applied and computational methods and tools, plays a fundamental role inmodern science and engineering. It provides a primary and ubiquitous tool inthe context making new discoveries, as well as in the development of newtheories and techniques for solving key problems arising in scientific andengineering applications. Thecontributions, which are the product of two highly successful meetingsheld jointly in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada on the main campus of Wilfrid LaurierUniversity in June 2015, i. e. the International Conference on AppliedMathematics, Modeling and Computational Science, and the Annual Meeting of theCanadian Applied and Industrial Mathematics (CAIMS), make the book a valuable resource for any reader interestedin a broader overview of the methods, ideas and tools involved in mathematicaland computational approaches developed for other disciplines, including thenatural and social sciences, engineering and technology.
Mathematical and Numerical Modeling in Porous Media: Applications in Geosciences (Multiphysics Modeling)
by Martín A. Díaz Viera Pratap N. Sahay Theo M. Nieuwenhuizen Manuel Coronado Arturo Ortiz TapiaPorous media are broadly found in nature and their study is of high relevance in our present lives. In geosciences porous media research is fundamental in applications to aquifers, mineral mines, contaminant transport, soil remediation, waste storage, oil recovery and geothermal energy deposits. Despite their importance, there is as yet no complete
Mathematical and Physical Fundamentals of Navigation and Positioning with Earth's Natural Fields (Navigation: Science and Technology #13)
by Lei Yan An Li Wanfeng Ji Yang LiThis book covers various fields relevant to navigation, including Earth's magnetic field, gravity field, topography, celestial polarization field, electrostatic field, and relativistic celestial field effects. It introduces the principles and applications of navigation positioning using various natural field navigation and terrain-assisted methods, including gravity field navigation positioning, geomagnetic field navigation positioning, terrain-assisted navigation positioning, polarization field navigation positioning, electrostatic field navigation positioning, and relativistic effect verification. This book comprehensively introduces the algorithm principles and engineering implementation approaches, providing basic theoretical support for precision navigation positioning and deep space exploration. Based on the principles of gravity, geomagnetic, and terrain-assisted navigation positioning, corresponding to the universal gravitational force and Earth's rotation in Newtonian mechanics, it combines polarization field navigation positioning with the energy field effect of solar incident light waves, as well as electrostatic field navigation positioning with relativistic effect verification. This forms a relatively complete theoretical technical system and abstracts the mathematical essence of each link in the geomagnetic, gravity, and terrain navigation positioning systems. Taking mechanism exploration and algorithm implementation as the basic approach, it has confirmed the theoretical correctness and practical feasibility of natural field navigation positioning through verification with actual measurement data. This book is mainly targeted at professionals, researchers, students, and readers interested in deep space, deep Earth, deep sea, and polar exploration, as well as those working in the field of navigation positioning. It is of reference value in deep space, deep Earth, and deep sea exploration.
Mathematical and Statistical Applications in Food Engineering
by Surajbhan Sevda Anoop SinghWritten by experts from all over the world, the book comprises the latest applications of mathematical and models in food engineering and fermentation. It provides the fundamentals on statistical methods to solve standard problems associated with food engineering and fermentation technology. Combining theory with a practical, hands-on approach, this book covers key aspects of food engineering. Presenting cuttingedge information, the book is an essential reference on the fundamental concepts associated with food engineering.
Mathematical and Statistical Applications in Life Sciences and Engineering
by Mahima Ranjan Adhikari Avishek Adhikari Yogendra Prasad ChaubeyThe book includes articles from eminent international scientists discussing a wide spectrum of topics of current importance in mathematics and statistics and their applications. It presents state-of-the-art material along with a clear and detailed review of the relevant topics and issues concerned. The topics discussed include message transmission, colouring problem, control of stochastic structures and information dynamics, image denoising, life testing and reliability, survival and frailty models, analysis of drought periods, prediction of genomic profiles, competing risks, environmental applications and chronic disease control. It is a valuable resource for researchers and practitioners in the relevant areas of mathematics and statistics.