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Transportation Research: Proceedings of CTRG 2017 (Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering #45)
by Tom V. Mathew Gaurang J. Joshi Nagendra R. Velaga Shriniwas ArkatkarThis book presents selected papers from the 4th Conference of the Transportation Research Group of India. It provides a comprehensive analysis of themes spanning the field of transportation encompassing economics, financial management, social equity, green technologies, operations research, big data analysis, econometrics and structural mechanics. This volume will be of interest to researchers, educators, practitioners, managers, and policy-makers world-wide.
Transportation Research: Proceedings of TPMDC 2022 (Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering #434)
by Dharamveer Singh Avijit Maji Omkar Karmarkar Monik Gupta Nagendra Rao Velaga Solomon DebbarmaThis book is a collection of selected research papers from the 14th conference of the Transportation Planning and Implementation Methodologies for Developing Countries (TPMDC). It covers the broad area of transportation planning and policy, pavement design and engineering, emerging technologies in transportation, traffic management, operations, and safety, and sustainable mobility in transportation. The book aims to provide deeper understanding of the transportation issues, solutions, and learnings from the implemented solutions. This book will be of best interest for academicians, researchers, policy makers, and practitioners.
Transportation Research in India: Practices and Future Directions
by Akhilesh Kumar Maurya Lelitha Devi Vanajakshi Shriniwas S. Arkatkar Prasanta K. SahuThis co-edited book focuses on the state-of-the-art research in transportation in India. Exploring the need for a sustainable transport paradigm in India, this timely book offers solution concepts for mobility and infrastructure challenges faced by local, state, and national transport authorities. The contents provide a holistic understanding of the paradigm, considering several case-studies and study findings from the leading transportation researchers in India. At the same time, it also addresses the pressing transportation related challenges such as road user safety, traffic operation efficiency, economic and social development, non-motorized transport planning, environmental impact mitigation, energy consumption reduction, land-use, equity, freight transport planning, multimodal coordination, access for the diverse range of travellers’ needs, sustainable pavement construction, and emerging vehicle technologies. The existing practices and policies in all the sectors and levels of transport are highlighted in this book with an emphasis on a broader vision for achieving sustainable and inclusive development. The information and data-driven inferences compiled in the book will be useful for practitioners, policymakers, educators, researchers, students, and individual learners.
Transportation Security
by John G. VoellerTransportation Security features articles from the Wiley Handbook of Science and Technology for Homeland Security covering topics related to security challenge of transportation systems in the USA and elsewhere, performance measures, including coverage of critical supply chain protection and emergency evacuation.
Transportation Soil Engineering in Cold Regions, Volume 1: Proceedings of TRANSOILCOLD 2019 (Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering #49)
by Andrei Petriaev Anastasia KononThis volume comprises select papers presented during TRANSOILCOLD 2019. It covers the challenges and problems faced by engineers, designers, contractors, and infrastructure owners during planning and building of transport infrastructure in Arctic and cold regions. The contents of this book will be of use to researchers and professional engineers alike.
Transportation Soil Engineering in Cold Regions, Volume 2: Proceedings of TRANSOILCOLD 2019 (Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering #50)
by Andrei Petriaev Anastasia KononThis volume comprises select papers presented during TRANSOILCOLD 2019. It covers the challenges and problems faced by engineers, designers, contractors, and infrastructure owners during planning and building of transport infrastructure in Arctic and cold regions. The contents of this book will be of use to researchers and professional engineers alike.
Transportation Statistics and Microsimulation
by Clifford Spiegelman Eun Sug Park Laurence R. RilettBy discussing statistical concepts in the context of transportation planning and operations, Transportation Statistics and Microsimulation provides the necessary background for making informed transportation-related decisions. It explains the why behind standard methods and uses real-world transportation examples and problems to illustrate key conc
Transportation Systems: Managing Performance through Advanced Maintenance Engineering (Asset Analytics)
by Sarbjeet Singh Alberto Martinetti Arnab Majumdar Leo A. M. van DongenThis book explores the application of breakthrough technologies to improve transportation performance. Transportation systems represent the “blood vessels” of a society, in which people and goods travel. They also influence people’s lives and affect the liveability and sustainability of our cities. The book shows how emergent technologies are able to monitor the condition of the structure in real time in order to schedule the right moment for maintenance activities an so reduce the disturbance to users.This book is a valuable resource for those involved in research and development in this field. Part I discusses the context of transportation systems, highlighting the major issues and challenges, the importance of understating human factors that could affect the maintenance operations and the main goals in terms of safety standards. Part II focuses on process-oriented innovations in transportation systems; this section stresses the importance of including design parameters in the planning, offering a comparison between risk-based and condition-based maintenance and, lastly, showing applications of emergent technologies. Part III goes on to reflect on the technical-oriented innovations, discussing the importance of studying the physical phenomena that are behind transportation system failures and problems. It then introduces the general trend of collecting and analyzing big data using real-world cases to evaluate the positive and negative aspects of adopting extensive smart sensors for gathering information on the health of the assets. The last part (IV) explores cultural and behavioural changes, and new knowledge management methods, proposing novel forms of maintenance and vocational training, and introduces the need for radical new visions in transportation for managing unexpected events.The continuous evolution of maintenance fields suggests that this compendium of “state-of-the-art” applications will not be the only one; the authors are planning a collection of cutting-edge examples of transportation systems that can assist researchers and practitioners as well as students in the process of understanding the complex and multidisciplinary environment of maintenance engineering applied to the transport sector.
Transportation Systems for Tourism (Advances in Spatial Science)
by M. R. Dileep Francesca PagliaraThis textbook provides a comprehensive learning resource material for tourism transportation. Exploring the interrelationship between transport and tourism, it demonstrates how different types of transportation systems interact and are combined within the tourism destination framework. It addresses topics such as the geographical aspects of tourism transportation, technological advances in transportation, public transportation in tourism, drive tourism, recreational transportation, and various forms of tourism, including car, rail, coach, water, cycling, and space tourism. Readers will also learn about sustainability aspects, consumer behavior, and tourist behavior modelling. The book offers a valuable asset for graduate as well as master degree students in regional and spatial science, transportation engineering, and tourism and transportation economics, as well as for professionals in the travel, tourism, transport, and hospitality industries who are interested in the link between tourism and transportation, its benefits and impacts. Tourist destinations can strategically use this learning resource to gain a better understanding of the leisure and recreational aspects of the transportation system and consequently boost their appeal to tourists.
Transportation Systems Planning: Methods and Applications (New Directions in Civil Engineering)
by Konstadinos G. GouliasTransportation engineering and transportation planning are two sides of the same coin aiming at the design of an efficient infrastructure and service to meet the growing needs for accessibility and mobility. Many well-designed transport systems that meet these needs are based on a solid understanding of human behavior. Since transportation systems
Transportation Systems Reliability and Safety
by B.S. DhillonDuring day-to-day use, thousands of lives are lost each year due to accidents, directly or indirectly, resulting from poor transportation system reliability and safety. In the United States, automobile accidents alone result in around 42,000 deaths per year, costing billions of dollars to the economy each year. A common subject in journal articles
Transportation Systems Security
by Allan McDougall Robert RadvanovskyHighlighting the importance of transportation to a country‘s infrastructure and survival, Transportation Systems Security presents the strategic and practical considerations involved in the implementation of physical, procedural, and managerial safeguards required to keep all modes of transportation up and running during an actual or potenti
Transportation Systems Technology and Integrated Management (Energy, Environment, and Sustainability)
by Ram Krishna Upadhyay Sunil Kumar Sharma Vikram Kumar Hardikk ValeraThe book highlights the transportation ecosystems and its management with underlying technologies for futuristic freight and passenger movement. The contents include contributions on climate change impact on transportation infrastructure, enhancing multimodal transportation, solar energy in railways, managing public transportation with technology, among others. It also includes chapters of newly developed technologies for the intelligent transport system. This book is a useful guide to those working in academia and industry in transportation technology.
Transportation Technologies for Sustainability
by Fei-Yue Wang Gary L. Brosch Mehrdad EhsaniInnovative transportation technologies will be a vital component of any future sustainable society. Gathering over 50 authoritative, peer-reviewed entries from the Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology, Transportation Technologies for Sustainability covers a broad range of transportation-related sustainability research, from vehicle design and technology to mass transit systems. State-of-the-art chapters describe key developments in intelligent vehicle technology, including vision sensors, driver status monitoring, and vehicle motion control, while international experts present the latest research in electric, hybrid, and fuel cell vehicles. Leaders in the mass transit field assess a broad spectrum of alternatives in both small and large urban areas. This valuable collection is an essential reference for undergraduate and graduate students, researchers, policymakers, and industry experts.
Transportation Tunnels
by S. Ponnuswamy D. Johnson VictorTransportation Tunnels, 2nd Edition provides a comprehensive text on tunneling and tunnel engineering applicable in general to all types of tunnels, with more detailed information on highway and railway tunnels. While the First Edition of the book was confined to deal with railway and highway tunnels, the Second Edition is also extensively considering the latest trends in use of tunnels in different other fields. The book has been revised to provide coverage of water conveyance, navigation and material conveyance tunnels also and deals with these subjects in more detail. It covers all aspects of investigation, design, construction, monitoring and maintenance of tunnels. Special emphasis has been laid on the geotechnical investigations, interpretation of findings and relating the same to the design as well as the construction of tunnels. The book reflects the advancements in the knowledge of ground behaviour and rock mechanics and also in construction technology, including use of TBM in the last two decades.It covers in sufficient detail the basic requirements of tunnel profile, the geometric parameters, clearance requirements, aerodynamics, and cost economics in fixing alignments with different design parameters like curvature, gradient and operational requirements. It discusses in detail alternative forms of the cross section / profile and illustrates design methodology with examples.The different methodologies that have been used in the past using timber or steel supports by stage wise expansion of cross sections and modern methodologies used for boring full profile using new tunneling methods and Tunnel Boring Machines are also comprehensively discussed. Requirements of tunnels in respect of ventilation, lighting and drainage are adequately covered. Separate chapters have been included on ‘Instrumentation’ and ‘Tunnel Inspection and Maintenance’.The expanded text on the use and advantages of methodologies and equipment for dealing with various aspects of construction of tunnels is based on observations through site visits, discussions with, and experiences of people as recorded on large number of tunneling works which have been taken up recently for railways, highways and urban transport subway projects. The book can serve as a textbook for undergraduate and graduate students and as a reference book for practicing engineers.
Transportation, Water and Environmental Geotechnics: Proceedings of Indian Geotechnical Conference 2020 Volume 4 (Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering #159)
by C. N. V. Satyanarayana Reddy Sireesh Saride Sumanta HaldarThis book comprises select proceedings of the Indian Geotechnical Conference 2020 (IGC2020) focusing on emerging opportunities and challenges in the field of transportation geotechnics, scour and erosion, offshore geotechnics, and environmental geotechnology. The contents will be useful to researchers, educators, practitioners and policy makers alike.
Transporter Bridges: An Illustrated History
by John HannavyThis volume of original and historic photographs captures the story of the ingenious bridges that carried us from the Victorian era into modern times.With their moveable platforms designed to traverse busy waterways, Transporter Bridges served a brief but vital need from the late 19th century into the early 20th. Though many were planned, the huge increase in road transport quickly rendered them obsolete. In the end, fewer than thirty were ever completed across the world, with only nine still standing in their original form. But the transporter bridge appears to be entering a renaissance. In France and Argentina, restoration efforts are bringing life back to some of the original bridges. Meanwhile, proposals exist for three new bridges across France—at Nantes, Marseille and Brest—to replace some of those lost during and after the Second World War.This illustrated history captures the beauty of transporter bridges through hundreds of color photographs. The author combines his own modern images with many historic photographs and postcards chronicling the construction and operation of these unusual structures.
Transportoptimierung im Ladungsträgernetzwerk der Zukunft: Quantitativer Vergleich verschiedener Steuerungsstrategien am Beispiel der Automobilindustrie (AutoUni – Schriftenreihe #169)
by Nicolas FredershausenDer Leerguttransportoptimierung als Teil der Inboundlogistik kommt die wichtige Aufgabe der bedarfs- und termingerechten Versorgung von Lieferanten mit wiederverwendbaren Ladungsträgern zu. Dadurch gewährleistet sie nicht nur eine reibungslose Teileversorgung, sondern kann auch einen signifikanten Beitrag zu einer effizienten und nachhaltigen Logistik im Ladungsträgernetzwerk der Zukunft leisten.Die vorliegende Arbeit widmet sich der Problemstellung der Leerguttransportoptimierung aus mathematischer Sicht und verfolgt das Ziel der Bestimmung eines bedarfserfüllungsmaximalen und gleichzeitig transportkostenminimalen Transportplans unter Berücksichtigung von Leergutverfügbarkeiten, -bedarfen, Transportkosten und -laufzeiten. Dafür werden drei verschiedene Steuerungsstrategien für das Ladungsträgernetzwerk der Zukunft vorgestellt und spezifische Konstruktions- und Verbesserungsheuristiken entwickelt. Anhand der Ergebnisse einer experimentellen Performanceanalyse wird eine Empfehlung für eine Steuerungsstrategie samt geeigneten Lösungsverfahren zur Transportoptimierung im Ladungsträgernetzwerk der Zukunft gegeben, die die Ziele der Bedarfserfüllungsmaximierung sowie Transportkosten- und Emissionsausstoßminimierung bestmöglich vereinen.
Transportrecht - Schnell erfasst: Schnell Erfasst (Recht - schnell erfasst)
by Thomas WieskeÜbersichtlich strukturiert und prägnant zusammengefasst, vermittelt der Band die Grundlagen des Transportrechts: vom deutschen Gütertransportrecht über das Speditions-, Umzugs- und Lagerrecht bis zu den internationalen Regelungen des Transportrechts. Die wichtigsten gesetzlichen Normen werden im Wortlaut vorgestellt, verständlich kommentiert und in Schaubildern und Übersichten zusammenfassend dargestellt. Auch die nationalen und internationalen Speditionsbedingungen finden Berücksichtigung.
Transportvorgänge in der Verfahrenstechnik
by Matthias KraumeTransportvorgänge spielen in verfahrenstechnischen Prozessen eine überragende Rolle. Für Ingenieure, technische Chemiker und Biotechnologen, die verfahrenstechnische Prozesse umsetzen wollen, ist ein fundamentales Verständnis der Transportvorgänge unverzichtbar. Das Buch beinhaltet sowohl die umfassende Darstellung der physikalischen Grundlagen als auch deren Anwendung in vielfältigen technischen Lösungen. Dabei werden diese Lösungen stets auf einfache Zusammenhänge zurückgeführt. Mit zahlreichen Übungsaufgaben zu praktischen Fragestellungen.
Transportvorgänge in der Verfahrenstechnik: Aufgaben und Lösungen
by Matthias KraumeTransportvorgänge spielen eine überragende Rolle in verfahrenstechnischen Prozessen, die in unterschiedlichen Industriezweigen – speziell in der chemischen, pharmazeutischen und der Lebensmittelindustrie sowie in der Biotechnologie – die Basis der Produktherstellung bilden. Das fundamentale Verständnis von Transportvorgängen ist eine unverzichtbare Voraussetzung für diejenigen, die diese in technischen Prozessen umsetzen. Dazu zählen vorrangig Ingenieure unterschiedlicher Fachdisziplinen, technische Chemiker und Biotechnologen. Als substanzielle Ergänzung des Lehrbuchs „Transportvorgänge in der Verfahrenstechnik“ wurde für die Lösungen der dortigen 200 Übungsaufgaben dieses Buch erstellt, in dem die Lösungswege ausführlich erläutert werden. Dies umfasst auch die Berechnung sämtlicher Zahlenwerte der Lösungen mittels Excel-Dateien, die als Zusatzmaterial in der Online-Version der jeweiligen Kapitel auf SpringerLink zur Verfügung stehen. Leserinnen und Leser können wahlweise die Aufgaben zunächst eigenständig lösen und anschließend überprüfen oder sich direkt mit den Lösungen in detaillierter Form auseinandersetzen. Auf diese Weise sollen sowohl die Kenntnisse als auch das methodische Wissen vertieft werden, um die Lösungskompetenz zur Behandlung eigener verfahrenstechnischer Fragestellungen zu erweitern.
Transportvorgänge in der Verfahrenstechnik: Grundlagen und apparative Umsetzungen
by Matthias KraumeTransportvorgänge spielen in verfahrenstechnischen Prozessen eine überragende Rolle. Für Ingenieure, technische Chemiker und Biotechnologen, die verfahrenstechnische Prozesse umsetzen wollen, ist ein fundamentales Verständnis der Transportvorgänge unverzichtbar. Das Buch beinhaltet sowohl die umfassende Darstellung der physikalischen Grundlagen als auch deren Anwendung in vielfältigen technischen Lösungen. Dabei werden diese Lösungen stets auf einfache Zusammenhänge zurückgeführt. Mit zahlreichen Übungsaufgaben zu praktischen Fragestellungen.
Transverse Disciplines in Metrology: Proceedings of the 13th International Metrology Congress, 2007 - Lille, France
by French College of MetrologyBased on The International Metrology Congress meeting, this reference examines the evolution of metrology, and its applications in industry, environment and safety, health and medicine, economy and quality, and new information and communication technologies; details the improvement of measurement procedures to guarantee the quality of products and processes; and discusses the development of metrology linked to innovating technologies. The themes of the Congress (quality and reliability of measurement, measurement uncertainties, calibration, verification, accreditation, sensory metrology, regulations and legal metrology) are developed either in a general way or applied to a specific economic sector or to a specific scientific field.
Transylvanian Dinosaurs
by Coralia-Maria Jianu David B WeishampelThe history and science of a cluster of dinosaurs found in the Hungarian region and the story of the aristocrat who discovered them.At the end of the time of the dinosaurs, Transylvania was an island in what was to become southeastern Europe. The island’s limited resources affected the size and life histories of its animals, resulting in a local dwarfism. For example, sauropods found on the island measured only six meters long, while their cousins elsewhere grew up to five times larger. Here, David B. Weishampel and Coralia-Maria Jianu present unique evolutionary interpretations of this phenomenon.The authors bring together the latest information on the fauna, flora, geology, and paleogeography of the region, casting these ancient reptiles in their phylogenetic, paleoecological, and evolutionary contexts. What the authors find is that Transylvanian dinosaurs experienced a range of unpredictable successes as they evolved.Woven throughout the detailed history and science of these diminutive dinosaurs is the fascinating story of the man who first discovered them, the mysterious twentieth-century paleontologist Franz Baron Nopcsa, whose name is synonymous with Transylvanian dinosaurs. Hailed by some as the father of paleobiology, it was Nopcsa alone who understood the importance of the dinosaur discoveries in Transylvania; their story cannot be told without recounting his.Transylvanian Dinosaurs strikes an engaging balance between biography and scientific treatise and is sure to capture the imagination of professional paleontologists and amateur dinophiles alike.“It is rare to find a book on dinosaurs so literate, well-written, and full of insight and synthesis—particularly when the dinosaurs are so unusual. The authors lay them out for us, situate them beautifully in time, space, and cultural history, and then reassemble them and their world using all the tools of modern science. The result is a tour de force.” —Kevin Padian, University of California Museum of Paleontology“A fine example of something I always try, but rarely succeed, to articulate to colleagues in paleontology, evolutionary biology, and geology who don’t work on dinosaurs. Dinosaurs, within the context of their ecosystems and paleogeography, can tell us many neat things about how evolution works over long time scales.” —Stephen Brusatte, Priscum
Trapped: How the World Rescued 33 Miners from 2,000 Feet Below the Chilean Desert
by Marc AronsonThe amazing story of the trapped Chilean miners and their incredible rescue that Publishers Weekly calls "a riveting, in-depth recounting of the events that held the world rapt."In early August 2010, the unthinkable happened when a mine collapsed in Copiano, Chile, trapping 33 miners 2,000 feet below the surface. For sixty-nine days they lived on meager resources with increasingly poor air quality. When they were finally rescued, the world watched with rapt attention and rejoiced in the amazing spirit and determination of the miners. What could have been a terrible tragedy became an amazing story of survival. In Trapped, Marc Aronson provides the backstory behind the rescue. By tracing the psychological, physical, and environmental factors surrounding the mission, Aronson highlights the amazing technology and helping hands that made it all possible. From the Argentinean soccer players that hoped to raise morale, to NASA volunteering their expertise to come up with a plan, there was no shortage of enterprising spirit when it came to saving lives. Readers will especially appreciate the eight pages of full-color photos, timeline, glossary, notes, and more.