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Polymer Fiber Optics Materials, Physics, and Applications
This straightforward text examines the scientific principles, characterization techniques, and fabrication methods used to design and produce high quality optical fibers. Polymer Fiber Optics: Materials, Physics, and Applications focuses on the fundamenta...
(paru le 27/09/2006, consulté 3038 fois)
Dictionary of financial abbreviations
In 1974 I wrote in the preface to my Everyman Dictionary
of Abbreviations: "The manufacture of abbreviations remains
one of the largest and fastest growing industries in the
world today". That is still true in 2002.
The military used to invent more abbre...
(paru le 22/05/2003, consulté 3586 fois)
Advances in Amorphous Semiconductors
This book presents the current level of understanding of
the structural, electronic and optical properties of
amorphous semiconductors. As amorphous materials depart
significantly from the crystalline counterparts, some of
the basic problems associated wi...
(paru le 15/04/2003, consulté 3098 fois)
Hydraulic Structures
The fourth edition of this volume presents design principles and practical guidance for key hydraulic structures. Fully revised and updated, this new edition contains enhanced texts and sections on:
environmental issues and the World Commission on Dams...
(paru le 21/12/2006, consulté 2192 fois)
On Beyond Uranium Journey to the End of the Periodic Table
In the early nineteenth century chemists knew of the
existence of ninety-two chemical elements, from Hydrogen,
the lightest, to Uranium, the heaviest. For nearly forty
years scientists thought they knew what our planet and all
of its contents was made of....
(paru le 09/01/2003, consulté 3437 fois)
Integrated Strategies in Architecture - volume 1
This key text presents students with a holistic view of the building design process, bridging the gap between the theory and the actuality of constructing and assembling buildings.
Integrated Strategies in Architecture encourages and enables students to ...
(paru le 05/06/2006, consulté 4502 fois)
Dichotomies and stability in nonautonomous linear systems
Linear nonautonomous equations arise as mathematical models
in mechanics, chemistry and biology. This monograph is a
detailed study of the application of Lyapunov functions
with variable signs expressed as quadratic forms to the
solution of a range of pro...
(paru le 25/10/2002, consulté 4639 fois)
Experimental Rock Mechanics
EXPERIMENTAL ROCK MECHANICS treats fundamental rock mechanics aspects which are pertinent to the areas of tectonophysics and seismology. It is clearly focused on the fracture and flow of rocks under stress and their geophysical and seismological implicati...
(paru le 01/11/2006, consulté 4829 fois)
Lifts, Elevators, Escalators and Moving Walkways/Travelators
An indispensable resource for engineers, technologists and specialists in lifts, escalators or moving walkways, as well as essential reading for postgraduate mechanical and engineering courses, this highly specialized text covers all the information requi...
(paru le 12/03/2007, consulté 4330 fois)
Theory of fuzzy differential equations and inclusions
This volume details the current state of the theory of
fuzzy differential equations and inclusions and a
systematic account of recent developments. The chapters are
presented in a clear and logical way and provide
preliminary material of fuzzy set theory;...
(paru le 22/05/2003, consulté 4470 fois)
What Every Engineer Should Know About Excel
With the many software packages available today, it's easy to overlook the computational and graphics capabilities offered by Microsoft Excel. The software is nearly ubiquitous and understanding its capabilities is an enormous benefit to engineers in almo...
(paru le 09/06/2006, consulté 6008 fois)
MIMO System Technology for Wireless Communications
For broadband communications, it was frequency division multiplexing. For optical communications, it was wavelength division multiplexing. Then, for all types of networks it was code division. Breakthroughs in transmission speed were made possible by thes...
(paru le 28/03/2006, consulté 4657 fois)
Microelectronics
When it comes to electronics, demand grows as technology shrinks. From consumer and industrial markets to military and aerospace applications, the call is for more functionality in smaller and smaller devices. Culled from the second edition of the best-se...
(paru le 09/01/2006, consulté 5886 fois)