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Hypervelocity Launchers
In the present volume numerous descriptions of Ram accelerators are presented. These descriptions provide good overview on the progress made and the present state of the Ram accelerator technology worldwide. In addition, articles describing light gas gun, ballistic range including a chapter dealing with shock waves in solids are given. Along with the technical description of considered facilit…
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- 978-3-319-26016-7
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- X, 300
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- 621 HYP
Design of Thermal Barrier Coatings :A Modelling Approach
This book details the relationships between microstructure, interface roughness, and properties of thermal barrier coatings. The author proposes a method for the reduction of the thermal conductivity of the ceramic layer in order to increase the lifetime of thermal barrier coatings. He includes models for the optimization of ceramic layer microstructure and interface roughness
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- 9783319172545
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- xiv, 82 pages
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- 333.79
Design, Synthesis, and Structure-Property Relationship Study of Polymer Field…
The book summarizes Ting Lei?s PhD study on a series of novel conjugated polymers for field-effect transistors (FETs). Studies contain many aspects of polymer FETs, including backbone design, side-chain engineering, property study, conformation effects and device fabrication. The research results have previously scattered in many important journals and conferences worldwide. The book is likely …
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- 9783662456675
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- xiv, 115 pages
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- 620
Non-Linguistic Analysis of Call Center Conversations
The book focuses on the part of the audio conversation not related to language such as speaking rate (in terms of number of syllables per unit time) and emotion centric features. This text examines using non-linguistics features to infer information from phone calls to call centers. The author analyzes "how" the conversation happens and not "what" the conversation is about by audio signal proce…
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- 1
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- 978-3-319-00896-7
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- XII, 83
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- SpringerBriefs in Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Noise and Vibration Mitigation for Rail Transportation Systems:Proceedings of…
The book reports on the 11th International Workshop on Railway Noise, held on 9 – 13 September, 2013, in Uddevalla, Sweden. The event, which was jointly organized by the Competence Centre Chalmers Railway Mechanics (CHARMEC) and the Departments of Applied Mechanics and Applied Acoustics at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden, covered a broad range of topics in the field of…
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- 1
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- 978-3-662-44831-1
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- XVI, 717
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- Notes on Numerical Fluid Mechanics and Multidisciplinary Design
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Next Generation Sensors and Systems
Written by experts in their area of research, this book has outlined the current status of the fundamentals and analytical concepts, modelling and design issues, technical details and practical applications of different types of sensors and discussed about the trends of next generation of sensors and systems happening in the area of Sensing technology. This book will be useful as a reference bo…
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- 1
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- 978-3-319-21670-6
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- XII, 330
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- Smart Sensors, Measurement and Instrumentation
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Next Generation Intelligent Environments
This book covers key topics in the field of intelligent ambient adaptive systems. It focuses on the results worked out within the framework of the ATRACO (Adaptive and TRusted Ambient eCOlogies) project. The theoretical background, the developed prototypes, and the evaluated results form a fertile ground useful for the broad intelligent environments scientific community as well as for industria…
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- 978-3-319-23451-9
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- XXI, 346
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Sports Performance
This book focuses on sports performance. According to the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, "performance" refers to "how well or badly a person, company etc. does a particular job or activity" and "high performance" describes "cars, computers etc. that are able to go faster, do more work etc. than normal ones". In the 100-m dash Usain Bolt is indubitably the fastest person in history …
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- 978-4-431-55315-1
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Sports Management and Sports Humanities
This book focuses on (1) sports management, (2) sports economics and policy, and (3) sports humanities. The fact that sports humanities is a part of the sports management education program means that a person with extensive knowledge—not only business-related comprehension but also acquaintance with art-related fields, such as the humanities and law—will play a central role in sports manage…
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- 978-4-431-55324-3
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Sports Injuries and Prevention
This book presents the incidence of sports-related injuries, the types of injuries specific to particular sports, and the importance of factors such as age and gender. Possible injury mechanisms and risk factors are presented based on an analysis involving recent scientific findings. A variety of sports are included to allow the reader to better generalize the results as well as to apply approp…
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- 978-4-431-55318-2
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