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Systemic Circular Economy Solutions for Fiber Reinforced Composites
This open access book provides an overview of the work undertaken within the FiberEUse project, which developed solutions enhancing the profitability of composite recycling and reuse in value-added products, with a cross-sectorial approach. Glass and carbon fiber reinforced polymers, or composites, are increasingly used as structural materials in many manufacturing sectors like transport, const…
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- Digital Innovations in Architecture, Engineering and Construction
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- VI, 474
Motion Structures : Deployable Structural Assemblies of Mechanisms
The Open Access version of this book, available at https://www.routledge.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons [Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND)] 4.0 license. Motion structures are simply assemblies of resistant bodies connected by movable joints. Unlike conventional structures, they allow large shape transformations to satisfy practical requirements an…
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- 9780429176463
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- 168 p
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- 620 YOU m
Responsible AI in Africa
This open access book contributes to the discourse of Responsible Artificial Intelligence (AI) from an African perspective. It is a unique collection that brings together prominent AI scholars to discuss AI ethics from theoretical and practical African perspectives and makes a case for African values, interests, expectations and principles to underpin the design, development and deployment (DDD…
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- Social and Cultural Studies of Robots and AI
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- XXI, 216
Alternative fuels for transportation
Exploring how to counteract the world's energy insecurity and environmental pollution, this volume covers the production methods, properties, storage, engine tests, system modification, transportation and distribution, economics, safety aspects, applications, and material compatibility of alternative fuels. The esteemed editor highlights the importance of moving toward alternative fuels and the…
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- 9780429152474
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- 463 p
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- 620 ALT
Advanced Testing and Characterization of Bituminous Materials, Two Volume Set
Bituminous materials are used to build durable roads that sustain diverse environmental conditions. However, due to their complexity and a global shortage of these materials, their design and technical development present several challenges. Advanced Testing and Characterisation of Bituminous Materials focuses on fundamental and performance testing
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- 1318 p
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- 620 ADV
Unit operations of particulate solids : theory and practice
Suitable for practicing engineers and engineers in training, this book covers the most important operations involving particulate solids. Through clear explanations of theoretical principles and practical laboratory exercises, the text provides an understanding of the behavior of powders and pulverized systems. It also helps readers develop skills for operating, optimizing, and innovating parti…
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- 9780429110474
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- 492 p
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- 620 ORT u
Distillation control, optimization, and tuning : fundamentals and strategies
With a focus on the fundamentals and strategies of distillation columns, this book covers the process variables for continuous distillation columns, as well as four basic control strategies and the typical cases in which they are used. The author defines the inlet and outlet streams and process variables for a distillation column and then explains the overall concept of the separation and purif…
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- 9780429107290
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- 144 p
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- 620 ROB d
Toxic chemicals : risk prevention through use reduction
Catastrophic events such as the Bhopal, India tragedy and rising incidences of cancer in areas neighboring industrial facilities have heightened concern over the use of toxic chemicals in manufacturing and industry. Based on the authors' research conducted in Sao Paulo, Brazil, this book explores the history of toxic chemical release reporting programs, presents data on the toxicity of chemical…
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- 620 HIG t
Solar module packaging : polymeric requirements and selection
ABSTRACT Exploring current and future opportunities in PV polymeric packaging, this work offers an insider's perspective on the manufacturing processes and needs of the solar industry and reveals opportunities for future material development and processing. Suitable for nonspecialists in polymer science, it provides a basic understanding of polymeric concepts, fundamental properties, and proce…
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- 9780429105166
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- 244 p
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- 620 POL s
Resilienz
Resilienz ist in aller Munde. Egal, ob es sich um gesellschaftliche, wirtschaftliche, technologische oder ökologische Themen handelt: Der Begriff bestimmt zunehmend den Diskurs über die Zukunftsfähigkeit unserer Gesellschaft und den Zustand unseres Planeten. Der fünfte Open-Access Themenband des Instituts für Innovation und Technik (iit) gibt einen interdisziplinären Einblick in das T…
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