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Hydrohumanities Water Discourse and Environmental Futures (Edition 1)
A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org. Discourse about water and power in the modern era have largely focused on human power over water: who gets to own and control a limited resource that has incredible economic potential. As a result, discussion of water, even in the humanities, has traditionally focused on fresh water for human use. Today, cl…
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Environmental Software Systems. Infrastructures, Services and Applications 1…
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 11th IFIP WG 5.11 International Symposium on Environmental Software Systems, ISESS 2015, held in Melbourne, Australia, in March 2015. The 62 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 104 submissions. The papers are organized in the following topical sections: information systems, information modeling and semanti…
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- 978-3-319-15994-2
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- 206 illustrations in colour
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- Springer Texts in Business and Economics
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Treatise on Acoustics The First Comprehensive English Translation of E.F.F. …
E.F.F. Chladni’s experiments and observations with sound and vibrations profoundly influenced the development of the field of Acoustics. The famous Chladni diagrams along with other observations are contained in Die Akustik, published in German in 1802 and Traité d’Acoustique, a greatly expanded version, published in French in 1809. This is the first comprehensive translation of the expand…
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- 978-3-319-20361-4
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Transport and Logistics in a Globalizing World A Focus on Italy
Globalization of the economy, fragmentation of the production process, increasing externalization of TNCs activities through their global value chains and the widespread adoption of Just-in-Time have increased the flows of raw materials, intermediate goods and finished products, with a direct effect on the transport and logistics industry. This industry, indeed, plays a key role in connecting t…
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- 978-3-319-00011-4
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The Fluid Dynamics of Climate
This volume provides an overview of the fluid aspects of the climate system, focusing on basic aspects as well as recent research developments. It will bring together contributions from diverse fields of the physical, mathematical and engineering sciences. The volume will be useful to doctorate students, postdocs and researchers working on different aspects of atmospheric, oceanic and environme…
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- 978-3-7091-1893-1
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- VII, 209, 48 b/w illustrations, 29 illustrations in colour
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- CISM International Centre for Mechanical Sciences
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The Finite Volume Method in Computational Fluid Dynamics
This textbook explores both the theoretical foundation of the Finite Volume Method (FVM) and its applications in Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD). Readers will discover a thorough explanation of the FVM numerics and algorithms used for the simulation of incompressible and compressible fluid flows, along with a detailed examination of the components needed for the development of a collocated u…
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- 978-3-319-16874-6
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- XXIII, 791, 55 b/w illustrations, 242 illustrations in colour
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- Fluid Mechanics and Its Applications
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The Finite Element Method and Applications in Engineering Using ANSYS®
This textbook offers theoretical and practical knowledge of the finite element method. The book equips readers with the skills required to analyze engineering problems using ANSYS®, a commercially available FEA program. Revised and updated, this new edition presents the most current ANSYS® commands and ANSYS® screen shots, as well as modeling steps for each example problem. This self-contain…
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- 978-1-4899-7550-8
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- XIV, 657, 475 b/w illustrations
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The Finite Element Analysis Program MSC Marc/Menta
Based on simple examples, this book offers a short introduction to the general-purpose finite element program MSC Marc, a specialized program for non-linear problems (implicit solver) distributed by the MSC Software Corporation, which is commonly used in academia and industry. Today the documentation of all finite element programs includes a variety of step-by-step examples of differing comple…
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- 978-981-10-0821-4
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- XV, 136, 34 b/w illustrations, 40 illustrations in colour
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Introduction to Probability with Statistical Applications
Now in its second edition, this textbook serves as an introduction to probability and statistics for non-mathematics majors who do not need the exhaustive detail and mathematical depth provided in more comprehensive treatments of the subject. The presentation covers the mathematical laws of random phenomena, including discrete and continuous random variables, expectation and variance, and commo…
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- 978-3-319-30620-9
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- XII, 385, 49 b/w illustrations
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Environmental Load Factors and System Strength Evaluation of Offshore Jacket …
This book presents a study for the determination of environmental load factors for Jacket Platforms in Malaysia and a methodology to determine the life extension of aging platforms. The simplified methods described here could be used for determining not only structural reliability but also safety factors. Its content is particularly interesting to design and maintenance engineers who are workin…
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- 296 b/w illustrations
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- Ocean Engineering & Oceanography
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