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The Aero- and Hydromechanics of Keel Yachts
How and why does sail boat performance depend on the configuration and trim of boat and sails? This book provides the yachtsman with answers in a relatively straightforward account of the physical mechanisms of sailing. It presents an accessible overview of the fluid dynamic aspects of sailing and sailing technology, addressing both aeromechanics and hydromechanics.
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- 978-3-319-13275-4
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- XXIX, 625
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Advanced Design Cultures: Long-Term Perspective and Continuous Innovation
This book describes new thinking and practice in Advanced Design (ADD) – design that is not merely highly developed but anticipates the future by envisioning novel products and processes. The focus is especially on the front end of innovation and the search for solutions in complex pioneering processes using design-related tools and practices. The book opens by describing these tools, the app…
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- Ed. 1
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- 978-3-319-08602-6
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- IX, 169
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- 620.004 ADV a
Evolutionary Optimization and Game Strategies for Advanced Multi-Disciplinary…
Many complex aeronautical design problems can be formulated with efficient multi-objective evolutionary optimization methods and game strategies. This book describes the role of advanced innovative evolution tools in the solution, or the set of solutions of single or multi disciplinary optimization. These tools use the concept of multi-population, asynchronous parallelization and hierarchica…
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- 978-94-017-9520-3
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- 198 b/w illustrations, 48 illustrations in colour
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Method of Dimensionality Reduction in Contact Mechanics and Friction
This book describes for the first time a simulation method for the fast calculation of contact properties and friction between rough surfaces in a complete form. In contrast to existing simulation methods, the method of dimensionality reduction (MDR) is based on the exact mapping of various types of three-dimensional contact problems onto contacts of one-dimensional foundations. Within the conf…
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- 1
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- 978-3-642-53875-9
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- XVII, 265
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Axiomatic Design in Large Systems : Complex Products, Buildings and Manufactu…
This book provides a synthesis of recent developments in Axiomatic Design theory and its application in large complex systems. Introductory chapters provide concise tutorial materials for graduate students and new practitioners, presenting the fundamentals of Axiomatic Design and relating its key concepts to those of model-based systems engineering. A mathematical exposition of design axioms is…
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- 978-3-319-32388-6
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- XXI, 322
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- 690
Integrated Design for Space Transportation System
The book addresses the overall integrated design aspects of a space transportation system involving several disciplines like propulsion, vehicle structures, aerodynamics, flight mechanics, navigation, guidance and control systems, stage auxiliary systems, thermal systems etc. and discusses the system approach for design, trade off analysis, system life cycle considerations, important aspects in…
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- 978-81-322-2531-7
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- XXXVIII, 761
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- 621 SUR i
Isogeometric Methods for Numerical Simulation
The book presents the state of the art in isogeometric modeling and shows how the method has advantaged. First an introduction to geometric modeling with NURBS and T-splines is given followed by the implementation into computer software. The implementation in both the FEM and BEM is discussed.
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- 978-3-7091-1843-6
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Additive Manufacturing Technologies: 3D Printing, Rapid Prototyping, and Dire…
This book covers in detail the various aspects of joining materials to form parts. A conceptual overview of rapid prototyping and layered manufacturing is given, beginning with the fundamentals so that readers can get up to speed quickly. Unusual and emerging applications such as micro-scale manufacturing, medical applications, aerospace, and rapid manufacturing are also discussed. This book p…
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- Ed. 2
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- 978-1-4939-2113-3
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- XXI, 498
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- 621 GIB a
Introduction to Transonic Aerodynamics
Written to teach students the nature of transonic flow and its mathematical foundation, this book offers a much-needed introduction to transonic aerodynamics. The authors present a quantitative and qualitative assessment of subsonic, supersonic and transonic flow around bodies in two and three dimensions. The book reviews the governing equations and explores their applications and limitations a…
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- 978-94-017-9747-4
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Engineering and Applied Sciences Optimization Dedicated to the Memory of Pro…
The chapters which appear in this volume are selected studies presented at the First International Conference on Engineering and Applied Sciences Optimization (OPT-i), Kos, Greece, 4-6 June 2014 and works written by friends, former colleagues and students of the late Professor M. G. Karlaftis; all in the area of optimization that he loved and published so much in himself. The subject areas repr…
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- 978-3-319-18320-6
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- 215 b/w illustrations
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