This book presents a new method for solving geomechanical problems – one that explicitly takes into account deformation and fractures of soils, which create important effects, but are neglected in classical approaches.

Despite diagnosis being the key feature of a physician's clinical performance, this is the first book that deals specifically with the topic.

Introduction to and survey of parameter estimation; Probability; Introduction to statistics; Parameter estimation methods; Introduction to linear estimation; Matrix analysis for linear parameter estimation; Minimization of sum of squares ...

See preceding entry. This companion text for a fundamental course in statics, usually offered in the sophomore or junior year in engineering curricula, emphasizes the application of principles to the analysis and solution of problems.

The aim of the book is to be a reference book in automotive technology, as far as automotive chassis (i.e. everything that is inside a vehicle except the engine and the body) is concerned.

Offering ready-to-use tables, diagrams, graphs, and simplified formulas for at-a-glance guidance in induction heating system design, this book contains numerous photographs, magnetic field plots, temperature profiles, case studies, hands-on ...

This book addresses decision making in reverse logistics, which concerns the integration of used and obsolete products back into the supply chain as valuable resources.

Für den Praktiker ist die detaillierte Beschreibung und Analyse aller für die Logistik relevanten Bereiche interessant; relevante Strategien des e-Business, praxistaugliche Lösungsverfahren und innovative Konzeptbausteine zur Erreichung ...

This book focuses on smart materials and structures, which are also referred to as intelligent, adaptive, active, sensory, and metamorphic.

This unique volume presents the state of the art in the field of multiscale modeling in solid mechanics, with particular emphasis on computational approaches.